Arch Enemy released a new video for fan favorite ‘Illuminate The Path’ from their latest album ‘Blood Dynasty’, out with Century Media Records, just ahead of their European headline tour starting in October!
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Finnish melodeath icons Omnium Gatherum released their latest single ‘My Pain’, another track from their upcoming album ‘May The Bridges We Burn Light The Way’, set for release in November with Century Media Records!
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Finnish metal icons Amorphis recently shared the new single ‘Dancing Shadow’ in anticipation of their upcoming new album ‘Borderland’, out next month via Reigning Phoenix Music! Catch them live this Fall in Europe with Arch Enemy or in the Summer of 2026 at the many festivals they’re already confirmed for, including Alcatraz Festival and Brutal Assault!
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Finnish melodic death metal masters Mors Principium Est launch new video and single ‘Summoning The Dark’ in anticipation of their upcoming new album ‘Darkness Invisible’ out next month via Perception!
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Finnish melodic death metal titans Wolfheart are back with the track ‘Carnivore’, the lead single of their upcoming EP ‘Draconian Darkness II’, which will be released via Reigning Phoenix Music just in time for their “Draconian Darkness Over Europe” tour in September!
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Danish melodic doom/death act Empire Drowns crushes with the video and single ‘Volcanic Funeral’, out with Mighty Music!
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While we’re still trying to digest how crazy this year’s edition of Brutal Assault was, we’re already getting hyped up about 2026 with a first 14 names confirmed and they’re good ones!
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As has become tradition, Alcatraz Festival announced a healthy grab of confirmed names during this year’s edition, and the 21 bands they dropped are promising the 2026 edition to be hitting hard again!
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Finnish melodic death metal powerhouse Before The Dawn presented their fourth and fiercest single ‘Shockwave’ from their upcoming album ‘Cold Flare Eternal’, out in September via Reaper Entertainment!
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Orbit Culture released 3rd single and video ‘Hydra’ from their upcoming album ‘Death Above Life’, set for release in October via Century Media Records!
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The second night of John Smith Rock Frozen 2023 was pretty epic with some of the best of the Finnish scene with Red Eleven, Kiuas, Finntroll, Turmion Kätilöt and headliners Amorphis! Throw on top of that the Swedish up-and-comers of Orbit Culture, and you know it was good!
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.
The pictures of a wild night with Mors Subita, Shereign and I Am Your God at On The Rocks in Helsinki!
On Thursday November 16, Mors Subita made it to Klubi, Tampere for one of their ‘Origin of Fire’ release shows, in good company of Marianas Rest. Nem Agency presented a nice evening of Finnish metal.
Pictures of the massive Stam1na show at the Ice Hockey Hall in Helsinki with special guests Diablo, Corroded and Dear Mother!
Before setting out to take over Europe with their co-headline tour, Before The Dawn and Wolfheart hit several cities throughout Finland, and we were there when they dropped by Tavastia in Helsinki, with the support of Brymir!
Every year the Lost in Music Festival brings around 100 Artists to Tampere, showcasing what the Nordic region has to offer of music. And we made it to one of the shows happening at Olympia-Kortteli, featuring rising stars Bloodred Hourglass, One Morning Left and Shereign. It was packed, it was hot and it was a big party!
Awhile ago, the Finnish leg of the Wolfheart and Before the Dawn co-headline tour started, and with support of Brymir, we got a very nice night of Finnish melodeath at the not so crowded Pakkahuone in Tampere, organised by Master Events.
Be’lakor just finished their biggest European tour ever with 6 festivals and 10 club shows! We joined them in at JOC in Ypres, Belgium, where together with Hiraes brought a great night of melodic death metal!
The last day of a long and exhausting weekend of great music and atmosphere was all about the Belgian music scene at La Morgue with Aeveris, Brutal Sphincter, Hexa Mera, Mantah and Reject The Sickness!
