Our impressions of the very first edition of Hellsinki Metal Festival: what was great and what could be better?
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The latest E.P. ‘De Syv Stadier Af Fordærv’ of the Danish death metal four-piece Undergang offers a rotten mixture brutal old school death metal and stands as one of the band’s best releases. Out on September 1 via Dark Descent Records.
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Tuska unleashed the first batch of bands for the 2024 line-up and it seems they put their chips strongly on modern metal/metalcore with Bring Me The Horizon, Bloodred Hourglass, Bury Tomorrow, Make Them Suffer, Infected Rain and Fixation, proggy music with Opeth, Vola, Voyager and Riverside, and power metal with Alestorm, Angus McSix and Brothers Of Metal. And of course, festival regulars Amorphis and Stam1na belong to the party as well!
What do you think of the line-up already? Who do you hope to be added still?
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Finnish tech death band Omnivortex released new single and video ‘Of Aeons Past’, a track from their upcoming album ‘Circulate’, set for release via Inverse Records next month!
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Marduk’s fifteenth studio album “Memento Mori” perfectly fits with the raw aesthetics of the band. In terms of quality and songwriting the ten tracks offer sinister and furious black metal, this is one of the band’s best albums and is set for release this Friday via Century Media Records!
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Greek atmospheric death doom band On Thorns I Lay released 2nd track ‘Fallen From Grace’ of their upcoming album ‘On Thorns I Lay’, set for release in October via Season of Mist!
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Fifth album “Ontological Mysterium” from the US metal four-piece Horrendous is a sonic feast for fans of technical/progressive death metal. The album shines with its intricate guitar work with a superb level of technicality. Released a couple of weeks ago via Season of Mist.
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Black metal outfit Aegrus set release date for new Osmose Productions album ‘Invoking the Abysmal Night’ to be out on October 27th. A first track is coming soon!
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New Finnish band Graven Sin brings a modern take on classic doom-laden heavy metal on their debut album ‘Veil of The Gods’, to be released in November via Svart Records! First single ‘The Morrigan’ is out right now!
The German thrash metal legends Sodom killed it recently at Alcatraz Music and Hellsinki Metal Festival, and have now announced to be releasing their new EP ‘1982’ via SPV/Steamhammer in November, a celebration of their beginnings!
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