First gig of 2026 at the #p60 down in #amstelveen We got there a bit late so missed the opening act but got to enjoy #hallsofoblivion #hate #arkona and #Patriarkh who played in the Netherlands last year. It was good to see them again with bands that are somewhat rare on this side of the continent.

As the year ends, there is time for one more list: your favourite live footage featuring #revocation #oranssipazuzu #napalmdeath #darkangel and other fine #metal bands that played in the Netherlands in 2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwdV...

By now you have all grown sick of #aoty #aoty2025 lists, right? Bear with us, we have one more for you to suffer through! 😁 Here are the 10 #metal releases that hit us the hardest, in alphabetical order. This wasn’t exactly easy as 2025 was full of new high quality material.

We waited for #eindhovenmetalmeeting 2025 with bated breath, could barely hold excitement and now it's over and we have to wait months for another festival. Fortunately, this playlist captures some of the best moments and will bring us some comfort over the end of year break.

3/ #eindhovenmetalmeeting day two ended for us with the Swiss giants of #triptykon delivering a selection of newer tunes and #CelticFrost classics to everyone’s delight, and on the second stage, #sinister who made a rare appearance in their native land. Long live EMM!

2/ #eindhovenmetalmeeting day two. We finally got to see #nightfall live. Later on the bigger stage, #deathmetal OGs #Possessed had the crowd in the palm of their hand with classics from their genre defining #SevenChurches album.

1/ And just like that, #eindhovenmetalmeeting 2025 is over. The second day was a ripper too. It started with #highparasite #tribulation #pessimist and #grindcore forefathers #terrorizer They gave us a full rendition of their #worlddownfall classic debut.

3/ #EindhovenMetalMeeting 2025 day one ended for us on the twin highs of the #Absu grandiose Grand Guignol rendition of the #TheSunOfTiphareth and #hypocrisy blasting through classics and newer tracks alike.

2/ #EindhovenMetalMeeting 2025, day one. We got to see #ancient again after donkeys years, see #Hellbutcher at last and get blown away by the industrial hardcore sludge of #fange (NYHC meets early Godflesh/Pitch Shifter?).

1/ Incredible first day at #EindhovenMetalMeeting 2025! While Scandinavia was well represented, the palette of extreme metal genres was diverse. We had never seen #MörkGryning #AndOceans live until yesterday and that was a real #blackmetal treat.

The 2025 edition of #eindhovenmetalmeeting just started with the warm up evening. We’ll be around starting tomorrow. This playlist from last year provides a refresher of what kind of awesome #deathmetal and #blackmetal performances to expect! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Thanks for the great gigs this year #013poppodium A few highlights: Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Incantation with Dead Congregation, Roadburn, Behemoth, Satyricon and Rotting Christ. Here’s to more #deathmetal #blackmetal and extreme metal events next year!

#whoredomrife reached the end of its Desecrating Europa Tour today. If you want to relive it or get a taster of what their brand of #blackmetal sounds like live, check out this playlist. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4k1...

Last #bandcampfriday of 2025. #bandcamp rules and so do loads of artists who deserve our support. Our pick is this fine #deathmetal release from #abysmaldescent south of the border (ie from Belgium, not Mexico!) nuclearwinterrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dismal...

All the way down from #nidaros (aka #trondheim for those in the know), a special Black Metal treat… #whoredomrife just started their Desecrating Europa Tour. It was a pleasure to witness them unleash their brand of #blackmetal at #WillemeenArnhem tonight, with #malakhim and #Halphas in tow.

Miasma’s Changes hit like a ton of bricks

The boombox never disappoints #akercocke #deathmetal #blackmetal

Last Sunday, we had the pleasure to see metal veterans #necrodeath This is their final tour, so no chance to see them again. They gave a solid performance. We have some footage, in case you missed them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQoJ... #thrashmetal #deathmetal

Every Sunday afternoon should be a metal afternoon. Thanks to #MusicOn we got to enjoy #witchfukker #remainuntamed and Italian maestros #Necrodeath who are on their final tour. Basically, three high energy performances straight out of the extreme metal underground. #thrashmetal #deathmetal

The #thrashofthetitans tour was a delicious #thrashmetal sandwich with a #deathmetal filling. Experience it for yourself with this playlist featuring titans #destruction #obituary and #testament www.youtube.com/watch?v=kou3...

#testament #obituary #destruction and #nervosa joined forces and toured the land as part #thrashofthetitans 2025. We caught them on the last date of the tour, in #utrecht This was a total ripper, as expected by all sensible fans of #thrashmetal and #deathmetal Great sound, performance and show.

Tonight’s program at #tivolivredenburg in #utrecht #nervosa #destruction #obituary #testament #thrashofthetitans #thrashmetal #deathmetal

#soulcrusher was great. Whether you are into #doommetal #deathmetal or #blackmetal the festival had that covered. We attended day two, have some footage that includes #forn #sijjin #oranssipazuzu and #bloodincantation Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaFs...

4/4 The second “big gun” at day two of #soulcrusher was #bloodincantation whose #deathmetal incorporates and builds upon prog elements yet remains goosebumps inducing, bone crushing #deathmetal This was the second #AbsoluteElsewhere date in NL this year. Kudos also for the stage visuals.

