Still, staring at a blank page for your 2025 resolutions like it owes you rent?
No stress—we’ve got your back (because honestly, who’s got the energy after holiday food comas?).
This year is already serving up wild gig announcements, and the shows are ready to take shape in your memory lane. So, forget “new year, new me” we’re going full “new year, ALL the gigs!” So, grab your calendar because here’s what we’ve got so far:
JANUARY
Last weekend, on January 18th– we’ve already kicked off in full force to embrace the darkness as it descended on Italian soil at A DAY OF DARKNESS II—a night where depressive black metal took center stage in Slaughter Club ( Milano) and reigned supreme!
What made this edition extra special? Each headliner came with a unique setlist! FORGOTTEN TOMB kicked things off with an exclusive old-school set, going deep into tracks from their first 3 legendary albums! THY LIGHT made their long-awaited Italian debut, bringing their soul-crushing sound to the stage for the first time! NOCTURNAL DEPRESSION smashed with their iconic “Spleen Black Metal” album! PSYCHONAUT 4 from Georgia got a rare and intense performance with their “…Of Mourning” album release show!
FEBRUARY
10 February is condemned to be a month of gore, guts, and grind as Defeated Sanity, To Violently Vomit, Putrid Pile, Asylum, and Embryonic Devourment are descending upon Romania!
Roses are red, chocolates are sweet… but this February, black metal’s the real treat – On the 14th get ready for a heart-pounding date with TAAKE as they return for a special anniversary show, joined by Vokodlok and NocturN.
Talking about the love story your playlist’s been waiting for – From the 21st to the 22nd of February, your soul is summoned to the RIFT OF HADES! Feast your eyes on a lineup led by the legends ABSU and ZEMIAL! Worry not, because as we’ve come to expect, the Romanian Thrash Metal Club likes to please almost every cup of tea, so the lineup just keeps getting more insane with Mindless Sinner, Sphinx, Chainsaw, White Tower, Bombarder, and Svartulven. And as a final touch, they threw in some local madness—Akral Necrosis, Slicer, Scythe, and Mortuary Dripping.
Whether you’re into Greek mythology or just enjoy proper madness, ROMANIAN THRASH METAL CLUB is here to serve every flavor of riffs and rifts with the blasts you ordered on top. So, grab your ticket HERE before the gods grab you!
MARCH
March 1st: Bucharest Deathfest—The Spring Gift You’ve Been Dying For!
What better way to welcome spring than with a gore-soaked slaughter party? This year, Bucharest Deathfest goes all-in with FLESHCRAWL and ANALEPSY leading the charge from the headliners’ spot, it’s not a threat—it’s a promise: the grind party is on! Joining the madness are: SQUASH BOWELS, GUINEAPIG, DE PROFUNDIS, SKAPHOS, CADAVRUL, MINCING FURY & GUTTURAL CLAMOUR OF QUEER DECAY and SPINELESS FUCKERS! So grab your ticket (HERE), throw on your finest (or bloodiest) costume, and get ready to grind, ladies and ghouls!
APRIL
On April 4th & 6th: Shadows are rising again… and your soul is next!
The second coming of UNDERGROUND FOR THE MASSES is here, ready to feast on whatever scraps of sanity you’ve got left! With a lineup so insane, your demons might just throw in the towel—this is the spring ritual every black metal maniac has been screaming for!
Tickets? You’ll want them yesterday because this stage isn’t just performing—it’s writing its last will before it gets annihilated by: Archgoat, Koldbrann, Theotoxin, Misþyrming, Baxaxaxa, Tsatthoggua, Sotherion, Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult, Dymna Lotva, Aorlhac, Black Altar, Deitus, Seth, Black Mass Pervertor, Endstille!
Ready to worship at the altar of black metal’s riffs? UNDERGROUND FOR THE MASSES II is ready to deliver the destruction you crave. This April, the shadows call… and you’d better answer!
MAY
May the force Goat Be with You! On May 9th and 10th, the vast plains of Craiova await you, maniacs, for the 4th edition of Vast Plains and Goats! With a lineup (still under construction) that ticks every box of “must-see” and “re-witness” underground honest performances, you already know you’re in for a wild ride. And this ride isn’t shy about pinning the sharpest thrash badges to your battle vest! As Metal Bunker reminds us, “It’s not a metaphor, it’s an address!” This is where riffs, blasts, and goat worship collide. Are you ready for Adorior, Malignant Tumour, Terrorhammer, Sarinvomit, Persecutory, Slicer and goat knows what other surprises will be announced until so? Then grab your ticket HERE and give yourself the treat you need!
JUNE
For the third time, the gates of Piberstein Castle open on 13th June to summon the blackened legions on Teifljågd Open Air. With a lineup already forged in darkness- Slagmaur, Dold Vorde Ens Navn, Ponte del Diavolo, Valborg, Grift , Horns of Domination, Morast, Glare of the Sun, Drengskapur, Heidnir, Jesajah, Dyvina plus more to be announced – Expect no light, no mercy, only the blackned forest meeting black metal.
JULY
July kicks off in a sicker, crust, grind-punk manner, thanks to OBSCENE EXTREME, who’ve already started dropping their announcements!
Let’s put it this way—it’s (at least) a once-in-a-lifetime experience so check itout! In Grind, we crust!
Starting 17th July CHAOS DESCENDS on Ferienland Crispendorf! Some announcements have been made, others are still on the way, but it’s already head-blowing enough to get you (at least) hyped. First up REPULSION—for an exclusive date, Antichrist, Siege Machine, Concrete Winds, Goat Semen, Gravekvlt, Impurity, Radar Men from the Moon, and Spite are already confirmed to bring the insanity.
As for 30th July – 3rd August, we already know what’s happening in Rasnov Fortress. Of course, we’re talking about ROCKSTADT EXTREME FEST, as they say – Eastern Europe’s most loved rock festival, established in 2013 in the heart of Transylvania. And we couldn’t agree more.
So, take a look at this poster, and keep in mind there are STILL MORE to be announced. Our advice? Keep your expectations high and your ticket even closer, because these guys are crazy enough to throw in even more surprises!
SEPTEMBER
Between 19-21 September, it’s time to gather once again in the heart of London for the annual extreme celebration of darkness and everything it encompasses at Cosmic Void Festival. Announcements are raining down already—check it out and join the ritual!
On September 26-27, Metal Gates awaits with a crazy lineup! Krzysztof Drabikowski‘s Батюшка makes their festival debut, Sakis Tolis returns with Among the Fires of Hell, and Saor brings Caledonia’s mystic sound to Bucharest. Experience first-time performances in Romania from Ponte del Diavolo, Tortharry, and Keres, alongside previously announced heavyweights Saturnus, Hideous Divinity, Pantheïst, and Winterhorde!
OCTOBER
9- 12 October it’s all about COLD GRAVE (warm-up party) and OLD GRAVE FEST– this time on its 12 edition. Talk about a lineup that’s got everything for everyone—and it’s not even complete yet! We can already say this: you’d better get ready to lose your minds. If you’ve still got them, that is. If not, better borrow some! So, just check it out So far… what more can we say? AUTOPSY is in, IMPERATOR is in—need we say more? This is already a game-changer so take a look for yourself (oh, and of corpse, are yet more to be announced)
PRAGUE DEATH MASS V is officially happening between October 15-18, 2025! We’re all on the edge of our seats waiting for the news and the line-up announcements to start!
NOVEMBER
We are biting our nails, eagerly awaiting more news about The Sinister Feast
We’re just getting started!
Stay tuned, because this is barely scratching the surface—there’s so much more to come, and we’re not even halfway through the year!