Virginia’s thrashers Vigil announced their upcoming highly anticipated debut album ‘Primordial Rites’ to be out in October with Shadow Kingdom Records and shared a first track with ‘Nocturnal Hunger’!
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Trivium unleashed their furious new single ‘Dead Inside of Me’ with Roadrunner Records, the first new music since their last album and a taste of what is to come! Catch them on tour later this year in North America with In Flames, Orbit Culture, Fit For An Autopsy and Frozen Soul!
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Bay Area thrashers Forbidden unleashed their new single ‘Burning The Lungs Of Earth’, another track from their upcoming self-titled album, set for release in October via BLKIIBLK!
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Thrash metal powerhouse Havok released their new single ‘The Ultimate Weapon’ earlier this week with BLKIIBLK, just before they kicked off their European tour with Blood Red Throne, Xonor and Eradikated, which is well on its way right now!
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Speed metal trio Night Roar unleashed a music video for ‘No Compromise, No Apologies’, the title track of their debut album!
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Longtime Danish metal outfit HateSphere announced their new album ‘Guillotine’ to be out with Scarlet Records coming October and unveiled the title track as a first taste!
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We’re still buzzing about last weekend’s festivities at Alcatraz Festival, but no rest for the wicked with already a first 30 names confirmed for next year’s edition and early bird sales on the way since yesterday! Who are you looking for or hoping for still for the 2027 edition? Let us know in the comments!
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Finland’s black/thrash metal outfit Flame set the release date for their new album ‘Ignis Draconis Daemonicus’ on September 25th via Primitive Reaction and unveiled a first track with ‘Kaosphere’!
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Crossover thrashers Overpower sign with Curch Road Records and shared their latest single ‘Terminus’ to celebrate, just in time for next week’s show at Bloodstock Open Air!
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Texan Judiciary announces their upcoming EP ‘Stalagmite Angels’ to be out in September via Closed Casket Activities and unleashed a pummeling with the single and video ‘Wall of Skulls’!
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Album Reviews
When thinking about Texas, you’re likely to picture cowboys and country music, but it’s also the birthplace of thrash band AGGRAVATOR.After their self-titled 2019 EP which honoured the last works […]
3 songs which gives a sense of what has been and what could have been with Bodom After Midnight. A worthy addition to Alexi Laiho’s repertoire and career. May the Wildchild rest/shred in peace.
The fourth album from thrash veterans Heathen was long overdue, but definitely worth the wait!
Thrash/death powerhouse Nervosa is back with a vengeance. With a brand new lineup and a blistering new album.
With the newest album, Sodom rides the maelstrom of violence, “Genesis XIX” is yet another worthy album added to the band’s extending catalog.
Take 4 talented metal musicians, seventies rock classics dipped in a heavy/thrash metal sauce and that’s what you get with BPMD’s first album…
The first EP of Jairo “Tormentor” Guedz’s new band The Troops of Doom is out, bringing back some old school Brazilian death/thrash!
Belgian metal outfit Chalice brings an appetizer to what is to become most likely a full-length release. Check it out!
Belgian metal band Téras delivers a nasty thrash record interlaced with the right amount of black and death metal to kick in some teeth!
The Belgian maniacs from speed metal outfit Bütcher released their second album and it’s quite the blistering metal attack!
Photo Reports
The final day of Alcatraz ended in style 🤘 Fear Factory, Kerry King, Michael Schenker, Dimmu Borgir, and Machine Head took over the Prison Stage. Relive the closing day’s highlights in our latest photo gallery! 📸
Day 1 of Brutal Assault 2025 set the tone right away with a good mix of legends and crushing heaviness. From the epic Viking soundscapes of Skálmöld to the industrial grooves of Static-X, the unrelenting brutality of Dying Fetus, the thrash assault of Kerry King, and the dark rituals of Rotting Christ, the Marshall and Sea Shepherd stages started off the festival properly.
Thrash, death, industrial, and classic heavy metal all came together on the opening day of Hellsinki Metal Festival 2025. Check out our photo report featuring Forbidden, Dismember, Fear Factory, and King Diamond! 🔥
Day 1 at Alcatraz started with a bang… Blaze Bayley, SNOT, Wednesday 13, W.A.S.P., Mastodon and Kreator all took over the Prison Stage.
From haunting doom to speed metal fury, La Morgue delivered another memorable weekend at Alcatraz. Relive performances by Frayle, Messa, Knife, and Cult of Scarecrow in our latest photo report! 🔥
Moon Shot, RØRY, and Stam1na took over Rockfest’s Red Stage and Black Stage with unforgettable performances, and we captured it all.
Last month, both of our home countries met at a great event with some of the top of the underground metal scene like Unhoped, Rapid, Galvanizer and the very first appearance in Finland of the Belgian speed metallers of Bütcher!
The tradition at GrimmGent is for all photographers to set up our personal collection of our favourites. Always an illustrious collection, sometimes with shots that haven’t even been published here. This is my Tom Treuten selection of highlights in 2024.
Lithuanian thrash metal force Phrenetix were on tour in Europe and stopped at our very own venue Asgaard in Gentbrugge to throw a hell of a party with the help of Nuclear Warfare and Steamroller!
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.
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