3/4 The first of the “big guns” at day two of #soulcrusher this year was #OranssiPazuzu We saw them earlier this year at Roadburn and seeing them again play a slightly different set was like a delicious #blackmetal cherry on the cake. They had the venue entranced.

2/4 To be honest, the deciding factor for us to get tickets for #soulcrusher this year was the addition of #sijjin We saw them in 2022, they killed it. We love this kind of intense #deathmetal with a twist of Thrash. Their set was tight and so headbanging-ly enjoyable.

1/4 We attended day two of #soulcrusher in ancient #nijmegen The festival always delivers. Whatever you like in #extrememetal you will find music to your liking. This year’s edition was no exception. Amongst others, we really enjoyed #wyatte #oryx #predatoryvoid and #forn (great dual vocals)

Second time this year… Ten minutes to go before a new stargate opens. #bloodincantation #AbsoluteElsewhere #soulcrusher

This #thursdeath we can't help but think about this coming weekend's festival: #soulcrusher ! Lots of great metal bands will play, including #sijjin which we had the pleasure to see back in 2022 with #sadisticintent This footage gives a taste of things to come! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ANl...

#DerWegEinerFreiheit and #Heretoir ended their tour yesterday. if you missed them or want a refresher, we have some excellent live footage from their performance at #013poppodium last Thursday. Check it out here. #blackmetal www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuF-...

It’s #bandcampfriday again. @bandcamp.com rules and so do loads of artists who deserve our support. Our pick is the Netherlands’ very own #badomen who laid waste at Nox Occultum festival recently. Bang your head to this! badomennl.bandcamp.com/album/hell-r...

Back to #tilburg for a post/experimental #blackmetal gig at #013poppodium featuring #DerWegeinerFreiheit #Heretoir and #laster We missed Laster unfortunately, enjoyed Heretoir and were blown away by Der Weg Einer Freiheit whose sonic tapestries translate well from the record to the stage.

Here at AMS/DMS Centraal, we are suckers for #deathmetal from #mexico It's therefore with great excitement we went to see #castleumbra and #reverencetoparoxysm last Friday. The gig was as good as we had imagined and we have some footage to prove it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zw8...

2/2 And in the later part of the day, #misotheist and #Tormentor Let’s hope that #noxoccultum goes from strength to strength over the next few years.

1/2 Life is hard. There’s a new extreme metal festival in the Netherlands and we survived that one too. #noxoccultum took place over 2 days, we attended most of the second day at #halloffame in #tilburg Everything we have seen was good, our favorite acts were #badomen #necrowretch to start with.

Three #blackmetal and two #deathmetal acts landed at #WillemeenArnhem for the delight of many. They were #salaciousgods #castleumbra #kjeld #reverencetoparoxysm and #heimdallswacht Castleumbra and Reverence To Paroxysm played at KDTF recently and ended their European tour with this gig in Arnhem.

#atheist is touring Europe to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Piece of Time. We have some footage from their gig in #amstelveen a few days ago, also featuring #origin and #gorgatron Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP10...

The 35th anniversary of #PieceOfTime is upon us. #atheist #origin and #gorgatron landed at the #p60poppodium for a high intensity #deathmetal evening that showcased the genre’s wide breadth. #kellyshaefer joked it would be his last show but nobody seriously believed that.

It’s #BandcampFriday again and there are lots of new killer releases out there! We’ll be blasting the latest from #Proscription as well as #Malthusian #Imperialist #Blackbraid and #GraveHex It’s a good day for #deathmetal and #blackmetal darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/desola...

Based on our own experience and fans comments, the five #mandylion reunion gigs that #thegathering played with #AnnekeVanGiersbergen in #nijmegen were a wild success. If you missed it, we have some footage from day two: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiBg...

3/3 Yesterday’s gig was a reminder of how seamlessly #thegathering transitioned from groundbreaking #doommetal to high intensity, uplifting atmospheric rock that appeals to metal heads still, as well as the wider public. We can’t wait for the 40 year anniversary of Always...

2/3 If you have seen #thegathering on stage 30 years ago or seen live footage from the period (for instance the Pinkpop 1996 video on YouTube), we have good news: the band displays the same energy and enthusiasm. #AnnekeVanGiersbergen and the guys click the same way, their tunes feel just as fresh.

1/3 #thegathering initially planned two shows to celebrate the 30 year anniversary of their third album #Mandylion, with the lineup that recorded this defining moment. That was expanded to five shows, which sold out very quickly. We attended the second evening at the #doornroosje in #nijmegen

Hitting EMM

A trip down memory lane! #thegathering #mandylion #nijmegen #doornroosje #30years

#thrashmetal veterans #darkangel descended on #nobelleiden a few days ago and played #darknessdescends in full as well as other killer tracks. This is the footage: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hySq...

🇨🇭 Swiss technical thrash legends Coroner will release their long-awaited studio album, Dissonance Theory, on October 17, 2025 via Century Media Records. metalinjection.net/video/corone...

Only two #darkangel matter. The 1990 action flick and the #thrashmetal band. That’s the second we saw again tonight. Their performance at the sweaty #nobel in #leiden was downright ferocious. We were blessed with #darknessdescends in full and other killer tracks. In memory of #jimdurkin

A week ago, we got a heavy dose of #deathmetal at #littledeviltilburg courtesy of #CelestialSanctuary and #Undeath We have some footage to prove it! Check this out www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gzi...

Holy smoke