Besides the epic shows of the headliners at this year’s Rockfest, we picked 10 bands that we think you shouldn’t miss out on if you’re going to the festival this weekend, with Moon Shot, Sepultura, RØRY, Awake Again, Bullet For My Valentine, Jinjer, Cemetery Skyline, Demolition 23, GHØSTKID and Black Flag! Who are you looking forward to the most this weekend? See you there!
Gothic doom icons Paradise Lost prepare for ‘Ascension’ (out in September with Nuclear Blast) with new single ‘Silence Like The Grave’. Catch them live this summer in Europe at festivals like Graspop, Ilovaari Festival and Brutal Assault, or in Fall on their “Ascension of Europe Tour” with Messa, High Parasite and Lacrimas Profundere!
Tuska 2025 promises to be quite the exciting edition again with a great line-up with something for everyone, and plenty of other stuff to discover and do! If you’re planning to go, we listed some info in a nice little preview…
Finnish gothic metal band For My Pain… released a nostalgic new single with ‘Time will Heal Our Wounds’, a track which roots reach over 20 years back in the band’s history!
The Medea Project unveil their album of doomed gothic darkness ‘Kharon’ to be released on June 20th!
Greek titans Nightfall display remarkable musicianship on their eleventh studio album “Children of Eve”, out via Season of Mist since yesterday. The songs embrace and recapture the gothic facet of its music with dark atmosphere.
Dutch gothic doom outfit After Taste released their new single and video ‘Methmouth’, from their upcoming album ‘Hungry For Life’, out in June!
Pictures of a sold-out night with melodic metal legends Dark Tranquillity, gothic metal institution Moonspell and German promises Hiraes at Ääniwalli in Helsinki!
The second full-length album “In Penitence and Ruin” by the Canadian quintet Tribunal offers a unique trademark that harkens back to the forgotten era of gothic doom and is a beautiful and thrilling piece of art. The album is highly recommended for fans of My Dying Bride, The Sins of Thy Beloved and Candlemass, out via 20 Bucks Spin this Friday!
UK gothic doom outfit Opia released the third new offering ‘Man Proposed, God Disposes’, another track from their upcoming debut album ‘I Welcome Thee, Eternal Sleep’, out at the end of the month with Hammerheart Records.
