Motionless In White shared the new single and video ‘R.I.P.’, featuring Skylar Grey! Another track unveiled of their upcoming album ‘Decades’, set for release in about a month via Roadrunner Records!
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Modern metal force Imminence signed to Sumerian Records for the next chapter of their careers and shared their new single ‘The Sword That Never Bends’! Catch them live all over Europe this summer at festivals like Alcatraz and Summer Breeze and early next year on a massive headline tour!
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Lithuanian up-and-coming metal outfit Black Spikes shared another new single and video with ‘MOTINA’ last week, a track from their upcoming album ‘Ydos’, to be released in August via Napalm Records!
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BAEST announces fellow Aarhus metal outfit Deadnate as special guests on their upcoming Europe Fall “Colossal tour 2026”, bringing together 2 Danish bands to showcase what their country has to offer for the next generation of heavy music!
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French metal band Sunborn signed to the roster of Solid State and shared their new single and video ‘Infinity Pool’ to celebrate!
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Tropic Gold return with their brand new single ‘WITCH HOUSE’, featuring Harpy, their first new release on their new label BLKIIBLK!
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Ukrainian modern metal upstarts Ignea announces their new album ‘Monumental’ to be out in October via Napalm Records!
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Finnish metal force Bloodread Hourglass released their new EP ‘After the Burial’ via Out Of Line Music, closing out the ‘We Should Be Buried Like This’ album cycle and unveiled a captivating video for the track ‘Heartstrings’ featuring blues icon Erja Lyytinen! We’re already looking forward to catching them live again at the end of this month at Tuska Festival!
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In This Moment shared the brand new song ‘Sleeping With The Enemy’ from their upcoming new album, set to be released with Better Noise Music!
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Rising modern metal stars Dominum shared their new single ‘Dark Melodies’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Night is Calling’, out next month via Napalm Records!
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From almost quitting music to signing with Napalm Records and conquering their first European tour, Black Spikes have entered a remarkable new chapter.
We caught up with the entire band in Helsinki on the final night of their tour with Butcher Babies and Infected Rain to talk about their breakthrough, representing metal at Lithuania’s M.A.M.A. Awards and why they are determined to keep singing in Lithuanian.
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Australian “couture metal” band ANA joined us to discuss debut full-length ‘Motivated by Death’, out tomorrow with Eclipse Records, mortality as motivation, emotional songwriting and why they want to create something timeless rather than trend-driven.
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Rioghan turned their new EP ‘Frozen’ into one continuous emotional journey and preparing their most ambitious live show yet for Ankea Festival. We sat down with the band to talk storytelling, visual art, Finnish metal identity and why music should always make you feel something.
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A new era begins for Dyecrest. Ahead of the release of ‘Defying Gravity’ this Friday April 24th via Art Gates Records, we sat down with vocalist Heidi and guitarist Henri in Helsinki to talk songwriting, authenticity and rediscovering the band’s spirit.
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Lost Society’s new album ‘Hell Is a State of Mind’ (out March 6 with Nuclear Blast) might be their boldest step yet. We caught up with Samy Elbanna to talk about orchestras, challenging vocals, and why this record feels different.
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Fabienne Erni opens the gates to her own universe. In our interview, she talks about independence, invented languages, vocal experimentation, and why her debut solo album ‘Starveil’ is the start of something potentially big.
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Three months after the album release, we caught up with Johannes Eckerström again, the third time in about half a year now. We talk about their touring since we last met, from punk rock chaos on a Caribbean cruise to butchering his first live piano chorus in front of 8,000 people and how thankful he is how much people still care about Avatar.
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Before their show in Helsinki, we spoke with Josh Middleton of Sylosis about their new album ‘The New Flesh’ (out now with Nuclear Blast), the state of modern metal, and chasing that 16-year-old punch-in-the-face feeling again.
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Fear of Domination’s Saku opens up over a good craftbeer at Crafters Bar in Finland about the long, difficult road behind their recently released album ‘Katharsis’, finding the missing piece with producer Jarno Hänninen, and why this album became a true emotional release.
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Jinjer are bringing their full headline production back to Europe in 2026. We spoke with Eugene Abdukhanov about Duél, the special tour lineup, and reconnecting with fans after years away.
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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?
Who says festival season ends with summer? In Finland, the dark months come alive with music: experience the true punk spirit at HKI SKEPU FEST (starting tonight), get in touch with your ancestors and nature at Pakanafestarit, discover new talent at Lost In Music, embrace the shadows at Hellsinki Industrial Festival, sail into chaos with the Hellsinki Metal Cruise, sink into sorrow at Melancholy Mass Festivals, and feel the fire indoors at John Smith Rock Frozen. When the nights are long, Finland turns the volume up.
The first day of the third edition of Hellsinki Metal Festival is filled with an impressive line-up of metal bands of almost every subgenre, completed with some special ones. Of course you need to go see King Diamond headlining tonight, but there is so much more to discover, so our editorial team picked out 7 bands that they think you definitely shouldn’t miss out on with Rabbit Cult, Gost, Kanonenfieber, Forbidden, Fear Factory, Candlemass and Moonsorrow! What bands are you really looking forward to today? Let us know in the comments!
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?
Last day of Tuska 2025 already starting in a couple of hours! We’re really excited to see the epic headliner show of Lorna Shore, but besides them, here are 7 acts that are taking over a stage today you shouldn’t miss out on in our opinion, with Havukruunu, Kim Dracula, Nothing More, Octoploid, Polaris, The Vantages and Noiduin! Who are you looking forward to seeing today if you’re joining us at Tuska?
After a great first day at Tuska 2025, these are the 8 bands you should see today on day two with Wind Rose, Charlotte Wessels, JILUKA, Eihwar, Royal Sorrow, Orbit Culture, Slaughter To Prevail and thrown!
In less than a week, Tuska weekend is upon us! If somehow you weren’t convinced yet that you need to go, here are 10 reasons we believe should be enough motivation to still get a ticket and join us there!
Besides the epic shows of the headliners at this year’s Rockfest, we picked 10 bands that we think you shouldn’t miss out on if you’re going to the festival this weekend, with Moon Shot, Sepultura, RØRY, Awake Again, Bullet For My Valentine, Jinjer, Cemetery Skyline, Demolition 23, GHØSTKID and Black Flag! Who are you looking forward to the most this weekend? See you there!
The summer festival season is over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of exciting fests happening over the next couple of months this autumn/winter in Finland, starting with Cult of Darkness today, Helsinki Techfest, and HKI SKEPU FEST VI this month still, Pakanafesterit in October, Hellsinki Industrial Festival and Melancholy Mass Festivals in November, and John Smith Rock Frozen in December! And for the beer and music lovers, several Masis Beer & Metal events spread over the next couple of months all over Finland! Go get your tickets now!
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!
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