The Dutch guitar player Mendel bij de Leij is well known as guitar player for…
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Old school heavy metal in your face! That’s what these guys of Anvil do for…
The Dutch thrash metal band Project Pain released a new official video for the song…
When the mighty record label Nuclear Blast asks a metal band to sign a contract,…
December 22, 2017 | ‘t Beest, Goes –The Charm The Fury ended 2017 in style…
You don’t know Ruud Jolie? Well, he is the guitar player of the Dutch gothic…
The Swedish metal band Ghost is announced as headliner for Dynamo Metal Fest 2018. The…
Wow! A total number of 4.246 people voted for the Dutch Metal Top 6-6-6 of…
December 15, 2017 | AFAS Live, Amsterdam – A delicious metal night with Five Finger…
The last band who participates in our annual PitKings Dutch Metal Quiz, is the American…
December 9, 2017 | Doornroosje, Nijmegen – The Dutch hardrock guitar player Adrian/Adje Vandenberg is…
The Dutch symphonic metal band Delain released an official live video for the song ‘Fire…
Graspop Metal Meeting 2018 is making metalheads crazy today. After they announced Ozzy, Guns N’…
CLOSED! The end of the year is a fact, so time to raise your metal…
The Dutch epic death/black metallers of Bleeding Gods will release their upcoming concept album »Dodekathlon«…
WRCKG are a self described “Dutch melodic hardcore band”, or more succinctly screamo, that formed…
The second last band who participates in our annual PitKings Dutch Metal Quiz, is the…
It’s almost time for Into Darkness 2017. The festival is focusing on the darker (sub)movements…
November 20, 2017 | 013, Tilburg – Finally! The pumpkins are united! The German power…
Here’s the new official video ‘Before You Are Dead’ by Dutch alternative groove metal band…
The Amsterdam based hardcore band 18 Miles released a brand new single and video for…
One of the last band who participates in our annual PitKings Dutch Metal Quiz, is…
Within Temptation will be touring in 2018! The tour will take them to 33 cities…
When we talk about classic Dutch metal bands, Jackal is definitely one of them. The…
On the 18th of November, the Klokgebouw in Eindhoven will present Helldorado: The Incredible Rock…
Time for some more names for the biggest metal party of 2018! After announcing that…
Here’s the official video for the song ‘Annihilation’ by Dutch death metal band Bloodphemy. The…
The organization of Graspop are doing a good job! After they confirmed Guns ‘N Roses…
November 12, 2017 | AFAS Live, Amsterdam – The American melodic punk rock band Rise…
Hell yeah! Graspop Metal Meeting 2018 is going next level! Earlier this week the festival…
November 6, 2017 | Tivoli, Utrecht – It’s not so often that we can see…
The Dutch heavy rock band Vandenberg’s Moonkings, with all time guitar hero Adrian Vandenberg, just…
All aboard the crazy train! Graspop is proud to announce that their first headliner for…
November 3, 2017 | Boerderij, Zoetermeer – As you might know, Textures is almost history….
The American melodic punk-hardcore band Rise Against is coming to AFAS Live on November 12…
In 2012 the Amsterdam based melodic death/thrash metal band Seita released their debut album ‘Asymmetric…
October 23, 2017 | Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam – Metal music and metal fans at…
October 22, 2017 | Doornroosje, Nijmegen – The Dutch symphonic metal band Epica is one…
Here’s the official video of ‘Blind World’ by Dutch melodic death metal band Depths Of…
October 13, 2017 | Melkweg, Amsterdam – When you wanna party, drink a lot of…
Is there a festival in the Netherlands like Into The Void? Well, actually not. After…
October 7-8, 2017 | JC Sjiwa, Baarlo – When it comes to progressive metal music…
The Dutch groove and death metal thrashers of MagnaCult released an official video for the…
The Amsterdam based progressive metal quintet Hologram Earth welcomes you with their debut album ‘Black…
American rock heroes Alter Bridge will appear for the very first time at the Oosterpoort,…
The Dutch thrash metal band X-Tinxion released an official video for the song ‘Survivors Of…
Four years after Ad Vandenberg made a spectacular comeback with Vandenberg’s Moonkings, the band now…
The Dutch punk/hardrock band Filthy Felons is around since 2014 and this week they released…
On May 17th the Dutch progressive metal band Textures announced to split up. Extremely pity…
September 9, 2017 | Zuiderpark, Rotterdam – Visiting a metal festival is awesome, but visiting…
This is the brand new official video of Anneke van Giersbergen’s new band VUUR, titled…
Yes! My favorite Dutch thrash metal band Distillator released a nice live video of their…
September 5, 2017 | Strijp-S, Eindhoven – It looks like the Danish heavy metal band…
Anneke van Giersbergen is back! After The Gathering, Agua de Annique, The Gentle Storm, several…
The Dutch alternative rock trio Paceshifters released an official video for the song ‘Cut ‘N’…
Tomorrow the Dutch symphonic metal band Epica will release their brand new EP called ‘The…
After Monster Truck, Sepultura and Melechesh, it’s now up to the American thrash metal band…
When Dutch and Brazilian metal musicians team up, beautiful things happen. In this case I’m…
The Dutch death metal band Bloodphemy from Amersfoort was originally founded in 2000. They released…
In the ‘world of metal’ there are a lot of different kinds of metal music….
