Urne recently unveiled the single ‘The Spirit, Alive’, another track from their upcoming studio album ‘Setting Fire To The Sky’, set for release in January 2026 via Spinefarm!
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News Posts
Lamb Of God just shared an electrifying live video for their latest single ‘Sepsis’, recorded at Aftershock Festival where they debuted the track in front of tens of thousands of fans!
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Soulfly delivered their tribally fueled thirteenth album ‘Chama’ via Nuclear Blast last week and unleashed a video for the track ‘No Pain = No Power’ to celebrate! We can’t wait to see them at Alcatraz Festival next summer!
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Trivium released their new EP ‘Struck Dead’ last Friday via Roadrunner Records and unveiled a video for the title track to celebrate! Catch them live right now in North America with Jinjer and Heriot or in Europe next summer at festivals like the already confirmed Tuska!
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The Browning has started their next chapter with their intense brutal new single ‘EVOLVE’ out now with FiXT! Catch them live next summer at several European festivals, including Tuska!
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Rob Zombie announced his 8th studio album ‘The Great Satan’ to be released in February next year with Nuclear Blast and shared a first single with ‘Punks And Demons’!
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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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Lamb of God return with their new single ‘Sepsis’ and announce to have signed to Century Media Records! Catch them live in the summer of 2026 on the European festival circuit with already confirmed events like Wacken, Alcatraz and Dynamo just to name a few!
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Avatar unleashed the new single and video ‘Death and Glitz’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Don’t Go in the Forest’, set for release by the end of this month!
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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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Interviews
Watch the video interview we had with Samy Elbanna from Lost Society about their new upcoming album ‘No Absolution’!
A conversation with Joonas and Jyri from Oceanhoarse about their European tour supporting Marko Hietala from Nightwish!
During their passage on Alcatraz we had an nice chat with Tommy Victor from Prong about his long term career and even some words on Danzig.
Iris of Spoil Engine talking all about their new album ‘Renaissance Noire’ and more!
Joonas and Jyri of Oceanhoarse told us why we all need to be at their own festival ‘Hoarsefest’… it includes a pretty good price to win!
A talk with Joonas and Jyri from Oceanhoarse about the release of their EP ‘Voluntary Bends’!
We got the chance to talk to Lena from Infected Rain about their new album ‘Endorphin’
Jungle Rot’s Dave Matrise shares his views on the metal scene, tour life and their latest self-titled album.
Jungle Rot’s Dave Matrise shares his views on the metal scene, tour life and their latest self-titled album.
An interview with Alien Weaponry a band of young lions straight from New Zealand playing their first show ever at Wacken!
Gig Reports
Gojira took over Europe on their massive ‘Fortitude’ tour with support from up-and-comers Alien Weaponry and Employed To Serve and we caught them at their show at a sold out Jäähalli in Helsinki, Finland in front of a crowd that was absolutely hungry for some good live show!
We had quite a blast at the St. Paddy’s Day Party at The King of Clubs in Columbus, Ohio with great bands, headed by the ever amazing Nonpoint!
A night of quality underground heavy music from the Finnish scene with Enragement, Ninetyfive50 and Crucify The Faith!
The Finnish youngsters of Lost Society thrashed Tavastia up for some relief during these rather difficult pandemic times!
Lost Society released an impressive album with ‘No Absolution’ and they clearly couldn’t wait to play their new songs live… so here is a live stream album release show!
We caught Jungle Rot at Brussels and were blown away by some good old death groove!
Brymir presented their brand new album in front of an excited crowd in Helsinki, with support from Oceanhoarse and I Revolt!
From the groove djenty melodic metalcore of Jinjer to the more thrashy sound of Soilwork , Amorphis made this evening unforgettable
A night of heart-warmingly happy, crazy and joyeus (folk) metal is just what the doctor prescribed against the gloomy Finnish Winter weather!
An evening of groovy death metal to end the weekend… check out how the Sinsaenum show was in Helsinki!
Photo Reports
Pictures of the second day of Hellsinki Metal Festival 2024 with on stage 1 shows from Kreator, Meshuggah, Doro and Blackbraid!
Pictures of the third day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Audrey Horne, Soil, Jinjer, Korpiklaani, Gene Simmons Band and Architects!
Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Dyscordia, Orden Ogan, Beast In Black, Feuerschwanz, Channel Zero, Saxon and Amon Amarth!
Orbit Culture came, saw and blew us away at Vanha Ylioppilastalo in Helsinki, Finland! And with the support of their country mates of Bite Down, we got a showcase of the promising new music coming from Sweden!
Avatar dropped by the legendary Helsinki venue Tavastia on their “The Great Metal Circus 2024” tour, bringing their visual spectacle and theatrics properly to Finland. With them they brought the US metallers of Æther Realm, really blowing up the night!
A chaotic fuelled blood rampage. That’s what Malevolence released upon Newcastle. Together with Rough Justice and Pain of Truth they laid down absolute destruction at the University Students Union!
A selection of 30 photos that Helder likes a lot from one of his most productive year considering covering concerts, including captures of Fear Factory, Atreyu, Jinjer, Rolo Tomassi, Stone, The Kooks, Pixies, Wunderhorse, Yours Truly, You Me at Six, Lake Malice, Bloodywood, Epica, Avatar, The 69 Eyes, Nova Twins, Cam Cole, Sabaton, The Lumineers, Grailknights, All For Metal, The Baboon Show, Combichrist, Megaherz, The BossHoss, Cancer Bats, Kvelertak, Fixation, Ignea, and Butcher Babies.
The second night of John Smith Rock Frozen 2023 was pretty epic with some of the best of the Finnish scene with Red Eleven, Kiuas, Finntroll, Turmion Kätilöt and headliners Amorphis! Throw on top of that the Swedish up-and-comers of Orbit Culture, and you know it was good!
Close to the end of the year 2023 there was an event that has left headbangers around the world in ecstatic anticipation—the Fear Factory ‘DisrupTour 2023’. This monumental tour brings together a powerhouse line-up featuring the ferocious Butcher Babies, Ignea and Ghosts of Atlantis. As these bands join forces, they promise to deliver an unforgettable experience for metal enthusiasts, showcasing a diverse range of styles within the genre.
A hot and sweaty night in the Halle room of the Backstage club in Munich. Fear Factory are back in a big way, and they were joined by Butcher Babies, Ignea and Ghosts of Atlantis, bringing quite the package with the “Disruptour” all over Europe!
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