In anticipation of the release of one of next month’s hottest albums, Baroness’ new album ‘STONE’, they unveiled another new track with ‘Shine’!
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Long Island sludge metal trio Restless Spirit unleashed video single ‘Marrow’ from upcoming album ‘Afterimage’, set for release via Magnetic Eye Records in October!
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Greek post-metal collective Allochiria shared the new song and video ‘We Have Nothing’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Commotion’, set for release in a couple of weeks via Venerate Industries!
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Sludge and noise outfit Sunrot unleashed another track with ‘Trepanation’, in anticipation of next week’s release of ‘The Unfailing Rope’ via Prosthetic Records!
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Greek post-metal/sludge collective Allochiria shared the video for the new single ‘Darklight’, from the upcoming album ‘Commotion’, set for release in April via Venerate Industries!
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New Jersey’s Sunrot unleashes another serving of their sludgy metal with the single ‘Patricide’ from upcoming new album ‘The Unfailing Rope’ to be released in April via Prosthetic Records!
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Downfall of Gaia unleashed the new single ‘Existence of Awe’, a track from ‘Silhouettes Of Disgust’, the new album set for release via Metal Blade Records in March!
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Belgian sludge/doom supergroup Predatory Void released more details on their upcoming debut ‘Seven Keys to the Discomfort of Being’, set for release in April via Century Media Records and unleashed new single ‘Endless Return To The Kingdom Of Sleep’!
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New Jersey sludge and noise outfit Sunrot announced their upcoming new album ‘The Unfailing Rope’ to be released via Prosthetic Records in April, and unleashed a first single with ‘Gutter’!
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New Belgian supergroup Predatory Void unleashed a new standalone single/video with ‘*(struggling..)’ in anticipation of the full-length debut to be released via Century Media Records later this year!
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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 with Helsinki Techfest and Kaamos Metal Cruise already this weekend, HKI SKEPU FEST V, Lost In Music, Steelchaos, Hellsinki Industrial Festival 2023, Fall Fest 2023, Black Box Mikkeli, Melancholy Mass Festival 2023 and Unholy Winter Fest!
For the third and last day of Alcatraz 2023, our team picked out 10 more bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Serpents Oath, Archspire, Psychonaut, Mantah, Gaupa, Stake, Blind Guardian, Brutus, Killswitch Engage, and Holy Moses! Who are you especially looking forward to on the second day of the festival?
For the second day of Alcatraz 2023, our team picked out 13 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Schizophrenia, Crystal Viper, Brand of Sacrifice, Twilight Force, Gaerea, Predatory Void, Midnight, Tribulation, Belphegor, Biohazard, Godflesh, Exciter and Amorphis! Who are you especially looking forward to on the second day of the festival?
Alcatraz 2023 is getting really close now! This Friday is the first day, and our team picked out 10 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Eleine, Wind Rose, Frozen Soul, Gnome, Kludde, Svalbard, Gaahls Wyrd, Possessed, I Am Morbid and Mad Sin! Who are you especially looking forward to on the first day of the festival?
With less than 2 weeks to go, we put together 10 reasons why we think you should consider to still get yourself a ticket for Alcatraz 2023 and join in with the fun!
The first Tuska 2023 day is here! In a handful of hours the gates will open and 3 days of heavy music will begin! Besides the headliners and some big names, we’ve picked out about 10 bands and artists we believe you should give a shot while you’re at Tuska this weekend with Vended, Kouta, Foreseen and Miseria Ultima today, A.A. Williams, Orbit Culture, Dirt and Nakkeknækker tomorrow, and Vermilia and URNE on Sunday!
This list is not for the faint of heart. A selection of releases that we experienced as being some of the most intense unleashed during 2021.
Belgium’s sludge and post-metal scene cranks out one after the other impressive releases and in 2020 things were no different…
Don’t you just hate when that happens? 10 top albums I missed last year that I think you should still check out…
Darkness, underground, dripping of hate and vile regret… our editor-in-chief has delivered his ode to absolute and relentless black in his albums of the year 2017…
Photo Reports
Every year, one day of the 10-day long Lokerse Feesten is dedicated to metal. A day full of headbanging, mosh-pits and heavy guitars with this year Hammok, Biohazard, Doodseskader, Bullet For My Valentine, Psychonaut, Megadeth, Slift, Within Temptation, Stake and Amenra.
A true challenge for him, our photographer went to capture the performance art that is a live show of HIDE at Kuudes Linja in Helsinki a couple of months ago, with support from Keretik!
Igorrr returned to the Finnish shores with their “Distortion European Tour”, joined by Amenra and Der Weg Einer Freiheit, bringing not only a musical treat, but also a visual feast to the Pakkahuone venue in Tampere!
Belgian radio channel Studio Brussel threw a big party in VIERNULVIER for their 40th birthday with only headliners: Psychonaut, STAKE and Brutus!
Liège-based sludge metal outfit Cottrell’s first show in Flanders in our very own Asgaard venue showed a whole lot of potential!
Pictures of the 2nd day of Tuska 2023 with Oranssi Pazuzu, Reckless Love, VLTIMAS, Stam1na, Blind Channel, Amorphis, Baroness and Mercyful Fate.
Celeste plays 30 shows on their European tour from which 2 in Belgium. We attended their show in Antwerp.
When the line-up of the 2018 edition of Blow-Up festival got released bit by bit, we decided that we couldn’t let this event pass us by. With some of the biggest names in the sludge and doom scene and a few really special and rather rare sights on a stage over here, it’s something we’ve […]
The smoky pictures of a night of doom, sludge and stoner at the Blowup vol. 4 Pre Festival Club!
Interviews
Earlier this year, we talked with vocalist Lina from Predatory Void about how things came together both as a band and for the debut album, and what she hoped to accomplish with the album.
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We talked with John Baizley about his music, new guitarist and dealing with constant pain in the rock ‘n’ roll life.
A talk with Colin H. van Eeckhout about Amenra’s history, their music and playing shows.
