Green Carnation release new single ‘The Messiah Complex’, the title track of the upcoming last chapter of their A Dark Poem trilogy, out in Sepember via Season of Mist!
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News Posts
International prog metal supergroup Temic announced their second album ‘Ceiba’ to be out in October via Season of Mist and shared the lead single ‘Ceased to Be’ with a captivating video!
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Broken By The Scream recently shared new single ‘花鏑[HANAKABURA]’, the first on their new label Metal Blade Records and just when they were about to head on their European tour that started last Wednesday in Finland and with a main stage spot at Wacken yesterday!
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French progressive visionaries Hypno5e announced their new album ‘Trame Noire’ to be out in November via Pelagic Records and shared a first single and video with ‘Lost Fires’!
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Kim Dracula introduces the next chapter. New song with ‘Molecular Conversion’, new label with Rise Records, new story!
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Lithuanian up-and-coming metal outfit Black Spikes unleashed fourth single ‘ZELVAR’ in anticipation of next month’s release of their new album ‘Ydos’ with Napalm Records!
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Finnish prog metallers Oddland unveil their new single ‘Unilluminate’ from upcoming new album ‘Unilluminate To Illuminate’, set for release in August via Frontiers Music!
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Mastodon announced their long-awaited new album ‘Marrow Deep’ to be released in August with Loma Vista Recordings and shared the new single ‘Snakes For Dinner’ featuring Josh Homme!
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The Ocean shared their new single ‘Belligerence’ from upcoming album ‘Solaris’, set for release in September with Pelagic Records!
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Sci-fi metal innovators Voïvod dropped a new video clip for the song ‘Holographic Thinking’ from their recently with Century Media Records released ‘Symphonique’ album! Catch them in Europe right now with club shows and appearances at festivals like for instance Alcatraz Festival!
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Interviews
Check out what Johannes Andersson had to say about Tribulation’s new album Down Below here!
A short talk with Scott about Alex leaving the band, writing music and touring in Europe!
We talked with vocalist Jake about the upcoming album and how they keep getting along after 10 years!
A lovely chat at Graspop with guitarist Isaac Delahaye about their music, friends, lyrics and festival!
Lists
A small grab of what we are looking forward to the most of the many exceptional releases coming our way during May 2022!
The month of April brings us not only Spring in full bloom, but a long list of stellar releases. Here is a selection of those we’re looking forward to the most!
March is one hell of a month! Yet again tons of releases to pick from, so here is a small selection again of what we highly recommend and is most anticipated for us!
Putting all the favorites of our team of writers and photographers together, we’ve come to a really diverse and interesting overall AOTY list!
12 more releases of March 2021 we have been looking forward to for a while! Check it out!
Not including these records in my top 2020 was just too painful.
Another year has gone by, so it’s time again to reveal what albums have intrigued me the most last year.
Once you go heavy, you never go back… Wouter’s albums of the year hold on to the good olden days of Heavy Metal!
A full year of incredible releases that we are trying to cram into a list of “albums of the year”, here we go again…
Photo Reports
In mid-May, Ääniwalli became a vortex of technical brutality and progressive intensity as Born of Osiris brought their tour to Helsinki. With support from death metal and deathcore juggernauts Ingested, the genre-bending Entheos, and Portugal’s The Voynich Code, the night unfolded as a showcase of modern metal’s most forward-pushing acts.
Rivers of Nihil took over Tavastia in Helsinki a couple of months ago and absolutely blew our minds at the end of our weekend back then with the help of Cynic, Beyond Creation and Dååth!
Opeth released an absolutely brilliant new album with ‘The Last Will And Testament’ last year, and now they brought it to the stage all over Europe. And we in Helsinki were honored to be the first stop of the tour back in February, getting a first taste of their new work live. And with Grand Magus to warm us up, this was a brilliant night for the (metal) music lovers among us! An event by Fullsteam Agency
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!
Finland’s band of misfits King Satan released their latest album ‘The Devil’s Evangelion’ via Noble Demon, and such an epic album deserves a proper release tour of course. With them, they brought their friends of the dark elektro duo Miseria Ultima to open the night, and doomy outfit The Abbey as direct support at the Helsinki stop. An excellent night of great music and friends, and with all bands in absolute top form!
We caught Vola before on their European tour when they visited Finland. But on this night we managed to see them again, this time in Eindhoven, Netherlands. And with their special guest Charlotte Wessels playing somewhat of a home show, the night turned into an unforgettable one for sure!
On the back of the release of their latest album ‘Friend of a Phantom’, VOLA embarked on an extensive European tour and dropped by Vanha Ylioppilastalo in Helsinki, Finland in November to repeat the amazing performance they had at Tuska this past summer! With them, they brought the ever enchanting Charlotte Wessels and Feather Mountains. An event by TuskaLive.
Pop Evil and Bad Wolves joined forces on the “Animal Instinct Tour” touring through the US, bringing along Sierra Pilot and ONI for the ride! We caught them at their Thanksgiving eve show at Pierre’s in Ft. Wayne in Indiana!
Vola’s ‘Friend of a Phantom’ tour passed through Finland last week and hit Tampere’s Pakkahuone on Tuesday November 5th. It was a filled with emotion, not only from Vola, but also the support acts Feather Mountain and Charlotte Wessels. This almost overwhelming rollercoaster ride of emotions was brought to us by TuskaLive.
Eleine’s show at DVG Club Kortrijk was electrifying, with Ignea’s powerful performance setting the stage. Ignea’s captivating blend of progressive and symphonic metal, combined with Eleine’s dynamic stage presence and infectious energy, created an unforgettable evening for the enthusiastic audience.
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