Newly confirmed for the Steelfest 2026 line-up: Demonical, Mavorim, Shape of Despair and underground legends Beherit. Last week also brought the exclusive and unique shows of Holocausto and Erzebet to the bill. Deströyer 666 is no longer part of the lineup.
Finnish dark metal torchbearers counting Hours announced new album ‘The Wishing Tomb’ to be released in February 2024 via Ardua Music and shared a first track with ‘Timeless Ones’!
Finnish funeral doom icons Shape of Despair released the 3rd track ‘Forfeit’ from their upcoming album ‘Return to the Void’!
Another batch of names that ramps up the anticipation for next year’s Brutal Assault!
The final day of Steelfest Open Air always hits differently. Fatigue, devotion and one last descent into the underground. We picked out 5 performances again that we think you should check out for sure tomorrow on Day 3 in case your energy level isn’t high enough to go see everything, going from Dutch black metal icons Cirith Gorgor, the icy pressence of Imperial Crystalline Entombment, doom and gloom from Shape of Despair, a rare and most likely very emotionally charged performance by Lifelover to extreme metal innovators Tormentor to close the weekend! See you there!
As usual, Mazen’s top albums are a mix of death metal, black metal and a touch of doom metal, heralding everything that is underground and extreme with bands like Phobophilic, Autopsy, Stormruler, Watain, Shape of Despair, Ars Hmu, Sedimentum, Chaotian, Trolldom and Immolation!
February 2022 is yet again brimming with great releases, here’s a small selection of our most anticipated ones!
Tuska is finally back again! The Helsinki center metal and rock festival is shaping up to be quite the epic and glorious return!
Shape of Despair has transcended far and beyond “Return to the Void” returns to the old ways as it set a new paradigm of outstanding craftsmanship that will surpass many fans of funeral doom metal.
‘Ashes Coalesce’ is full of these mysterious moments that make the sophomore strange yet beautiful.
