After earlier announcing a massive North-American tour for next year, Meshuggah now also announced the European leg for their “The Forty-Year Anomaly” tour to commemorate 40th anniversary, bringing along Periphery and Vildhjarta!
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News Posts
Rob Zombie celebrates Halloween with the release of the music video for ‘Sir Lord Acid Wolfman’, from his latest album ‘The Great Satan’, out with Nuclear Blast Records!
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Orbit Culture released the deluxe edition of their latest album ‘Death Above Life’ with Century Media last Friday and shared a video for the track ‘The Path I Walk’, featuring Tina Guo! Catch them live on tour in Europe right now with Amon Amarth and in the US at the end of the year with Trivium and In Flames!
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Die Apokalyptischen Reiter sign with Napalm Records for the release of their upcoming new music!
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HateSphere unleashed their latest new single and video ‘Mouth Filled With Barbed Wire’ from upcoming album ‘Guillotine’, out next week October 9th with Scarlet Records!
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Repentance release a tribute video to Shaun Glass for the track ‘Fade Into Silence’, from the upcoming album ‘Retaliate’, out in November via Noble Demon!
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Orbit Culture are releasing ‘Death Above Life (Deluxe Edition)’ with Century Media next month and have shared the new single ‘Nuclear God’, honoring their fans with the video that comes with it. Catch them live still this year on their European tour with Amon Amarth and North American tour with Trivium!
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Italian Southern groove metal outlaws Hellcowboys recently signed with Octopus Rising and announced their new album ‘Renew, Reborn, Return’ to be released in December! A first crushing track was unveiled with ‘Giaccio’!
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San Diego modern metal band Cascade Effect signs an exclusive worldwide deal with Eclipse Records for the release of their upcoming album ‘The Weight of Nothingness’, out early next year!
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Toronto-based melodeath force Selias opened a new chapter with their latest new single and video ‘Bastard’, out now with Wormholedeath!
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Interviews
We caught up with Fear Factory’s Dino Cazares in Helsinki to talk about the new single “Roboticist”, AI, the start of the band’s new chapter with new music on the horizon and the return of some deep cuts to the live set.
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We caught up with Aeveris’ Jeffrey and Louis after their Alcatraz Festival show to talk about the story behind the band’s name, the personal themes running through ‘Imminence’, and how the band’s evolving lineup has changed their creative process.
From genuine emotions and mental well-being to pre-show nerves, dream stages and the rather hilarious coincidence of sharing a festival day with Swedish band Imminence, there was plenty to talk about.
Thanks to Hardlife Promotion for setting this up!
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Today they probably played a killer show at Summer Breeze, but about a month and a half ago, a decade after our first conversation at Tuska, we met up with Stam1na for a genuine full-circle interview about creativity, longevity, Finnish metal and the passion that still drives them after eleven albums.
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Fear of Domination’s Saku opens up over a good craftbeer at Crafters Bar in Finland about the long, difficult road behind their recently released album ‘Katharsis’, finding the missing piece with producer Jarno Hänninen, and why this album became a true emotional release.
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Jinjer are bringing their full headline production back to Europe in 2026. We spoke with Eugene Abdukhanov about Duél, the special tour lineup, and reconnecting with fans after years away.
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Two months after our talk at Alcatraz Festival, we stepped back into the forest with Johannes Eckerström of Avatar to talk about their upcoming album ‘Don’t Go In The Forest’ (out next week October 31st), from disco death grooves and true crime commentary to piano-born love songs and the return of the metal circus among many other things.
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We sat down with Orbit Culture’s Niklas to talk about their upcoming album ‘Death Above Life’ (out now with Century Media Records), their journey from support slots to headliners, and why this new era feels like a true rebirth. Catch them live on tour with Gaerea and Atlas in Europe next month or at summer festivals in 2026 like the already confirmed Alcatraz Festival!
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At Alcatraz 2025, Avatar’s Johannes Eckerström opened up about the band’s next chapter: a new album that was not to be named (it has a name, but he was being a “good boy” in not unveiling the title), their fastest song in 15 years, and why independent festivals (like the one we were at) keep metal’s future alive.
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One year after making an impression at La Morgue, Mantah returned to Alcatraz on one of the festival’s bigger stages—and showed exactly why they deserved the promotion. After their set, we sat down with almost the entire band for a relaxed conversation about their love for ’90s metal, giving songs room to evolve, the next album, and why they believe the Belgian metal scene has never felt more united.
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Opening a festival day is never easy, but Aeveris turned it into one of the highlights of their Alcatraz 2023 experience. We sat down with Louis and Jeffrey after their set to talk about Belgian metal, the band’s rapid rise and the challenge of following up a successful debut album.
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