Epic symphonic power metal force Memories Of Old is striking back with their latest single ‘Fly Away Together’ from their upcoming album ‘Never Stop Believing’, out next month via Limb Music!
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Glasya shared the new video single ‘Fear’, featuring Fernando Ribeiro from Moonspell on guest vocals, and the title track of their upcoming new album set to be released next month with Scarlet Records!
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Epic symphonic power metal force Memories Of Old returns with new single ‘Guardians of the Kingdom’, the first track from their upcoming album ‘Never Stop Believing’, set for release in October via Limb Music!
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Blackbriar released their new studio album ‘A Thousand Little Deaths’ yesterday via Nuclear Blast Records and to celebrate shared a captivating video for the opening track ‘Bluebeard’s Chamber’, a fatalistic romantic tale inspired by the classic French fairytale!
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Australian symphonic folk metal revelation Valhalore recently unleashed a music video for ‘Within The Fire’, a track from their latest album ‘Beyond The Stars’, out with ROAR. But not only that, they are coming for a visit to Europe in support of Aephanemer, bringing them all over the continent, including Finland and our very own venue Asgaard Gentbrugge in Belgium! Don’t miss out on this!
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Finnish symphonic progressive metal band Dominant Chain’s second single and music video ‘The Moment’ is out now, another track from their upcoming EP ‘Wasteland Requiem’, set for release in September via Inverse Records!
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Symphonic metal sensation Beyond The Black announced their new album ‘Break The Silence’ to be out in January 2026 via Nuclear Blast and unveiled the music video for the title track! Catch them live at Wacken in a couple of days or on their first ever European headline tour early 2026!
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Blackbriar release their wistful new single ‘A Last Sigh of Bliss’, alongside a video. Another track from their upcoming new album ‘A Thousand Little Deaths’, out next month via Nuclear Blast!
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Modern symphonic metal outfit Secret Rule released their new single and video ‘Echoes Of The Earth’, another preview of their anticipated tenth studio album ‘X’, out late this year with Rockshots Records!
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Finnish symphonic metal band Viimeinen Oodi Vapaudelle unveils hauntingly epic new single ‘Ballade of the Arctic Traveller’!
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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.
