Norway’s Beyond the Gates festival is to present special collaboration between Behemoth frontman, Nergal and Misþyrming. They mark the 30th anniversary of Behemoth’s seminal debut, Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic), playing the entire record live. The event also recently added thrash veterans, Testament, Greek metal legends, Rotting Christ, French post-metal icons, Alcest, and Icelanders, Vafurlogi. Find out more below.
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Testament, Rotting Christ, Alcest, and Vafurlogi Booked for Beyond the Gates
Norwegian extreme metal festival, Beyond the Gates, have just announced four new bands to the already stacked 2026 bill. The festival now welcomes US thrash veterans Testament, Greece’s Rotting Christ, French post black metal troupe, Alcest, and Icelanders, Vafurlogi. Read more below.
Sonic Temple 2026 Books Tool, My Chemical Romance, Shinedown, Bring Me The Horizon, Megadeth, Godsmack, Pierce The Veil, The Offspring, and More
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Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival has announced their ull lineup for 2026. The 2025 fest shattered all records for attendance, and 2026 could move that needle even more witgh this lineup. Taking place May 14-17, 2026 at Historic Crew Stadium In Columbus, Ohio, and featuring Tool, My Chemical Romance, Shinedown, Bring Me The Horizon, as headliners, Sonic Temple will host over 140 Bands across 5! Ticket info and the full lineup can be seen in the article below.Continue reading
NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: 9-19-25: All The New Metal and Rock You Should Hear
From underground gems to the big time, it’s New Music Friday for 9-19-25
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PREVIEW: New Music Friday 9-19-25: All The New Metal and Rock You Should Hear
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Castle Rat Share Their Single and Video “Wizard” – New Album Coming Soon
Dungeon diving NYC heavy metal band, Castle Rat, have just offered up their latest single, “Wizard,” with its own sword and sorcery style music video. This is the first track taken from their upcoming new album, The Bestiary, due to be unleashed on September 19th, via King Volume Records in the US, and Blues Funeral Recordings in the UK/Europe. Catch the new video and more below.
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Mastodon, Pavement, Boy Harsher, The Dandy Warhols, TV On The Radio, and More Booked for Levitation
Levitation festival is back, but at the new location of Palmer Events Center, with additional venue programming across Austin’s Downtown Red River District. The event delivers lineups spannning psych, dream pop, punk, indie, metal, darkwave, electronic and all genres in between. This year’s edition – taking place September 25-28 – features The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Mastodon, Acid Bath, Pavement, TV On The Radio, A Place To Bury Strangers, Blood Incantation, and more. Keep reading below for further information.
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The Debut Unhinged Festival Books Lamb of God, Knocked Loose, In This Moment, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Body Count, Power Trip, and More
Brew Ha Ha Productions (BHHP), one of the nation’s leading independent music festival producers, is excited to announce the launch of its latest festival brand, Unhinged. The inaugural two-day extreme music event at National Western Stockyards in Denver, Colorado on Saturday, July 26 and Sunday, July 27 is produced in collaboration with AEG Rocky Mountains, and promises an unforgettable experience of live music, craft beer, and more. UnhingedFestival will feature performances from some of the most electrifying artists in heavy music today, with hardcore heavyweights Knocked Loose headlining Saturday and metal titans Lamb of God closing out the mayhem on Sunday. The festival will also feature an epic supporting bill that includes In This Moment, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Body Count, Power Trip, The Garden, Health, Converge, Sunami, and many more. Unhinged will feature two full days of music from more than 25 bands on two stages, with no overlapping set times. See below for full daily lineups and look for additional UnhingedFestival dates to be announced soon.Continue reading
Cwfen Share Their Single and Video “Wolfsbane” – New Album Coming Soon
Glasgow doom cadre, Cwfen, have just shared their latest single, “Wolfsbane.” Dropping along with music video, it is taken from the band’s debut album, Sorrows, due out on the 30th of May, via tge New Heavy Sounds record label (Shooting Daggers, MWWB, Death Pill). Watch it below and find out more.
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Korn, Muse, Scorpions, Linkin Park, Knocked Loose, Judas Priest, Electric Callboy,Turnstile, Exodus, Dethklok, Refused, and More Booked for Hellfest Open Air 2025
The Hellfest Open Air festival 2025 has booked a huge lineup. Taking place from June 19th to 22nd in Clisson, France, the fest features headlining performances from Korn, Muse, Scorpions, and Linkin Park, as well as, Knocked Loose, Judas Priest, Electric Callboy,Turnstile, Exodus, Dethklok, Refused, Jerry Cantrell, Jinjer, Turnstile, Unto Others, The Warning, VOLA, Alcest, Abbath (Doom occulta set), SUNN O))), HEALTH, Russian Circles, Chat Pile, Savatage, Dream Theater and more out of a total of 184 bands. A “very special guest” yet to be revealed for June 20th.Continue reading