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Euronews have recently informed that Kristian “Varg” Vikernes, has been arrested again, this time for suspicious acts by his wife, who recently legally bought 4 rifles. The police suspect the Norwegian national of planning a “massacre” and searched his house for weapons and explosives. The anti-terrorist prosecutor has been put in charge of the investigation. In a [...]

In a recent interview to Loudwire, Danny Carey, the legendary drummer of the not less legendary band TOOL has lift a bit of the veil of mystery around the next full-length album of the band. Here’s what he had to say: “It’s still the three of us right now and four of us it will [...]

DAY #2 On Friday the concerts started already in the final festival site, now truly surrounded only by Nature, in total communion with Darkness. The forest creates it’s on perimeter, and so you won’t catch any physical artificial barriers to enter the festival. The metal market was also more expanded, with some good proposals. The [...]

As we approach Autumn, the wish for more darker ambients takes shape, and that’s were Amplifest organizers come with this year’s first confirmed bands. North American instrumental sludge band RUSSIAN CIRCLES, alternative song writer CHELSEA WOLFE and UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS dirty rockers. The event will take place the 19th and 20 October, in [...]

Our first time into Deutschland’s toughest territory turned out to be a well succeed mission, where we were both conquers and conquered. The German organization celebrated it’s XVIth edition with an appealing line up that allowed the more than 300 persons present to mix the blasphemy of the concerts with the beauty and serenity of [...]

The third edition of this peculiar event took place again at Side B, Benavente, by the time of the commemorations of the city’s local festivities. This year the Side B crew designed an outdoor esplanade that set the perfect ambience to make this a real one day metal festival. Unfortunately we didn’t get there in [...]

DAY 2 Unfortunately we missed Lisbon’s powerviolence act REVENGEANCE, and so our night started with necro black metalers MORTE INCANDESCENTE. Now with Angel-0 replacing former member V-Kaos, they gave a competent concert. “NecroCulto” and “Black Crushing Metal”, where some of their main tracks. There’s nothing better than to start a festival day with a black [...]

DAY 3 And the last day of the festival started surprisingly on time, making us loose TERRORHAMMER overture show. We must say that we got so used to the Serbian schedules that this third day turned out to be a bit “overorganised” for us. But there was two more bands to play, and so the [...]

Less than a week after returning from Darkness Rising Festival, we shipped south, towards Santa Maria Summer Fest, in Beja, Alentejo. Besides the good line up that the organization was able to join, this event had another natural advantage: the entrance was for free, to everyone. So, naturally, you could see all genres of metalheads, [...]

DAY2 The afterhours of the first day, made the festival ground starting the second day avid for a cozy beginning. And it was SVARTGREN the first band to enter stage. Led by one of the festival organizers, this local black metal act proved to be worth of this second day ceremonies overture. It was still [...]

Swedish leading black metalers MARDUK have been confirmed as Black Flames of Blasphemy headliner. The cult act will perform “Those of the Unlight” in its entirety as the organisation announced on Facebook: We here proudly announce Marduks first show after the Serpent Sermon touring cycle. The band will be doing a headline appearance at the [...]

The highly awaited Vagos Open Air has now a closed bill. Evergrey has been announced as the final band for this year’s edition! The other bands already confirmed are the following: SONATA ARCTICA | Fin | http://www.sonataarctica.info/ TESTAMENT | US | http://www.testamentlegions.com/ SAXON | UK | http://www.saxon747.com/ ICED EARTH | US | http://www.icedearth.com/ MOONSORROW | [...]

  Report Part 2 & 3 If you never went to Serbia, what do imagine it to be like? Party, nightlife, crazy people and good looking women? You’re not wrong. But be prepared to extend the nightlife till morning. Even in open air metal festivals. In fact, everything seems to go later than usual there, as for [...]

After six long years without any new studio effort, norwegian avantgarde black metalers DØDHEIMSGARD have announced a new album, to be released in October. Allegedly the new record contract appears to inaugurate not one but two albuns. The band has not yet disclosed any further details, but more information is to be revealed soon. Here [...]