The fire is burning again in the Austrian black metal underground. Draugr returned with “Flammenmeer”, the second single taken from the upcoming full-length “Ahnenfeuer – Ginnungagap Chaos Pt. I”, scheduled for release on 25 September 2026 via Immortal Frost Productions. Featuring Theotoxin, the track offers a taste of the...

There is always room for a little more black metal in Transylvania. This time, however, it comes with a piece of metal history in tow. The British legends Venom will take the stage at Rockstadt Fest in Ghimbav, Romania, where original founders Jeff “Mantas” Dunn and Tony “Abaddon” Bray...

The lads of the melodic death/doom metal group Shores of Null are always keeping themselves busy. Recently, they have been working on their new album and, on 14 July 2026, they also premiered the official music video for “Bleed to Life”, the single taken from “Homesick”, the album scheduled...

Rockstadt Fest continues its run of announcements for the 26-30 July 2027 edition, and this time the road leads towards thrash metal. The Americans of Overkill will take to the Romanian stage in Ghimbav, and they have big things in store. The Sound of Decades In 1980, New Jersey...

It is time for Polish black metal. And it is time for Mgła to return to Romania. Albums such as “Exercises in Futility” and “With Hearts Toward None” have found their way onto countless playlists, and Mgła will now be part of the line-up for the 2027 edition of...

Neither the heat nor fatigue could keep us away from Ghimbav on the fifth day of the festival. After all, how could they, with a line-up that still had plenty to offer and several names we were not about to miss? For me, Day V began with Feuerschwanz. German...

Day IV of Rockstadt Extreme Fest was another one of those days when the line-up left little room for sitting still. Tiredness? What’s that? With plenty to choose from across the event, I set out to see where the day would take me. I found myself at the Brașov...

After two days of moving between stages, Day III of Rockstadt Extreme Fest was waiting with another packed programme and plenty of reasons to keep doing the same. For me, it began with Immolation, the American death metal group. No strangers to our country and maintaining the same no-nonsense...

Dark Bombastic Evening has returned to Alba Iulia, Romania, more precisely to the RYMA Spaces, where people who put genuine care into what they do have once again gathered a community around music, art and a shared desire to step outside the ordinary. Now at its 12th edition,...