Dark metal collective The Eternal return with new single ‘Lament For The Hollow’, including a haunting animated video, a first glimpse into their upcoming album ‘Obscured Horizons’, out in September via Reigning Phoenix Music!
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News Posts
Chris Maragoth has released his new single ‘No Escape’ on March 20, 2026. Once again, it has a great story to tell, although this time, we have to put our own imagination to the test.
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Canada’s NOX unleashed his debut single ‘Night Terror’ with a cinematic music video, channeling a dark Gothic world!
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Swedish gothic doom entity Draconian dropped their latest new single ‘Misanthrope River’, another track from their upcoming album ‘In Somnolent Ruin’, out next month via Napalm Records!
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Black Veil Brides announced their seventh studio album ‘Vindicate’ to be out in May via Spinefarm and unleashed a video for the title track!
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Portuguese gothic metal pioneers Moonspell unleashed the new single and music video ‘Far From God’ to announce their upcoming album of the same name, set for release in July! Catch them live this summer at European festivals like Graspop and Dark River Festival!
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UK “Death Pop” outfit High Parasite released their new single ‘Drag Me Under’, out with Spinefarm Records!
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Finnish death/doom metallers Hanging Garden revealed music video and new single ‘Eternal Trees of Turquoise’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Isle of Bliss’, out this Friday via Agonia Records!
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Gothic doom unit Frayle revealed a music video for the track ‘Souvenirs Of Your Betrayal’ from their latest album ‘Heretics & Lullabies’, released with Napalm Records last year!
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Final Gasp is embarking on a headlining North American tour this week and are releasing their new album ‘New Day Symptoms’ this Friday with Relapse Records. But not before they shared another single with ‘No Hand To Lead’!
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Album Reviews
Draconian has returned with one of their best outings to date. The brilliant musicianship and gothic death-doom style continue to resound from the bygone gothic era of the 90s. “In Somnolent Ruin” out via Napalm Records this Friday May 8th.
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Chris Maragoth has just released his new EP called ‘Depths of Despair’. Are your ears ready for the uniqueness of this album that combines classical music with gothic / melodic metal?
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“Ascension” somehow fulfills what “Obsidian” might have lacked; it’s another worthy entry in the band’s growing discography and redefines the modern gothic doom metal that is on par with other veterans like My Dying Bride. Out via Nuclear Blast Records since yesterday, September 19th.
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Katatonia’s thirteenth album ‘Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State’ picks up where ‘Sky Void of Stars’ left off after the departure of Anders Nyström and sounds both very familiar with a few gems and a curveball tucked away at the end . Out on Napalm records.
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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.
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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!
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UK’s extreme metal legends Cradle of Filth achieved unchallenged supremacy on their fourteenth studio album “The Screaming of The Valkyries”, a symphonic grandeur full of catchy songs and melodic hooks. Out via Napalm Records tomorrow, March 21st! We’re already looking forward to hearing the new songs live at some of our favorite events like Tuska and Tolminator this summer!
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Tribulation’s sixth studio album “Sub Rosa in Æternum” is memorably catchy and equally haunting and perfectly fits in the gothic metal canon. Out via Century Media Records since November 1st, and comes recommended to fans of Moonspell and Type O Negative, or even more gothic rock/electro affiliated acts like Sisters of Mercy or Depeche Mode!
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Norwegian gothic/doom sextet Funeral conveys a sonic requiem on their seventh studio album “Gospel of Bones” out via Season of Mist since October 18th.
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Swallow The Sun’s ninth studio album “Shining” mixes all the elements and ingredients of their recent works together, displaying the shifting tides of heaviness and a melodramatic style of gothic doom into again a milestone of excellence for the Finns, out tomorrow via Century Media Records.
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Photo Reports
Lord of the Lost, together with Ad Infinitum, came to Tampere’s Tavara-Asema in the beginning of last week as part of their “Tovr Noir” Europe tour. An Event by TuskaLive and Grey Beard.
For My Pain… were touring Finland to celebrate the release of their new album ‘Buried Blue’. We caught up with them at Olympia-Kortelli in Tampere on the 15th of January. An Event by Master Events.
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.
The last stop, and no holding back. Cradle of Filth closed their “Splintered in Winter Tour” in Antwerp, with a crushing set from special guests and death metal legends Suffocation and a striking Belgian debut by the Australian misfits of Mélancolia.
Dark, heavy, and intimate. Lacuna Coil at Tavara-asema in Tampere, with Nonpoint as special guests on the “Sleepless Empire EU/UK Tour”. An event by TuskaLive.
On the first part of their ‘Ascension of Europe’ tour, Paradise Lost made a stop in Antwerp, bringing along Messa and Lacrimas Profundere for a night of doom and gloom. Of course we were there!
Day 2 at Tolminator was pure chaos and contrast! From Fulci and Midnight to Cro-Mags, Villagers of Ioannina City, and Cradle of Filth, our intern photographer Nox caught it all on the main stage!
Tolminator Day 1 through the lens of our photographer Tom with Stagewar, Marche Funèbre, High Parasite, Ghost Bath, Kreator & Omnium Gatherum. A powerful start to the festival!
Tolminator 2025 started strong on the main stage with sets from Warbringer, Omnium Gatherum, High Parasite, Angelus Apatrida, and the mighty Kreator. Our intern photographer Nox captured the action, dive into the gallery from Day 1!
Charon kicked off their reunion tour in Tampere, and we made it to their packed gig at Olympia-kortteli on August 29, a night of fun, good music and plenty of nostalgia!
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