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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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!
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Finnish festival Tuhdimmat Tahdit recently announced some more names for their 2026 line-up with HOKKA, Stam1na and Danko Jones joining an already diverse and exciting roster!
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Modern power metal rising force INDUCTION have unleashed their new studio album ‘LOVE KILLS!’, out now via Reigning Phoenix Music. The record marks the band’s most focused and mature chapter yet, sharpening their blend of heavy, hook‑driven power metal with a strong emotional core. Confident, clear in direction, and sonically bold, entering a new era. And to celebrate they dropped a striking new video for ‘Strangers To Love’, featuring Clémentine Delauney fo Visions of Atlantis!
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Finnish power metal outfit Metal De Facto are unleashing ‘Gojira’ with a hilarious music video, another track from their upcoming album ‘The Land Of The Rising sun – Part 2’, set for release March 6 via Reaper Entertainment!
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Finnish power metal outfit Gladenfold shared ‘Wardens Of Time’, another single in anticipation of their new album ‘Soulbound’ to be released in February via Reaper Entertainment!
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Los Angeles’ Anubis introduced new co-vocalist Hanna Preston with their new single ‘Fanged Angel’, including an official video highlighting the band’s live performance! A track from their upcoming album ‘Anthromorphicide’, out in April via M-Theory Audio.
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Heavy metal giants Powerwolf released the live version of ‘1589’, building up to the release of their ‘Wildlive (Live at Olympiahalle)’ album with Napalm Records in a couple of weeks! Catch them live in Europe starting next month with their “Wake Up The Wicked Tour” or this summer headlining festivals like Wacken and Alcatraz!
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Rockshots Records announce the signing of Italian power metal outfit Embrace Of Souls for the release of their concept album ‘The Battle Of The Dead’ later this year. First single ‘Desolate Lands’ will be out soon!
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To celebrate the 20th anniversary of ‘Through The fire And Flames’, former Dragonforce vocalist ZP Theart released a reimagining as a gift for the fans, with the help of Syndrone, Sophie Burrell and Bradley Hall!
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Album Reviews
The new album “Wake Up the Wicked” from the German power metal act Powerwolf brings the band again to highlight each track stuffed with heavy rocking anthems and a bold twist of power metal style. Out via Napalm Records!
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Orden Ogans new, slightly harder, album ‘The Order Of Fear’, which has been released on July 5th via Reigning Phoenix Music, hasn’t gotten any big highlights, but it’s on a nice even high level. Everything works just perfect together. Catch their show on the Prison Stage of Alcatraz Festival this Friday!
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As to be expected of a new Dragonforce album, ‘Warp Speed Warriors’ is fun and fast! The typical elements they are known for are present, but at the same time they infused it with a bunch of new things, making this album really exciting! Out via Napalm Records!
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With ‘Clear Cold Beyond’ Sonata Arctica are re-visiting their faster and heavier roots and will delight older fans, while possibly surprising some of their more new fans. Out via Atomic Fire Records (Reigning Phoenix Music) since last Friday!
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‘A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament)’ proves that even after 25 years of existence, Evergrey still has the ability to impress.
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Get ready to go on a magical journey with Power Paladin’s debut album!
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Crusade of Bards create this mix of power metal, symphonic metal, folk touches, and even gothic and pagan touches. It’s all there, and it all blends in beautifully together.
Finnish heavy metal band Battle Beast just released their new album »Circus of Doom«, on which they perfected their usual sound while still adding a lot of new flavours into the mix. Definitely recommended.
The excellent 9th album from Swedish power metal band Bloodbound quickly became one of my favorite ones of 2021!
The fourth album from Belgium’s combat metal unit FireForce is a really tasty slab of heavy metal!
Photo Reports
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.
Unleash the Archers on tour in Europe with their latest album ‘Phantoma’, released last year with Napalm Records, dropped by in Kortrijk, Belgium to deliver an excellent power/heavy metal night supported by Striker and Seven Kingdoms!
Every year we like to look back at the amazing shows we captured, and in 2024 Anna/ScarletMemory Photography covered bands like Vola, Apulanta, Marko Hietala, Cyan Kicks, Stam1na, Kotiteollisuus, Blind Channel, Cyhra, Sigh, Everwave, Sonata Arctica, Neonfly, Altamullan Road, Avatar, Raskasta Joulua, Beatrix, Battle Beast, Steve ‘n’ Seagulls, Áilu Valle, Amoc and Trio Boogiemen mostly in Tampere, Finland!
The tradition at GrimmGent is for all photographers to set up our personal collection of our favourites. Always an illustrious collection, sometimes with shots that haven’t even been published here. This is my Tom Treuten selection of highlights in 2024.
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!
Pictures of the second day of Hellsinki Metal Festival 2024 with on stage 2 shows from Hammerfall, Abbath and Insomnium!
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 first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Dyscordia, Orden Ogan, Beast In Black, Feuerschwanz, Channel Zero, Saxon and Amon Amarth!
Tuhdimmat Tahdit’s second day with Brother Firetribe, Tarot, Huora, Klamydia, Suburban Tribe, Sonata Arctica and Apulanta was just as much fun as the first day!
Day one of Tuhdimmat Tahdit in it’s all renewed version gave us Kotiteollisuus, Marko Hietala, Lost Society, Stratovarius, Mokoma, Stam1na and Amorphis. What a great festival that we sure will return to again in the future.
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