At the end of February, Insomnium released their new album ‘Anno 1696’ and celebrated in style with 2 completely sold out shows at the legendary Helsinki rock club Tavastia, with support from the new doom collective The Abbey!

On 19 March 2023 US death metal legends Cannibal Corpse were destroying the stage in Stuttgart, on their European Spring Tour 2023. Stormruler, Ingested and Dark Funeral were completing the line-up for a great death & black metal night.

German brutal death surf metal mongers Stillbirth unleashed the vicious new single ‘Rising From The Ashes’, from the upcoming album ‘Homo Deus’, set for release next month via Distortion Music Group!

Kamelot

Kamelot is on tour in Europe with their “Awaken the World” cycle, in the good company of Myrath, Eleine and League of Distortion! We caught up with them at their stop at Le Splendid in Lille, France.

A chat with Jaakko and Niko from Marianas Rest about their new album ‘Auer’, set for release via Napalm Records on March 24, and how they’ve tried some new things with their music without losing the band’s soul, by having the courage to follow where the songs were taking them, bringing in clean vocals and a guest vocalist for the first time.

Avatar

Avatar’s ‘Dance Devil Dance’ 2023 tour brought the circus back to Tilburg’s 013 Poppodium, supported by Veil of Maya and Kassogtha.

To celebrate the release of their new album ‘Triumphs’ via Prosthetic Records last Friday, Foretoken shared a visualizer for the track ‘His Riastrad’!

Sporae Autem Yuggoth promises a proper slab of old school death/doom with their debut album ‘However It Still Moves’, set for release in May via Personal Records and unveiled a first track with ‘Disintegration’!

On Hexa Mera’s new album ‘Methuselarity Part 1’, the music is solid and strong, carried on a bed of melodies, and is honestly beautiful to listen to. The album comes out this Saturday March 18 and the band will be doing a release show in Nijdorp, Opwijk on the same day! Be sure to check them out and hear this solid piece of music being played live for the first time.

IN FLAMES released their 14th studio album ‘Foregone’ last month with Nuclear Blast, and it has been skyrocketing up international charts!