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Canadian Extreme Metal Festival
ARMSTRONG METALFEST
Announces Band Submissions
For 2027 Lineup

Armstrong MetalFest returns to British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley on July 16th and 17th, 2027 for another weekend of heavy music, camping and mountain mosh pit mayhem, with band submissions opening from October 1st to 15th, 2026…to read more click here…

Darkness And Light Are Inseparable
Swiss Heavy Alt Rock Band
THE DUNGBEETLE CONSPIRACY
interviewed by Fok ‘bs’

In this interview by Fok ‘bs‘, Serge Morattel, vocals and guitar with Swiss Heavy Alt Rock quartet The Dungbeetle Conspiracy, talks about persistence, grief, family, rumination, darkness and light, musical freedom, the importance of letting go and why there will probably always be another hill to climb…to read more click here…

French Post-Rock Trio
OÖHNA CALL
Released Album
‘eKKo‘

French instrumental post rock and noise trio Oöhna Call have released their second studio album, ‘eKKo‘, on September 25th, 2026 through Bitume Prods…to read more click here…

WACKEN METAL BATTLE USA
Announces Band Submissions For
2027 Battles

WACKEN METAL BATTLE USA will open submissions on October 1st, 2026 for its 2027 nationwide competition, searching for one unsigned and independent American metal band to represent the United States at the sold out Wacken Open Air 2027 in Germany…to read more click here…

German Dark Metal Act
LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE
Released Album
‘Lay Me Down O Silent Fear‘

German dark metal outfit LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE return with ‘Lay Me Down O Silent Fear‘, an ambitious new album that brings Gothic darkness, modern metal aggression and haunting melodies together in the band’s self described Gothcore sound…to read more click here…

German Glam Metal/Sleaze Rock Quartet
NIGHT LASER
Set To Release Album
‘Rats In The Cradle‘

Hamburg glam and sleaze metal outfit Night Laser return with their fifth studio album, ‘Rats In The Cradle‘, on September 25th, 2026 through Steamhammer and OPEN, combining raw live energy with rock, metal, blues and funk in what the band considers their most diverse album to date…to read more click here…

A Cure That Does Not Erase The Scars
Belgian Metalcore Act
X-POZED
interviewed by Fok ‘bs’

In this interview by Fok ‘bs‘, Belgian Metalcore act X-POZED talk about scars, maturity, forgiveness, vulnerability, destructive cycles, asking for help, rediscovering their chemistry and why hope does not need to become a promise in order to matter…to read more click here…

the wizard

The Wizard and the Little Hobbit – The Tale of the Broken Heart
by Fokion Triantafyllidis
at radio highway pirates

Once upon a time, on a grey morning when mist lay heavy between the trees of the Black Forest, someone knocked upon the door of the old and wise wizard.
Three times came the knock.
Softly.
Almost as though whoever stood outside already regretted having come.
The wizard opened the door.
Before him stood the little hobbit.
His cloak hung loosely from his shoulders, his feet were muddy from the long road, and the light that usually lived in his eyes had almost disappeared.
“My little hobbit,”
said the wizard,
“what has brought you to my door so early? And why does your heart look heavier than your travelling bag?”
The hobbit tried to smile.
But he could not.
“Oh, Master,”
he whispered.
“I am lonely.”
The wizard said nothing.
“I feel lost. Forgotten. As though somewhere along the road the whole world continued without me.”
“Come inside,”
said the wizard…to read more click here…