Folk metal institution Eluveitie announce their new album ‘ÀNV’ to be released in April via Nuclear Blast, and share 2nd single ‘The Prodigal Ones’! Catch them on tour in Europe with Infected Rain and Ad Infinitum starting this week and later this year as support for the Arch Enemy “European Blood Dynasty 2025 tour”!

Finnish melodic death metal outfit Horizon Ignited release yet another single with ‘Ashes’, adding another layer of intensity by bringing in Jaakko Mäntymaa from Marianas Rest on guest vocals! Their new album ‘Tides’ is set for release next month via Reaper Entertainment, catch them after on their mini release tour in Finland or in summer at festivals like Tuska!

Finnish melodic death metal band Defiled Serenity released a stunning take on Rihanna’s track ‘Unfaithful’, featuring Karisma on guest vocals and another song from the upcoming debut album ‘Within the Slumber of the Mind’, set for release next month via Inverse Records!

Swedish death metal stalwarts Imperishable announced the release of their second album ‘Swallow the World’ via Hammerheart Records in April and unleashed the first single and video ‘Bells’!

Australia’s rising force Valhalore is right now touring with Hammerfall in their own country, and shared the music video and track ‘Horizon’, the first new track since their recent signing with ROAR!

Sweden’s melodeath supergroup The Halo Effect conveys what fans should expect from (former) members of Dark Tranquillity and In Flames on their second outing “March of the Unheard”. Yet another excellent album for this collective, solidifying their sound and strengths, out now via Nuclear Blast.

Aeon of Awareness’ new album ‘Rarohenga’, named after the subterranean realm where spirits of the deceased dwell after death, according to Māori tradition, is an excellent result of the band expressing themselves through the music itself and the deeper meaning between the lines. Out independently this Friday!

Finnish legends Wolfheart is looking back at an amazing 2024 with a live footage music video for the track ‘Burning Sky’, out via Reigning Phoenix Music!

Finnish melodic death metallers Admire the Grim are set to release their debut album ‘Resist’ via Inverse Records at the end of this month and shared the 3rd single ‘No Limits’ in anticipation of the full album being out!

Finnish metal institution Wolfheart decided to wrap up their year with one last show at On The Rocks in Helsinki, and with them they brought the melodeath talents Swansong and Scythe of Sorrow to warm the crowd up for a great night of Finnish metal! An event by Nahka Agency!