Melodic power on full display with Aephanemer at a sold out On The Rocks, touring their new album ‘Utopie’, and support from Dark Oath and Valhalore.

Portuguese melodic death metal force Moonshade unveiled their latest single, an epic and emotionally charged cover of Stromae & Pomme’s ‘Ma Meilleure Ennemie’! The track will also be featured on their upcoming EP ‘Angels, Blood and Enemies’, set for release in February 2026!

Bloodred Hourglass are currently on their “We Should Be Buried Like This” tour around Finland and came to Tampere’s Tavara-Asema on November 13, where they together with Luna Kills and Shereign delivered a sweaty hot show.

Dutch melodic death metal outfit Nox Aeterna unleashed their take on the Boney M classic ‘Ma Baker’!

Before The Dawn returned this year with their new album ‘Cold Flare Eternal’. The second full-length since the band’s resurgence and a masterclass in how to write a massive melodic and melancholic death metal album, out with Reaper Entertainment!

Danish electro death metallers Lightchapter shared a brand-new video for the title track of their earlier released album ‘Where All Hope Begins’ and announced being on the Copenhell 2026 line-up!

From melodic to feral, the “European Blood Dynasty Tour” rolled through Helsinki. Arch Enemy with Amorphis, Eluveitie and Gatecreeper at Jäähalli.

Ancient Settlers releases a visualizer video for ‘A Amoment Restored’, the first single from their upcoming EP ‘Autumnus (Revisited)’, set for release at the end of this month with Scarlet Records!

Orbit Culture

On the European leg of the “Death Above Life world tour”, Orbit Culture made a stop at Trix in Belgium with their special guests Gaerea and openers Atlas. We were there!

After nearly three decades, Finland’s melodic death metal veterans Omnium Gatherum are still burning bright. We sat down with vocalist Jukka Pelkonen to talk about their new tenth album “May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way” (out on Century Media Records since last Friday, November 7th), a record of raw emotion, street-level storytelling, and the stubborn spirit that keeps the band moving forward.