Modern metal force Left To Suffer announced their new album ‘Unwelcome Guest’ to be out in October with Hopeless Records and shared the title track as a first taste. Catch them next year at Tolminator 2027!
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News Posts
GHØSTKID enter their next chapter with a new, still to be unveiled line-up, and unleashed new single ‘IVORY’ from their upcoming album ‘FOLLOW THE WHITE RABBIT’, out in October with Century Media Records!
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Swedish metal outfit Eleine shares their latest new single and video ‘Watch As We Rise’ and are starting the pre-orders for their upcoming album ‘The Water Taste Of Blood’ today!
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Modern metalcore outfit Iridium from London signed with Napalm Records and unleashed a first single with ‘ENDGAME’ to celebrate!
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Alt-metal traiblazers Wargasm are ushering in a new era by signing with Hopeless Records and unveiling their first track ‘Get Down’ being released with the label!
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Broken By The Scream recently shared new single ‘花鏑[HANAKABURA]’, the first on their new label Metal Blade Records and just when they were about to head on their European tour that started last Wednesday in Finland and with a main stage spot at Wacken yesterday!
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Electric Callboy is back with another single ‘The Way You Are’ in anticipation of next week’s release of their new album ‘TANZNEID’ with Century Media Records! What sounds like a nostalgic boy band love ballad comes with a classic bait and switch like only they can!
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Modern metal outfit Enemy Inside are expanding on their new chapter with 2nd single and video ‘Dopamine’, out now with Reigning Phoenix Music!
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Metal powerhouse Slaughter To Prevail are keeping the ‘Grizzly’ era alive, releasing an epic and quite gory short movie as music video for the track ‘Koschei’! We can’t wait to see them headlining Alcatraz next week, it’s going to be killer!
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Modern metal powerhouse APOCÆLYPSE announced their debut album ‘FÆNIX’ to be out next month and unleashed the explosive new single ‘Black Box’!
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Lists
The final day of Alcatraz still has plenty of Belgian talent waiting to be discovered. Hemelbestormer, Turpentine Valley, Steengruis and Encounters each bring something completely different to the festival, proving once again just how diverse our local heavy music scene really is.
Here’s why we think you should check them out.
Saturday at Alcatraz has no shortage of Belgian talent. 🇧🇪🤘From the progressive soundscapes of Psychonaut and the unstoppable rise of Mantah to the chaos of Brutal Sphincter, the crushing grooves of Your Highness, the intensity of Divided, Ronker and Poseydon, there’s plenty of homegrown metal waiting to be discovered. Find out why each of these Belgian bands deserves a spot on your Saturday schedule. Who are you looking forward to seeing at the festival?
One more day. One more chance to discover your next favourite band.
We’ve selected five artists we’d strongly recommend catching on Sunday at Tuska: Neckbreakker, Return to Dust, Kajos, Atlas and The Browning.
Who are you adding to your schedule?
Saturday at Tuska is packed from start to finish, but these are the six bands we’d make time for beyond the obvious names. 🎸
Balance Breach, Majestica, The Funeral Portrait, Kallomäki, Paleface Swiss and Omnivortex all earned a spot on our must-see list. Find out why in our latest Editorial Picks!
It’s been 10 years since our very first Tuska visit, and it has become a yearly event in our planning. With Tuska 2026 on the horizon, we took a look at the things that have us counting down the days until we’re back at Suvilahti. If you somehow still haven’t decided to get your tickets and join us there, hopefully we can convince you to go for it 🤘
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?
Interviews
The biggest stages of Luna Kills’ career are waiting.
With Wacken, Summer Breeze and Alcatraz Festival just around the corner, we caught up with Lotta before the band left Finland to talk festivals, new music, latest single ‘LOWER’, the upcoming Future Palace tour and why they’re more excited than nervous about what’s ahead.
If you’re planning to catch Luna Kills this summer, this one’s for you.
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Before their crushing Tuska Festival debut, we sat down with “Zelli” of Paleface Swiss for a candid chat about the band’s musical evolution, staying true to themselves while growing bigger than ever and why friendship will always matter more than business.
With Paleface Swiss also heading to Alcatraz Festival in just a few weeks, this is the perfect moment to get to know one of modern metal’s most exciting live bands.
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Ahead of Infected Rain’s final European club show of the “Mutation Phase” tour back in April, we sat down with Lena Scissorhands for a surprisingly personal conversation. We talked about the meaning behind their latest single “Stranger”, why she feels more like herself on stage than anywhere else, fan expectations, rejecting labels like “female-fronted” and what the band’s current mutation really means. Catch them this weekend at Tolminator!
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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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Photo Reports
From mosh pits and conga lines to hard rock, alt metal and genre-blending performances, the Lookout and Rising Stages had plenty to offer on day one of Upheaval Festival. Relive sets by Kingdom Collapse, Zero 9:36, Normundy and Izzy Reign in our photo report.
Smoke and poor air quality couldn’t stop day one of Upheaval Festival. LANDMVRKS, Story Of The Year, Poppy, and Gojira put on unforgettable shows on the Upheaval Stage!
From Heriot’s genre-bending heaviness to Converge’s explosive hardcore chaos, Kavka Zappa witnessed one hell of a night.
The Infected Rain and Butcher Babies co-headline “Mutation Phase in Europe tour” dropped by at DVG Club in Kortrijk for an amazing night of modern metal, supported by Black Spikes!
“The New Flesh tour” struck down at De Vierde Zaal in Gent, and from the energetic start with Life Cycles, to the technical explosion of Revocation and the crushing intensity of Distant, to the controlled climax of Sylosis… Each band contributed in its own way to a memorable evening, hosted by Return Bookings and yours truly!
Belgian modern metal outfit Behind the Veil proudly presented their new EP “Betrayed by Shadows’ with a release party at DVG club Kortrijk, supported by Ironborn and X-Pozed!
Lord of the Lost, together with Ad Infinitum, came to Tampere’s Tavara-Asema in the beginning of last week as part of their “Tovr Noir” Europe tour. An Event by TuskaLive and Grey Beard.
Three of the biggest names in modern metal joined forces with Amaranthe, Epica and Charlotte Wessels on the “Arcane Dimensions Tour” and made a stop in Helsinki, Finland!
Avatar’s “In the Airwaves Tour” hit Brussels at Ancienne Belgique with Alien Weaponry and Witch Club Satan for an amazing night of theatricality and music!
Hiraes stormed DVG Club in Kortrijk, Belgium with their “Nightflight tour 2026” with the support of Nopreachers! After the show they took the time to meet and greet all of the fans with a photo/signing session, including vocalist Britta Görtz signing the latest portrait painted on the walls by local artist Brecht Carton!
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