Two months after our talk at Alcatraz Festival, we stepped back into the forest with Johannes Eckerström of Avatar to talk about their upcoming album ‘Don’t Go In The Forest’ (out next week October 31st), from disco death grooves and true crime commentary to piano-born love songs and the return of the metal circus among many other things.
Melodic death metal heavyweights ARCH ENEMY are conquering Europe with their explosive “European Blood Dynasty tour”, and it’s nothing short of a musical crusade. To complete the total metal mayhem nights they have company from GATECREEPER (USA), ELUVEITIE (Switzerland) and AMORPHIS (Finland).
Finnish melodeath outfit Horizon Ignited shared the digital single ‘Sixpounder’, their take on a Children Of Bodom classic as part of the Reaper Entertainment project ‘A Tribute To The Reaper’! A lot of good ones are still coming in the nearby future, keep an eye out!
Wolfheart took over the European mainland with the “Draconian darkness over Europe 2025 tour”, bringing along Before The Dawn and Suotana for a top tasting menu of Finnish melodic death metal, which we were able to attend in Kortrijk at the DVG Club at the end of last month!
Italian melodic death metal band 5RAND is releasing their long-awaited third album ‘Ordhalia’ next month via Art Gates Records and already shared their new single ‘Bloodlife’ as a first taste!
On the release day of ‘Cold Flare Eternal’ (out via Reaper Entertainment), right before their Helsinki release show, Tuomas Saukkonen reflected on momentum, rebirth, and the chemistry driving Before The Dawn’s strongest chapter yet.
Chris Maragoth is at it again and shared the new single and video ‘Hidden Signs of Sadness’ last Friday, a track from his upcoming EP ‘Depths of Despair’, set for release next month!
Bloodred Hourglass are back — heavier, sharper, and more focused than ever. We talked with them about their new album ‘We Should Be Buried Like This’ (out now with Out of Line Music), finding their sound, working with a producer for the first time, and what fans can expect from their upcoming tour.
Recently, Mathias ‘Vreth’ Lillmåns opened the vault releasing long-lost tracks from his formative years with the EP ‘The Degenerate Years’!
Avatar unleashed the new single and video ‘Death and Glitz’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Don’t Go in the Forest’, set for release by the end of this month!
