Finnish extreme metal force Torchia unveiled their next single with ‘Hellmouth’, another track from their upcoming album ‘They Are Born Under Rules of the Darkness’, set for release in May with Rockshots Records!
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Symphonic metal heavyweights Zornheym unleashed their latest video and single ‘Somewhere Far Beyond’ and announced their new album ‘Descending Into Madness’ to be out in October via Noble Demon!
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Experimental extreme metal band Erdve have released ‘Ydos’, the second single from their upcoming album ‘Epigrama’, out in May via Season of Mist!
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Dutch extreme metal festival Nox Occultum has revealed the final lineup for the 2026 edition taking place in September, adding Samael and Beherit among others!
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Finnish extreme metal band Saasta unleashed their final single ‘The Coffin’ in anticipation of upcoming album ‘Cesspool’, set to be released next month!
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Known for their mix of extreme metal and trap rap, Danish metallers Gradience dropped their latest single ‘Master To The Slave’ last week, a track from their upcoming full-length to be released later this year with Metal Blade Records!
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Portuguese extreme metal force Okkultist finally returns with a vengeance, unleashing their new single ‘Teeth of the Hydra’, featuring a guest appearance of Fernando Ribeiro of Moonspell, out with Alma Mater Records!
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.gif from god are unleashing their long-awaited new album ‘Dissimulation’ in April via Prosthetic Records and shared a first single with ‘Volatile Simian Nervous-System’!
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Alissa White-Gluz unveiled first new single ‘Checkmate’ with her band Blue Medusa, out now everywhere!
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Extreme metal icons Samael are back with their new single and video ‘Hidden Empire’, the second track featured on their upcoming limited 12″ maxi single vinyl, set for release in April via Napalm Records!
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Only a handful of days left before Helsinki gets a healthy shot of heavy and dark music with the third edition of Hellsinki Metal Festival! If you’re still confused and wondering if you should go or not, check out 8 reasons we believe should convince you… Beware, get your tickets today as tomorrow the price will go up again!
As every year is the case, Alcatraz Festival has plenty of space and attention for the local Belgian scene and we’re not the only ones happy about that. On the newly expanded Thursday warm-up night you’ll get to enjoy cover/tribute bands like Mr. Lipstick and the Lost Traces, Motörheads and BelgianQuoBand, the popular thrash/speed metallers of Evil Invaders and a stage filled with more underground like Sister May, Kerker, Stung, Violent Sin and Ancient Rites!
If you want to experience a true metal holiday with zero worries and all the possible fun you can think of, Tolminator is the place to be. Here are 10 reasons why we think you should join us there next week…
Brutal Assault should be on your list of musts to go to at least once in your existence as metalhead, here are 10 reasons why we think you should consider making this true metal pilgrimage maybe this summer already!
If you are still looking for a great summer destination, our homecountry of Belgium has some great events to offer, so here are 7 festivals that might make it a great place to go for you this year with the very last Wildfest this weekend, dunk!festival, Graspop Metal Meeting, Litha Fest, Lokerse Feesten, Rock Werchter and Alcatraz!
If you are still looking for a great summer destination, here are 12 festivals that might make Finland the ideal place to go for you this year with Sonic Rites this weekend, Rockfest, Tuhdimmat Tahdit, Nummirock, Tuska, John Smith Festival, SaariHelvetti, Dark River Festival, Hellsinki Metal Festival, the CoolHead Live concert series, Sastamalan Torijuhlat and Hevipäivät!
In 10 days, Kortrijk in Belgium, will turn the heavy up again with Hell’s Balls Belgium, just like they do every summer with Alcatraz festival. In case you weren’t sure yet why you should go, here are what we think are valid reasons for you to be there…
What are you the most excited about of this year’s editions of the festival? 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!
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!
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Sun, sweat, and steel… Rockfest 2025 opened in style in Turku. H.E.A.T. brought the fire, Sepultura gave Finland their final bow, and Judas Priest proved once more why they’re the Metal Gods.
Moon Shot, RØRY, and Stam1na took over Rockfest’s Red Stage and Black Stage with unforgettable performances, and we captured it all.
Nahka Agency brought a great blend of Finnish metal to Tampere’s Tavara-Asema on Friday May 16th with Amoral, Shade Empire and Voidfallen. Unfortunately the turn up wasn’t anywhere near to as much as it should have been for such a night of quality metal music.
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.
Pictures of an occult night in Helsinki with “The Unholy Trinity tour” striking down and taking over the Ice Halls. And with Behemoth, Satyricon and Rotting Christ we got from the top shelf of extreme metal!
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!
The Convalescence stirred things up with a healthy serving of deathcore on a Sunday night at Piere’s in Ft. Wayne, Indiana and the help of support Mantra of Morta, Nailed Casket and Discard the Body!
Finland’s band of misfits King Satan released their latest album ‘The Devil’s Evangelion’ via Noble Demon, and such an epic album deserves a proper release tour of course. With them, they brought their friends of the dark elektro duo Miseria Ultima to open the night, and doomy outfit The Abbey as direct support at the Helsinki stop. An excellent night of great music and friends, and with all bands in absolute top form!
Pictures of a brutal night at Chinastraat in Gent with Benighted, Baest and Coffin Feeder!
We checked out the first day of the second edition of Hell’s Balls Belgium festival… With banging names like Triptykon, Primordial, Vltimas, the unofficial inclusion of the “Night Eternal tour” with Dark Tranquillity, Wolfheart and Moonspell, Carpathian Forest, Hellripper, Dead Head and The Monolith Deathcult, it was a true fest for any extreme metal fan!
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