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Scene Trekker is your map to the best loud, fast, and heavy music scenes and festivals around the world — whether you’re planning a trip or just want to see what the scene looks like from where you are. Built around rock, metal, and hardcore, this isn’t about trends — it’s about the places keeping the volume up and the culture alive.

LATEST CITY GUIDE

Psychedelic doom metal poster for Osaka’s underground rock and metal scene, featuring gritty textures, distorted lettering, and iconic Osaka landmarks like Osaka Castle and neon-lit canals.

Gothenburg’s Underground Rock & Metal Scene: Where Raw Sound Still Rules

If polished pop and tourist-friendly playlists make your skin crawl, the Gothenburg rock and metal scene has something better—something real.

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LATEST FESTIVAL GUIDE

Hyper-realistic stoner rock poster for RippleFest Texas featuring towering amp stacks along a cracked desert highway, with a Texas-shaped logo blazing against a smoky sky.

Beyond the Gates 2025: Bergen’s Premier Gathering of Black and Extreme Metal

If black metal is your language, Beyond the Gates is where it speaks loudest. Nestled in the atmospheric city of Bergen, Norway, this festival isn’t about spectacle or glitz — it’s about reverence for the raw, cold heart of extreme metal.

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Young alternative traveler at a foreign train station, holding a phone and backpack, capturing the raw, underground vibe of navigating international music scenes.

What to Know Before You Go: Navigating Music Festivals Abroad (Without Getting Screwed)

If you’re heading overseas for a show, these music festival travel tips will help you navigate everything from visas and customs to local transit and cultural curveballs—so the music is the only thing you’re focused on.

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CITY SCENE GUIDES

Brutal, gritty rock and metal poster design featuring aggressive typography for "Leipzig" and "Germany," with dark, raw textures and iconic Leipzig landmarks in the background. The atmosphere is rebellious and intense, with a distressed, underground aesthetic.
Gritty underground metal poster for Yogyakarta, Indonesia, featuring distressed blackletter typography, dark volcanic colors, and shadowy silhouettes of Prambanan Temple and Mount Merapi in the background.
Gritty rock-style poster with “Medellín, Colombia” in distressed metal typography and moody urban imagery.

FESTIVAL SCENE GUIDES

Doom metal poster for Maryland Doom Fest with cracked stone logo, twisted trees, and a foggy graveyard under a red sky
Custom poster-style artwork of Wave-Gotik-Treffen featuring a gothic band silhouette on an ornate indoor stage, with a crowd holding parasols and bat-shaped accessories, surrounded by Gothic architecture and moody lighting.
Poster-style digital artwork of the Altavoz Festival in Medellín, Colombia, featuring a silhouetted rock band performing on an outdoor stage with a vibrant crowd in front, dramatic stage lighting, and the city’s mountainous skyline in the background. Warm Colombian-inspired colors and gritty textures evoke the energy of the alternative music scene.

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Tattooed man with long hair and a black tactical backpack stands at a rock and metal festival, immersed in the music with the crowd blurred around him.

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