Progressive metal quartet Black Sea Of Trees shared the single ‘A Red Dawn’, the beginning of their journey to unleash their second album ‘Cult of the Sun’!
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Prog metal quartet Feather Mountain releases their fourth and final single ‘Prayer Wall’ before the release of their upcoming album ‘A Liminal Step’, out next month!
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Entheos unveiled the new video single ‘Empty on the Inside’, out now via Metal Blade Records, just in time for their first ever North American headlining tour to start next week!
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Ukrainian progressive modern metal force Korypheus released the new single and video ‘Sleeper’ from their new album ‘Gilgamesh’, out on M-Theory Audio, and featuring Laura Guldemond from Burning Witches!
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Norwegian post-metal collective Monograf announced their new album ‘Occultation’ to be released in November via Overhead Productions and shared the single ‘The Prophet’!
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Finnish progressive metal band Humming Whale released the first single ‘Ocular’ from their upcoming debut album ‘Chasing Rabbits’, set for release next month via Inverse Records!
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Chinese Mongolian metal collective Nine Treasures unveiled their latest new single and video ‘Until Now’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Seeking The Absolute’, set for release later this month via Metal Blade Records!
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The 18th edition of Alcatraz is shaping up to be historic with headliners Arch Enemy and Alestorm, legends like Soulfly, Saxon, Body Count, Rose Tattoo, extreme assaults from Immolation, Internal Bleeding, 200 Stab Wounds, Sanguisugabogg, and modern favorites like Kittie, Northlane, Animals As Leaders, The Ghost Inside.
We’re especially thrilled to see the Belgian flag flying high again with Channel Zero, Amenra, Enthroned, Psychonaut and Mantah on the bill. And let’s not forget our longtime Finnish favorites Luna Kills, making a big step onto the Alcatraz stage!
On top of that, the Prison Stage opens already on the Thursday for the first time ever, and day ticket prices are lower than 2025 right now!
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Danish metallers Defecto shared the new single and video ‘Eternal Descent’ from their upcoming new album ‘Echoes Of Isolation’, set for release in about a month via Frontiers Music!
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Brutal Assault just unveiled a new wave of bands for its 2026 edition with The Sisters of Mercy and The Ghost Inside announced as headliners, but also a great selection of extreme metal and progressive/experimental representation!
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A night of incredible music from Ne Obliviscaris, Persefone and Asymmetric Universe at Tavastia in Helsinki at the beginning of last month, the start of what was going to be an incredible tour in Europe for these guys!
The French band Aephanemer dropped by On The Rocks in Helsinki to turn the heat up and make a pretty much crammed venue go wild to their symphonic/melodic death metal tunes! Support came from locals Numento.
Ne Obliviscaris and Persefone on tour in Europe, supported by openers Asymmetric Universe, providing us with an evening of the finest progressive metal out there! We caught them at their stop in Belgium, at Trix in Antwerp!
US power metal legendary band Kamelot came, saw and conquered all of our hearts at Vanha Ylioppilastalo in Helsinki, with the help of Myrath, Eleine and League of Distortion back at the end of March!
Belgian radio channel Studio Brussel threw a big party in VIERNULVIER for their 40th birthday with only headliners: Psychonaut, STAKE and Brutus!
Leprous always stand for an exceptional live show and musical experience. Add to that Monuments and Kalandra, and we were in for a fantastic night at Helsinki’s Vanha Ylioppilastalo!
Nem Agency brought Kamelot along with Myrath, Eleine and League of Distortion back to Tampere. The show was not as crowed as maybe expected, but a lot of fun with excellent music of all 4 bands!
Wheel, Epica and Apocalyptica came together in Munich to bring a dream night for lovers of expectedly crafted music from the hand of excellent artists
Progressive metal masters Dream Theater are touring the world with their “Top of the World” tour showing they are true masters at what they do. We got to see them at 013 Poppodium in Tilburg, Netherlands with the Finnish progressive/symphonic power metallers of Arion opening!
The North-American metalcore stars Atreyu and modern metallers on the rise Jinjer warmed up for Bullet for My Valentine at Zenith in Munich, Germany!
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