Belgian post-metalcore band Nomad released their first single ‘Breath’ from upcoming debut album ‘Oxygen’, set for release in March 2026!
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Belgian sludge/doom collective Predatory Void recently announced their new EP ‘Atoned in Metamorphosis’ to be out in February 2026 via Pelagic Records and shared a first track with ‘Contemplation In Time’!
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Belgian atmospheric black doom band Splendidula unveiled ‘Echoes Of Quiet Remain’, a deeply emotional track featuring Aaron Stainthorpe and the first single from their upcoming album ‘Absentia’, set for release in 2026 via Argonauta Records!
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Belgian cult thrashers Cyclone announced their new mini album ‘Known Unto God’ to be released in February 2026 via High Roller Records and recently shared the new track ‘Eliminate’! Catch them next summer at Alcatraz 2026!
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Belgian black metal legends Enthroned ignite the tribunal once more with the latest track ‘Ashen Advocacy’ being unveiled of upcoming new album ‘Ashspawn’, set for release in December via Season of Mist!
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Alcatraz Festival just gave us an early christmas present by adding 32 more bands to the 2026 lineup, making it almost complete with another nice selection of metal icons, underground greats, up-and-coming bands and artists from its own Belgian soil!
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Belgian doom collective Splendidula renewed their signing with Argonauta Records for the release of their upcoming new album. A first single featuring Aaron Stainthorpe will be out next month!
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Flemish black metal band Bloedmaan unleashed first single ‘Return to Castlevania’ from upcoming album ‘Vampyric War in Blood’, set for release with Immortal Frost Productions in December!
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Belgian metalcore outfit As We Speak shared their crushing new single ‘Everyone Is Dead’ last Friday!
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Belgian black metal revelation Serpents Oath released their new single ‘Gateways to Tiamat’, extending the arc unveiled on their latest album ‘Revelation’, out with Odium Records!
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Metalheads rejoiced in VIERNULVIER as Crouch, Slow Crush, and Amenra delivered crushing sets for “De 41 uur van Studio Brussel” celebrations of the radio station!
Doodseskader (and Watergruwels as support) shook VIERNULVIER and the surrounding area in Gent, Belgium awake with an intense show in a sold out venue to release their new album: “Year Two”.
A couple of weeks ago, Ektomorf brought their ‘Vivid Black Over Europe Tour 2024’ to the South of Heaven venue in Bilzen, Belgium, and supported by Inmate, Serpents and Tag My Heart brought the house down!
Upstart pagan folk organisers Idavoll hosted a second edition of their “Hobgoblin’s Hollow” event, filled with board games & pagan folk, this time provided by Seed & Eleni Neldë!
The year got off with a good start at our very own Asgaard venue with killer performances by Gravekvlt, Bokkerijders and Traquenard! A night in collaboration with Return Bookings!
Extreme was on tour throughout Europe to present us their brand-new album “Six” and brought The Last Internationale with them as a support act. We caught their high energy shows at their stop at Trix in Antwerp, Belgium!
On the 10th anniversary edition of the Belgian hard rock and metal festival Blast From The Past, they did what they do best yet again: bringing the old school to a stage near you with an impressive line-up of Angel Witch, Onslaught, Exumer, Vengeance, Witchfynde, Hitten, Existance, Steelover, and Toledo Steel!
True Crime industrial rock band SKYND has been on tour in Europe for a while now, and we caught them performing live in the Trix club, in Antwerp, with Knife Bride as support!
Perhaps less heavy than we are used to on our website. Nevertheless, DIRK. made it a fantastic indie rock evening in Ghent. Warmed up by Sad Boys Klub and John Lemon, the well-filled VIERNULVIER venue had a great time.
Of course, we were present again at Alcatraz Festival, trying to see as many of the awesome bands as possible. But seeing so many people having the times of their lives pulled our cameras away from the bands regularly, capturing the great community and atmosphere you could find all over the place!
Gig Reports
9 maart, 11 uur ‘s ochtends: Parkway Drive gaat live op facebook met de boodschap dat ze een intieme show zullen brengen in de AB Club… de dinsdag erop.
Black and death metal all the way, from 3 different regions in Europe with Rotting Christ, Carach Angren and Svart Crown!
On 15/02/2018, together with around 1000 other metalheads, we headed towards a sold out Trix in Antwerp for an evening filled with folk- and paganmetal. Trollfest, arkona and heidevolk were opening for headliner korpiklaani.
The Brides came down to Brussels to worship Lucifer again with the devilish tunes of heavy metal’s classics!
On the 28th of October, Ostend was invaded by Skálmöld, Stam1na and Omnium Gatherum on their Arctic Circle Alliance tour!
Anneke Van Giersbergen performed for the first time in Belgium with her brand new band Vuur. Check out here how the experience was.
The Saatanan Riehuvat Liekit tour struck Roeselare, giving us one of the best black metal shows I’ve seen in a while…
Do you wonder what it’s like to spend the night with Alice Cooper? Find out here.
The Iron Maidens, the “World’s Only Female Tribute to Iron Maiden”, hailing from L.A. and live at De Kreun, Kortrijk (Belgium)!
Thrash party of the year, that’s the least we can say when Testament passed along at the trix with their all time friends of Death Angel and Annihilator.
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