On the last day of Alcatraz 2025, we get 10 more fantastic Belgian bands served up, going from mesmerizing atmosphere makers like Briqueville and Alkerdeel, to absolute mayhem from bands like Bark, Devastatiön, Slaughter Messiah and Cobracide, hardcore legends Congress and Whatever It Takes, rockers Promise Down or goth-tinged heavy metallers Cult of Scarecrow! Something for everyone and again proof how rich the Belgian heavy music scene is…
Day 2 of this year’s TollRock Festival had a great list of artists on the line-up. TollRockerz Band Contest is the yearly opening act of the Saturday procedures. Moonshot, Saint City Orchestra, Kissin’ Dynamite, Donots and Five Finger Skull Crushers were building the electrifying list of acts that appealed to a wide variety of rock, punk, Irish folk and metal fans. In combination with the special atmosphere and location making TollRock a Germany summer festival highlight.
Australian rocker Cassidy Paris unveiled her new single ‘Stronger’, featuring Pete Lesperance, and out now via Frontiers Music!
Hard rock/heavy metal band Hell in the Club returned with their new single and music video ‘The Devil Won’t Forget Me’ out via Frontiers Music!
Phil Campbell and The Bastard Sons are still going through a handful summer shows, including an appearance at Alcatraz Festival next week, but the celebration of “50 Years of Motörhead” continues in November with a European tour!
Rock revolutionaries Nova Twins unleashed yet another anthemic new single with ‘N.O.V.A’, a track from their upcoming album ‘Parasites & Butterflies’, out at the end of next month via Marshall Records!
We, yet again, had a blast enjoying this year’s edition of Tuhdimmat Tahdit, which brought Finntroll, Kilpi, Mustasch, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Lordi, Amaranthe and HammerFall to Tampere’s Eteläpuisto on the first day!
Dogma unveils ‘Be Free’, a “lost” track from their debut album, and a new ritual unleashed before continuing their European invasion starting with Wacken in a couple of days!
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!
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!
