Pioneers of funeral doom metal, Funeral continue to carry their message with the same passion that has driven them since their earliest days. With a vast discography and a reputation for unforgettable stage performances, the Norwegians returned to Quantic Club in Bucharest for Metal Gates Festival 2025, once again...

Vinyl collectors, here is your chance. Darkness Shall Rise Productions has announced a special 30th anniversary edition of “Nachthymnen ”, Abigor’s seminal 1995 album. Preorders are already open via Napalm Records, the label that first brought the record to life and helped cement its early reputation as...

The gates are open, the bands stand at the ready. The warm-up party is already a memory. Today, the first day of Metal Gates Festival kicks off. Organised by Final Step Productions and hosted at Quantic Club in Bucharest, Romania, the stage is set. And with this occasion, Machiavellian...

Steffen Kummerer carved his path through the German underground in the early 2000s with his progressive/technical death metal band Obscura. Yet not one to remain in a single lane, he also gave life to Thulcandra, exploring melodic black metal while maintaining a distinct identity. Two bands, different approaches, and a...

Remember when we said day tickets for this year’s Metal Gates Festival were limited? Well, they vanished. But don’t despair – Final Step Productions just announced that an extra 100 tickets per day are being added. And since the team is working around the clock, there’s another announcement too:...

It is night, but there is still time for a report. And this report is about how themes of space and philosophy merge in a grand concord, but also about those dark feelings – the kind that strike without warning, when life seems at its sweetest. In other words,...

It’s a special kind of joy to be among familiar faces, and that joy shone clearly on all who came to see Vulture Industries and Sur Austru on 12 September 2025. Held at Quantic Club in Bucharest, Romania, the evening marked the anniversary of “The Tower”, one of the...

The gates will open soon. Only six days separate us from the meeting with Funeral, Arcturus, Insomnium, Батюшка, Sakis Tolis, Saor, and many more. Final Step Productions brings Metal Gates Festival back to Bucharest, Romania, from 25 to 27 September 2025. That’s right – time flies, the bands are...

Today’s the day. Only a few more hours until the stage of Quantic Club in Bucharest, Romania is shaken by the arrival of some of death metal’s most essential names. After the roaring success they had in our country, it only made sense for Left to Die to return....