Deathcore outfit Elevate The Virus released a music video for the track ‘The Growth Of Decay’, the title track of their recently released EP!
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News Posts
Finnish metal festival institution Nummirock is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2026 and announced the first 12 names with Satyricon, Moonsorrow, Rise of the Northstar, Omnium Gatherum (also celebrating their anniversary), Immortal Disfigurement, Uada, and more!
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Paleface Swiss released the final single ‘Everything Is Fine’ ahead of the release in January 2026 of their highly anticipated ‘The Wilted’ EP! After which they’ll go touring all over Europe and be at festivals like Tuska and Alcatraz next summer!
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Belfast-based metal force Nihilanth unleashed the new single ‘Ruin’ recently, featuring If It Bleeds’ and another glimpse into their upcoming new EP, set for release in early 2026!
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Switzerland’s heaviest export Paleface Swiss return with the announcement of ‘The Wilted EP’, set for release early 2026 and shared the new single and video ‘Let Me Sleep’! Catch them on their biggest Europe tour yet in 2026 or at already confirmed festivals like Tuska and Alcatraz next summer!
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In the beginning of the month, melodic deathcore outfit Sterilizing The Deceased shared a new video for ‘Recovery’, confronting inner demons on a track from their earlier released EP ‘Nothing’!
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Tuska is bringing Megadeth to its 2026 line-up as the headliner for the Friday and adds 13 more bands to the line-up with Trivium, P.O.D., Stam1na, Lost Society, Paleface Swiss, Return To Dust, The Browning, Dogma, Slope, 802, Allt, Atlas and Kneel Before The Death! All ticket classes are available right now!
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The 18th edition of Alcatraz is shaping up to be historic with headliners Arch Enemy and Alestorm, legends like Soulfly, Saxon, Body Count, Rose Tattoo, extreme assaults from Immolation, Internal Bleeding, 200 Stab Wounds, Sanguisugabogg, and modern favorites like Kittie, Northlane, Animals As Leaders, The Ghost Inside.
We’re especially thrilled to see the Belgian flag flying high again with Channel Zero, Amenra, Enthroned, Psychonaut and Mantah on the bill. And let’s not forget our longtime Finnish favorites Luna Kills, making a big step onto the Alcatraz stage!
On top of that, the Prison Stage opens already on the Thursday for the first time ever, and day ticket prices are lower than 2025 right now!
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Deathcore force unleashed their new EP ‘Fury’ with Sumerian Records last Friday and to celebrate dive deeper into darkness with their new single and music video ‘Wet Dreams’.
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Blackened deathcore outfit Ov Sulfur are releasing their sophomore album ‘Endless’ via Century Media Records in January 2026 and shared the new single and video ‘Evermore’!
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Album Reviews
Aversions Crown released with “Hell Will Come For Us All” yet again an impressive deathcore album that slays!
Neaera is back with their first album since getting back together in 2018 and it can definitely rival with their more old school so
Despised Icon’s ‘Purgatory’ is their usual perfect blend of hardcore, death metal and grindcore. It definitely holds a spot in my personal classics.
Photo Reports
Cattle Decapitation tearing the roof of Northumbria University’s Students Union with the support of Signs of the Swarm, 200 Stab Wounds and Vomit Forth!
An assault bus passed through Munich, and inside it were the Americans of Lionheart, Suicide Silence, Kublai Khan and Paleface Swiss, who simply wrung all the sweat out of those present in the larger room of the Backstage club.
A selection of Jonna’s best captures of 2023, with pictures from bands Butcher Babies, Electric Callboy, Ghost, Glenn Hughes, Gojira, In Flames, Lorna Shore, The Hu, Ville Valo, Chamber of Unlight, Asagraum, Monuments, Sodom, Batushka, Blind Guardian, and Apocalyptica!
A selection of Vaim’s best captures of 2023, after a long and grueling process of elimination, with pictures from bands like Battle Beast, Gaerea, Trollheim’s Grott, Avslut, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Amenra, Igorrr, Aesthetic Perfection, HIDE, SKYND, Ice Nine Kills, Utuk Xul, Rancid, Sick Of It All, Stratovarius, Testament, Michael Monroe, Volbeat, Hellacopters, Pensées Nocturnes, Amorphis, Biohazard, Killswitch Engage, Converge, Agnostic Front, Taake, Public Image Ltd, A.A. Williams, Butcher Babies, Clutch, Finntroll, Electric Callboy, Ghost, Gojira, Imperial Triumphant, Lorna shore, The Hu and Urne!
Without question, the biggest deathcore band in the world, Lorna Shore made their stop at Jäähalli, the biggest venue in Helsinki, bringing their biggest stage production yet to a sold out crowd on their “The Pain Remains EU Tour”, and with them they had Rivers of Nihil, Ingested and Distant, resulting in massive pits from start to finish!
Back in August, Asgaard’s new live season kicked off with a metalcore/deathcore event in collaboration with Return Bookings, bringing Signs of the Swarm, Mental Cruelty, When Plagues Collide, Knives To A Gunfight and Subvergence to our venue to absolutely destroy!
Nem Agency’s Melancholy Mass Festival made Finland’s dark winter nights just a bit better by bringing us Septicflesh, …And Oceans, Vorna, Assemble The Chariots and Voidfallen on the stage in Tampere and Helsinki.
A night of extreme metal blasting in our face with Lorna Shore bringing their ‘The Pain Remains EU tour’ to Finland with the good company of Rivers of Nihil and Ingested.
The last day of a long and exhausting weekend of great music and atmosphere was all about the Belgian music scene at La Morgue with Aeveris, Brutal Sphincter, Hexa Mera, Mantah and Reject The Sickness!
Second day at an exciting edition of Alcatraz with Predatory Void, Shadow Of Intent, Decapitated, and Sodom on the Swamp Stage ripping it up!
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