Modern groove/thrash metallers Pretext release second single and video ‘Lord of Pain’ from their upcoming album ‘Riot of the Ruined, out in June via Darkside Records!
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Norwegian heavy metal band Triosphere announced the release of their new album ‘Oceans Above, Stars Below’ with Frontiers Music in August and shared the very thrashy new single and video ‘Of Tyrants’!
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Cavalera Conspiracy are returning to Europe for a 2026 summer festival run to bring their ‘Chaos A.D.’ to the fans, including a stop at Graspop and many more! There’s also a chance you could catch them at more intimate headliner shows, don’t miss out!
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Last Friday, heavy metal outfit Anubis released their new album ‘Anthromorphicide’ via M-Theory Audio and celebrated with a video for the track ‘My Favorite Cage’, featuring guest vocalist Zhariah!
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Bay Area thrash icons Heathen release another deep dive cover with their take on the Psychosis track ‘Twist of Faith’, out with their new label Napalm Records!
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Swedish thrashers Dead Sleep release new single and music video ‘Children of the Blade’ from their upcoming album ‘Repulsion’, set for release in June!
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Finnish sludge metallers Earthblood unleashed their latest new single ‘Hatchet in Hand’, out now everywhere!
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Swedish thrashers Eradikated unleashed their final single ‘Mortality’ in anticipation of their upcoming album ‘Wiring of Violence’, out in the beginning of May via Indie Recordings!
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Sweden’s Bewitched is back. This Friday, they are unleashing their comeback full-length album ‘Diabolical Death Mass’ with Osmose Productions, the first new release in 2 decades!
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Soulfly unleashed a gritty animated visual for ‘Favela/Dystopia’, one of the tracks of their latest album ‘Chama’, out with Nuclear Blast Records!
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The organization behind SteelFest couldn’t wait any longer and decided to call a one-off Summer edition “SteelHordes” into life, and this is why you should go.
Rock In The City is happening again and luckily they are able to do a couple of more cities this summer than what they could in 2020! Read why you should go if you’re in the neighborhood!
It’s Winter but it’s not dark enough to your liking? The Finnish underground fest SteelChaos might be the place to be for you…
Evil Or Die Fest is ready again to kick some serious but with the best of Belgian and international hardcore and metal scene!
A young festival made by fans for fans, Goathell holds a lot of promise!
Tuska 2019 promises to be exciting with a very solid line-up and a couple of major changes!
The winds are turning to winter and so the time of Eindhoven Metal Meeting is coming close again!
Last year we got to celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of the biggest metal festivals of THE metal country Finland. Metalheads all over the world see Wacken Open Air […]
Read all about the next edition of Dynamo Metalfest. A party that cannot be missed !!!
The second edition of what looks like is going to be the biggest rock and metal festival of Finland is coming and it’ll be a blast!
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Only a handful of days left before Helsinki gets a healthy shot of heavy and dark music with the third edition of Hellsinki Metal Festival! If you’re still confused and wondering if you should go or not, check out 8 reasons we believe should convince you… Beware, get your tickets today as tomorrow the price will go up again!
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!
The second day of Alcatraz 2025 delivers yet another trio of Belgian stage openers with the power metallers of Magic Kingdom on the Prison Stage, metalcore outfit Signs of Algorithm blowing the roof off the Swamp Stage and modern thrash wrecking crew Primal Creation causing mayhem on La Morgue!
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!
In less than a week, Tuska weekend is upon us! If somehow you weren’t convinced yet that you need to go, here are 10 reasons we believe should be enough motivation to still get a ticket and join us there!
Besides the epic shows of the headliners at this year’s Rockfest, we picked 10 bands that we think you shouldn’t miss out on if you’re going to the festival this weekend, with Moon Shot, Sepultura, RØRY, Awake Again, Bullet For My Valentine, Jinjer, Cemetery Skyline, Demolition 23, GHØSTKID and Black Flag! Who are you looking forward to the most this weekend? See you there!
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!
Tomorrow it’s again that time of the year: Tuska weekend is upon us! If somehow you weren’t convinced yet that you need to go, here are 10 reasons we believe should be enough motivation to still get a ticket if any are available still! Going from a great line-up, to Tuska KVLT, Tuska Expo expanding further and simply an amazing atmosphere! See you there!
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?
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