While the first edition was still going strong last Saturday, Ankea Festival was already looking ahead and announced the first 7 names for next year’s edition with Igorrr, Alcest, Kalandra, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Long Distance Calling, Vulkan and Karmanjakah! Limited early bird tickets available now!
Igorrr unveils the official video for ‘Limbo’ from their latest album ‘Amen’, out since last year via Metal Blade Records! Catch them live in Europe starting next week with the support of Dvne and Thoughtcrimes!
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!
Last Friday, Igorrr released yet another masterpiece with ‘AMEN’, out via Metal Blade Records and is now sharing a video for the openings track of the album ‘Daemoni’!
Igorrr shared another taste of their upcoming album ‘AMEN’ (out in a couple of weeks via Metal Blade), with the single and video ‘Headbutt’!
Igorrr presented their latest single ‘Blastbeat Falafel’, featuring Trey Spruance from Mr. Bungle and Timba Harris from Estradasphere and Secret Chiefs 3, a track from the upcoming album ‘Amen’, out in September via Metal Blade Records!
Last week, Igorrr unveiled their new album ‘Amen’ to be out in September with Metal Blade Records and shared a first track with the single ‘ADHD’!
French phenomenon Igorrr just announced a European tour for October this year with support from Master Boot Records and openers Imperial Triumphant! Don’t miss out on this musical spectacle!
After unveiling all the headliners for the 2024 edition, Graspop Metal Meeting confirmed 84 more names for next year’s massive event! Tickets available from this Saturday on!
German black metal experimentalists Der Weg Einer Freiheit released a brand new live video for the song ‘Eiswanderer’! If you like what you see and hear, make sure you catch them live on their upcoming European tour with Igorrr, Amenra and Hangman’s Chair!
Belgium may be small, but when it comes to summer festivals, it punches well above its weight. From heavy and alt fests Graspop and Alcatraz to the more commercial Pukkelpop and Rock Werchter, the concert series of Lokerse Feesten and Live Is Live to the small and cosy Rock Zottegem and Parkpop Oostkamp, we’ve selected eight Belgian summer events that are reason enough to visit our home country in 2026. Which one is already on your calendar?
2017 was again a massive year for music of all makes, I’ve done my best to narrow it down to the 10 releases that suck with me the most the past year…
Finally I have an excuse to publish an extended piece about my favorite releases of the year!
A full year of incredible releases that we are trying to cram into a list of “albums of the year”, here we go again…
A selection of Vaim’s best captures of 2023, after a long and grueling process of elimination, with pictures from bands like Battle Beast, Gaerea, Trollheim’s Grott, Avslut, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Amenra, Igorrr, Aesthetic Perfection, HIDE, SKYND, Ice Nine Kills, Utuk Xul, Rancid, Sick Of It All, Stratovarius, Testament, Michael Monroe, Volbeat, Hellacopters, Pensées Nocturnes, Amorphis, Biohazard, Killswitch Engage, Converge, Agnostic Front, Taake, Public Image Ltd, A.A. Williams, Butcher Babies, Clutch, Finntroll, Electric Callboy, Ghost, Gojira, Imperial Triumphant, Lorna shore, The Hu and Urne!
On the third day of Rockfest 2023, we weren’t able to capture as many bands as on the earlier days due to other responsibilities and some artists not wanting any pictures to be taken, but we still caught killer performances on the Red Stage by Soundi by Igorrr, The Hellacopters and Beast In Black!
Igorrr returned to the Finnish shores with their “Distortion European Tour”, joined by Amenra and Der Weg Einer Freiheit, bringing not only a musical treat, but also a visual feast to the Pakkahuone venue in Tampere!
Igorrr finally landed with his circus of madness on the Finnish shores and simply blew everyone there away! Simply memorable!
Igorrr is on tour in Europe and the USA. We were there on their show in Lille, France.
Check out our pictures from a day filled with sunshine AND darkness in Durbuy.
