A Study of Absence is the sophomore album from Belgian progressive metal four-piece TRAELS — and a natural next step after their 2024 debut The Abyss Within. Atmospheric, precise and intense, both calm and heavy, continuously pulling between tension and release. Two years of shows sharpened the band, and it shows on this record: a […]
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Before TRAELS signed to Polderrecords for their sophomore album, there was The Abyss Within — the 2024 debut that put them on the map. Self-released at the time, it sold out fast and has been near-impossible to find on vinyl ever since. Time to fix that. Across eight tracks, The Abyss Within moves through modern […]
Rotte Nès was never meant to become an album. PRATSJ started as a post-pandemic side project of two Voidian members, Robin Pannemans and Stefan Hex. Two musicians, a rehearsal room, no plan. The first song they wrote was Foknol: punk attitude, heavy riffs, two voices shouting at the same time. That one song set the […]
PRATSJ is a two-man accident from Bilzen-Hoeselt, Limburg. Robin Pannemans (drums & vocals) and Stefan Hex (guitars, bass & lead vocals), two thirds of Voidian, started jamming after the pandemic out of boredom and impulse. They had no plan, no expectations and no intention of fixing that. What came out sits somewhere between stoner, sludge […]
PR059 – Nov 20, 2026 A Study of Absence Presave: https://hypeddit.com/traels/centeredPresale: starts Nov 6, 2026. PR058 – May 3, 2024 The Abyss Within Repress on CD & Vinyl presale: starts Nov 6, 2026. West-Flemish progressive metal four-piece TRAELS emerged from the Belgian heavy scene in 2023 — atmospheric, precise and intense. Their music is calm […]
FINIS TEMPORUM — “the end of times” — is the title Cowboys & Aliens chose for their seventh album and their 30th anniversary release. It’s a bold statement, but one this band has earned. The album opens with Life Tree and Rabbit Hole before delivering Vengeance Of The Weird, a track that had already been released as a standalone single back in June 2024 […]
Cowboys & Aliens is a four-piece stoner rock band from Bruges, Belgium. Formed in 1996, they are true pioneers of the genre in the Benelux — one of the first bands in the region to go all-in on heavy, riff-driven rock at a time when that took real conviction. Their debut League Of Fools (1998) […]
West-Flemish instrumental stoner trio MOTSUS have been carving their path through the heavy underground since 2012. Hailing from the poldercity of Oudenburg, this three-piece delivers instrumental polder rock—dead slow and heavy, sometimes razor fast, but foremost persistent, like a fully loaded freight train with no intention of stopping. Their sound blends crushing stoner riffs, contemporary […]
West-Flemish instrumental stoner trio MOTSUS return with their highly anticipated sophomore album “Atlas” – a bold evolution that pushes the Oudenburg trio deeper into doom and atmospheric territory than ever before. Recorded at Dunk!Studio’s in Zottegem and mixed & mastered by legendary producer Karl Daniel Lidén (Dozer, Greenleaf, A Swarm Of The Sun, ..), Atlas delivers five […]
Following their explosive debut Evoke (2022), Belgian modern metal band MANTAH return with their highly anticipated second full-length album “Antidote”—a fierce and focused evolution that cements their place among the new wave of European heavy acts. Antidote feels like the remedy for today’s chaos. Blending 90s nu-metal fury with industrial precision and a modern melodic punch, Antidote delivers ten tracks that balance aggression, […]