DISPATCHES FROM THE PIT
Festival reports, gig reviews, and the heaviest stories from the underground.
// Metal Blade Recordss
- Metal Blade Records // 2026-09-10
WOLFBRIGADE – HOWL FROM UNDERGROUND
Swedish punk-metal veterans Wolfbrigade return with their twelfth album Howl from Underground, out 9 October 2026 via Metal Blade Records — twelve tracks of Lycanthro Punk resistance.
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Exumer – Death Mask Messiah: A Dark, Ferocious New Chapter in Thrash Metal
German thrash veterans Exumer return via Metal Blade Records with Death Mask Messiah — their sixth album and first since 2019, out 28 August 2026.
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AMON AMARTH – JOCKE WALLGREN | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW | THE ALLFATHER AWAKENS
Metal Madness Weekly interviews Amon Amarth drummer Jocke Wallgren about The Allfather Awakens, songwriting, recording, touring, live performances and his journey through the metal scene.
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// Festival Reports
- Festival Report // 2026-08-08
Hellsinki Metal Festival 2026 – Day Two Report: Assemble the Chariots, Numento, Iotunn, Sepulchral Curse, Kalmah, Eluveitie and Opeth
Metal Madness Weekly reports live from Day Two of Hellsinki Metal Festival 2026 — Assemble the Chariots, Numento, Iotunn, Sepulchral Curse and Kalmah in pictures, plus Eluveitie's late-evening set, Opeth's headline close and backstage interviews with Iotunn's drummer, Eluveitie and Kalmah.
Read story → - Festival Report // 2026-08-07
Hellsinki Metal Festival 2026 – Day One Report: Wormwood, Omnium Gatherum, Carcass, Ikinä, Bloodbath, Black Label Society and Accept
Metal Madness Weekly reports live from Day One of Hellsinki Metal Festival 2026 in Helsinki — Wormwood, Omnium Gatherum, Carcass, Ikinä and Bloodbath, with Black Label Society and Accept closing the night, plus an exclusive interview with Omnium Gatherum vocalist Jukka Pelkonen recorded straight after the show.
Read story → - Festival Report // 2026-06-26
Tuska Festival 2026 Final Report
Tuska Festival 2026 is done. Metal Madness Weekly's full final report from Suvilahti, Helsinki — three days of metal with Megadeth, Bring Me The Horizon, Bad Omens, Soilwork, Bloodred Hourglass, Amorphis, Lost Society, Ensiferum, Pain, Swallow the Sun, Dogma, P.O.D. and more, plus exclusive interviews and photos.
Read story → - Festival Report // 2026-07-04
Ruisrock 2026 Festival Report – Three Days of Music, Energy and Summer Atmosphere
Full Metal Madness Weekly festival report from Ruisrock 2026 in Turku — a three-day weekend of rock, metal, pop and hip hop on the island of Ruissalo. Day One on-the-ground coverage plus Day Two and Day Three programme reports and a closing summary of the weekend.
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// Season of Mist Releases
- Season of Mist Release // 2026-07-15
Miscreance – Oracle's Rift
Season of Mist unveils Miscreance's new single Oracle's Rift, taken from the upcoming death metal album Reminiscence, out later this year.
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Gåte – Oskorsreia
Norwegian folk rock act Gåte returns via Season of Mist with the single Oskorsreia, taken from the album Sigil.
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Holisstik – Would You Take This Heart
Holisstik unveils a new single via Season of Mist — Would You Take This Heart, from the forthcoming avant-garde electronic album The Endless Solitude.
Read story → - Season of Mist Release // 2026-07-21
Misery Index – Feral Future
Death metal veterans Misery Index return via Season of Mist with the new single Feral Future, arriving July 21, 2026.
Read story → - Season of Mist Release // 2026-07-23
Untitled With Drums – Oblivious
Untitled With Drums unveils Oblivious via Season of Mist — a new single from the upcoming album Made Flesh.
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