How much can a band still disturb the familiar ground after more than three decades of making music? With Green Carnation, the answer has never been particularly easy to predict. Across three parts, “A Dark Poem” has taken William Shakespeare’s Ophelia and Arthur Rimbaud’s vision of her into increasingly...

A traveller’s place is on the road, but if the traveller is also interested in music, then going to concerts suits the wayfarer even better. And so, on 28 August 2026, I set off for Posada Rock Festival, held in Câmpulung Muscel, Romania, an event organised by Rock Culture...

Ruyned, Diavol and Vömitt complete the line-up for Spears of Wallachia Festival II, set to take place on 13 November 2026 at Quantic in Bucharest, Romania. The three Romanian acts join previously announced names Bütcher, Akral Necrosis, Acid Death and Blynd. More Fire for the November Bill Ruyned are...

Emperor will return to Germany in 2027 for an exclusive club show, headlining Dark Easter Metal Meeting. For the Norwegian black metallers, this will be the first performance in a German club since 1999, while the occasion will also see them return to Munich, a city they last visited...

Wormgod will come to Hidden in Bucharest, Romania, for another encounter with the city’s underground on 18 September 2026. The Romanians will take the stage with a new line-up, playing their atmospheric black metal with death metal influences. For those who already know what they can leave behind once...

German black metal band Der Weg einer Freiheit will release an instrumental version of the 2025 album “Innern” on 11 September 2026 via Season of Mist. This version removes Nikita Kamprad’s vocals and places the guitars, bass and drums at the centre of the record, allowing the compositions to...

What better way for a band to make the only symphonic concert of the year something apart from the ordinary? The Greeks from Septicflesh, masters of symphonic death metal, might have found the answer. On 19 September 2026, “Ancient Whispers” will take place at the Ancient Theatre in Plovdiv,...

Danish doom metallers Maunah are preparing to release their debut full-length album, “Hjarta”, on 18 September 2026 through Prophecy Productions. The album builds on the sound previously introduced through the “Heimaland” EP, while bringing together the members’ extensive experience across Denmark’s rock, folk, and metal communities. What Awaits on...

A road becomes considerably more interesting once one stops asking where it leads. Perhaps the destination matters less than what one encounters along the way, the unexpected turns, the places that were never marked on the map and the occasional realisation that the landscape has changed while one was...