Cavalera Conspiracy are returning to Europe for a 2026 summer festival run to bring their ‘Chaos A.D.’ to the fans, including a stop at Graspop and many more! There’s also a chance you could catch them at more intimate headliner shows, don’t miss out!
Tokyo’based death metal band Defiled released new music video and single ‘Obsession’, the second unveiled from their upcoming album ‘Altered State’, out in June with Season of Mist!
Nunslaughter unleashed their latest new single ‘Rotten Messiah’ from their upcoming album ‘Satanic Chaos Legions’, out in June with BLKIIBLK!
NY-based death metal corpse grinders Undeath have signed to Relapse Records for the release of their upcoming already recorded 4th album!
Death metal outfit Vomit Forth released their new EP ‘In The Name Of The Father’ via Pure Noise Records and shared a video for the track ‘Born King’!
Misery Index returned to Season of Mist for the release of their upcoming new music! Catch them on their “An Epitaph for Endtimes Eu + UK Summer tour 2026” with both headline shows and festival appearances!
Ukrainian symphonic death metal project Ersedu announced their ‘GORE’ EP to be out on May 19, the first chapter of a planned series dedicated to colors, starting with red on this release!
US brutal death metal force Embryonic Autopsy strike with full force through their new single and video ‘Feasting Upon The Rotted Uterus’, a first taste of their upcoming album ‘Rise Of The Mutated’, out in June via Massacre Records!
Death metal legends Deicide are gearing up to unleash their brutality across Europe this summer with festival appearances at events like Brutal Assault, Alcatraz and Summer Breeze!
Icelandic Sátan Festival has announced the final line-up for their 2026 edition with not only Icelandic rock legends Sólstafir at the top of the bill, but also acts like The Haunted, Hamferð, Múr, Aborted and many more!
Melbourne based death metal brutes Vile Apparition return with the highly anticipated sophomore album ‘Malignity’. The quartet offers a classic aggressive delivery of Australia’s vile and monstrous death metal profanity. Out via Dark Descent Records and Me Saco Un Ojo Records since October 10th.
“Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration” is dark and crushingly heavy, and stands as a milestone in the band’s discography. Hooded Menace delivers a top performance and songwriting prowess in its most majestic and grandiose form. Out via Season of Mist on October 3rd.
“Ascension” somehow fulfills what “Obsidian” might have lacked; it’s another worthy entry in the band’s growing discography and redefines the modern gothic doom metal that is on par with other veterans like My Dying Bride. Out via Nuclear Blast Records since yesterday, September 19th.
Third studio album “Pain Effulgence” of Boston, Massachusetts death doom quartet Innumerable Forms is a crushing iteration of the classic sound of British and Finnish melancholic bands. Out now via Profound Lore Records since August 22nd.
Grand Cadaver’s ‘The Rot Beneath’ is what you get when a bunch of veterans from the Swedish death metal scene celebrate their love for the old school. Out via Majestic Mountain Records.
Unleashed on its fifteenth studio album “Fire Upon Your Lands” offers top-notch precision, raw aggression and raw ferocity of its Viking themed death metal style. Out now via Napalm Records since August 15th.
Helsinki-based death metal four-piece Malformed unleashes a solid and brutal record with ‘Confinement of Flesh”, tailored to meet the cadaverous old school style of Finnish bands. Out via Dark Descent Records.
Canada’s death metal quartet Disembodiment returns with a gory death metal record. Their first full-length album “Spiral Crypts” is inspired by rotten death metal bands. Out via Everlasting Spew Records since July 11th.
Fire up your FTL drives and prepare to descend into the insane maelstrom of progressive death metal that is Haxprocess’ sophomore album ‘Beyond What Eyes Can See’. Out since today via Transcending Obscurity Records.
“Lord of Two Horns” is full of crushing grooves, and a furious eruption of superfast drumming. Drawn and Quartered takes a brutal and often death doom flow that will make you bow down to those masters. One of the top death metal releases of this year, out since June 27th via Nuclear Winter Records.
Tolminator isn’t just about the bands. It’s about the people who make it unforgettable. This year, our team (with trainee Nox and resident photographer Tom) captured the heart and soul of the festival: the faces, the chaos, the calm by the Soča river. Check out our photo gallery celebrating the spirit of Tolminator 2025!
Day 1 of Brutal Assault 2025 set the tone right away with a good mix of legends and crushing heaviness. From the epic Viking soundscapes of Skálmöld to the industrial grooves of Static-X, the unrelenting brutality of Dying Fetus, the thrash assault of Kerry King, and the dark rituals of Rotting Christ, the Marshall and Sea Shepherd stages started off the festival properly.
From the modern metalcore of Signs of Algorithm to the death metal power of Baest and Vader and the epic doom of Candlemass — relive Day 2 at the Swamp Stage in our latest Alcatraz photo gallery!
The undoubted kings of psychedelic death metal of today, Blood Incantation destroyed Kulttuuritalo last April during their “Absolute Elsewhere Tour”.
