Mark took it easy in 2023 and offers a selection of pictures of the handful of shows that he covered with his photography, mostly in the realm of new wave, old school electronic music, experimental and pop music with Self Esteem, Gary Numan, Heaven 17, Martyn Ware and friends, and Utopia Strong!
Our resident extreme metal reviewer Mazen has a selection of stellar (mostly) black and death metal releases as his favorite of the year with Sulphur Aeon, Varathron, Moonlight Sorcery, Cruciamentum, Suffocation, Dying Fetus, Asphodelus, Marduk, …And Oceans, and Cirith Ungol!
Madrid electronic rockers Gomad! & Monster signed a worldwide deal with Eclipse Records and have their new EP ‘Sickness’ on the way for an April release!
Ponte Del Diavolo is weaving a unique blend of doom and black with a touch of old school and a modern, avant-garde twist on their upcoming album ‘Fire Blades From the Tomb’, set for release in February 2024 via Season of Mist and share a first single with ‘Demone’!
Lord of the Lost wrapped up their year with a mini tour in Finland, that ended with a sold out gig at Olympia-kortteli in Tampere, with as support Rain Diary and Gothminister. An event by TuskaLive and Grey Beard Concerts & Management that served as the perfect last show in 2023 for our photographer!
GVLLOW has dropped a brand new video for a new re-recorded, remixed and remastered version of his darkwave track ‘Last Dance’, out via Sumerian Records!
For the past month or so, Megaherz and Combichrist have flattened Europe with their heavy beats and riffs, with the support of Janosch Moldau, and we were able to attend the very last show of that tour at Tonhalle in Munich, Germany!
The summer festival season is over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of exciting fests happening over the next couple of months this autumn/winter in Finland with Helsinki Techfest and Kaamos Metal Cruise already this weekend, HKI SKEPU FEST V, Lost In Music, Steelchaos, Hellsinki Industrial Festival 2023, Fall Fest 2023, Black Box Mikkeli, Melancholy Mass Festival 2023 and Unholy Winter Fest!
"A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open."
Frank Zappa
Pictures of the Daði Freyr show at Tavastia in Helsinki, Finland.
Poppy shares her pulsing new single ‘Motorbike’, another track from her upcoming album ‘Zig’, set for release on Sumerian Records next month!
