Alcatraz Festival surprises us with a third stage this year and the full line-up for that stage. Find out here what you can expect.
News Posts
Next bands for Alcatraz 2019 are Swedish band Soilwork and our very own Carnation!
Another band announcement for Alcatraz 2019! Time for some Atmospheric Black Metal from Denmark: Myrkur!
Saxon will be coming to Alcatraz 2019, with their “40th Anniversary Castles and Eagles” show! Also, 7 more bands have just been added to the lineup!
Not one, but two Japanese Metal bands will be coming to Alcatraz 2019! Crossfaith from Osaka, and Crystal Lake from Tokyo!
Thrash Metal band Flotsam and Jetsam, as well as Heavy/Power Metal band Firewind have just been announced to play at Alcatraz 2019!
Two more bands have been added to the lineup of Alcatraz 2019! Progressive Metal band TesseracT and Metalcore band Of Mice & Man.
Another day, another band announcement for Alcatraz 2019! Soulfly is coming back to Belgium, to play at Alcatraz!
Swedish Death Metal band Hypocrisy and British Grindcore band Napalm Death join the lineup for Alcatraz 2019!
Another band has been added to the lineup of Alcatraz 2019! Swedish Metal band Avatar will be coming to Kortrijk in 2019 to party with us!
Lists
For the first day of Alcatraz 2025, our team picked out 8 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Messa, Frayle, 3 Inches of Blood, thrown, Cabal, Crystal Lake, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons and Heriot! What bands are you really looking forward to for this Friday at Alcatraz? Let us know in the comments!
On the last day of Alcatraz 2025, we get 10 more fantastic Belgian bands served up, going from mesmerizing atmosphere makers like Briqueville and Alkerdeel, to absolute mayhem from bands like Bark, Devastatiön, Slaughter Messiah and Cobracide, hardcore legends Congress and Whatever It Takes, rockers Promise Down or goth-tinged heavy metallers Cult of Scarecrow! Something for everyone and again proof how rich the Belgian heavy music scene is…
This weekend is the highlight for us and many among us in Belgium with the 2025 edition of Alcatraz Festival, but if you still haven’t decided to go, here are 10 reasons why we believe you should just go ahead and go get you some tickets still… What are you looking forward to the most for this year’s edition?
The second day of Alcatraz 2025 delivers yet another trio of Belgian stage openers with the power metallers of Magic Kingdom on the Prison Stage, metalcore outfit Signs of Algorithm blowing the roof off the Swamp Stage and modern thrash wrecking crew Primal Creation causing mayhem on La Morgue!
On the first full day of Alcatraz 2025, 3 out of 4 stages will be opened by some Belgian gems, some banging heavy metal from Room13, atmospheric and melancholic doom with Splendidula and brutal death with a wink and a grin from Coffin Feeder!
As every year is the case, Alcatraz Festival has plenty of space and attention for the local Belgian scene and we’re not the only ones happy about that. On the newly expanded Thursday warm-up night you’ll get to enjoy cover/tribute bands like Mr. Lipstick and the Lost Traces, Motörheads and BelgianQuoBand, the popular thrash/speed metallers of Evil Invaders and a stage filled with more underground like Sister May, Kerker, Stung, Violent Sin and Ancient Rites!
In 10 days, Kortrijk in Belgium, will turn the heavy up again with Hell’s Balls Belgium, just like they do every summer with Alcatraz festival. In case you weren’t sure yet why you should go, here are what we think are valid reasons for you to be there…
What are you the most excited about of this year’s editions of the festival? Let us know in the comments!
For the first day of Alcatraz 2024, our team picked out 10 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Dyscordia, Dudsekop, Mantah, Feuerschwanz, Beast In Black, Cro-Mags, Hippotraktor, Uada, Paradise Lost and Amon Amarth! What bands are you really looking forward to for this Friday at Alcatraz? Let us know in the comments!
With about a week to go, we put together 10 reasons why we think you should consider to still get yourself a ticket for Alcatraz 2024 and join in with the fun! With a stellar line-up, including some of the best the Belgian scene has to offer and a great organization trying to improve your festival experience year after year, it’s promising to be one hell of a weekend again!
For the third and last day of Alcatraz 2023, our team picked out 10 more bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Serpents Oath, Archspire, Psychonaut, Mantah, Gaupa, Stake, Blind Guardian, Brutus, Killswitch Engage, and Holy Moses! Who are you especially looking forward to on the second day of the festival?
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Photo Reports
From the modern metalcore of Signs of Algorithm to the death metal power of Baest and Vader and the epic doom of Candlemass — relive Day 2 at the Swamp Stage in our latest Alcatraz photo gallery!
Progressive, technical, atmospheric, and heavy — the Helldorado Stage had it all on Day 2 of Alcatraz. Check out our photo gallery featuring Ne Obliviscaris, Rivers Of Nihil, VOLA, Fit For A King, and Leprous!
Heavy metal legends, groove metal chaos, and theatrical brilliance — relive Day 2 at Alcatraz’s Prison Stage with Myrath, Nailbomb, Doro and Avatar in our latest photo report!
From Heriot and Cabal’s crushing heaviness to The Hellacopters’ rock ‘n’ roll swagger and Ministry’s industrial assault… relive Day 1 at the Helldorado Stage in our latest Alcatraz photo report!
The Swamp Stage offered plenty to discover on Day 1 of Alcatraz. Relive the performances of Room13, Hypocrisy, Absu, and Abbath Doom Occulta in our latest photo report!
Day 1 at Alcatraz started with a bang… Blaze Bayley, SNOT, Wednesday 13, W.A.S.P., Mastodon and Kreator all took over the Prison Stage.
From haunting doom to speed metal fury, La Morgue delivered another memorable weekend at Alcatraz. Relive performances by Frayle, Messa, Knife, and Cult of Scarecrow in our latest photo report! 🔥
With 30 shows in 17 countries, Ankor’s “Shoganai EU/UK Tour 2025” ended at the DVG Club in Kortrijk, Belgium with support of Conquer Divide and A Dark Reborn, and we of course where there!
Unleash the Archers on tour in Europe with their latest album ‘Phantoma’, released last year with Napalm Records, dropped by in Kortrijk, Belgium to deliver an excellent power/heavy metal night supported by Striker and Seven Kingdoms!
A Symphony of Metal at DVG Club in Kortrijk, Belgium: Sirenia, Xandria, and Genus Ordinis Dei’s performances were a testament to the enduring appeal of symphonic metal!
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