Finnish masters of melancholy Kaunis Kuolematon released their latest album ‘Kun Valo Minussa Kuoli’ with Noble Demon last week and shared a video for ‘Rauniot’ to celebrate.
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A Cold Paradise unveiled their new video single ‘The Prettiest Girl On Earth’, out with Perception, and revealed the full band lineup that will bring the project’s vision to life on stage and in the studio!
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Charlotte Wessels shared the new single ‘Backup Plan’ featuring Asger Mygind from VOLA, part of her recently released deluxe edition of ‘The Obsession’ to celebrate its 1 year anniversary, out with Napalm Records! Catch her live in Europe next year as support for the Epica/Amaranthe “Arcane Dimensions Tour”!
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Fabienne Erni shared the second new song ‘Stone by Stone’ from her upcoming debut solo album, set to be released in 2026!
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Frontiers Music announce the signing of Finnish melodic metallers Stråle, who have released their new EP ‘Reformation’ and a video for the track ‘Resist & Reform’ featuring Björn “Speed” Strid of Soilwork and Night Flight Orchestra!
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Elettra Storm pays homage to 80s melodic metal in their style with the new single ‘Hero Among Heroes’, another track leading up to the release of their upcoming album ‘Evertale’, set to come out next Friday via Scarlet Records!
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Italian melodic power metal stars Cristiano Filippini’s FLAMES OF HEAVEN unveiled the new single ‘The Archangel’s Warcry’, a third track shared from the upcoming album ‘Symphony Of The Universe’, out next month via Limb Music!
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Last week, Finnish modern melodic metal band Northern Genocide introduced their new vocalist Joni Parkkinen and released the new track ‘Roviolla’, their take on a track from the legendary Finnish pop rock band Gimmel! And they’re working on a new album to be released in 2026!
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Blackbriar released their new studio album ‘A Thousand Little Deaths’ yesterday via Nuclear Blast Records and to celebrate shared a captivating video for the opening track ‘Bluebeard’s Chamber’, a fatalistic romantic tale inspired by the classic French fairytale!
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Belgian metal band Skeptical Minds releases a video for the single ‘The Key’, a track from their album ‘KHARON’!
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Gig Reports
Finnish melodic metal outfit Crimson Sun released their latest album ‘Fates’, What better than a release show in a dark cellar to celebrate?
Masters of folk metal Eluveitie brought with them an interesting line-up with Lacuna Coil and Infected Rain and blew the roof off the Tavastia club!
Brymir presented their brand new album in front of an excited crowd in Helsinki, with support from Oceanhoarse and I Revolt!
The first official tribute to Wizz Wizzard at the same venue as Wizzfest. Find out here how that turned out.
The first official tribute to Wizz Wizzard at the same venue as Wizzfest. Find out here how that turned out.
Rhapsody said goodbye to their Belgian fans at Trix in Antwerp. Find out here how they made this evening unforgettable.
In Flames & Five Finger Death Punch embark on a massive double headliner European tour and we were there at the very first stop at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki!
Heavy metal? Hard rock? It doesn’t matter, as long as it’s heavy and grooves… Headbanger’s Balls Fest 2017 was again a great party!
Album Reviews
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!
The symphonic band reimagined some old fan favorites.
Photo Reports
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 artists on the main stage of the last day of Tuska 2024, with Beyond The Black, Lost Society, Opeth and Parkway Drive!
Pictures of the artists on the main stage of the second day of Tuska 2024, with VOLA, Tarot, Stam1na, Amorphis and Bring Me The Horizon!
At the beginning of March, Amaranthe, Dragonforce and Infected Rain brought quite the spectacle to thousands of fans gathered in Helsinki’s Black Box Jäähalli venue!
On Friday 15.03.2024 Sonata Arctica started off their “Clear Cold Beyond” tour at Pakkahuone in Tampere together with Temple Balls as support. The show was organized by Grey Beard and TuskaLive.
Cradle of Filth came by for a couple of sold out shows in Finland on their massive Europe tour with Wednesday 13 and Sick N’ Beautiful and we caught this spectacle at Tampere’s Pakkahuone a couple of weeks back!
We set the hard task for our photographers to choose the best 30 pictures that they have shot in 2023 out of possibly thousands of captures, and here is the result of Tom Treuten’s selection with Butcher Babies, Fateful Finality, Fear Factory, Thundermother, Hypocrisy, Spiritbox, Behemoth, Dog Eat Dog, The Cult, Skillet, Agnostic Front, Scorpions, May The Silence Fail, Cannibal Corpse, Ataraxy, Dark Funeral, Goldmann, Solstafir, Ingested, Antiheld, Lansdowne, Völkerball (Rammstein Tribute), Fettes Brot, Danko Jones, Royal Republic, Team Tot, and Mindead!
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!
Close to the end of the year 2023 there was an event that has left headbangers around the world in ecstatic anticipation—the Fear Factory ‘DisrupTour 2023’. This monumental tour brings together a powerhouse line-up featuring the ferocious Butcher Babies, Ignea and Ghosts of Atlantis. As these bands join forces, they promise to deliver an unforgettable experience for metal enthusiasts, showcasing a diverse range of styles within the genre.
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.
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