Maddox Theory release “Kamidogu” lyric video
Gasymetalhead sets two-date Madagascar show
Cairo Wacken warm-up changes venue and lineup after regional escalation
Primordial Black line up Studio 52 release party as second album nears
Soundcheck first round closes as next stage begins
Poisoned Blood: “Metal is no longer just a Western-world thing.”
Devil Empire: “We had to create our own space”
Into the Evernight on home ground, two-city nights, and where Casablanca metal stands now
Cantrel on playing Nirvana: “No one could ever sound like Kurt again”
Old School: Morocco’s metal veterans ready to ignite Tracktour
MoshMallow triumphs at a fiery Wacken Metal Battle Pretoria Heat
Rumours erupts as Diverted Disorder conquers a ferocious Wacken Heat
Pretoria steps up: Wacken Metal Battle hits Railways
Aandklas awaits: Three bands step into Cape Town’s next Wacken Battle
Souhaib Louati on 2Worlds Speaks Metal and giving Arab bands the coverage they deserve
“I always play unique solos”: Tim Harbour on finding his voice through guitar in Mad God
Primordial Black’s Yasser Mahammedi Bouzina: “I needed to build my own sonic world”
“Many ideas begin when I’m alone with a guitar” – Raven S. E. on building his sound in Pagan Ulver
Libya’s Jonathan Steel and the sound of release
Acid Magus “Scatterling Empire”
Tinariwen “Hoggar”
Chovu “Ufalme Wa Mali”
Tombstone “Spiders Sting Harder Than Their Masters”
Poisoned Blood “African Metal United”
W’t’M on “A Million Mistakes (Is All It Takes)”
Lightlorn and the human side of “The Ebb and Flow of Galactic Tides”
All Nine Yards find the heart of “Violet”
Tårfödd: “Music should never be replaced by AI. It is something I am strongly against, and honestly afraid of.”
RIKET give Sweden’s buried history a voice
