Ukrainian modern metal outfit Ignea released their latest new single and video ‘Darkness’, another taste of their upcoming album ‘Monumental’, set for release in October via Napalm Records!
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We’re still buzzing about last weekend’s festivities at Alcatraz Festival, but no rest for the wicked with already a first 30 names confirmed for next year’s edition and early bird sales on the way since yesterday! Who are you looking for or hoping for still for the 2027 edition? Let us know in the comments!
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Progressive dark metal collective The Eternal unveiled the captivating music video for their latest single ‘Colours Fade’, another taste of their upcoming album ‘Obscured Horizons’, out in September with Reigning Phoenix Music!
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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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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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An incredible night of showcasing the mind-bending progressive metal from stellar bands like Persefone, Hypno5e, Stellar Circuits and Lampr3a at our very own venue Asgaard!
A selection of Jonna’s best captures of 2023, with pictures from bands Butcher Babies, Electric Callboy, Ghost, Glenn Hughes, Gojira, In Flames, Lorna Shore, The Hu, Ville Valo, Chamber of Unlight, Asagraum, Monuments, Sodom, Batushka, Blind Guardian, and Apocalyptica!
A selection of Vaim’s best captures of 2023, after a long and grueling process of elimination, with pictures from bands like Battle Beast, Gaerea, Trollheim’s Grott, Avslut, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Amenra, Igorrr, Aesthetic Perfection, HIDE, SKYND, Ice Nine Kills, Utuk Xul, Rancid, Sick Of It All, Stratovarius, Testament, Michael Monroe, Volbeat, Hellacopters, Pensées Nocturnes, Amorphis, Biohazard, Killswitch Engage, Converge, Agnostic Front, Taake, Public Image Ltd, A.A. Williams, Butcher Babies, Clutch, Finntroll, Electric Callboy, Ghost, Gojira, Imperial Triumphant, Lorna shore, The Hu and Urne!
Our Benelux and France head of accreditation and most active photographer in that region, Tom VM, made his own selection of favorite pictures he took in 2023, including some new stuff that wasn’t shared on our site before with Biohazard, Bleed From Within, Brutal Sphincter, Brutus, Electric Callboy, Michael Schenker Group, Sepultura, Arion, Blackrain, Overdrivers, Avatar, Winery Dogs, Charlotte Wessels, Devin Townsend, Dream Theater, Extreme, Ghost, Michael Angelo Batio, Arch Enemy, Doodseskader, Halestorm, I Prevail, Powerwolf and SKYND!
The year wrapping up means that we’ll be looking back at the amazing things we’ve experienced, and “album of the year” lists. We’d also like to give some attention to our talented concert photographers who go out and cover shows for us. So here is a first in a series of articles where our artists pick their favorite pictures of 2023 with Anna/ScarletMemory Photography who mostly roams around in Tampere, Finland and pictures from bands like Pain, Sólstafir, Eleine, Myrath, Battle Beast, Brymir, Sabaton, Mors Subita, Lordi, Metalite, Shereign, Diablo, Before The Dawn, Wolfheart, Sonata Arctica, Deathstars, Brother Firetribe, Psychework, Apocalyptica, Voidfallen, Poets of the Fall, Amorphis, Lost Society, and Everwave!
Pictures of yet another excellent show by the legendary Finnish metal band Amorphis at the gorgeous Kulttuuritalo venue in Helsinki!
Shereign finished off their year with a gig at Tampere YO-Talo on December 9th, organized by Nem Agency. They brought along Ikinä, Everwave and Lastout to make the night complete with up-and-coming Finnish artists.
Yet another great gig of the Amorphis “Halo Finnish tour” at Tampere’s Pakkahuone last week, in front of an almost full house. An event hosted by TuskaLive.
The second night of John Smith Rock Frozen 2023 was pretty epic with some of the best of the Finnish scene with Red Eleven, Kiuas, Finntroll, Turmion Kätilöt and headliners Amorphis! Throw on top of that the Swedish up-and-comers of Orbit Culture, and you know it was good!
The Technikum venue in Munich was completely filled with musicians and aspiring musicians, to welcome the virtuosity and weight of Animals As Leaders, who came very well accompanied by the Swedes Allt last week!
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