Since its first edition in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2015, Running Free Festival has grown from a one-day event into a meeting point for generations of metal fans from across the world. Organised by Metal Force HMC, the festival focuses on carefully selected underground bands, direct contact between artists and...

The wait is over! TMLR Underground Live II: Glitchlight hits Omen Bar in Bucharest, Romania tonight, 24 October 2026, bringing Innox, Hakairi, Breathelast and Avoid Humanity. Continuing the effort to support the local underground scene and beyond, Glitchlight brings a varied selection of heavy sounds to the stage, from...

“You are what we live for!” These words capture the place music occupies in the lives of the members of the NWOBHM band Holocaust and the collective consciousness shared by people who come together through music, a connection that feels especially precious in a world full of turmoil. When...

When you think of Costin Chioreanu, a whole world of images comes to mind: album covers steeped in the atmosphere of the music they accompany, illustrations that seem to conceal stories of their own, and animations that give movement to strange, otherworldly visions. For decades, his work has moved...

Some stories are told through cinema, others through music, and a few take shape in images that seem to have wandered out of a dream best left unexplained. At the 14th edition of Dracula Film Festival, organised by Fanzin Cultural Association , these art forms converged in...

For Alex Krull, music has always been a means of pushing beyond conventional boundaries. With Atrocity active since 1988 and Leaves’ Eyes formed in 2003, his work spans technical death metal, symphonic death metal and symphonic metal. On 5 October 2026, the two acts took to the stage at...

Schirenc Plays PUNGENT STENCH in Romania. Does that ring any bells? Well, it should. More than that, 23 October 2026 marks the final appearance in this country of this project. What awaits our eardrums? Two classic records take centre stage: “Been Caught Buttering” and “For God Your Soul…...

Every quest begins with a questionable decision, a destination on the map and the vague suspicion that things might get out of hand. Ours took us to Istanbul, where Bosphorus Open Air Metal Fest was preparing to welcome Satyricon, I Am Morbid, Moonspell, Kataklysm, Kampfar, Moribund Oblivion and a...

Old Grave Fest, organised by Romanian Thrash Metal Club, arrived at Quantic in Bucharest between 8 and 10 October 2026 to smash our brains in and remind us why, for many years, the event has been home to heavy metal, thrash metal, death metal and NWOBHM. Acts we could...