BRUTAL ASSAULT 2025 – extreme names join the festival line-up
Another batch of festival announcements provides us with extreme bands who represent grind and death metal. First one is the legendary BRUJERIA who plans to honour the memory of two band members who passed away this year: Pinche Peach and Juan Brujo. Another band is GADGET which presents an explosive mixture of grindcore, death metal […]
BRUTAL ASSAULT 2025 – death metal update to the line-up
As every year in August, there will be another edition of the biggest metal festival in Czech. The organisers are confirming more bands who will play on four stages between 6th and 9th August 2025.. The location remains unchanged and it is the Josefov fortress in the town of Jaromer. This time, the line up […]
BLOOD INCANTATION announces new album with 20-minute video
Death metal visionaries are about to release new album called “Absolute Elsewhere” on 4th October 2024. It was recorded in Berlin, Germany at Hansa Studios with Artur Rizk as the producer. The album consists of six below tracks: 1. The Stargate [Tablet I] 2. The Stargate [Tablet II] 3. The Stargate [Tablet III] 4. The […]
Brutal Assault 2024
6-10.08.2024, Josefov fortress, Jaromer – Czech Republic
PRIMORDIAL – interview with singer Alan Nemtheanga
Irish PRIMORDIAL released their 10th album “How It Ends” last year and as usual they topped themselves with this one. Raw sound, heavy atmosphere and tons of emotions in both sound and singing. As for the latter, it is not a novelty as Alan is well known for his emotional approach to art in general. […]
WOLFPATH „Wolfpath”
A.D.G. Records, January 2023
BRUTAL ASSAULT – running order revealed
The organisers of the BRUTAL ASSAULT festival have released the timing schedule for all days between 6-10.08. The first day is so-called warm-up day, during which the concerts will only take place on the small stage. There have also been some minor changes to previous announcements, among them is the absence of CRYPTOPSY due to […]
EXHORDER „Defectum Omnium”
Nuclear Blast Records, March 2024
ANCIIENTS – new album in August, first song revealed
Eight years after the last album, Canadian progressive metallers ANCIIENTS have announced their new release titled “Beyond The Reach Of The Sun”. The first song called “Melt The Crown” is now available online. The full album will be released by Season Of Mist on August 31. It was recorded in Canada at Rain City Recorders […]
BRUTAL ASSAULT – complete line-up and daily breakdown of the bands announced
The organizers have already revealed the full lineup of bands that will play this year and their breakdown for each day. Unfortunately, there are a few changes to previous announcements, as several bands had to withdraw from participation and for this reason the organizers announced their replacements. Certainly one of the biggest surprises is the […]
BRUTAL ASSAULT – six new underground bands added to the bill
The organizers have added another six bands to the lineup, which should be familiar to metal maniacs who support the undergound names. They are: 1914, CLOAK, HELLRIPPER, CHTHE’ILIST, SREFA and WORM. As a result, more than 90% of the bands that will perform at the Josefov Fortress in the Czech Republic in August are already […]
BRUTAL ASSAULT 2024 in Czech – 80% of the line-up is revealed, cheaper tickets only on the Valentine’s day
It will be 27th edition of this renowned metal festival and it is located in the old fortress Josefov in the city of Jaromer. This year it will take place between 7th and 10th August 2024 on four stages. Newest additions are from Hardcore genre and they are HATEBREED who will celebrate their 30th anniversary, […]
ASPHYX – interview with the singer, Martin Van Drunen
IRON KLUB in Krosno (Poland) is celebrating its 18th anniversary this year and, as a result, the owner invited impressive guest for this occasion. ASPHYX is definitely an established brand on the European death metal scene. They may not be as “famous” as their American colleagues from the same genre, while the Stockholm scene may […]
BRUTAL ASSAULT 2024 in Czech already announced half of the line-up
It will be 27th edition of this renowned metal festival and it is located in old fortress Josefov in the city of Jaromer. The organisers already announced around half of the artists who will perform between 7th and 10th August 2024 on four stages: ABBATH PERFORMS IMMORTAL, AFTER THE BURIAL, ARCHITECTS, ARMORED SAINT, BEHEMOTH, BODYSNATCHER, […]
UKĆ – interview with Łukasz Icanraz Sarnacki
