Progressive metal quartet Black Sea Of Trees shared the single ‘A Red Dawn’, the beginning of their journey to unleash their second album ‘Cult of the Sun’!

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).

Belgian death metallers Abysmal Descent shared the new single ‘Labyrinth of Distress’ from their upcoming album ‘Dismal Thoughts’, set for release next week Friday October 31st via Nuclear Winter Records!

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

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.

The long-awaited studio album ‘Mendacium’ of the U.S. funeral doom masters Evoken delivers an absolute horror of the outer vale through monolithic and soul-crushing soundscapes. Out via Profound Lore Records on October 17th.

Austrian doom masters Endonomos celebrate the first anniversary of their latest album ‘Endonomos II – Enlightenment’ with a new video for the track ‘Inversion’, released with Argonauta Records!