Icelandic Sátan Festival has announced the final line-up for their 2026 edition with not only Icelandic rock legends Sólstafir at the top of the bill, but also acts like The Haunted, Hamferð, Múr, Aborted and many more!
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News Posts
Belgian melodic death metal force Echoes of a Dying World announced their new EP ‘Revelations’ and unveiled the album cover!
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Finnish extreme metal force Torchia unveiled their next single with ‘Hellmouth’, another track from their upcoming album ‘They Are Born Under Rules of the Darkness’, set for release in May with Rockshots Records!
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Spanish melodic death metal band Bloodhunter have unveiled their upcoming album ‘Sons Of The Abandoned’ to be out in June and shared the new single ‘Threshold Of Hell’ featuring Fernando Ribeiro of Moonspell!
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Melodic death metallers Fires In The Distance announced their new album ‘Circadian Promise to be out in June via Prosthetic Records and unveiled a first single with ‘Of Radiance and Levitation’!
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Finnish metal legends Amorphis ignite the festival flame with a cinematic live video for ‘The Lantern’, a track from their latest album! Catch them at tons of festivals in Europe this summer like Tuska, Alcatraz and Brutal Assault!
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Legendary Finnish melodic death metal act Whispered made their long-awaited return with their epic new single ‘Ikikaere’, a first taste of their upcoming new album to be released later this year with Ranka Kustannus!
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Finnish melodic dark metal masters Soulfallen unleashed second single ‘Flesh Earthed’ from their upcoming long-awaited fourth album!
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Finnish melodic death metal act Blood Red Delusion unleashed their third album ‘Bloodlust Awakening’ last month and the release came with a music video for the final single ‘Now I Am’!
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Symphonic metal collective Catalyst Crime unveiled the official video for ‘Acquired Immunity’, one of their most intenste tracks to date!
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Photo Reports
A selection of Vaim’s best captures of 2023, after a long and grueling process of elimination, with pictures from bands like Battle Beast, Gaerea, Trollheim’s Grott, Avslut, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Amenra, Igorrr, Aesthetic Perfection, HIDE, SKYND, Ice Nine Kills, Utuk Xul, Rancid, Sick Of It All, Stratovarius, Testament, Michael Monroe, Volbeat, Hellacopters, Pensées Nocturnes, Amorphis, Biohazard, Killswitch Engage, Converge, Agnostic Front, Taake, Public Image Ltd, A.A. Williams, Butcher Babies, Clutch, Finntroll, Electric Callboy, Ghost, Gojira, Imperial Triumphant, Lorna shore, The Hu and Urne!
A selection of 30 photos that Helder likes a lot from one of his most productive year considering covering concerts, including captures of Fear Factory, Atreyu, Jinjer, Rolo Tomassi, Stone, The Kooks, Pixies, Wunderhorse, Yours Truly, You Me at Six, Lake Malice, Bloodywood, Epica, Avatar, The 69 Eyes, Nova Twins, Cam Cole, Sabaton, The Lumineers, Grailknights, All For Metal, The Baboon Show, Combichrist, Megaherz, The BossHoss, Cancer Bats, Kvelertak, Fixation, Ignea, and Butcher Babies.
Besides starting the new year properly looking to the future, this month we’re also still looking back at all the awesomeness that 2023 brought us. One of those awsome things was the already 3rd edition of the by Bloodred Hourglass curated festival Black Box Mikkeli. They were able to bring a killer line-up again on the 2nd day of their event with besides a fantastic show by themselves, Insomnium, Gaerea, Balance Breach, I Am Your God and Lastout!
Our Benelux and France head of accreditation and most active photographer in that region, Tom VM, made his own selection of favorite pictures he took in 2023, including some new stuff that wasn’t shared on our site before with Biohazard, Bleed From Within, Brutal Sphincter, Brutus, Electric Callboy, Michael Schenker Group, Sepultura, Arion, Blackrain, Overdrivers, Avatar, Winery Dogs, Charlotte Wessels, Devin Townsend, Dream Theater, Extreme, Ghost, Michael Angelo Batio, Arch Enemy, Doodseskader, Halestorm, I Prevail, Powerwolf and SKYND!
The year wrapping up means that we’ll be looking back at the amazing things we’ve experienced, and “album of the year” lists. We’d also like to give some attention to our talented concert photographers who go out and cover shows for us. So here is a first in a series of articles where our artists pick their favorite pictures of 2023 with Anna/ScarletMemory Photography who mostly roams around in Tampere, Finland and pictures from bands like Pain, Sólstafir, Eleine, Myrath, Battle Beast, Brymir, Sabaton, Mors Subita, Lordi, Metalite, Shereign, Diablo, Before The Dawn, Wolfheart, Sonata Arctica, Deathstars, Brother Firetribe, Psychework, Apocalyptica, Voidfallen, Poets of the Fall, Amorphis, Lost Society, and Everwave!
Pictures of yet another excellent show by the legendary Finnish metal band Amorphis at the gorgeous Kulttuuritalo venue in Helsinki!
Yet another great gig of the Amorphis “Halo Finnish tour” at Tampere’s Pakkahuone last week, in front of an almost full house. An event hosted by TuskaLive.
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!
Album Reviews
Obscure Infinity might have released their best album to date.
With ‘I, the Mask’, you can expect the same sound as you are used to from In Flames. In great lines, they didn’t change the formula they use to make songs, through brought back some of that old school ‘Come Clarity’ era sound!
Gorgon may have a different approach to symphonic death metal but from my point of view Elegy shows a fair effort from this band.
A great comeback from Carnal Forge. Hopefully the first of many new albums.
French brutal death metal ensemble Benighted bless us with their new EP Dogs Always Bite Harder Than Their Master.
Obey the TerrorVision! Aborted’s tenth full length album is truly testament to the lasting impression left by both brutality and melody.
Death metal legends Skinless delivers one hell of a portion of “Savagery”!
The pet project of Delain’s guitarist Merel Bechtold, Purest of Pain, finally releases its debut full-length!
At War with Reality was entirely loaded with memorable riffs and fast pacing melodic death metal tracks, yet the latest album is immensely great.
Finnish melodic death metal band Mors Subita is back again with their third full length. 11 crushing tracks that fans of the genre will definitely enjoy.
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