The Gloom In The Corner announce new studio album ‘Royal Discordance’ to be released in February 2026 via SharpTone Records and unleashed the new single and video ‘Angel’s Wrath Whiskey’!
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News Posts
Czech modern metal upstarts STELLVRIS unleashed their highly anticipated new EP ‘Shatter and Bloom’ last week and with that came a music video for the title track!
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As Everything Unfolds released a video for the brand-new single ‘What You Wanted’, featuring Dani Winter-Bates of Bury Tomorrow, and dealing with addiction, out with Century Media Records!
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German metalcore trailblazers Avralize has unleashed their sophomore album ‘liminal’ via Arising Empire and shared a music video for the explosive track ‘fading faster’ to celebrate!
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Alcatraz Festival just gave us an early christmas present by adding 32 more bands to the 2026 lineup, making it almost complete with another nice selection of metal icons, underground greats, up-and-coming bands and artists from its own Belgian soil!
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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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Australian breakthrough heavy act Future Static return with their new single and video ‘There’s Nowhere Else To Go’, out now via Wild Thing Records!
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Belgian metalcore outfit As We Speak shared their crushing new single ‘Everyone Is Dead’ last Friday!
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Metalcore outfit Blossoms Fall chase a beacon of hope on their latest single and video ‘Luna’, featuring Wasted Potency on guest vocals and a track from their upcoming album ‘La Alma’, set for release in February 2026 via Eclipse Records.
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Electric Callboy kicked off their “Tanzneid World Tour” yesterday, but not before they unleashed the video and single of the same name, out with Century Media Records! Get dancing!
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Interviews
We talked with Jordan from Terror about their latest album, touring and the nearby future!
We had the jolly bunch of Oceans Ate Alaska in front of us at Brutal Assault to talk about their latest effort “Hikari”, which turned in a quite hilarious chat…
We talked with vocalist Jake about the upcoming album and how they keep getting along after 10 years!
A lengthy talk about the past, present and future with Jesse and his take on politics, beer and hardcore…
Photo Reports
Caliban tore through Ääniwalli with their “Back From Hell Tour 2025,” backed by In Heart’s Wake, Cabal, and Assemble the Chariots. A night of relentless energy and crushing breakdowns!
Motionless In White came back to Finland back in February for their 2nd show ever in the country and brought out quite some people, filling up Helsinki’s Ice Halls nicely. And with Fit For A King to warm us up, it was an epic night! Next up: MiW’s show at Tuska Festival this summer, we’re hoping to see an epic show with some more of their usual theatrics live!
Asking Alexandria brought their tour to the Clyde Theatre in Ft Wayne, IN and put on a great show with the help of support acts From Ashes To New, Royale Lynn and What Lies Below! Those who were not there really missed out!
Silent Planet came back to Europe with their “Superbloom” headline tour and brought with them Like Moths To Flames, VEXED and Avoid! We caught them in the beginning of February at Korjaamo in Helsinki for a great night of metalcore and alternative metal! Brought to us by TuskaLive!
The Convalescence stirred things up with a healthy serving of deathcore on a Sunday night at Piere’s in Ft. Wayne, Indiana and the help of support Mantra of Morta, Nailed Casket and Discard the Body!
A couple of weeks ago, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE took over LKA Longhorn in Stuttgart, Germany on their ‘Touring the End of the World’ tour. They brought along Canadian deathcore stars BRAND OF SACRIFICE and Texan ensemble FIT FOR A KING. The venue filled to the absolute max got a fantastic US stage production in the beloved club atmosphere. An early big concert highlight in 2025! Still on tour, we can’t wait to welcome them at Helsinki Jäähalli in Finland this Tuesday!
Trivium and Bullet for My Valentine celebrated their breakthrough albums on “The Poisoned Ascendancy Tour” throughout Europe, supported by rising stars Orbit Culture! Those who didn’t go to any stop of this tour really missed out on something! Thanks to FKP Scorpio Belgium for the access!
Nonpoint wrapped up the first leg of their “Painful Statements tour 2025” at The King of Clubs in Columbus, Ohio, celebrating the anniversaries of both releases ‘To The Pain’ and ‘Statement’. And very much matching their energy, they brought along Crobot and Heartsick to complete the night!
The tradition at GrimmGent is for all photographers to set up our personal collection of our favourites. Always an illustrious collection, sometimes with shots that haven’t even been published here. This is my Tom Treuten selection of highlights in 2024.
Gig Reports
A night of up-and-coming and promising metalcore outfits from Finland with Balance Breach, My Favourite Nemesis and Dead End Scene!
Freakangel is back in the neighborhood, baby! Let’s get those beats cranking and get to that party! Check out the report!
Beartooth came to Belgium to make Trix (Antwerp) explode with energy and make the crowd of this sold out venue have an extraordinary night.
Monuments came back to Finland after seven long years, so we just had to be there to enjoy the proggy metalcore greats from the UK!
Finnish melodic metal outfit Crimson Sun released their latest album ‘Fates’, What better than a release show in a dark cellar to celebrate?
Masters of folk metal Eluveitie brought with them an interesting line-up with Lacuna Coil and Infected Rain and blew the roof off the Tavastia club!
Northlane and friends came to Finland for the very first time and turned On The Rocks in a sweaty and rowdy place to be at.
Eluveitie came to play a great show in Belgium that I’m hoping to see again some time soon!
Knocked Loose played a new school hardcore set and the crow went old school on their asses! One of the best, most violent and most cathartic sets I’ve ever witnessed.
Get ready for the new Spoil Engine album ‘Renaissance Noire! An awesome release show with awesome support bands.
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