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!

Finnish melodic death metal band Horizon Ignited have signed a worldwide record deal with Reaper Entertainment for their upcoming third album!

Brand-new Finnish supergroup Crownshift, with members from Nightwish, Finntroll, Children of Bodom and myGRAIN, signed with Nuclear Blast for the release of their first music!

Finnish melodic metal outfit Northern Genocide shared the new single ‘To Serve the Pestilence’, a track from their upcoming album ‘The Point of No Return’, set for release in March 2024 via Inverse Records!

Nem Agency’s Melancholy Mass Festival made Finland’s dark winter nights just a bit better by bringing us Septicflesh, …And Oceans, Vorna, Assemble The Chariots and Voidfallen on the stage in Tampere and Helsinki.

Melancholic Finnish metal outfit Decrowned shares the first single ‘Mouth Leaks Black’, from their upcoming debut full-length album ‘Persona Non Grata’, set for release in February 2024 via Rockshots Records!

Finnish melodeath outfit Beyond The Hate shares second single and music video ‘Alone I Die’, from their upcoming debut album ‘Darkest Times’, set for release via Inverse Records in March 2024!

The pictures of a wild night with Mors Subita, Shereign and I Am Your God at On The Rocks in Helsinki!

Chris Maragoth just released his first album, ‘Gatherer of Souls’. Some of the songs have already been released before, and have been remastered for this album. Some songs are brand new. This album contains mostly instrumental melodic death metal/modern metal tracks, worked on by Chris alone or together with other artists, bringing a lovely collection of melodeath-inspired modern metal tracks!

Swiss melodic death metal act Voice of Ruin shared a music video for the song ‘Bloody Salvation’, coming from their fifth album ‘Cold Epiphany’ set for release next Friday, December 1st!