Lithuanian up-and-coming metal outfit Black Spikes unleashed fourth single ‘ZELVAR’ in anticipation of next month’s release of their new album ‘Ydos’ with Napalm Records!
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News Posts
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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Arizona rap/trap metal unit Dropout Kings released ‘Yokai’ via Napalm Records, the last record featuring frontman Adam who passed away around that same time. Now the band shared an emotional video for the track ‘Brace Yourself’, celebrating and paying homage to Adam’s life!
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Greek heavy rock torchbearers Villagers of Ioannina City release haunting music video for the album title track of their upcoming album ‘Venceremos’, out in September via Napalm Records!
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Detroit legends Walls Of Jericho announced their new album ‘System Error: Humanity’ to be out in November via Napalm Records and shared a first single with ‘The Ascent’!
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Bay Area thrash legends Heathen are celebrating Iron Maiden’s 50 anniversary in style with their take on the classic ‘The Prisoner’, out now via Napalm Records!
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Finnish melodeath unit Brymir announced their next new album ‘What We Leave Behind’ to be released in October via Napalm Records and unveiled a video for the title track!
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Symphonic metal band Xandria is back with third single ‘Northstar’ from the upcoming new album ‘Eclipse’, set for release next month with Napalm Records!
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German heavy metal legends Accept shared another re-recorded track with ‘Balls to the Wall’, featuring Metal God Rob Halford, guitar icon Matthias Jabs, bassist Rex Brown and Bullet For My Valentine drummer Jason Bowld! Their new album ‘Teutonic Titans 1976-2026’ celebrating 50 years, will be out in September via Napalm Records!
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Symphonic power metallers Temperance announced their upcoming album ‘Arcani’ to be out in October with Napalm Records and shared a first single with ‘The Devil: Sin, Sin, Sin’!
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Album Reviews
Unleashed on its fifteenth studio album “Fire Upon Your Lands” offers top-notch precision, raw aggression and raw ferocity of its Viking themed death metal style. Out now via Napalm Records since August 15th.
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On their new album ‘The Thunderfist Chronicles’ out since yesterday with Napalm Records, Alestorm show their skills. They are not only a lot of fun, but also very good musicians, bringing in a couple of surprises along the journey! Those who see them at Nummirock today, have fun!
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Manntra have released their 8th studio album called ‘Titans’on march 14, 2025 via Napalm Records. I have seen them live at Metaldays 2022, where they played an awesome show close to their home country Croatia. Their folk metal music and their outfits together create an ancient viking vibe, ready to do battle with their axes. Let’s see what ‘Titans’ has to bring us! Pick it up if you are into folk metal, but also are ready for another view on the genre.
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The Duke of Spook, Wednesday 13 is back with a bang, unleashing his 10th record ‘Mid Death Crisis’ via Napalm Records. Going back to where it all started for him with a more fun, campy, “leave-your-brains-at-the-door” release and a true return to his horror punk roots! We can’t wait to hear his new work live when he’ll take over the stage at Alcatraz in Belgium this summer!
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German thrash metal trio Warfield has unleashed their latest album, ‘With The Old Breed’ and it’s a relentless assault on the senses. They line up in the great tradition of German Teutonic Thrash history and give proof that they might be the next idols in this genre to come. Out on Napalm Records.
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UK’s extreme metal legends Cradle of Filth achieved unchallenged supremacy on their fourteenth studio album “The Screaming of The Valkyries”, a symphonic grandeur full of catchy songs and melodic hooks. Out via Napalm Records tomorrow, March 21st! We’re already looking forward to hearing the new songs live at some of our favorite events like Tuska and Tolminator this summer!
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Nanowar of Steel’s triple album release ‘XX Years of Steel’ really capture all that is this band. Both live CDs show the passion that was there during this concert. The devotion from the band to their music and the fans, but also from the fans to the band. They captured their live sound very nicely, which isn’t always the case with live CDs. And the third album with studio recorded songs adds some more great tracks to their catalogue! Released last year via Napalm Records.
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Grima’s new album “Nightside” imbues an epic and somber atmospheric black metal grandeur through its interchanging tempos and bringing fans one of their best studio albums. The sixth studio album is out via Napalm Records since yesterday.
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Avantasia gives us once again a pearl of an album full of magical stories and adventures. ‘Here Be Dragons’ is out now via Napalm Records! We can’t wait to experience the epicness on the upcoming tour!
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Not too long ago, As I Lay Dying was back with a slab of solid metalcore songs on the new album ‘Through Storms Ahead’, released via Napalm Records. Just too bad it came surrounded with a bunch of negativity and an unsure future.
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Interviews
Shortly before they released their new album ‘The Ugly Side of Me’ via Napalm Records some months ago, we had a call with Diamond from Tetrarch to chat about the new music, how it felt to do proper vocals in one of the tracks, some pinch-me moments they experienced recently and the very first tour in Europe, which also brings them to our own venue Asgaard Gentbrugge tonight! If you can, don’t miss out because they promise to kill it live!
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Wednesday 13 is celebrating the release of this 10th studio album, ‘Mid Death Crisis’, out this Friday April 25th via Napalm Records. We had the privilege of sitting down via Zoom with Duke of Spook himself to chat about the new album and going back to the roots of the horror punk style of the good old early 2000s…
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A chat with Alicia Vigil, bassist for Dragonforce, about the massive European tour they’re on right now and the new album ‘Warp Speed Warriors’, which is being released tomorrow via Napalm Records!
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A chat with Jaakko and Niko from Marianas Rest about their new album ‘Auer’, set for release via Napalm Records on March 24, and how they’ve tried some new things with their music without losing the band’s soul, by having the courage to follow where the songs were taking them, bringing in clean vocals and a guest vocalist for the first time.
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A chat with Tuomas Seppälä from Amberian Dawn about their ABBA cover album ‘Take A Chance’ and their process to get to selecting the to be covered songs and establishing a sound that is Amberian Dawn while staying as close as possible to the originals.
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A chat with vocalist Shawter from Dagoba about the new album ‘By Night’ and much more!
Read the chat we had with Kissin’ Dynamite’s lead guitarist Jim Müller about the new album ‘Not the End of the Road’!
Watch the interview with Chris and Class from Lord of the Lost about their concept album ‘Judas’, out via Napalm Records!
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 remaining members of Bodom After Midnight about their EP ‘Paint the Sky with Blood’, working with Alexi Laiho and the possible future.
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