Taiwanese folk metal artist NiNi Music joins forces with legendary Tuvan throat singer KUULAR for her new single ‘Victorious’, out now everywhere!
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News Posts
Black folk metallers Cnoc An Tursa are set to release ‘A Cry For The Slain’ with Apocalyptic Witchcraft in April and unveiled the single ‘Alba In My Heart’!
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Ukraine’s pagan folk metallers Natural Spirit now unveiled a visualizer for ‘Swamp’, inviting fans to experience the track in a new dimension!
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Recently, Finnish folk/pagan metal artist Vermilia released a video for ‘Karsikko’, the title track of their latest album released last year! Catch the act live in support of Swallow The Sun in a couple of weeks or this spring and summer at plenty of festivals, including the new Finnish event Ankea Festival!
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German pagan metallers Wolfchant shared the new single ‘Lifeblood’ from their upcoming album ‘Echoes Of A Time Once Past’, out next month! Catch them live on tour in Europe with Ereb Altor, Skyforger and Belore in February, including a stop at our very own Asgaard!
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Fabienne Erni unveiled her anticipated debut solo album ‘Starveil’, set for release in March, promising to show off her passion for musical diversity!
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Equilibrium released their new album ‘Equinox’ via Nuclear Blast last Friday, and unleashed a video for the track ‘Nexus’ to celebrate!
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Folk metal collective Vallorch shared a new video for the track ‘Antermoia’, from their earlier released album ‘The Circle’, out via Rockshots Records!
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Equilibrium shared another preview of there next album ‘Equinox’ (set for release in a month with Nuclear Blast) with the song and video ‘Borrowed Waters’, featuring witchy-pop artist Roniit!
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Mexican ancestral folk metal outfit Cemican gave us another taster with ‘Viaje Astral Del Quetzal De Fuego’ from upcoming album ‘U_k’u’uk’ankil_Mayakaaj’, set for release at the end of the month with M-Theory Audio!
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Photo Reports
In 2025 Anna/ScarletMemory Photography covered again tons of bands and events both in Finland and Germany with her favorite captures being of shows from Amoral, Apocalyptica, Apulanta, Battle Beast, Blind Guardian, Bloodred Hourglass, Bush, Catch Your Breath, Cemetery Skyline, Cyan Kicks, Finntroll, Hammerfall, In Flames, Indica, Leverage, Lordi, Michael Monroe, Nothing More, Popeda, Powerwolf, Sabaton, Shade Empire, Sonata Arctica, The Legendary Orchestra, The Rock Orchestra, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Toto, Volbeat and Wednesday 13.
Melodic power on full display with Aephanemer at a sold out On The Rocks, touring their new album ‘Utopie’, and support from Dark Oath and Valhalore.
From melodic to feral, the “European Blood Dynasty Tour” rolled through Helsinki. Arch Enemy with Amorphis, Eluveitie and Gatecreeper at Jäähalli.
Melodic death metal heavyweights ARCH ENEMY are conquering Europe with their explosive “European Blood Dynasty tour”, and it’s nothing short of a musical crusade. To complete the total metal mayhem nights they have company from GATECREEPER (USA), ELUVEITIE (Switzerland) and AMORPHIS (Finland).
Day 1 of Brutal Assault 2025 set the tone right away with a good mix of legends and crushing heaviness. From the epic Viking soundscapes of Skálmöld to the industrial grooves of Static-X, the unrelenting brutality of Dying Fetus, the thrash assault of Kerry King, and the dark rituals of Rotting Christ, the Marshall and Sea Shepherd stages started off the festival properly.
We, yet again, had a blast enjoying this year’s edition of Tuhdimmat Tahdit, which brought Finntroll, Kilpi, Mustasch, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Lordi, Amaranthe and HammerFall to Tampere’s Eteläpuisto on the first day!
Indian metal straight from New Delhi, India to Trix Antwerp, Belgium: Bloodywood with their ‘Return of The Singh’ tour! And with support from Calva Louise and Demonic Resurrection it was a great night of amazing vibes and music!
Eluveitie started 2025 with the first leg in Europe of their “ÀNV Rising” tour, with support from Infected Rain and Ad Infinitum, and we saw it was good at one of the first stops at Kulttuuritalo Helsinki back in January! An event by TuskaLive.
Eluveitie, Infected Rain and Ad Infinitum came to Tampere’s Tavara-Asema as part of their ‘Ánv Rising Tour pt I’ at the end of January, bringing their great music to one of Finland’s most beautiful cities. An event by TuskaLive.
Belgian organization Idavoll kicked things up a notch to end 2024 with a heavier note at their “Idavoll Metal Sessions”, bringing some excellent folk metal to Jeugdhuis Comma in Bruges featuring Skål, Hert, and Sorcières!
Interviews
Nearly 30 years in, Chthonic still see their music as a journey, one rooted in Taiwanese history, melody, and emotion. Just before a rare live appearance at the cultural exchange event Formosa:Finland:Fest in Helsinki, we spoke with the band about culture, tradition, and letting music speak for itself. Thanks to Ginger Vine Management & PR for setting this up!
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Last year, we met up with Mikko and Juho of Valkeat shortly before the release of their 2nd full-length album ‘Fireborn’ (released via Reaper Entertainment) to talk about how things came together and how they have a mission to create modern folk metal incorporating the kantele and being inspired by Finnish legends and poetry.
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A short chat with Jonne and Samuli from Korpiklaani about their new album ‘Jylhä’ and how much they’re looking forward to playing it live.
A video interview with Vreth of Finntroll about their upcoming album “Vredesvävd”, the first one in 7 years!
Icelandic viking/folk ensemble Skálmöld had a few minutes to spare us for a quick interview at Graspop 2019. Check it out!
We talked with the lovely Jayant from the Indian metal sensation Bloodywood after their amazing show at Wacken 2019!
We talked with the lovely Jayant from the Indian metal sensation Bloodywood after their amazing show at Wacken 2019!
We sat down with the pirate misfits from Down Under, Lagerstein, at Sabaton Open Air to talk about drinking, touring, Lagerfest and more!
We had a nice little chat with Sami about Hellfest, his love for France and how the music scene is in his home country Finland…
We had a nice little chat with Sami about Hellfest, his love for France and how the music scene is in his home country Finland…
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