From doom-metal stages to label art to the director’s chair of Denmark’s first cooperative brewery, David Perry has been building the same bridge for years: the one between heavy music and great beer.

Giesinger Bräu went from a Giesing garage to brewing protected Münchner Bier. Founder Steffen Marx talks about the brewery's citizens' initiative to reach Oktoberfest in 2027, and the 20th birthday where Emil Bulls headlined and 771 people shotgunned beers at once.

TRIVAN could have vanished for months and returned with a finished record. Instead, the Zagreb black metal outfit is building Eternal Shore single by single, in full view of everyone listening — grief, discipline, and one anti-Christmas song at a time.

Lina Vaštakaitė of Phrenetix playing at Kilkim Zaibu 2026

A late-night interview with Ūkanose guitarist Linas Petrauskas in Kaunas — the band's formation in Vilnius, the folk-metal balance behind Šiaurum Vėjum, the record heat of Kilkim Žaibu 2026, and the mead he brings on tour.