Canadian speed/thrash madmen Warsenal are back with their most ambitious and destructive offering to date with ‘Endless Beginnings…’ out in March via Massacre Records and unleash first single ‘Feeding the Wildfire’! Catch them live in Europe this spring, including a stop at our very own Asgaard in Belgium!
Belgian speed metallers Kate’s Acid announce their new studio album ‘Hellbender’ to be our in March with High Roller Records and share the title track as the first single!
Hungarian speed maniacs Türböwitch signed with Time To Kill Records for the release of hteir upcoming 3rd full-length album in 2026!
Finnish metal regiment Barrel launched their first single ‘Scavenger’ from their upcoming debut full-length ‘Triptych’, set for release early 2026!
Finnish speed/death cult outfit DET share the new track ‘Catacomb’, a third track revealed from their highly anticipated debut album ‘Destructive elite Terror’, set for release in October via Dying Victims Productions!
Finnish speed/death metal force DET have announced their debut album ‘Destructive Elite Terror’ to be out in October via Dying Victims Productions and shared a first track with ‘Strike’!
Belgian metal outfit Speed Queen hit you with a speed metal ‘Showdown’, a single from their upcoming album ‘…With a Bang!’, set for release on High Roller Records in September!
Last week, Midnight announced to be unleashing ‘Steel, Rust and Disgust’ covers album via Metal Blade Records in May and unveiled one of the few original tracks with ‘Cleveland Metal’!
In February 2025, Sweden’s Armory will release their EP ‘Black Star’ via Dying Victims Productions and Jawbreaker Records, but they have shared the title track already right now!
Old school Finnish speed metal band Arched Fire released their latest single ‘Northbound Train’ with Inverse Records, a track that is both a tribute to their roots and journey and possibly a mark for an end of an era!
From the amazing line-up of Tolminator 2025 we picked 10 acts we believe deserves your attention and time for you to check out at the festival if you’re there or at home if you’re not. A couple of them already played yesterday, like Vulvarine, High Parasite and Ghost Bath, but there is still plenty to discover and see with bands like Midnight, Cro-mags, Me And That Man, Party Cannon, Insanity Alert, Dopethrone and Mimi Barks!
As every year is the case, Alcatraz Festival has plenty of space and attention for the local Belgian scene and we’re not the only ones happy about that. On the newly expanded Thursday warm-up night you’ll get to enjoy cover/tribute bands like Mr. Lipstick and the Lost Traces, Motörheads and BelgianQuoBand, the popular thrash/speed metallers of Evil Invaders and a stage filled with more underground like Sister May, Kerker, Stung, Violent Sin and Ancient Rites!
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?
Steelchaos is back! If that is not reason enough to get yourself a ticket still, here are 5 reasons why you should still consider to go this weekend, including the exclusive Finland “Black Metal” 40 years anniversary show of Venom Inc.!
The month of April brings us not only Spring in full bloom, but a long list of stellar releases. Here is a selection of those we’re looking forward to the most!
