Belgian metal outfit Behind The Veil shared new single ‘Renegade’
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Finnish symphonic metal band Inherited Time released second single ‘Mount of Empty Hopes’ from upcoming debut album, set to be released later this year with Inverse Records!
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At the end of last month, UK alt-metal outfit Phoenix Lake released their debut album ‘Seraphina: The Fall From Eden’, and celebrated by sharing a video for the track ‘This Abyss’!
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Rising power/melodic metal force Fortune Teller have signed with Mighty Music for the worldwide release of their highly-anticipated debut album, set to be out this year still!
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International pop metal supergroup Venus 5 unveiled their new single and video ‘March Of The Venus 5’, title track of the upcoming album, set for release in March via Frontiers Music!
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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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Charlotte Wessels unveils new single ‘After Us, The Flood’, out now with Napalm Records and the first release since the ‘The Obsession’ album! Catch them live the coming months in Europe with Epica and Amaranthe starting from this Friday!
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International metal group Venus 5 shared with ‘Far Away’, another single from their upcoming new album ‘March Of The Venus 5’, set for release in March via Frontiers Music!
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International metal group Venus 5 are releasing their second studio album ‘March Of The Venus 5’ in March 2026 via Frontiers Music and unleashed first single ‘Like A Witch’ recently!
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Finnish melodic metal band Stråle shared their take on The Weeknd hit ‘Blinding Lights’ with a video. The track can also be found on their recently released EP ‘Reformation’, out with Frontiers Music!
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Interviews
Fabienne Erni opens the gates to her own universe. In our interview, she talks about independence, invented languages, vocal experimentation, and why her debut solo album ‘Starveil’ is the start of something potentially big.
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We sat down with vocalist Sini and guitarist Joni from Crimson Sun to talk about their new album ‘Sorrowbreaker’, out today, and how they did things a bit differently, resulting in a “lighter” album in the sense of somewhat breaking with the sorrow and shining a bright light, encouraging you to stop and enjoy life! Be sure to check out this great new album if you’re looking for some nice melodic heavy metal with a modern touch!
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A chat with Pressure Points about how they’re happy with the new line-up of the band and their brand-new album ‘The Island’, released on Art Gates Records last Friday. Make sure you catch them live at one of their future dates, like for instance the Kaamos Cruise in September!
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A chat with Tuomas Seppälä from Amberian Dawn about their ABBA cover album ‘Take A Chance’ and their process to get to selecting the to be covered songs and establishing a sound that is Amberian Dawn while staying as close as possible to the originals.
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A chat with the Finnish melodic metal outfit Evil Drive about their new album ‘Demons Within’ and working on new material!
Watch the talk we had with Olof and Johan on a sunny day in Helsinki, about the upcoming Amaranthe album “Manifest” and more!
The second part of our chat with Netta from Smackbound, this time about her personal inspirations, live shows and more!
Watch the talk we had with Netta of Smackbound about their upcoming album ’20/20′ and how it is making music with talented people!
A talk with the complete Crimson Sun about their music, shows and latest release ‘Fates’! Check it out!
Aloha Mister Eckerström! We had a talk with the head of this group of Swedish jesters about a whole bunch of stuff…
Photo Reports
The Epica and Amaranthe co-headlining tour: “Arcane Dimensions” featuring special guest Charlotte Wessels dropped by at Vorst Nationaal in Belgium and we were there!
Bloodred Hourglass are currently on their “We Should Be Buried Like This” tour around Finland and came to Tampere’s Tavara-Asema on November 13, where they together with Luna Kills and Shereign delivered a sweaty hot show.
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.
From melodic to feral, the “European Blood Dynasty Tour” rolled through Helsinki. Arch Enemy with Amorphis, Eluveitie and Gatecreeper at Jäähalli.
Last Friday, Stratovarius and Sonata Arctica came to Tampere’s fully packed Tavara-Asema for their “Nordic Power Titans tour 2025”. In addition, they also brought along Arion to warm up the room for them. While the sound wasn’t always quite on point, that didn’t stop the evening from being a great amount of fun. An event by Grey Beard Concerts & Management.
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.
This year’s “Motocultor across Europe Tour” kickoff show was at Poppodium 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands, headlined by Moldovan favorite Infected Rain and support acts Semblant, Elyose, Miruthan, and Skin On Flesh!
If you didn’t choose to attend WITHIN TEMPTATION’s ‘Bleed Out Tour 2024’ stop in the Porsche Arena on the 3rd of December in Stuttgart and its surroundings, you missed out! Their show was a visual event of its own that ranges in the absolute top without a doubt. Support acts BLIND8 (Ukraine) and ANNISOKAY (Germany) completed the line-up to make it an outstanding concert highlight!
Kamelot’s “Awaken the World Tour 2024” stopped by the Trix venue in Antwerp, Belgium. And together with supporting acts Frozen Crown, Blackbriar and Ad Infinitum, they made the event a complete package of symphonic and power metal brilliance!
Within Temptation dropped by in Helsinki on their “Bleed Out tour 2024” that is taking over arenas all over Europe and treated us to a visual and musical spectacle like only they can deliver. With them they brought guest artists to do some songs with them and support band Annisokay!
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