UKĆ – Polish sounding name which does not suggest much what we can expect from the content of the music. As far as I know, the name comes from artist’s nickname. Łukasz “Icanraz” Sarnacki, who after many years of being a drummer, decided to create a fully solo album. There were two ways to do […]
UKĆ „Coming Out”
Seven Gates Of Hell, April 2023
SUMMER DYING LOUD Festival – CORONER becomes the third headliner among MY DYING BRIDE and DISMEMBER
Festival’s line up is almost complete, there are only 4 more announcements left. CORONER will headline the first day. DISMEMBER are the second one and they will play a special set devoted to “Like An Ever Flowing Stream” album. MY DYING BRIDE, who do not play that many shows, are the headliners of the last […]
NECRONOMICON – interview with Freddy, singer and guitar player
Your new album „Constant to Death” will be released in a few days. What are your fresh feelings after recording it? First of all, I would like to thank you for the interview and your interest in NECRONOMICON. When I wrote the album, my goal was to pay tribute to our punk roots. I wanted […]
SUMMER DYING LOUD – diverse metal festival in Poland in September
Packed with Polish and international bands, SUMMER DYING LOUD is a well-known festival which will have its 14th edition in Aleksandrów Łódzki, close to city of Łódź. It will take place between 7th and 9th September when exactly 50 bands will play on two stages. The line-up is gradually revealed and there are 11 more […]
SIEGE OF POWER „This Is Tomorrow”
Metal Blade Records, February 2023
ZØRORMR „The Monolith”
Via Nocturna, March 2023
One time show called Triple Thrash Triumph with MEGADETH, KREATOR and SACRED REICH in July in Poland
In support of their latest album „The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead”, MEGADETH will start their summer European tour with a show in Poland. It will be called “Triple Thrash Triumph” and it will also feature KREATOR and SACRED REICH as special guests. German Thrash legends will promote their latest album „Hate Über Alles” […]
MEGADETH is coming to Canada with “Crush the World Tour” in April and May
MEGADETH just announced their Canada tour with BULLET FROM MY VALENTINE and ONI between end April and mid May which will cover 13 cities. The details are on the poster. The tickets in basic and VIP options are on sale since 9th March on the link below. The band also planned their European tour on […]
Black Metal ZØRORMR issues 4th album “The Monolith” and presents first single
ZØRORMR is a Black Metal project founded in 2009 in Poland by Moloch. His 4th studio album is called “The Monolith” and was in the making for a few years. It consists of almost 45 minutes and 8 tracks full of nihility, misanthropy and hate towards indifferent world. The music is full of raw and […]
MOONSPELL will come to Mexico and South America soon and just announced North American dates
MOONSPELL will soon start extensive tour in both Americas: firstly in Mexico, then South America and just announced 23 dates in the USA and Canada till end of May. ELEINE is the direct support act for all the dates during the third leg of the tour, while OCEANS OF SLUMBER and VINTERSEA will open the […]
KATATONIA „Sky Void Of Stars”
Napalm Records, January 2023 Music: Progressive Rock/Metal
REVOCATION „Netherheaven”
Metal Blade Records, September 2022
MEGADETH concert from Budokan in Tokyo to be livestreamed on 27th February
MEGADETH just announced that their concert in renowned Budokan hall in Tokyo will be steamed live globally on 27th February. The fans have a chance to buy tickets for the event as well as some VIP package which include some behind-the-scenes videos – more details in the link below. Quite recently, Marty Friedman, who played […]
HOLY MOSES posts new song from upcoming album “Invisible Queen”
German Thrash Metal Band HOLY MOSES put out the first song “Invisible Queen” from their upcoming album with the same name. It will be their 13th album and it will be released on 14th April 2023 through Fireflash Records. Interesting fact is that the band invited one guest singer for each of the song on […]
WOLFHEART releases new video + US tour with FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE and OBSCURA starts still in February
Finnish Melodic Death Metallers WOLFHEART just dropped a new video “Fires Of The Fallen”. The song comes from the album called “King Of The North” which was released on September, 2022 by Napalm Records. https://lnk.to/KingOfTheNorth The band soon starts US tour on which they will support two co-headliners FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE and OBSCURA. German band […]