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Bay Area thrash metal icons Testament are back with ‘Shadow People’, another single from their upcoming 14th album ‘Para Bellum’, out next month via Nuclear Blast Records! Catch them live this fall in Europe with Obituary, Destruction and Nervosa, or next summer at plenty of European festivals like the already confirmed Alcatraz 2026!

Party.San Metal Open Air festival announced the first 27 bands for 2026, including Testament, Hypocrisy and Amorphis as top names but so much more with something for as good as anyone who is into the more underground and extreme metal! Ticket presales are live right now!

Bay Area thrash metal icons Testament announced their new album ‘Para Bellum’ to be out in October via Nuclear Blast and shared the intense single ‘Infanticide A.I.’!

Into The Grave didn’t want to hold these back anymore and announced a whole slab of new names for the 2023 edition!

Thrash metal legends Testament announce a brand new album heading your way in a couple of months and share a first song and music video!

We now have a total of 50 bands that are announced. Who are you excited for? And who do you hope Graspop adds to their line up? Let us know! See you there.

Pre-sales have started, so here are a handful more bands for the 2019 edition of Brutal Assault!

Evanescence’s guitar goddess Jen Majura released her second solo album and it’s filled with blistering metal!

Photo Reports

Luna Kills

In Tom VM’s favorite pictures of the year shows off his captures of bands like Amorphis, Beyond the Black, Bury Tomorrow, Dimmu Borgir, Infected Rain, Lost Society, Opeth, Tarot, Vola, Zeal and Ardor, Amaranthe, Ankor, Beast in Black, Charlotte Wessels, Dark Tranquillity, Dear Mother, Draconian, Dragonforce, Epica, Europe, Feuerschwanz, Gene Simmons Band, Jinjer, Marco Mendoza, Moonspell, Saxon, Testament, Vandenberg and Luna Kills, of which some pictures have never before seen on our site!

This year, all Thrash Metal fans in Europe received a special treat, an early Christmas present: KREATOR & ANTHRAX feat. TESTAMENT. All three bands were in a class of their own that evening – there was no support, only headliners. This evening will be remembered by all thrashers for a long time.

Pictures of the third day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Audrey Horne, Soil, Jinjer, Korpiklaani, Gene Simmons Band and Architects!

Pictures of the second day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Finntroll, Spiritbox, Dio Disciples, Testament, Epica and Europe!

A selection of Vaim’s best captures of 2023, after a long and grueling process of elimination, with pictures from bands like Battle Beast, Gaerea, Trollheim’s Grott, Avslut, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Amenra, Igorrr, Aesthetic Perfection, HIDE, SKYND, Ice Nine Kills, Utuk Xul, Rancid, Sick Of It All, Stratovarius, Testament, Michael Monroe, Volbeat, Hellacopters, Pensées Nocturnes, Amorphis, Biohazard, Killswitch Engage, Converge, Agnostic Front, Taake, Public Image Ltd, A.A. Williams, Butcher Babies, Clutch, Finntroll, Electric Callboy, Ghost, Gojira, Imperial Triumphant, Lorna shore, The Hu and Urne!

The second day of Rockfest 2023, the Red Stage by Soundi was the place to be for stellar performances by Von Hertzen Brothers, Escape The Faith, Testament and Stam1na.

Pictures of a night of thrashing when the Bay Strikes Back in Helsinki with Testament, Exodus and Death Angel!

Summer vacation officially began and Antwerp started it with a bang! On the first weekend of July Bouckenborgh Parc hosted the 6th edition of Antwerp Metal Fest. That’s right, the 6th one already and oh my, how they’ve grown.

A thrash metal night to remember… and even if you have a hard time remembering, here are some pics of the Death Angel, Annihilator and Testament shows to give you some help!