New Zealand’s dissonant death metal giants Ulcerate made their highly anticipated return with their first headline show in Finland at On The Rocks in Helsinki, with support from local tech death band Omnivortex.
In mid-May, Ääniwalli became a vortex of technical brutality and progressive intensity as Born of Osiris brought their tour to Helsinki. With support from death metal and deathcore juggernauts Ingested, the genre-bending Entheos, and Portugal’s The Voynich Code, the night unfolded as a showcase of modern metal’s most forward-pushing acts.
In the last week of April, Aborted kicked off their “Slashing Europe”-tour with guests Crypta, The Zenith Passage and Organectomy, with one of the first stops in Ghent to perform at Club Wintercircus, a fantastic new venue with an immersive sound system, hosted by us and our trusted booking partners Return Bookings and BE-sounds! A night that showcased the diversity and sheer intensity of today’s death metal scene!
Canadian black metal giants Spectral Wound took over a sold out On The Rocks in Helsinki during their “BLOOD. MIRE. DEATH. tour”, bringing their unique raw, uncompromising black metal assault with the support from Finland’s own death metal outfit Ashen Tomb! An event by Nem Agency.
Last month, both of our home countries met at a great event with some of the top of the underground metal scene like Unhoped, Rapid, Galvanizer and the very first appearance in Finland of the Belgian speed metallers of Bütcher!
Indian metal straight from New Delhi, India to Trix Antwerp, Belgium: Bloodywood with their ‘Return of The Singh’ tour! And with support from Calva Louise and Demonic Resurrection it was a great night of amazing vibes and music!
The summer festival season is over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of exciting fests happening over the next couple of months this autumn/winter in Finland, starting with Cult of Darkness today, Helsinki Techfest, and HKI SKEPU FEST VI this month still, Pakanafesterit in October, Hellsinki Industrial Festival and Melancholy Mass Festivals in November, and John Smith Rock Frozen in December! And for the beer and music lovers, several Masis Beer & Metal events spread over the next couple of months all over Finland! Go get your tickets now!
For the first day of Alcatraz 2024, our team picked out 10 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Dyscordia, Dudsekop, Mantah, Feuerschwanz, Beast In Black, Cro-Mags, Hippotraktor, Uada, Paradise Lost and Amon Amarth! What bands are you really looking forward to for this Friday at Alcatraz? Let us know in the comments!
The second edition of Hellsinki Metal promises to be again absolutely great! Just in case you weren’t convinced enough yet, here are our reasons why we believe you should get a ticket still for the 2024 edition if you haven’t yet! With a massive line-up, added features and an overall excellent festival experience promised, you won’t want to sit this one out!
With about a week to go, we put together 10 reasons why we think you should consider to still get yourself a ticket for Alcatraz 2024 and join in with the fun! With a stellar line-up, including some of the best the Belgian scene has to offer and a great organization trying to improve your festival experience year after year, it’s promising to be one hell of a weekend again!
Tomorrow it’s again that time of the year: Tuska weekend is upon us! If somehow you weren’t convinced yet that you need to go, here are 10 reasons we believe should be enough motivation to still get a ticket if any are available still! Going from a great line-up, to Tuska KVLT, Tuska Expo expanding further and simply an amazing atmosphere! See you there!
After the team sent in their top lists at the end of last year, and calculating the results, we got to an interesting “albums of the year 2023” list featuring releases from Marduk, Kludde, Blink-182, Blackbraid, Orbit Culture, Gloryhammer, Ne Obliviscaris, Hypno5e, Periphery, Dying Fetus, Obituary, Avatar, Svalbard, VV and Sleep Token! Do you agree with any of these? What did you have in your top list?
Samoht was clearly somewhat inspired by dark Americana and country inspired music looking at his albums of the year 2023 list featuring artists like Dorthia Cottrell, Osi and the Jupiter, Wayfarer and The Coffinshakers, but also massive albums by bands like Frozen Soul, Serpent’s Oath, SLOW, OAK, Smoulder and Bell Witch!
Our resident extreme metal reviewer Mazen has a selection of stellar (mostly) black and death metal releases as his favorite of the year with Sulphur Aeon, Varathron, Moonlight Sorcery, Cruciamentum, Suffocation, Dying Fetus, Asphodelus, Marduk, …And Oceans, and Cirith Ungol!
The summer festival season is over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of exciting fests happening over the next couple of months this autumn/winter in Finland with Helsinki Techfest and Kaamos Metal Cruise already this weekend, HKI SKEPU FEST V, Lost In Music, Steelchaos, Hellsinki Industrial Festival 2023, Fall Fest 2023, Black Box Mikkeli, Melancholy Mass Festival 2023 and Unholy Winter Fest!
For the third and last day of Alcatraz 2023, our team picked out 10 more bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Serpents Oath, Archspire, Psychonaut, Mantah, Gaupa, Stake, Blind Guardian, Brutus, Killswitch Engage, and Holy Moses! Who are you especially looking forward to on the second day of the festival?
