The new project Bright & Black, where symphony orchestra meets metal music, with contributors from bands like Apocalyptica, Opeth, Watain, Entombed AD, and Meshuggah, unveiled a first glimpse of the upcoming album (out early next year) with the track ‘Nidhugg’!
Still about 10 months to go, Alcatraz has announced the first 50 confirmed acts for the 2024 edition of one of Belgium’s greatest rock and metal fests!
Tuska unleashed the first batch of bands for the 2024 line-up and it seems they put their chips strongly on modern metal/metalcore with Bring Me The Horizon, Bloodred Hourglass, Bury Tomorrow, Make Them Suffer, Infected Rain and Fixation, proggy music with Opeth, Vola, Voyager and Riverside, and power metal with Alestorm, Angus McSix and Brothers Of Metal. And of course, festival regulars Amorphis and Stam1na belong to the party as well!
What do you think of the line-up already? Who do you hope to be added still?
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European tour with VOIVOD kicks off today in Denmark and recently South American tour dates were announced for February 2023! Don’t miss out!
The lineup announcement for the 15th anniversary edition of Hellfest (2020)! Are you excited yet? We sure are! Check which bands have been announced!
Out of nowhere, Graspop just dropped 74 new names for their 25th edition.
Opeth is getting ready to unleash another progressive masterpiece on the world!
Into The Grave wants to give something back and are doing so this year with a free festival day with Opeth as headliner!
Another batch of names for the anniversary line-up of 2019’s Wacken!
Music pioneer Ihsahn is releasing a new album later this year and gives us a taste already now with a video for “Àmr”!
Dutch psychedelic rockers Dool search for heaven on earth on their sophomore album ‘Summerland’.
Bloodbath still sounds filthy, morbid and brutal with technical qualities, this is a perfect record for fans of rotten old school death metal!!!
With all the celebration around the 20th anniversary of Emperor’s magnum opus ‘ Anthems of the Welkins at Dusk’ you might almost be forgiven for forgetting that Ihsahn has been running a very successful solo career for more than a decade.
Damnations Day is on the rise in the glossy world of power & prog
Insomnium is taking you away on a viking group’s voyage towards doom and damnation…
Opeth came to amaze us in Helsinki with a progressive show that had heaps of atmosphere and chill vibes. Not a bad way to spend your Wednesday night!
Opeth came to amaze us in Helsinki with a progressive show that had heaps of atmosphere and chill vibes. Not a bad way to spend your Wednesday night! See the pics here!
Since last year Finland is yet another big rock and metal event richer. The Rock Fest immediately caught the attention of people all over the country and far beyond those borders with big names like Rammstein and Evanescence gracing the line-up. Despite quite a few obvious flaws and bugs in the organisation, it was an overwhelming succes […]
For three years, Tim Tronckoe has been working on a secret project. But with Portraits finally nearing it’s completion, we had the opportunity to ask Tim some questions about his upcoming book.
For three years, Tim Tronckoe has been working on a secret project. But with Portraits finally nearing it’s completion, we had the opportunity to ask Tim some questions about his upcoming book.
A very interesting talk with Frank about his love for (Belgian) beer, the search for good bars wherever they play and the metal beer trend!
