Finnish psych rockers Craneium channel Roky Erickson on their new single ‘Stand for the Fire Demon’, a reimagining of the underground classic, out now with Majestic Mountain Records!
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News Posts
Independent art rock band Ok Goodnight announced their new album ‘stop/go’ to be out in June and shared a first single and video with ’22’!
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Progressive rock collective LUFEH are releasing their new album ‘Overwhelmed’ in May and unveiled the title track recently, which features violin and vocals by acclaimed electric violinist Ginny Luke!
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Swedish progressive metal heavyweights Soen unveiled a brand-new music video for ‘Axis’, one of the tracks from their latest album ‘Reliance’ (out via Silver Lining Music). Shared just in time for their massive world tour to have kicked off in North America a week ago and will also bring them back to Europe first for summer shows and festivals like Ilovaari and Alcatraz, followed by another leg of the “Reliance Tour” in Autumn/Winter with Tribulation and Vulkan!
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Stoned Jesus are really looking forward to seeing all their fans live on their upcoming “Spring Equinox Tour” with co-headliners Wheel, sharing a video for the track ‘See You On The Road’!
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Green Carnation unleashed their second single ‘I Am Time’ from upcoming album ‘A Dark Poem, Part II: Sanguis’, set for release next month via Season of Mist! Catch them live at only a handful of shows this summer, including the very first edition of Ankea Festival in Finland!
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Brand-new Finnish festival Ankea Festival completed its first line-up last Friday with the addition of Leprous, Textures, Sylvaine, Royal Sorrow and Demonic Death Judge, continuing to build a highly impressive roster of bands!
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Crippled Black Phoenix confront memory and relapse on their latest new single ‘Ravenettes’, a track from their upcoming album ‘Sceaduhelm’, set for release in April via Season of Mist!
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Genre-defying guitarist and innovator Tim Henson released ‘Original Sin’, his debut solo track, out with Rise Records!
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Finnish prog outfit Canvas Of Silence unveils their new vocalist Aino Vuorenmaa with the new official video for ‘The Great Unknown’, a new version of the track that was featured on last year’s released debut album ‘As The World Tree Fell’, out with Rockshots Records!
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Interviews
Tomorrow is a big day for SLIFT. Not only does their new album ‘Fantasia’ see its release via Sub Pop Records, they’ll also take the stage at the very first edition of Ankea Festival in Finland. In our interview, Jean Fossat discusses the new record, evolving songs through live performances and how excited they are to be part of the excellent line-up of the Finnish festival.
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SOEN’s Joel Ekelöf and Martín López talk about contrast, confidence, and pushing their sound further than ever on upcoming album ‘Reliance’ (out January 16 via Silver Linings). From crushing heaviness to pure ballads — this one goes deep.
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Back in 2023, when Leprous was last in Helsinki, we met up with Simen from Leprous to have a fun chat about touring, his highlights when being on tour and supporting your local live and cultural scene!
Since they’re playing in Finland again this coming week, we wanted to share this fun little bit from our archives, so enjoy and don’t miss out on their shows!
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A chat with the Finnish progressive outfit Wheel about their upcoming sophomore full-length ‘Resident Human’!
The video of the talk we had with Wheel about their quick rise in 2019, some of their highlights of the year and what they think of the new Tool album…
Nick DiSalvo of Elder about their music: “Maybe it’s just the way I see it, but I feel the music world is still very compartmentalized. You can’t really go out and say “I’m in a rock band””
Lists
It’s finally there! The week of the very first edition of Ankea Festival! If you’re still somehow on the fence on why you should get yourself a ticket and come join us in Tampere this weekend, here are 8 reasons that hopefully will convince you!
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!
Album Reviews
“Panorama” is a twisting blend of vintage synth rock style full of nostalgic 70s vibe; Hällas has conjured an immersive listening experience for fans of Blue Öyster Cult, Uriah Heep, and Camel. Out since January 30th, via Äventyr Records.
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Katatonia’s thirteenth album ‘Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State’ picks up where ‘Sky Void of Stars’ left off after the departure of Anders Nyström and sounds both very familiar with a few gems and a curveball tucked away at the end . Out on Napalm records.
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The twenty-fourth studio album “Curious Ruminant” from Britain’s progressive folk rock band Jethro Tull captures the 70s heritage, achieving a brilliant level of performance instrumental dexterity. Out via InsideOutMusic since today!
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The fourteenth studio album “The Last Will and Testament” from the Swedish masters of progressive metal Opeth captures engaging dynamic riffs with dark keyboards texture. Out via Reigning Phoenix Music since November 22nd.
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With their message of hope in their conceptual debut album ‘What Lies Ahead Of Us’, the Brazilians of Pentral offers a a nice groovy progessive rock metal experience.
Liquid Tension Experiment 3 delivers once again what they are known for. Super music food for the more nerdy musical progressive lovers out there.
Rise Radiant is the Caligula’s Horse sound pushed to its extremes: at once its most ferocious and its most touching, its most expansive and its most condensed, its most poetic and its most vicious. A mist have for the prog rockers deep inside of us.
With Virus, Haken created once again a very enjoyable progressive album with a conceptually link to Vector.
Wheel brings you a sound that is very much inspired by Tool, but with a great personality and great songwriting skills!
Riverside’s Wasteland is a must have for all progressive rock/metal fans who are into more emotional raw sounding songs , think of Pink Floyd and Porcupine Tree. Wasteland will take you by the throat , check them out !!!
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