Modern metalcore outfit Iridium from London signed with Napalm Records and unleashed a first single with ‘ENDGAME’ to celebrate!
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Alt-metal traiblazers Wargasm are ushering in a new era by signing with Hopeless Records and unveiling their first track ‘Get Down’ being released with the label!
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Broken By The Scream recently shared new single ‘花鏑[HANAKABURA]’, the first on their new label Metal Blade Records and just when they were about to head on their European tour that started last Wednesday in Finland and with a main stage spot at Wacken yesterday!
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Not Enough Space announced a special hometown show on September 4th in Orlando to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of their debut album ‘Weaponize Your Rage’, released last year with Thriller Records!
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Swedish metalcore visionaries Imminence announced their upcoming album ‘Axis Mundi’, out in October via Sumerian Records and opened the world of the record with the two new songs ‘False Light’ and ‘Crestfallen’! Catch them live in Europe right now doing some festivals this month, starting with Alcatraz next week!
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Half Me detonate with their new and third standalone single ‘Fear Is The New Belief’, out now with Arising Empire!
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blacktoothed surge into their heaviest chapter yet with new single ‘ADRENALINE’, giving a taste of the direction their upcoming album ‘FERAL BLOOM’ is heading, set for release early next year with Arising Empire!
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Employed To Serve released their latest new single ‘A Moment Gone Too Soon’, out on Church Road Records right now and the second killer track to be released in 2026! Catch them this weekend killing it at Tolminator!
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With their latest single ‘who I am’, Brazilian metalcore rising stars Axty shared a new look into their upcoming album ‘The Pain Made Me Who I Am’, out next month with Napalm Records!
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Scene Queen is back with her brand new track ‘Metalicious’ featuring Left To Suffer! A taste from her upcoming EP of the same name to be released in September with Hopeless Records!
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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!
The second day of Alcatraz 2025 delivers yet another trio of Belgian stage openers with the power metallers of Magic Kingdom on the Prison Stage, metalcore outfit Signs of Algorithm blowing the roof off the Swamp Stage and modern thrash wrecking crew Primal Creation causing mayhem on La Morgue!
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 Frayle, RUÏM, Orange Goblin, Crystal Lake, Oranssi Pazuzu, 3 Inches of Blood, Sigh, and Brutally Deceased, because they’ll be more than worth your time!
Last day of Tuska 2025 already starting in a couple of hours! We’re really excited to see the epic headliner show of Lorna Shore, but besides them, here are 7 acts that are taking over a stage today you shouldn’t miss out on in our opinion, with Havukruunu, Kim Dracula, Nothing More, Octoploid, Polaris, The Vantages and Noiduin! Who are you looking forward to seeing today if you’re joining us at Tuska?
After a great first day at Tuska 2025, these are the 8 bands you should see today on day two with Wind Rose, Charlotte Wessels, JILUKA, Eihwar, Royal Sorrow, Orbit Culture, Slaughter To Prevail and thrown!
The gates of Tuska 2025 are opening in about 4 hours, and the first day is going to be a blast with shows of Horizon Ignited, Blood Command, Knocked Loose, SKYND, Enemies Everywhere, Bambie Thug, Tyrantti and Bokassa that we believe you shouldn’t miss out on! What acts of today are you looking forward to the most?
In less than a week, Tuska weekend is upon us! If somehow you weren’t convinced yet that you need to go, here are 10 reasons we believe should be enough motivation to still get a ticket and join us there!
Besides the epic shows of the headliners at this year’s Rockfest, we picked 10 bands that we think you shouldn’t miss out on if you’re going to the festival this weekend, with Moon Shot, Sepultura, RØRY, Awake Again, Bullet For My Valentine, Jinjer, Cemetery Skyline, Demolition 23, GHØSTKID and Black Flag! Who are you looking forward to the most this weekend? See you there!
The summer festival season is over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of exciting fests happening over the next couple of months this autumn/winter in Finland, starting with Cult of Darkness today, Helsinki Techfest, and HKI SKEPU FEST VI this month still, Pakanafesterit in October, Hellsinki Industrial Festival and Melancholy Mass Festivals in November, and John Smith Rock Frozen in December! And for the beer and music lovers, several Masis Beer & Metal events spread over the next couple of months all over Finland! Go get your tickets now!
The first day of the second edition of Hellsinki Metal Festival is filled with an impressive line-up of extreme metal bands, topped off with the musical exelence that is the headliner of tonight. Our editorial team picked out 8 bands that they think you definitely shouldn’t miss out on with Wolfheart, Gutalax, Massacre, Deicide, Terrorizer, Triumph of Death plays Hellhammer, Heaven Shall Burn and Avantasia! What bands are you really looking forward to today? Let us know in the comments!
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On the European leg of the “Death Above Life world tour”, Orbit Culture made a stop at Trix in Belgium with their special guests Gaerea and openers Atlas. We were there!
Electric Callboy turned Jäähalli into a full-on party during their “Tanzneid Europe Tour”. With explosive support sets from Bury Tomorrow and Wargasm (UK), Helsinki was all in from start to finish.
Born of Osiris brought their absolute barn burner “Through Shadows USA tour” featuring The Browning, VCTMS, AXTY and Lost In Separation to Fort Wayne, Indiana!
PARKWAY DRIVE is full into their ’20 Years Anniversary Tour Europe’ and we caught them recently at their show at Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart, Germany with an impressive stage production including tons of pyro and floating stage elements. And of course they brought friends, in the form of two fellow bands from Down Under: THE AMITY AFFLICTION and THY ART IS MURDER. This explosive package is the real deal for any die-hard metalcore fan! If this tour hits up a city near you, don’t miss out on this!
The Plot In You rolled into Fort Wayne, Indiana bringing along a metalcore rager to Piere’s with a lineup of Northlane, Invent Animate and Windwaker!
Homegrown talent took the spotlight at Alcatraz 2025! Relive performances by Room13, Signs of Algorithm, Bark, Cult of Scarecrow, and Congress in our latest photo report. 🔥
From Belgian hardcore to goregrind madness and industrial metal classics, the Helldorado Stage offered another unforgettable day at Alcatraz. Relive performances by Bark, Congress, Gutalax, Dope, and Static-X in our latest photo report! 🔥
From Napalm Death’s relentless grind to Venom’s legendary closing performance, Day 2 at Hellsinki Metal Festival delivered another unforgettable lineup. Check out our latest photo gallery featuring Napalm Death, LANDMVRKS, Hatebreed, and Venom! 📸🤘
From the modern metalcore of Signs of Algorithm to the death metal power of Baest and Vader and the epic doom of Candlemass — relive Day 2 at the Swamp Stage in our latest Alcatraz photo gallery!
Progressive, technical, atmospheric, and heavy — the Helldorado Stage had it all on Day 2 of Alcatraz. Check out our photo gallery featuring Ne Obliviscaris, Rivers Of Nihil, VOLA, Fit For A King, and Leprous!
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