Italian symphonic metal band Rossometile shared their new single and video ‘Gehenna’, the title track of their upcoming seventh album, set for release in May!
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Symphonic metal band ANA push Haute Couture to a new level in the music video for ‘Scars’, a track from their recently via Eclipse Records released album ‘The Art of Letting Go’!
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Swedish symphonic metallers Tungsten invite us to celebrate this year’s Walpurgis Night early by unveiling ‘Walborg’, the first single from their upcoming album ‘The Grand Inferno’, set for release via Reigning Phoenix Music later this year!
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Finnish druid metal band Unshine released their fifth full-length album ‘Karn of Burnings’ on Rockshots Records last week and celebrated with their new lyric video for the single ‘Aettarfylgja’!
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Dianne released her new and third single video ‘A Symphonic Tragedy’, featuring Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon), Ferry Duijsens (Ayreon, VUUR), Kristoffer Gildenlöw (Pain of Salvation) and Sander Zoer (Delain, LEAH)!
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Symphonic metal vikings Leaves’ Eyes celebrated yesterday’s ‘Myths Of Fate’ record release day (out via AFM Records) with a breathtaking video for the ‘Hammer of the Gods’ track!
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Swedish symphonic dark metal outfit Eleine launched the ‘Promise Of Apocalypse’ visualizer video and a digital 2-track single of the same name, with a previously unheard instrumental version!
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The pirates of Visions Of Atlantis announces their upcoming new album ‘Pirates II – Armada’, set for release in July via Napalm Records and celebrates the announcement with the new single ‘Armada’!
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Anette Olzon just released her new single ‘Day Of Wrath’ from her highly anticipated upcoming solo album ‘Rapture’, out in May via Frontiers Music!
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Italian symphonic metal powerhouse Hypersonic unleashed their latest anthem ‘My Sacrifice’, featuring Mark Jansen from Epica, a track off their upcoming album ‘Kaosmogonia’ out in April via Rockshots Records!
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Photo Reports
Skálmold turned DVG Club in Kortrijk, Belgium into a punk rock party with viking metal, supported by Seven Spires & Atavistia!
A selection of 30 photos that Helder likes a lot from one of his most productive year considering covering concerts, including captures of Fear Factory, Atreyu, Jinjer, Rolo Tomassi, Stone, The Kooks, Pixies, Wunderhorse, Yours Truly, You Me at Six, Lake Malice, Bloodywood, Epica, Avatar, The 69 Eyes, Nova Twins, Cam Cole, Sabaton, The Lumineers, Grailknights, All For Metal, The Baboon Show, Combichrist, Megaherz, The BossHoss, Cancer Bats, Kvelertak, Fixation, Ignea, and Butcher Babies.
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!
Dutch symphonic metallers Delain are on tour to present their new album “Dark Waters”, released earlier this year via Napalm Records, and we caught them on stage at De Casino in Belgium with the support of label mates Xandria!
The Polish black metal institution Batushka brought their unholy sermon to the halls of Helsinki’s Vanha Ylioppilastalo and brought with them the Russian pagans of Arkona, the pretty epic Canadian Aeternam and Latvian vikings of Varang Nord!
Swedish industrial metal legends Pain are on tour throughout Europe right now, and we caught them at their stop at the Backstage venue in Munich, Germany. Bringing with them Finnish pagan metal giants Ensiferum, Swedish dark symphonic metallers Eleine and Japanese Ryujin, it was quite the night for heavy metal!
Before setting out to take over Europe with their co-headline tour, Before The Dawn and Wolfheart hit several cities throughout Finland, and we were there when they dropped by Tavastia in Helsinki, with the support of Brymir!
On the first day of Alcatraz 2023, we caught Eleine, Wind Rose, Rise of the Northstar, Bury Tomorrow, Powerwolf and Michael Schenker Group taking over the Prison Stage (mainstage)!
Every year, one day of the 10-day long Lokerse Feesten is dedicated to metal. A day full of headbanging, mosh-pits and heavy guitars with this year Hammok, Biohazard, Doodseskader, Bullet For My Valentine, Psychonaut, Megadeth, Slift, Within Temptation, Stake and Amenra.
The second day brought quite a rockin’ out to the main stage with national heroes The 69 Eyes and Stratovarius and rock legends Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard.
