The Baltic keeps pulling them in. More names for the 2026 edition, more proof that Open’er doesn’t do half-measures. Florence + The Machine headlines the Orange Main Stage on July 1, and this feels like the right moment. “Everybody Scream”, released last Halloween, is her […]
No warning, no mercy. Behemoth have released both the single and the music video for “The Return of Darkness and Evil“, their reinterpretation of the Bathory classic, and it’s the official anthem of Mystic Festival 2026. The backstory matters here. Nergal has carried a deep personal connection to the original […]
Polish poetry and extreme metal have shared a fascinating relationship for decades. From Kat‘s early flirtations with the symbolism of Tadeusz Miciński in the ’80s, through Behemoth setting Miciński’s poem “Lucifer” to blackened fury on “Evangelion“, the Young Poland movement has quietly haunted the Polish […]
Four of the five musicians who made up King Diamond‘s most celebrated late-’80s line-up, the one that recorded “Them” and “Conspiracy“, have resurfaced together under a new name. Guitarist Pete Blakk, bassist Hal Patino, guitarist and producer Andy La Rocque, and drummer Mikkey Dee are […]
Five years. That’s how long it took Moonspell to get here. Five years of staring at blank pages, doubting themselves, nearly walking away. And then they didn’t, and the result is something that sounds genuinely furious and romantic in equal measure. “Far From God” drops […]
Here’s where it gets delightfully tangled. The 69 Eyes have announced a new EP, “I Survive“, dropping June 5 via BLKIIBLK, the Frontiers label group imprint, marking a new chapter for the Helsinki Vampires. The lead single? A cover of Thin Lizzy‘s “Cold Sweat” from […]
Five videos. Five bands operating in completely different corners of heavy and loud, each one doing something the other four couldn’t. This week we’ve got an Austin trio weaponising nu-metal, trip-hop and avant-garde darkness into something genuinely menacing, a New York rock provocateur turning a […]
The D.I.Y. Hardcore Punk Fest in Gdynia is firmly an institution. Eighteen editions deep, still running on collective energy and a stubbornly anti-commercial ethos, it remains one of the most consistent and honest hardcore punk gatherings in Central Europe. The fest is the work of […]
