Black and white back-of-venue shot of the band Nile with 1 guest vocalist from their 2024 gig at Entrepot, Bruges, BE

The legendary Nile dropped by at the Entrepot venue in Bruges, Belgium as part of their “Underworld Europe Tour 2024”, bringing the music of their new album to fans across the continent, and brought along some other excellent death metal bands with Hideous Divinity and Intrepid. Local support came from Pestifer.

Finnish masters of melancholy Swallow The Sun unveiled yet another single of their upcoming album ‘Shining’ last week with ‘MelancHoly’! Mark October 18th in your calendar for the official release of the album via Century Media Records!

New England extreme metal powerhouse Escuela Grind unleashed yet another scathing single last week with ‘Toothless’, a track from their soon-to-be released new album ‘Dreams on Algorithms’, out next month via MNRK Heavy!

We had a chat with Jussi and Pasi from Where’s My Bible about their latest album ‘Kave’ (out now via Inverse Records) and the new direction they took their music and lyrics with this one, adding new instruments, vibes, vocal delivery and themes into a new chapter for the band!

Catch them live tonight at On The Rocks in Helsinki as support for the anniversary show of …and Oceans!

This past summer, Assemble The Chariots released a monumentally epic debut full-length album, a concept album that is the first chapter of a massive world they’re building. And there was only one way to properly celebrate this: by having a release show, playing the album from start to finish live as it’s intended to be listened to. And with the addition of supporting guests acts IA and Lightbearer, it was truly a mind-bending night to remember for a long time! If you want to catch Assemble the Chariots live, this weekend is your shot with their show at Helsinki Techfest this Friday and their first ever arena show with Lost Society in Järvenpää this Saturday!

Finnish metal outfit Dead End Finland released their new single ‘Adrenaline’, another single from their upcoming sixth studio album, set to be released with Inverse Records!

Thy Catafalque unleash a metallic punishment on the new single ‘Mindenevő’, a blackened blistering track from the upcoming new album ‘XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek’, set for release in November via Season of Mist!

Blackened progressive metal band Dawn Of Ouroboros shared a new music video for the track ‘Cephalopodic Void’, from their latest album ‘Velvet Incandescence’ released last year via Prosthetic Records!

Finnish pagan metal artist Vermilia released her first single ‘Vakat’ from the upcoming new album ‘Karsikko’, set for release in early 2025! Catch her the coming week on her Spanish tour, and later this season in Finland for a couple of dates like this year’s Melancholy Mass Festivals in Tampere and Helsinki!

Polish black metal outfit Arkona shared a second glimpse into their upcoming 8th album ‘Stella Pandora’ (out next week via Debemur Morti Productions) with the single ‘Prometheus’! We’re already looking forward to seeing them live at next year’s Steelfest!