Rotting Christ pledge unyielding pagan might on ‘Saoirse’, another track from their highly anticipated upcoming new album ‘Pro Xristou’, set for release in May via Season of Mist!
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News Posts
Earlier this week, Metal Blade Records announced the worldwide signing of the popular Swedish melodic death/black metallers Kvaen!
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Chilean extreme metal beasts Ater are set to unleash their volatile new album ‘Somber’ via Torque Records in April and shared a cataclysmic new single with ‘Ignis Immortalis’!
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Extreme prog merchants Voidgazer unleashed the track ‘Jesus Take The Needle’ from their upcoming debut album ‘Dance Of The Undesirables’, set for release in April via Reigning Phoenix Music!
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Finnish grindcrust outfit Unborn Generation released second single ‘Rattus’ from their upcoming album to be released via Inverse Records!
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Extreme metal supergroup VLTIMAS are back with another single, proving they bow to now one and remain undefeated with ‘Invictus’, another track from the upcoming album ‘EPIC’, set for release in a couple of weeks via Season of Mist!
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Ukrainian progressive extreme metal ensemble Waidelotte, featuring members of White Ward and Soen, unveiled with ‘The Era Of Stagnant Gods’ the first track from upcoming debut album ‘Celestial Shrine’, to be released this year via Debemur Morti Productions!
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Kittie is officially fully back! With the new single ‘Eyes Wide Open’ they released the first new music in 13 years and start their new chapter by signing with Sumerian Records!
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Polish extreme metal collective Shadohm shared their new video single ‘Blurred’, a track from their upcoming debut ‘Through Darkness Towards Enlightenment’, set for release via Selfmadegod Records in March!
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The French extreme metal stalwarts of Hyrgal have just released their brand-new offering ‘Implorer la Grâce’!
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Photo Reports
The El Corazon venue in the center of Seattle came alive with a burst of energy when Greek extreme metal legends Rotting Christ took over the stage there a couple of weeks ago!
Back in February on a cold Sunday evening, things in Tavastia got quite hot when a massive horror show took over with Wednesday 13 playing old Murderdolls tunes in the memory of Joey Jordison, culminating in with the headliner act, British extreme metal legends Cradle Of Filth.
Cradle of Filth came by for a couple of sold out shows in Finland on their massive Europe tour with Wednesday 13 and Sick N’ Beautiful and we caught this spectacle at Tampere’s Pakkahuone a couple of weeks back!
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.
A night of extreme metal blasting in our face with Lorna Shore bringing their ‘The Pain Remains EU tour’ to Finland with the good company of Rivers of Nihil and Ingested.
Pictures of Blood Command at On The Rocks in Helsinki, Finland.
Last month, Circuit Breaker Bookings with All Out Productions brought grindcore juggernauts Full Of Hell all the way from US to a fully sold out On The Rocks. And with supporting acts Kuvotus and Dome Runner, this was by far one of the most intense nights we have witnessed of late. A night full of blood, sweat and broken glass, with constant moshpits and stagediving!
Polish metal icons BEHEMOTH! are roaming through Europe with their ‘Deathless Summer Tour 2023’ and struck down at Substage in Karlsruhe, Germany with the support of Hypocrisy and SpiritWorld. A gorgeous night of some of the best metal the world has to offer right now, and extreme temperatures despite no pyro being used.
The French band Aephanemer dropped by On The Rocks in Helsinki to turn the heat up and make a pretty much crammed venue go wild to their symphonic/melodic death metal tunes! Support came from locals Numento.
Gig Reports
Cradle of Filth has been showing Europe why they are considered legends of the metal scene and killed it at the stop in Tampere, Finland where we caught their show at a packed Pakkahuone. And with the very special guests Wednesday 13 playing Murderdolls and Sick ‘n Beautiful, it was a night that many won’t forget soon!
The French symphonic melodic death metal outfit Aephanemer came to On The Rocks, saw a wild crowd and conquered everyone’s hearts! Here’s for hoping that they get to come back to Finland some time really soon! And local up-and-comers Numento definitely got us warmed up properly for the main event!
The Mighty Meshuggah showed us that the grey foxes hasn’t lost their tricks. The godfathers of djent are still an exceptional band.
While concerts in Belgium have to be cancelled due to Covid just over the French border in Lille L’Aéronef is about to vibrate on it’s foundations at least one more night with the experimental beats of Igorrr and Horskh.
Brymir presented their brand new album in front of an excited crowd in Helsinki, with support from Oceanhoarse and I Revolt!
Album Reviews
Vltimas’ second full length album “Epic” deliver plenty of head-banging moments for fans of Morbid Angel, Mayhem, and Cryptopsy. This is a coherent record that showcases the chemistry between these veterans and takes what they already did expertly on their debut to a whole new level. Out since today via Season of Mist!
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On “Existence Is Futile”, Cradle Of Filth plunges into the dark horror themes of hell, the songs shimmer with innovative composition and are ultimately driven by the morbid principles of the Filths.
On the fourth album ‘Succumb’ Altarage has freshly managed to bring their dissonant remarks as well as the cacophonous sound and harsh vocals on an extreme, voluminous scale.
Devil Worshipper takes you on a demented and emotional ride littered with sin and temptation. And Satan, of course Satan!
Vltimas modernized sound is referred to the stylish models of death metal riffs which are splendidly installed on the album.
Through the medium of metal Rotting Christ have achieved their musical art and this time they have nailed with perfection!!!
“I Loved You at Your Darkest” is Behemoth’s holy grail, it’s simply marvelous and undoubtedly marks the beginning of the band’s third era.
Lautreamont’s ‘Silence of the Deceased’ is an avant-garde extreme metal poetry for the 21st century.
‘Cacophony of Terror’ will take you on a journey through a dark realm that Nightmarer have created and called their own.
Zornheym delivers an impressive piece of symphonic extreme metal with an overall concept that’ll please anyone that looks for just that little extra. Strap in (your straitjacket) and get taken away to the mental asylum of horrors…
