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Into the Grave 2018!

  Despite its young age, having started only in 2011, Into The Grave has earned a phenomenal reputation among metalheads all over the world. Taking place with...

Dynamo Metal Fest 2018!

Following on the footsteps of the legenday Dynamo Open Air, its official successor, Dynamo Metal Fest, is an amazing part of the Dutch heavy metal scene....

Get Ready for Wacken 2018!!

Greetings fellow metalheads, it’s that time of the year again! Wacken Open Air Festival is nearly upon us. (Read our review of the 2017 edition...

Download Festival – Melbourne

  The announcement of the first ever Download festival down under has gotten Australians very excited. With massive headliners such as Korn (playing their only...

Creating a Metal Paradise: An Interview with Thomas Jensen, Co-Founder of Wacken Open Air

We can choose the kind of world where we want to live, and work towards it. For metal fans, meeting Thomas Jensen is a bit like meeting Walt...

Get Ready for Wacken 2017!

Greetings fellow metalheads, it’s that time of the year again! Wacken Open Air Festival is nearly upon us. (Read our review of the 2016 edition...

Hellfest 2016 – Just BE There!

Few things are as good as going to a festival with a good line-up, and this year's edition of Hellfest has all of that...

Get Ready for Wacken 2016

Greetings fellow metalheads, it’s that time of the year again! Wacken Open Air Festival is nearly upon us. As we all know, every single edition...

Hellfest 2015 – Don’t Miss the Party

  Few things are as good as going to a festival with a good line-up, and this year's edition of Hellfest has all of that and...

Godslayers: An Interview with 1349

Demonstrating that they refuse to be boxed in by labels and classifications, 1349 can shift their sound and even take a little foray into the world of beer crafting, while still remaining a really black metal band. Seidemann (bass) tells us all about!

Must-read

Misogyny and Racism: The Gloryhammer & Alestorm Drama

"We are all a bunch of complete cunts"

“But What Was France Wearing?” Victim-Blaming and Religious Terrorism

How well-intentioned efforts in favor of immigrant communities end up working in favor of religious totalitarianism

12 Years and 74 Lashes for Your Songs

"Metal is an escape. It encourages you to think for yourself, to say “no”, and to resist when others say “no” to you. That voice of resistance kind of awakened the beast in me."