Thursday, 22 October brings a compact, useful snapshot of the Belgian rock underground in motion. Across Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Trix and De Roma in Borgerhout, three bills treat rhythm as a physical force: a Lisbon trio compressing noise into dancefloor propulsion, two homegrown guitar bands coming out of the rehearsal rooms, and a Brussels instrumental unit stretching post-rock through jazz-trained instincts. These shows run concurrently, so the evening rewards choosing a pressure point. The shared thread lies in how each bill makes heaviness move.[1][2][3]

The club pulse at Ancienne Belgique

MAQUINA. is the outward-facing entry point. The Portuguese trio arrives at Ancienne Belgique’s AB Club with State Collapse and Gelukwens on a bill that places industrial punk, motorik force and club momentum in the same room. AB frames the group’s second album, BODY TRANSMISSION, as a shift from the extended improvisations of its 2024 debut toward shorter, tightly edited songs. That detail matters: this is rock built for impact, with guitar, bass and drums carrying a hard four-to-the-floor impulse. State Collapse gives the Brussels end of the programme real weight, bringing a locally based support act to a Lisbon-led charge.[1]

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Trix opens its café stage to its own ecosystem

At Trix, Café Kelder offers the most local reading of the thread. The series gives musicians who use Trix’s rehearsal facilities free rein on the café stage, turning the venue’s infrastructure into a public showcase. SwampStone brings a four-piece blend of catchy melodies and stoner-rock heft, shaped by members’ earlier projects; Minimaal Dissonant follows from a garage-rock, punk and cold-wave position. The latter’s official page identifies four members, including guitar, bass, drums and multiple vocal roles, while Trix notes its Dutch- and English-language songs. It is a useful discovery slot: free entry, close quarters and two bands rooted in Antwerp’s working music community.[2][4]

De Roma’s amoR room keeps the form elastic

Under The Reefs Orchestra completes the triangle at De Roma’s amoR room. The Brussels trio crosses experimental jazz and post-rock, led by guitar, bass saxophone and drums; its recently released third album, Williwaw, is tagged by the band as cinematic, instrumental and Brussels-made. De Roma hears the group’s music as filmic and tension-rich, with bass saxophone and drums central to compositions that can hold both density and open space. In this Thursday context, that makes Under The Reefs Orchestra the evening’s broadest proposal: riffs remain central, yet the architecture comes from texture, asymmetrical cycles and instrumental detail.[3][5]

Choose a lane on Thursday, 22 October

Practical split: Ancienne Belgique opens at 19:00, with State Collapse scheduled for 20:00 and MAQUINA. at 21:00; Trix opens Café Kelder at 19:30; Under The Reefs Orchestra starts at 20:00 at De Roma’s amoR room. Café Kelder is free, while the other two shows are ticketed. Recheck the official venue pages before leaving for final schedules, access information and ticket availability.[1][2][3]

Sources

  1. MAQUINA. — 22 October 2026 — Ancienne Belgique
  2. Café Kelder: SwampStone + Minimaal Dissonant — Trix Antwerpen
  3. Under The Reefs Orchestra — De Roma
  4. Minimaal Dissonant — Minimaal Dissonant
  5. Williwaw — Under the Reefs Orchestra