Belgian death metal revelation Carnation shared 2nd single ‘Maruta’ from their upcoming 3rd album ‘Cursed Mortality’, set for release in November via Season of Mist. Another track showing how epic the band’s new chapter will be!

Blackened melodeat act Begat The Nephilim unleashed a video for the single ‘Ossuary’, a track from their latest release ‘The Grand Procession’, out via Noble Demon Records since 2021, with new music in the works!

Finnish doom rock outfit The Abbey released a live video for ‘Starless’ to celebrate the launch of the vinyls for their debut album ‘World of Sin’, out via Season of Mist!

Swedish death metallers Vomitory announced to be part of the Vader “40 Years of the Apocalypse” European tour!

Finnish blackened death metal band Progeny of Sun is set to release their debut album ‘Throne of Desolation’ via Inverse Records by the end of this year and unleashed a first single with ‘Damsel’!

Smoulder’s sophomore record ‘Violent Creed of Vengeance’ continues the epic quest of this Canadian-Finnish fellowship through the realm of epic heavy metal doom. Out via Cruz Del Sur Music.

Italian avant-garde black metal project Hiems unveiled the music video for the title song of the upcoming new album ‘Stranger in a Wasteland’, set for release in September via Agonia Records.

A true challenge for him, our photographer went to capture the performance art that is a live show of HIDE at Kuudes Linja in Helsinki a couple of months ago, with support from Keretik!

HIDE is easily the most oppressive, yet mesmerizing live performance I’ve had the pleasure of experiencing, and a couple of months ago at Kuudes Linja in Helsinki I got another chance of being blown away by them. Support came from the gloomy metalpunk locals of Keretik.

Spiritbox

The last stop on the European mainland before heading towards the UK: Spiritbox with special guest Invisions, and openers Unprocessed at the Effenaar in Eindhoven, the Netherlands!