London metal trio URNE released their over nine-minute epic ‘Harken The Waves’, featuring guest vocals from Mastodon’s Troy Sanders, out with Spinefarm!
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Brutal Assault 2025 revealed the daily line-up and launched the sale of single day tickets for those who want a taste of this amazing fest, but can’t fit the whole weekend in their planning!
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Stoner doom titans Dopelord are set to embark on their XV Anniversary Tour across Europe this November and December, spreading their occult all over the place!
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Polish stoner doom legends Dopelord announced to be part of Season of Mist for their upcoming new releases and will be hitting the road in May for their 15th anniversary and as special guests for Orange Goblin’s last show in Helsinki in November!
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UK’s rising stars Urne have released the brand-new single ‘Throes Of Grief, their first release on Spinefarm that also comes with their take on the Black Sabbath track ‘I’!
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Red Fang kicks off their 20th anniversary celebrations with the March 14 release of ‘Deep Cuts’, a collection of non-album tracks, covers and previously unreleased singles via Relapse Records! Get a taste of what is coming with the track ‘It’s Always There’, a track from the deluxe version of ‘Whales and Leeches’!
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Finnish stoner rock titans Kaiser are back with another powerhouse track, sharing 2nd single ‘A Clockwork Green’ from upcoming album ‘2nd Sound’, set for release in March via Majestic Mountain Records!
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Finnish metal band Black .44 released their 2nd single and video ‘The Kingdom’ of upcoming album ‘Bloodlines’, set for release next month via Inverse Records!
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Majestic Mountain Records’ roster is getting another great Finnish band richer with the signing of the stoner rockers of Kaiser! To celebrate they unleashed the single ‘Brotha’, out now everywhere!
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Finnish metal band Black .44 are back after nine years and shared a first single and video ‘Again’ from the upcoming sophomore album ‘Bloodlines’, set for release in February 2025 via Inverse Records!
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Brutal Assault is a proper celebration of everything that is metal and/or extreme and there is something great to be found at any time of the day! We picked out 8 bands that you should go see on the fourth day of this year’s edition, with Crypta, Hanabie., Brujeria, Harakiri For The Sky, King Woman, Gost, Hellbutcher and Priest because they’re more than worth it!
Brutal Assault is a proper celebration of everything that is metal and/or extreme and there is something great to be found at any time of the day! We picked out 8 bands that you should go see on the third day of this year’s edition, with Graphic Nature, Within Destruction, Mnemic, Sylvaine, Gaerea, The Browning, Hellripper and Mantar, because they’ll be more than worth your time!
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!
Brutal Assault is a proper celebration of everything that is metal and/or extreme and there is something great to be found at any time of the day! We picked out 8 bands that you should go see on the first day of this year’s edition, with Frayle, RUÏM, Orange Goblin, Crystal Lake, Oranssi Pazuzu, 3 Inches of Blood, Sigh, and Brutally Deceased, because they’ll be more than worth your time!
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!
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!
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!
Once you go heavy, you never go back… Wouter’s albums of the year hold on to the good olden days of Heavy Metal!
A full year of incredible releases that we are trying to cram into a list of “albums of the year”, here we go again…
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Sonic Rites 2022 delivers an eclectic mix of underground and intriguing acts from hardcore to post-metal to pagan folk and more!
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Desert Hel 2022, the first ever attempt to make Helsinki a desert city with the best of stoner/doom/desert rock and metal!
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An underground festival filled with doom, sludge, stoner and the likes in a musically hazy and dark weekend…
Brutal Assault 2018 promises to bring together all the great features of the metal subculture. Not only the best music each genre has to offer, but also our visual culture, respect for nature and love for decent beer and food.
