Finnish melodic death metal powerhouse Omnium Gatherum drops a surprise new single with ‘Moongold’! Catch them on tour in Europe starting next month in support of their latest album ‘May The Bridges We Burn Light The Way’!
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Finnish doom-laden death metal force Marianas Rest have released their new album ‘The Bereaved’ last Friday via Noble Demon and shared a video for the track ‘Again Into The Night’ to celebrate!
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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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Avatar expanded their already impressive touring schedule for the next couple of years by adding a Spring 2026 headline tour of North America in April and May, bringing along Fleshgod Apocalypse and Frozen Soul!
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Danish melodic death metal warriors Vanir strike first with ‘Never Surrender’, the opening salvo from their upcoming album ‘Wyrd’, set for release in April via Mighty Music!
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North Carolina’s melodic death metal outfit Blackwater Drowning share new single ‘The Sixth Omen’ from upcoming album ‘Obscure Sorrows’, out in February via Bleeding Art Collective and Blood Blast Distribution!
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Sylosis dropped their devastating second single ‘Erased’ from upcoming album ‘The New Flesh’ out next month via Nuclear Blast! Catch them on tour through Europe for the next couple of months!
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Finnish melodic death metal act Obscure Fate released their 2nd single ‘Poison Throne’ from upcoming debut album ‘Shades of a Dying World’, set for release in March via Inverse Records!
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German melodic death metal band Messmorality unleash ‘Demons’, a powerful new single tackling mental health and inner demons, and the first release featuring new vocalist Cherry Summerfield.
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Earlier this month, Amorphis unleashed the track ‘Crowned In Crimson’, with frontman Tomi Joutsen singing with his daughter Iida, and the theme song for the upcoming Finnish epic movie ‘Son Of Revenge – The Story Of Kalevala’!
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Interviews
Interview with the melodic death metallers from Re-Armed about their upcoming new album “Ignis Aeternum”.
After their excellent performance on the Swamp Stage at the Alcatraz festival, we had a nice little chat with Bjorn, Sylvain and Sebastian.
After their excellent performance on the Swamp Stage at the Alcatraz festival, we had a nice little chat with Bjorn, Sylvain and Sebastian.
Now that Finnish Melodic death metal band Mors Subita released their third full lenght. we couldn’t help but to send them some questions regarding the new album as well as some other stuff. check it out.
Short interview with Jukka and Markus from Omnium Gatherum about their music and tour!
On the 7nd of October, Kataklysm brought the ‘A Moment In Time Tour’ to the Trix Club in Antwerp. I had the chance to have a chat with guitarist Jean-François “Jeff” Dagenais about beer, doing what you love and maintaining a good working band for so long.
We had an interesting talk with Ensiferum’s Petri Lindroos about touring, performing… and the upcoming new album ‘Two Paths’!
We had a chat with Niclas about touring, the changes in their music and bands from their homecountry.
We talked with Mikael Stanne about the tour, their latest album and some of the line-up changes…
Photo Reports
We checked out the first day of the second edition of Hell’s Balls Belgium festival… With banging names like Triptykon, Primordial, Vltimas, the unofficial inclusion of the “Night Eternal tour” with Dark Tranquillity, Wolfheart and Moonspell, Carpathian Forest, Hellripper, Dead Head and The Monolith Deathcult, it was a true fest for any extreme metal fan!
Pictures of the second day of Hellsinki Metal Festival 2024 with on stage 2 shows from Hammerfall, Abbath and Insomnium!
Pictures of the third day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Swamp Stage a serving of extreme metal with Mordkaul, Aborted, Dark Tranquillity and Opeth!
Pictures of the first day of Hellsinki Metal Festival 2024 with on stage 1 shows from Avantasia, Heaven Shall Burn, The Amity Affliction, Emmure and Wolfheart!
Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Dyscordia, Orden Ogan, Beast In Black, Feuerschwanz, Channel Zero, Saxon and Amon Amarth!
Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Helldorado Stage a serving of punk and hardcore with Funeral Dress, The Casualties, Cro-Mags, Madball and Life of Agony, modern metal from Sylosis and post-metal with The Ocean!
While on the road supporting In This Moment and Ice Nine Kills on tour in the USA, the Swedish metallers of Avatar came to bring their “Great Metal Circus” to the Clyde Theatre in Ft Wayne, Indiana. One of the few headlining stops they’re doing, providing people the chance to get the full experience and freakshow treatment that usually comes with the band, providing a night to remember for many there! Support came from locals Mantra of Morta!
Another great night of the Coolhead Live concert series with metal icon Ihsahn, supported by some of the top of the Finnish scene with Before The Dawn, …and Oceans and Qwälen!
Pictures of the artists on the Radio City and OPEN AIR II stage of the last day of Tuska 2024, with Warmen, Fixation, Eivør, Bury Tomorrow and Brothers Of Metal!
In the beginning of March, we caught the Finnish melodeath band As The Sun Falls playing a show at On The Rocks in Helsinki with the support of Innersphere! We’ll get to welcome As The Sun Falls at our very own Asgaard venue in a couple of weeks, so go have a look what you can expect!
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