California punk band Ceremony announced their new album ‘Tell Me Your Dream’ to be out in August via Relapse and shared their new single ‘Death Destruction Mayhem’!
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Norwegian stoner punks Bokassa returned with their brand new single and video ‘Doesn’t Matter If You Love It Here’, out now everywhere via their own label, embracing their DIY spirit yet again!
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Out of the Belgian underground comes a young four-piece ready to properly rock out with you! Diva Duke unleashed their raw new single ‘Again’ via Catfight Entertainment last week!
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California hardcore punk band Human Issue share new single ‘The World Is Your Oyster’ from their upcoming album ‘In Flesh’, out next month with Smartpunk Records!
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Rising punk group Winona Fighter is back with explosive new single ‘Bombs Away’, out now via Rise Records!
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Belgian metalpunks Shewolff shared their new track ‘Nail + Burn’, the third revealed from their upcoming debut mini-album ‘We’re All Gonna Fukking Die’, out on May 22nd via Dying Victims Productions!
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UK punk duo The Meffs unveiled their searing new single ‘Disorder (Wake Up)’, a second track unveiled of their upcoming album ‘Business’, out in September via FLG!
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Gen and the Degenerates unveiled a brand new single with ‘Favourite Jumper’, out now with a video via Marshall Records!
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Officer Lucifer’s transmission continues with new single nad video ‘Swallow’, out now everywhere!
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Punk band Ceremony return with ‘Other Hells’, their first single in over five years out with Relapse Records and showcasing them flexing their hardcore muscle once again!
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Interviews
Fresh off the release of ‘Prima Bailarina’, we caught up with Finnish artist Nenerchy at her sold-out release show to talk about her genre-defying sound, punk philosophy, anime influences and her upcoming appearance at Tuska next week, that you definitely should go check out!
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A chat with the Finnish trio that is the indie punk/rock outfit called Messier about their debut album, music and signing to the LA based label SideOneDummy
A chat with brand new vocalist Mike Rivkees of The Rumjacks about their album ‘Hestia’ and more…
A Skype call with Fedde from Dutch hardcore outfit to live among wolves about their latest EP and supporting the local scene!
We talked with vocalist Carl from First Blood about their “Rules”, touring and their nearby future!
We talked with Jordan from Terror about their latest album, touring and the nearby future!
A talk with vocalist/bassist Andreas from Highrider about their latest album, D&D and the bands that have inspired them to create such a crazy blend of different music styles!
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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.
On the last day of Alcatraz 2025, we get 10 more fantastic Belgian bands served up, going from mesmerizing atmosphere makers like Briqueville and Alkerdeel, to absolute mayhem from bands like Bark, Devastatiön, Slaughter Messiah and Cobracide, hardcore legends Congress and Whatever It Takes, rockers Promise Down or goth-tinged heavy metallers Cult of Scarecrow! Something for everyone and again proof how rich the Belgian heavy music scene is…
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!
In 10 days, Kortrijk in Belgium, will turn the heavy up again with Hell’s Balls Belgium, just like they do every summer with Alcatraz festival. In case you weren’t sure yet why you should go, here are what we think are valid reasons for you to be there…
What are you the most excited about of this year’s editions of the festival? Let us know in the comments!
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!
We enjoyed ourselves plenty at Tuhdimmat Tahdit, so we urge you to check out what we think are good reasons for you to try and make it to this lovely festival in Finland’s prettiest city of Tampere!
Gary’s albums of the year venture away from our more standard metal selection with a bunch of stellar punk releases from bands like The Bar Stool Preachers, Grade 2, The Darts, The Dollyrots, Rumkicks and Rancid, but also sidesteps into other music like the special brand of rock that Public Image Ltd. brings, blues rock with Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton, an acoustic Dropkick Murphys and a trip back into time, reminiscing about London’s legendary Batcave Club!
While we are still regularly looking back at what 2023 brought us, we of course also need to look forward. So here is the first edition of our 2024 series of articles where we bring the editorial team’s most anticipated releases with Escuela Grind, Green Day, The Empire Strikes, Saxon, Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes, Static-X, The Gems, Lucifer, Manticora and Hiraes in January!
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