Category: CD/DVD Reviews

Releasedate: 12-09-2025Label: InsideOut Music BTBAM return after their longest gap between LPs, this time with a lineup change, their first album as a quartet. No Dustie Waring this time; it’s Paul Waggoner handling all the guitars, and honestly, it’s completely unnoticeable for my ears, this is still BTBAM at its best.

Releasedate: 05-09-2025Label: Reaper Entertainment Before The Dawn, a Finnish melodic death metal formation, will release the new album “Cold Flare Eternal“ on September 5, 2025 via Reaper Entertainment.

Releasedate: 18-04-2025 Inherited are a Dutch groove/thrash metal band hailing from The Netherlands.Their sound finds its roots in groove metal, thrash metal, and hardcore, an energetic blend that channels influences like Sepultura-era Max Cavalera, Soulfly, Pantera, Slayer, Machine Headetc.. Their debut album, No Regrets, was released in April 2025

Releasedate: 22-02-2025Label: self release Destroy Humanity is a Belgian trio hailing from the small town of Beerzel, just south of Antwerp. Comprised of Koen Vlerick (vocals, guitar), Sander Bellekens (bass), and Thierry Verstraeten (drums), the band delivers Groove Metal heavily influenced by the likes of Lamb of God, Machine Head, and Pantera.

Releasedate: 08-08-2025Label: Metropolis Records Rotersand are a German electronic duo formed in 2002, comprising vocalist Rascal Nikov and producer/programmer Krischan Jan‑Eric Wesenberg. Emerging from Hamburg’s vibrant futurepop and EBM scene, they have built a career blending polished synthetic soundscapes with socially reflective lyrics. This year the two released their album “Don’t Become the Thing You…

Releasedate: 22-08-2025Label: High Roller Records Formed in 2010 by Australian resident Giles Lavery as a side project, DRAGONSCLAW is technically a group of musicians who have collaborated with Alcatraz and Warlord. The band released two albums in a couple of years before taking a 12-year break. This year, the metal quintet returned with their third…

Location: Kortrijk (Belgium)

Location: Kortrijk (Belgium) Belgium’s Alcatraz has been rising up through the past years. Many stories and legends been made at the festival. Now it was time for us to witness it ourselves. Three days full of Metal, entertainment and experiences.