German solo artist Chris Maragoth released his new single and video ‘Fading Away’, a song that shares its emotions with you right from the start both musically and lyrically.
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News Posts
Belgian melodic metal outfit Elusion announced their upcoming new album ‘The Fundamental Paradox’ and shared the first new single ‘Science|Fiction’!
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Finnish melodic metal promise Silver Bullet unleashed their first single and video ‘The Ones To Fall’ of their upcoming new album ‘Shadowfall’ to be released next year via Reaper Entertainment! Catch them live on tour right now!
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Swedish melodic metal/rock outfit Cyhra is ‘Ready To Rumble’ with their explosive new single after having their ‘No Halos In Hell’ album tour being cut short! Out via Nuclear Blast!
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Finnish melodic metal masters Altaria are back for real and revealed the title track for their upcoming album ‘Wisdom’!
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Finnish melodic metal outfit Altaria is back! A new album with ‘Wisdom’ is coming via Reaper Entertainment in July!
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A mysterious cult of unearthly looking nuns have banded together to form Dogma, releasing a first single with ‘Father I Have Sinned’ after signing with MNRK Heavy!
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Finnish melodic metal act Gladenfold announce the upcoming release of their new album ‘Nemesis’ via Reaper Entertainment!
Sonata Arctica announces their upcoming ‘Acoustic Adventures’ album with a first single!
The Belgian melodic metal outfit Fabulae Dramatis released another single with ‘Lead Astray •|• Indigo’!
Photo Reports
Sonata Arctica gave us a blast of a show on their gig in Hämeenlinna and Verkatehdas made it perfect by delivering excellent sound. The show was presented by TuskaLive.
Our favorite melodic band from the cold north of Finland, Sonata Arctica, celebrates their 25th anniversary with 2 shows at Tavastia in Helsinki. Check out the pics.
Finnish melodic metal outfit Crimson Sun released their latest album ‘Fates’, which they celebrated with a release party! Check out the pics of the night.
The pictures of a great night in Helsinki with folk metal from Eluveitie, engaging melodic metal from Lacuna Coil and modern metal from Infected Rain!
The debut show of Cyhra was quite the event and support bands Eyes Wide Open & Ember Falls made it even more interesting!
Come and check out the awesome pictures we have of the ever cool Celts from Eluveitie and the modern metallists of Amaranthe!
Album Reviews
After Volume 1 of ‘Acoustic Adventures’ came out in January via Atomic Fire Records, its follow up wasn’t far behind. Volume 2 focuses more on the faster tunes in Sonata Arctica’s catalogue, but is just as filled with tender emotions.
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Sonata Arctica immortalized the acoustic versions of some of their classics on the new album »Acoustic Adventures Volume One«.
Another gem in the rich history of excellent albums that Evergrey releases into the world. Dense powerful music with deep emotional lyrics.
Delain brings a new album with quite an unique concept. Find out here how they did that.
Helix is surprising. It’s catchy and poppy. But also sturdy and material for head banging. Definitely give it a listen if you’re in for something new.
I took them 13 years to release a demo and a single, but here’s the first album!
Go on a trip with Nordheim riding raptors, drinking beer and plundering, what can go wrong ?
A soaring, flying start of a new band compiled out of some of the most prominent artists of the metal scene showcasing that they have this “modern metal” thing down!
Lists
A small grab of what we are looking forward to the most of the many exceptional releases coming our way during May 2022!
14 melodic metal/rock albums from Finland that we still wanted to give some proper attention to and you should check out still too if you haven’t yet!
Noble Demon is a new label that started in 2020 and is quickly on the rise to be one of the more prominent and big players in the scene!
