Brutal Assault announced 26 more confirmed bands for the jubilee 30th edition in summer 2027 with Knocked Loose, Agnostic Front, Heaven Shall Burn, Mick Gordon, Carnifex, Schizophrenia, Vintersorg, Stormkeep, Get The Shot and more!
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Belgian grindcore band Leng Tch’e shared their new single and video ‘Hammered into Collapse’, a track from the EP of the same name set to be released via Season of Mist!
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Louisiana metal powerhouse Brat released their new album ‘Manslayer’ with Prosthetic Records yesterday, but before that they unveiled the track ‘Speculum Bleed’ earlier this week with a Cannibal Corpse inspired video!
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Baltimore death metal veterans Misery Index released their new single ‘Feral Future’ just in time for their headline “An Epitaph for Endtimes” EU and UK summer tour, out with Season of Mist!
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UK grindcore pioneers Napalm Death make history with NPR Music’s ‘Tiny Desk’ performance! Catch them live later this year on their ‘Campaign for Musical Destruction Tour’ in Europe with Master, Brat and Goatburner!
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Genghis Tron unveiled the new single ‘Born Prey’, a track from their upcoming album ‘Signal Fire’, out in June with Relapse Records!
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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!
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Finnish death-grind provocateurs Sewer Altar are releasing their debut full-length ‘Fever Dreams of Veneance’ this Friday and earlier unveiled another single with ‘Cryonaut Sludge’!
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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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Exhumed share ‘Shovelhead’ music video from upcoming album ‘Red Asphalt’, set for release in February via Relapse Records! Catch them on their EU/UK headline tour with Gruesome in spring!
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One final day. One last chance to discover a new favourite band before another unforgettable edition of Alcatraz comes to an end. Our final Editorial Picks put the spotlight on Gutalax, Animals as Leaders, Paleface Swiss, Warkings, Rise of the Northstar, Blackbraid and Luna Kills. Whether you’re looking for technical mastery, crushing breakdowns, power metal anthems or the most ridiculous grindcore party of the weekend, Sunday’s got you covered.
Who are you ending your Alcatraz weekend with?
The final day of Alcatraz still has plenty of Belgian talent waiting to be discovered. Hemelbestormer, Turpentine Valley, Steengruis and Encounters each bring something completely different to the festival, proving once again just how diverse our local heavy music scene really is.
Here’s why we think you should check them out.
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!
Tolminator is already a quite unique and exceptional experience on its own, but they always seem to keep a keen eye on the scenes of different countries and know to pic some of the most promising acts for their line-ups. And this year, we get to welcome our friends of Marche Funèbre, Mordkaul and Brutal Sphincter to be part of the “Belgian Invasion”, but also 2 stellar acts from Finland with melodeath icons Omnium Gatherum and psychedelic black metal collective Oranssi Pazuzu!
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!
The first day of the second edition of Hellsinki Metal Festival is filled with an impressive line-up of extreme metal bands, topped off with the musical exelence that is the headliner of tonight. Our editorial team picked out 8 bands that they think you definitely shouldn’t miss out on with Wolfheart, Gutalax, Massacre, Deicide, Terrorizer, Triumph of Death plays Hellhammer, Heaven Shall Burn and Avantasia! What bands are you really looking forward to today? Let us know in the comments!
If you are still looking for a great summer destination, here are 10 festivals that might make Finland the ideal place to go for you with #Horizon23, Rockfest, Tuhdimmat Tahdit, Nummirock, Tuska, John Smith Festival, SaariHelvetti, Dark River Festival, Hellsinki Metal Festival and Flow Festival!
Steelchaos is back! If that is not reason enough to get yourself a ticket still, here are 5 reasons why you should still consider to go this weekend, including the exclusive Finland “Black Metal” 40 years anniversary show of Venom Inc.!
March is one hell of a month! Yet again tons of releases to pick from, so here is a small selection again of what we highly recommend and is most anticipated for us!
This list is not for the faint of heart. A selection of releases that we experienced as being some of the most intense unleashed during 2021.
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