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Finnish symphonic black legends …And Oceans release the new track ‘Within Fire and Crystal’ with a new video, another track from their upcoming album ‘As in Gardens, so in Tombs’ set for release in January via Season of Mist!

Finnish symphonic black metal outfit …And Oceans surprises with the fully Swedish song ‘Likt Törnen Genom Kött’ from their upcoming album ‘As in Gardens, so in Tombs’ set for release in January 2023 via Season of Mist!

New Finnish festival Hellsinki Metal Horizons added 7 more names to what promises to be a mind-bending experience!

Check out …and Oceans’ blistering new music video for ‘Five of Swords’!

After 17 long years, the legendary Finnish black metal outfit …And Oceans released a first song of their upcoming new album!

And Oceans found a man to fill the big shoes of vocalist Kena after his departure from the band!

After a couple successful shows, …And Oceans resigned with Season of Mist for a new album!

The Finnish festival Steelfest Open Air can be seen as one of the most renowned underground metal festivals in Europe with every year people coming down to the small city of Hyvinkää from all over the world. They also manage to offer us the best from the black, death and doom metal world every single […]

15 years after their last album, Trollheims Grott is back with a brand new release to wreak havoc!

Lists

Our resident extreme metal reviewer Mazen has a selection of stellar (mostly) black and death metal releases as his favorite of the year with Sulphur Aeon, Varathron, Moonlight Sorcery, Cruciamentum, Suffocation, Dying Fetus, Asphodelus, Marduk, …And Oceans, and Cirith Ungol!

The summer festival season is over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of exciting fests happening over the next couple of months this autumn/winter in Finland with Helsinki Techfest and Kaamos Metal Cruise already this weekend, HKI SKEPU FEST V, Lost In Music, Steelchaos, Hellsinki Industrial Festival 2023, Fall Fest 2023, Black Box Mikkeli, Melancholy Mass Festival 2023 and Unholy Winter Fest!

Only a bit over a week until Tuska weekend is upon us! If you weren’t convinced yet you needed to go, here are 9 reasons we believe should be enough motivation! Going from a great line-up, to Tuska KVLT, and the biggest Tuska Expo ever, this is one for the books!

2023 starts off with quite the bang with new releases from VV, Anti-Flag, Imperium Dekadenz, Turmion Kätilöt, Katatonia, Kiberspassk, …and Oceans, Obituary, Suasion, Dropout Kings and Vėlių Namai!

Photo Reports

Nem Agency’s Melancholy Mass Festival made Finland’s dark winter nights just a bit better by bringing us Septicflesh, …And Oceans, Vorna, Assemble The Chariots and Voidfallen on the stage in Tampere and Helsinki.

On a wintry and snowy night in Helsinki, the Scottish atmospheric black outfit Saor blew us away with an amazing show at Tiivistämö with special guests …and Oceans and openers Marrasmieli!

Pictures of the second day of Hellsinki Metal Horizons 2022, expanding everyone’s minds with musical experiments including Keoma, Assemble The Chariots, Humavoid, Vildhjarta, Enragement, Celeste, …and Oceans and Decapitated!

After a long break from live shows …and Oceans finally got back on stage in Tampere last Friday. With them as support were Frosttide and Kuoleman Galleria. See the whole Gallery on our site.

Pics of the second day of SaariHelvetti, one of the only festivals in Finland during the summer of 2020. Check it out!

The pictures of a more diverse and even hotter 2nd day of Steelfest 2019!

3 prominent names in the Finnish black metal scene gathered forces and announced the Death of Man!

Interviews

Right now they’re on tour through Europe (with a show tonight in Belgium), but at the end of last year, we had a chat with Matthias (vocals), Timo (guitars) and Pyry (bass) from …and Oceans about their new album ‘As in Gardens, So in Tombs’, released via Season of Mist earlier this year!

Album Reviews

The Finnish veterans …And Oceans have delivered one of their best works to date ‘As in Gardens, So in Tombs’ which stands as their most accomplished album since their masterwork debut ‘The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts’. This is simply a feast for fans of symphonic and melodic black metal. Out via Season of Mist.

“Cosmic World Mother” is …And Ocean’s fifth album that sees them returning to their old symphonic black metal roots.

Festerday isn’t a Carcass clone, this band has been around for over almost three decades now and they are firmly rooted into the death metal style.

Gig Reports

Saor amazed us at Tiivistämö in Helsinki a good week ago with their mesmerizing soundscape, very special guests …and Oceans and support from Marrasmieli!

Three important bands of the Finish black metal scene gathered to declare the Death of Man, read the report here!

Release party for “Tyhjyys”!

Release party for “Tyhjyys”!