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Swedish pwer metal warriors Bloodbound released a video for ‘The Nine Crusades’, featuring Brittney Slayes of Unleash The Archers and the closing track on their latest album ‘Field Of Swords’, out with Napalm Records! Catch them live with Angus McSix this month in Germany or this summer at festivals like Alcatraz!

Angus McSix teamed up with Van Canto for their new single ‘Dig Down’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Angus McSix and the All-Seeing Astral Eye’, out next Friday via Napalm Records!

UK black metal legends Winterfylleth unveils new single ‘Echoes In The After’ with a captivating video, another track from their upcoming album ‘The Unyielding Season’, set for release in March via Napalm Records!

Thrash metal force Exodus unleashed the title track from their upcoming album ‘Goliath’, set for release next month via Napalm Records!

Japanese power metal quintet Lovebites signed with Napalm Records and straight away unleashed their new album ‘Outstanding Power’ digitally and shared a video for the track ‘The Castaway’ to celebrate!

Ethereal folk duo Tabernis conjures an enigmatic ritual with new single ‘Tenebrae’, a first taste of their upcoming ‘Seasons of the Dark Hive’, set for release in April with Napalm Records!

Gothic doom metal masters Draconian are back with their new album ‘In Somnolent Ruin’, out in May via Napalm Records, where long-time vocalist Lisa Johansson is making a return!

Just a couple of days before the release of new album ‘Forest Of Forgetting’ via Napalm Records, Eye of Melian offered up another magical track with ‘Dawn of Avatars’, featuring Troy Donockley and Patty Gurdy!

Legendary New York hardcore juggernauts Pro-Pain are starting a new era with Napalm Records, releasing their 16th album ‘Stone Cold Anger’ in May and unleashing a first single with ‘Oceans Of Blood’!

Photo Reports

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!

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.

Infected Rain

Infected Rain came back to Belgium a second time this year on their “Heyday tour 2023”, the place to be was DVG Club in Kortrijk, accompanied by warm up act All Hail the Yeti!

Be'lakor

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!

A night of incredible music from Ne Obliviscaris, Persefone and Asymmetric Universe at Tavastia in Helsinki at the beginning of last month, the start of what was going to be an incredible tour in Europe for these guys!

The French band Aephanemer dropped by On The Rocks in Helsinki to turn the heat up and make a pretty much crammed venue go wild to their symphonic/melodic death metal tunes! Support came from locals Numento.

Jinjer

Jinjer is on tour through Europe this summer, and we attended their show in Lille, France. Warm up act was the French band Hypno5e!

Charlotte Wessels

During the pandemic, Charlotte Wessels wrote 1 song per month, resulting in her ‘Tales from Six Feet Under’ releases. And now she was bringing that music live in a series of Dutch club shows! Support came from Blackbriar.

Ne Obliviscaris

Ne Obliviscaris and Persefone on tour in Europe, supported by openers Asymmetric Universe, providing us with an evening of the finest progressive metal out there! We caught them at their stop in Belgium, at Trix in Antwerp!

After last year’s cancellation, Nervosa came back to Finland on their small “Northern Tour” about a month ago, and set the house on fire with the help of local support Satan’s Fall at On The Rocks in Helsinki!