Flamenco death metal outfit Impureza shared “Una mañana con Impureza”, a full live video of their performance at Hellfest earlier this year, marking the anniversary of their third album ‘Alcázares’, released last year with Season of Mist!
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News Posts
Death metal supergroup Left To Die shared ‘Legion Of Doom’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Initium Mortis’, out on July 17th with Relapse Records! Catch them on tour this summer where besides headline shows they’ll bring death to festivals like Alcatraz, Brutal Assault and Dynamo Metal Fest’s pre-party!
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Metal and hardcore powerhouse Fuming Mouth shared their new single & video ‘Cheat Death’ recently, another taste of their upcoming album ‘The Ringing Bell’, out July 17th via Triple B Records!
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German death metal horde Endseeker have released their farewell EP ‘Coffin Born’ via Metal Blade Records last month and now recently unleashed a special cover and video of their take on David Hasselhoff’s ‘True Survivor’, featuring Lord Of The Lost!
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Brazilian death metal band Ereboros shared their new single ‘In the Depths of Misery’, first track unveiled from their upcoming album ‘From Oblivion to the Grave’, out in October!
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Brazilian extreme metal outfit NervoChaos are releasing their new album ‘Chaosmongers’ in September via Black Lion Records!
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Tech death magicians Allegaeon dropped a dark new music video for the track ‘Dark Matter Dynamics’ from their latest album ‘The Ossuary Lens’, out with Metal Blade Records!
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Progressive symphonic extreme metal force Tómarúm signed with Vesperian, the beginning of what promises to be an exciting new chapter!
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Black/death metal force Belphegor announced the “Praise The Beast European Tour 2026” to take place in October this year with the support of Krisiun, Asagraum and a 4th yet to be announced band! You won’t want to miss out on this night of brutality!
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Left To Die is unleashing their debut full-length ‘Initium Mortis’ with Relapse next month and unveiled another track with ‘Witch of Hell’! Catch them live this summer at European festivals, including Alcatraz Festival in Belgium!
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Album Reviews
Denmark’s Foetorem forges a perfect balance between aggression and the dark, grotesque atmosphere on their debut full length album “Incongruous Forms of Evergrowing Rot”. Out since March 27th via Everlasting Spew Records.
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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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Seventh studio album “Screams from Beneath the Surface” sees Floridian vanguards Monstrosity at their rawest, full of characteristic dynamics and brutality in the purest form of death metal. Out via Metal Blade Records since last month!
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Michigan four-piece death-doom act Temple of Void returns with the fifth studio album “The Crawl”, showing signs of progress and an expansion of sound to encapsulate different forms of metal. This album is recommended for fans of Type O Negative and Hooded Menace and out via Relapse Records since yesterday.
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New Exhumed album “Red Asphalt” breaks the loop of recycling and extends beyond the loop of death metal mediocrity. Matt Harvey & co showed their craft by excelling in every way and managed to absolutely surprise the fans with a gritty and extreme death metal and bloody gore attitude! Out via Relapse Records since February 20th.
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On the fourth studio album “Necropalace”, Worm welcomes the listener to the nightmarish limbo of dread and fantasia where the floating spectral phantoms reside in starry realms guarded by mythical creatures and dragons that surround an imperial palace. Out via Century Media Records since February 13th.
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The second album “Advent of Wounds” of the Brazilian duo Fossilization, is ominously dark and resonates with sinister fury. The band returns after three years only to crush and prosper. Out since February 13, via Everlasting Spew Records.
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Poland’s extreme blackened death metal band Shine delivers a raw and aggressive metallic force on its debut album “Wrathcult”. The album is recommended for fans of Azarath and Vader, out via Dark Descent Records since January 30th.
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Canada is giving us Deadwood that blend death and black metal into ‘The Rituals Of A Dying Light’, out today with Innerstrength Records!
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The latest full-length album “Gateway” of Montreal’s death metal formation Phobocosm conjure an eldritch and cavernous style of death metal. Out via Dark Descent Records since November 28th.
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Lists
Finland’s summer festival season is stacked again. From underground black metal rituals to lakeside legends and city concerts with global names, we picked 12 events worth your time this summer with Steelfest, Allas Live, Sonic Rites, Ankea, Nummirock, Tuska, CoolHead Live, Dark River Festival, John Smith Rock, Ilosaarirock, Hellsinki Metal Festival and SaariHelvetti
Who says festival season ends with summer? In Finland, the dark months come alive with music: experience the true punk spirit at HKI SKEPU FEST (starting tonight), get in touch with your ancestors and nature at Pakanafestarit, discover new talent at Lost In Music, embrace the shadows at Hellsinki Industrial Festival, sail into chaos with the Hellsinki Metal Cruise, sink into sorrow at Melancholy Mass Festivals, and feel the fire indoors at John Smith Rock Frozen. When the nights are long, Finland turns the volume up.
For the second day of Alcatraz 2025, our team picked out 8 bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Myrath, KNIFE, Baest, Drowning Pool, Rivers of Nihil, Nailbomb, Caliban and Avatar! What bands are you really looking forward to for this Friday at Alcatraz? Let us know in the comments!
Brutal Assault is a proper celebration of everything that is metal and/or extreme and there is something great to be found at any time of the day! We picked out 8 bands that you should go see on the fourth day of this year’s edition, with Crypta, Hanabie., Brujeria, Harakiri For The Sky, King Woman, Gost, Hellbutcher and Priest because they’re more than worth it!
Brutal Assault is a proper celebration of everything that is metal and/or extreme and there is something great to be found at any time of the day! We picked out 8 bands that you should go see on the first day of this year’s edition, with High Parasite, Gutalax, Landmvrks, Blood Fire Death, Slow Crush, Patriarchy, Fear Factory and Drowning Pool, because they’ll be more than worth your time!
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…
This weekend is the highlight for us and many among us in Belgium with the 2025 edition of Alcatraz Festival, but if you still haven’t decided to go, here are 10 reasons why we believe you should just go ahead and go get you some tickets still… What are you looking forward to the most for this year’s edition?
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!
Tolminator is already a quite unique and exceptional experience on its own, but they always seem to keep a keen eye on the scenes of different countries and know to pic some of the most promising acts for their line-ups. And this year, we get to welcome our friends of Marche Funèbre, Mordkaul and Brutal Sphincter to be part of the “Belgian Invasion”, but also 2 stellar acts from Finland with melodeath icons Omnium Gatherum and psychedelic black metal collective Oranssi Pazuzu!
Interviews
Watch the interview with Lukas Kerk from the new German melodeath band Hiraes about their debut album ‘Solitary’, the dangers of pyrotechnics and their excitement for the future of the band.
A chat with the Finnish melodic metal outfit Evil Drive about their new album ‘Demons Within’ and working on new material!
We have a chat with Patrick Walch, the man behind the successful and interesting new label Noble Demon! Check out what he has to say!
We were able to talk to Astrid from Belgian symphonic death outfit Inhuman to hear her out about the new album!
John from Incantation answers a couple of questions about their most recent album ‘Sect of Vile Divinities’.
A short interview with Kaunis Kuolematon at SaariHelvetti, one of the few festivals happening in 2020, to discuss the upcoming album!
We fired off some questions at Sonny from Necrot about their new album “Mortal” and some of their influences. Check it out!
‘Zoom’ into our online video interview with Avatar’s Johannes Eckerström where we look back at Avatar Country and glimpse into Hunter Gatherer
Interview with the melodic death metallers from Re-Armed about their upcoming new album “Ignis Aeternum”.
A video interview with Prika from Nervosa about touring, inspirational guitarists, some of her favorite metal bands and playing at Rock In Rio.
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