Yesterday, Norwegian black metal pioneers Emperor were confirmed as the first headlining act for the 5th anniversary of Fortress Festival in 2027! But before that, join us this weekend to see frontman Ihsahn in action at Ankea Festival!
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News Posts
Air Drawn Dagger is back with their brand-new single & video ‘Me & My Friends (We’re Trying Asbestos We Can)’, released with Long Branch Records last week!
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Employed To Serve is back with their bludgeoning new single ‘Dead Reckoning’, out via Church Road Records just in time for their summer tour where they’ll appear at several Europe festivals like Tolminator and Wacken and play shows with In Flames, Unearth and Of Mice and Men!
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UK outfit Burner announced their album ‘No One Is Coming To Save Us’ to be released in September with Church Road Records and unveiled single and music video ‘Sunrise, Parabellum’ featuring Matthew K. Heavy of Trivium!
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Norwich doom duo Kulk announced their upcoming new album ‘Choosing to Die’ to be out in August with Church Road Records and unveiled the video single ‘An Endless Knife’!
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Green Lung return with their 4th album ‘Necropolitan’, a love letter to gothic London in riffs, out in September with Nuclear Blast and just recently unveiled their first single with ‘Evil in this House’!
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Warning shared second track ‘Night Comes Down’ from their upcoming new album ‘Rituals of Shame’, to be released in June with Relapse Records and their first new album in 20 years!
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Last Friday Ingested unleashed their new album ‘Denigration’ on Metal Blade Records and shared a lyric video for the track ‘Oaths Betrayed’ to celebrate!
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UK punk duo The Meffs unveiled their searing new single ‘Disorder (Wake Up)’, a second track unveiled of their upcoming album ‘Business’, out in September via FLG!
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UK metal outfit Cage Fight unleashed their new single and video ‘Oxygen’, unveiling a last taste of their upcoming album ‘Exuvia’ before tomorrow’s release with Spinefarm!
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Album Reviews
“Projections” carves a new niche and a whole musical direction for doom fans to enjoy. Godthrymm marches into a path between traditional doom and sludge, and this is what sets them apart in the doom metal scene today. Out via Profound Lore Records since May 29th.
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Cryptworm’s third album “Infectious Pathological Waste” is a putrid death metal record, and that’s because of the flair for bringing out those disgusting gurgling growls with grooves and immense brutality. The inspired death-slam grotesque cover art solidifies their ugly sound, which is similar to Undergang, Autopsy, and Fetid. Out via Me Saco Un Ojo Records since March 27th.
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UK based death metal five-piece Vacuous returns with their sophomore release “In His Blood”, offering a brutal slab of death metal with hints of post-punk and other influences. Undoubtedly one of the strongest releases of 2025, out via Relapse Records!
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Architects = brutality on this album. They are back with the blegh and brutal breakdowns just the way we like it, but without completely forgetting their more recent sound and sense of doing things differently. Out vvia Epitaph Records.
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Debut album “The Diseased Machine” from London’s death metal quintet Mutagenic Host packs heavy aggression of old-school death metal with spacey themes. Out via Dry Cough Records since January 3rd.
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After thirty years Adorior slithers out from the depths of hell to convey its satanic wicked album ‘Bleed On My Teeth’ through the medium of raw fucking metal. Out via Dark Descent Records and comes highly recommended for fans of Slayer, Absu and Angelcorpse!
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Grimgotts is a symphonic power metal band up to their second album ‘Dragons Of The Ages’. If you like pirate metal from Alestorm and Lagerstein, don’t hesitate to check these guys out.
Foul Body Autopsy is back, just a year after the previous album. Fans will not be disappointed and if you’re new to this, why not give it a try.
Anaal Nathrakh are still pushing the boundaries of extreme music to its furthest limits. The dynamic duo from Birmingham have done so with each new release, and this time’s no different.
Desert Storm’s Sentinels gives you sludge that sticks to the groove, heavier than the sun’s core, dirtier than a hobo’s pits.
Photo Reports
One night, one band: MACHINE HEAD. The California based combo came to Ludwigsburg to take the audience on an almost 3 hrs ride through the band’s history. Robb Flynn and his fellow bandmates delivered a blasting show with stunning visuals, great sound, flames and lights. It was simply amazing and crowd followed actively with massive circle pits and a large number of crowdsurfers. A truly genuine concert experience!
A night of pure thrash power in Stuttgart: NAILS, EXODUS, CARCASS and legends KREATOR delivered fire, speed and unforgettable moments on the “KRUSHERS OF THE WORLD TOUR 2026”. Dive into our full photo report and relive the chaos. This night had it all: a full arsenal: towering ghouls, fire, smoke, and a stage show as intense as the music.
SKINDRED’s explosive Stuttgart show on their current Europe tour featured electrifying sets from SICKRET and ALIEN ANT FARM, culminating in a masterclass of Reggae Metal led by Benji Webbe and his powerhouse bandmates. On a frosty November night, the legendary LKA Longhorn was set ablaze.
Cattle Decapitation tearing the roof of Northumbria University’s Students Union with the support of Signs of the Swarm, 200 Stab Wounds and Vomit Forth!
A chaotic fuelled blood rampage. That’s what Malevolence released upon Newcastle. Together with Rough Justice and Pain of Truth they laid down absolute destruction at the University Students Union!
Last week, after a fantastic 2023, Bury Tomorrow started the new year with a victory lap in their own country with a small UK tour with the support of metalcore/modern metal greats We Came As Romans and Kingdom of Giants! We caught up with them at the Boiler Shop in Newcastle for what was an amazing show!
Pictures of a proggy night in Helsinki with Monuments, Heart of a Coward and I Built The Sky! Check it out!
Skálmöld + Alestorm = Skálstorm. Throw on top of that the cowboys of Bootyard Bandits and it results in one hell of a party night!
The first edition of Helsinki Punk ‘n’ Roll Day was in a dark corner, but brightened up the night of many there! Check out the pics here!
Stoned Jesus brought one hell of a show to Magasin 4 and so did support Mothership and Elephant Tree. Check out the pics!
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