News Posts

Progressive death metal outfit DÅÅTH has emerged from its thirteen year hiatus with a first new album in 14 years: ‘The Deceivers’! Set for release in May via Metal Blade Records, they now also unveiled the single ‘Hex Unending’!

Brand-new Finnish supergroup Crownshift, with members from Nightwish, Finntroll, Children of Bodom and myGRAIN, signed with Nuclear Blast for the release of their first music!

Last week, progressive extreme metal duo Entheos unleashed the Drumcorps remix of their ‘The Interior Wilderness’ track, taken from their latest album ‘Time Will Take Us All’, out via Metal Blade Records!

NYC based progressive death metal act Solemn Vision unleashed the single ‘Bane And Benumbed’ in anticipation of their album ‘Despite The Rise Of The Sun’ to be released next month via Black Lion Records!

Dååth is back with the original track ‘The Silent Foray’, featuring Per Nilsson of Scar Symmetry, and have announced that they’re well on their way with their Metal Blade Records debut album and Rafael Trujillo has officially joined the lineup as lead guitarist!

After a decade of silence from these legends, Job For A Cowboy are back with the single ‘The Agony Seeping Storm’, a first track from their upcoming new full-length to be released via Metal Blade Records!

NYC progressive death metallers Solemn Vision announced their upcoming new album ‘Despite The Rise Of The Sun’ to be released in October via Black Lion Records and unleashed a first single with ‘Gates’!

Emerging Belgian metal band Catalyst unveiled the new track ‘Stick To The Plan’, a stormy and vibrant war song from their upcoming new album ‘The Age Of Rocketeers’, set for release in Fall 2023!

In anticipation of this Friday’s release of the new album ‘Time Will Take Us All’ via Metal Blade Records, Entheos shared a new live video for the song ‘Darkest Day’!

Metal Blade Records announced the signing of Dååth, who returned from their 12 year hiatus with the brand new single ‘No Rest No End’!

Album Reviews

Chapel of Disease takes another sonic twist with their fourth album, “Echoes of Light”. Though they haven’t abandoned their death metal sound fully, the new songs focus on elements of progressive/modern rock, out since February 9th via Ván Records.

Fourth chapter, “The Enduring Spirit” of Toronto-based death metal outfit Tomb Mold offers a spectacular mix of technical/progressive elements in such a visceral and unforgotten performance. Out now digitally via 20 Buck Spin and physically next month!

Fifth album “Ontological Mysterium” from the US metal four-piece Horrendous is a sonic feast for fans of technical/progressive death metal. The album shines with its intricate guitar work with a superb level of technicality. Released a couple of weeks ago via Season of Mist.

Lunar Chamber is one of the most unique bands in the subgenre of progressive technical death metal. Their debut EP “Shambhallic Vibrations” is such a mind-boggling record full of sophisticated riffing and a bizarre ethereal atmosphere, released via 20 Buck Spin.

VoidCeremony’s sophomore ‘Threads of Unknowing’ delivers a visceral piece of technical death metal showcasing the unrivaled mastery and jazzy approach for which the band became known. Suffice to say that this is one of the best albums in death metal this year. Out via 20 Buck Spin.

The tenth opus “Terrasite” in Cattle Decapitation’s catalog focuses on the slower melodic trademarks without sacrificing its sonic brutality. This is another high-quality output from these progressive death metal/grindcore maniacs, and I will not be surprised to see it on fans’ top albums of the year. Out via Metal Blade Records!

With such grotesque imagination, Ulthar’s songs on ‘Providence’ are spawned by the array of primitive raw black metal and brutal death metal.

Sweven presents their alchemist brand of progressive rock/death metal. And compliments the previous works of Morbus Chron and transcends further beyond the traditional style of death metal.

With Nero Di Marte’s Immoto, a swift blend of theatrical vocals, spoken word and grunts, dissonant filth and melodic pieces, post / progressive / avant-garde / dissonant / black / death / atmospheric metal in a clean and polished package is served.

Dead by Dawn Records keeps picking the cherries out of the death metal pie in the lowlands area. This time it are the young, hungry wolves of Moss upon the Skull who unleash their debut album ‘In Vengeful Reverence’ on vinyl and tape.

Photo Reports

A night of extreme metal blasting in our face with Lorna Shore bringing their ‘The Pain Remains EU tour’ to Finland with the good company of Rivers of Nihil and Ingested.

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!

Amorphis came to show why they are one of Finland’s favorites and with them the folk metal legends Eluveitie ripped up the stage at Jäähalli in Helsinki, right after Dark Tranquillity and Nailed To Obscurity warmed up the crowd!

Gojira

Finally, after all the delays, we got a double serving of the Gojira at 013 Poppodium in Tilburg, Netherlands. With both shows being sold out, they were quite the explosive nights, especially with added to that support acts Alien Weaponry and Employed to Serve!

A night of brutal death, dark black and mind-blowingly intricate metal music with Obscura, God Dethroned, Thulcandra and Fractal Universe!