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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Greek heavy groove juggernaut Full House Brew Crew announced the release of their new album ‘Glasgow Grin’ in February 2026 via ROAR and shared a first single with ‘No Gods, No Chains’! Catch them live right now in Europe on tour with Wolfheart, with this Tuesday a stop in Belgium hosted by our friends of DVG Club!
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Moder nmetal powerhouse Dymytry Paradox released their new single and video ‘Red Sky Remains’ last week, out via Reaper Entertainment, marking the start of a new era for the band!
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Orbit Culture unveiled another single and video with ‘Nerve’, coming from the upcoming album ‘Death Above Life’ set for release early next month with Century Media Records! Catch them on tour in Europe this fall with Gaerea and Atlas, or next festival season with already confirmed appearances at for instance Alcatraz Festival 2026!
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After hinting at it in our talk at Alcatraz last month, Avatar unveiled the album title and release date of their upcoming 10th ablum ‘Don’t Go in the Forest’! And to celebrate, we got a video for the opening track ‘Tonight We Must Be Warriors’! Don’t forget to catch them live this Fall in the US and early next year in Europe!
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Extreme metal traiblazers Soulfly are delivering a new tribally fueled thirteenth album ‘CHAMA’ in October via Nuclear Blast and shared a first track with ‘Storm The Gates’!
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The modern groovers of Incite just released their new album ‘Savage New Times’ via Reigning Phoenix Music and unleashed a music video for the title track to celebrate!
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As has become tradition, Alcatraz Festival announced a healthy grab of confirmed names during this year’s edition, and the 21 bands they dropped are promising the 2026 edition to be hitting hard again!
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Orbit Culture released 3rd single and video ‘Hydra’ from their upcoming album ‘Death Above Life’, set for release in October via Century Media Records!
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Lost Society blew the roof off a sold out Tavastia in Helsinki, and brought with them the metalcore upstarts Balance Breach and our favorite alt-rockers Luna Kills!
Indian metal sensation Bloodywood and UK alternative metallers Lake Malice demolished the Backstage venue in Munich, Germany!
Avatar’s ‘Dance Devil Dance’ 2023 tour brought the circus back to Tilburg’s 013 Poppodium, supported by Veil of Maya and Kassogtha.
Trivium and Heaven Shall Burn resulted in an amazing night of modern heavy metal at Kulttuuritalo Helsinki with the help of Obituary and Malevolence!
Swedish melodeath legends In Flames filled Jäähalli in Helsinki with a massive crowd, along with fellow melodeath instigators At The Gates and up-and-comers Imminence and Orbit Culture to warm us up!
We caught Ra at their stop at Piere’s in Fort Wayne, Indiana while being on the road for their “From One 20th Anniversary Tour”, with support from A Killer’s Confession, Blood of Heroes and The Illegals!
Machine Head and Amon Amarth are well on their way on their conquest of Europe with “The Vikings & Lionhearts Tour 2022”! This time we caught them in Vorst Nationaal, Brussels, of course again with warming up by The Halo Effect.
Amon Amarth and Machine Head set the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany on fire in front of a large gathering of metalheads being out of their minds of excitement to see these heavy metal monsters on a stage again!
Amon Amarth is always a spectacle on a stage. Add to that the US metallers Machine Head that finally managed to get to Helsinki and the supergroup The Halo Effect and you know that the night was going to be a good one!
Metal mastodons Gojira came, saw and conquered a sold out Jäähalli in Helsinki, Finland with their amazing music and killer visuals back in July, with support from Alien Weaponry and Employed To Serve!
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