When we talk about Dutch old school death metal, we talk about Sinister. This band…
The Amsterdam based death/thrash metal band Seita released an official video for the song ‘Burn…
August 15, 2017 | 013, Tilburg – Two weeks after their gig at the Veenhoop…
We are reaching the end of the year and as traditional it’s time to share…
The Amsterdam based stoner rock/metal band Red Eyes was founded in 2007 and released their…
Earlier this year, the crazy Dutch rockers of the Rectum Raiders released their self-titled debut…
August 5, 2017 | Neushoorn, Leeuwarden – Yes! To see the American metal band Fates…
After Monster Truck and Sepultura, it’s now up to the Israeli black metal band Melechesh…
The Dutch stoner band Old Man’s Riot released an official video for the song ‘Fast…
August 5, 2017 | Veenhoop Festival, De Veenhoop – The Dutch rock band Normaal headlined the…
The Dutch heavy alternative rock band STAT!C blasts their first single and official video clip…
July 28, 2017 | Amsterdam, Melkweg – Come join us! The Melkweg in Amsterdam can…
After the successful editions in 2015 and 2016, it’s time for the third episode of…
It’s that time of the year again! Get ready for the Dutch Metal Quiz 2017!…
Something old, something new… The latest album of Funus ‘Adrift Alone’ was actually waiting for…
The Dutch metal band HateMore released an official video for the song ‘I Despise’. It’s…
The Dutch metal(core) band 13 Steps was formed in 2011 and released their second full…
Founded in 2013, the Dutch metal band OneGodless is packed with experienced band members: Robin…
The Dutch metalcore band Start/Over was formed early 2015 and the band started orientating, writing,…
The alternative metal act Mxrcxl released an official video for the song ‘Where Were You,…
June 29, 2017 | Victorie, Alkmaar – When Anthrax comes to town, people get excited…
The Dutch post hardcore band Phoenix’Ashes released an official video for the song ‘Sheep Amongst…
The Dutch grindcore/death metal band Teethgrinder released an official video for the song ‘The Pain…
At the time that their debut album ‘Red Dawn’ was released in May 2017, the…
The Dutch symphonic metal band Epica will release a brand new EP on September 1st,…
June 23, 2017 | Doornroosje, Nijmegen – The English metal band ‘Anathema’ used to play…
The Dutch hardcore band 18 Miles released this official video for the song ‘Vulture’ a…
The Dutch hardcore punk band Doodskop is angry again. That’s probably the reason why they…
This is the new official video for the song ‘Mindset’, performed by Dutch hardcore band…
June 18, 2017 | Iduna, Drachten – One of the world’s best and hardest working…
The Dutch progressive death metal band Illusionless released an official live video for the song…
June 17, 2017 | Iduna, Drachten – The bill of Death Over Drachten 2017 was…
On August 11 and 12, the city center of Leeuwarden will shake for two days…
June 9, 2017 | Neushoorn, Leeuwarden – When Anneke van Giersbergen thought of the try-out…
The Dutch hardcore/metalcore band Dock 83 released an official video for the song ‘Waste Of…
June 2, 2017 | Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam – After 20 studio albums, 29 world tours,…
The Dutch masters of horror Carach Angren are back with their fifth full length album…
The song ‘Days Go By’ is the first track taken from VUUR’s debut album, which…
After a period of silence, the Dutch hardrock band Vandenberg’s MoonKings announced new tour dates…
