News Posts

For those who somehow have missed the news, and are looking for some gloomy music, a new supergroup arose recently with Cemetery Skyline, featuring members of bands like Dark Tranquillity, Insomnium, Amorphis, The Abbey and more! Their first single ‘Violent Storm’ is out via Century Media Records, and catch their very first show at John Smith Rock Festival this summer!

Finnish melodeath institution Omnium Gatherum shared a new video for ‘Lovelorn’, a track from their latest EP ‘Slasher’, released earlier this year via Century Media Records! Catch them on tour right now in Europe with Paradise Lost, Primordial and Harakiri For The Sky on the Vltima Ratio Fest!

Into The Grave didn’t want to hold these back anymore and announced a whole slab of new names for the 2023 edition!

Omnium Gatherum and Masis Brewery collaborated to create the band’s first ever beer: ‘Reckoning West Coast IPA’, available at selected places starting from tomorrow!

Oceanhoarse is celebrating Ozztober again, this time with the Ozzy classic ‘Bark at the Moon’ with guest appearances from Hannes Kett and Markus Vanhala!

Finnish melodeath masters of Omnium Gatherum unleash first track ‘Paragon’ from their upcoming new Century Media album ‘Origin’!

Century Media tries to soften the blow of all the cancelled festivals by organizing a massive online Century Media “Isolation Festival”!

The truly amazing line-up of Brutal Assault 2019 is coming close to being finished now with the one-but-last bands update!

The program for Wacken’s Wackinger Stage and Beer Garden has been revealed! W:O:A 2017 takes place from the 3th till 5th of August 2017.

Interviews

A chat with Jukka from Omnium Gatherum about their recent US tour, how they got their new EP ‘Slasher’ together with the first track featuring their new guitarist and a cover of the famous 80s song ‘Maniac’, a hint at new music that is in the works and upcoming festival shows and European tour with Paradise Lost, Primordial and Harakiri For The Sky.

Watch the chat we had with Markus Vanhala about the new Insomnium EP ‘Argent Moon’, the upcoming new work of Omnium Gatherum and his new black metal project I Am The Night!

Short interview with Jukka and Markus from Omnium Gatherum about their music and tour!

We talked with Mikael Stanne about the tour, their latest album and some of the line-up changes…

Previews

Tuska is finally back again! The Helsinki center metal and rock festival is shaping up to be quite the epic and glorious return!

Lists

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!

Photo Reports

Day 2 of John Smith Frozen with among others Amorphis, Stratovarius and Rotting Christ was just as much of a pleasure to be at as day 1. See the gallery here.

Omnium Gatherum embarked on a little release tour for their new ‘Origin’ album and we caught them at the first stop in Helsinki. See the pics now!

Pics of the second day of SaariHelvetti, one of the only festivals in Finland during the summer of 2020. Check it out!

The pictures of one last night of melodic death metal at Nosturi with Omnium Gatherum and friends!

A night of melodic death metal through our lens!