News Posts

For people who have been living under a rock… Sleep Token announced their new album ‘Even In Arcadia’ to be released in May via RCA Records and unveiled a first track with ‘Emergence’!

Italian experimental metal outfit SVNTH is releasing their new album ‘Pink Noise Youth’ with These Hands Melt in April and recently unveiled its scent of blackgaze with the single ‘Perfume’!

After 13 years of silence, Rwake has re-emerged to release new album ‘The Return of Magik’, set for release next month via Relapse Records, and has recently shared new song ‘You Swore We’d Always Be Together’!

…and Oceans unveiled the first step on what promises to be a surreal journey with lead single ‘Inertiae’ from their upcoming new album ‘The Regeneration Itinerary’, set for release in May via Season of Mist!

Avant-garde metal trio Imperial Triumphant unleashed the new single/video ‘Pleasuredome’ last week, a track featuring Tomas Haake and Dave Lombardo, and another taste of their upcoming album ‘Goldstar’, set for release in March via Century Media Records!

French phenomenon Igorrr just announced a European tour for October this year with support from Master Boot Records and openers Imperial Triumphant! Don’t miss out on this musical spectacle!

Avantgarde metal trio Imperial Triumphant released the new single/video ‘Hotel Sphinx’, a track from their upcoming 6th full-length ‘Goldstar’, set for release in 2025 via Century Media Records!

Swiss avant-garde experimentalist outfit Schammasch announced their next album ‘The Maldoror Chants: Old Ocean’ to be released in October via Prosthetic Records and shared haunting lead single ‘They Have Found Their Master’, featuring additional vocals by Kathrine Shepard from Sylvaine!

Zeal & Ardor share ‘Fend You Off visualizer, another track from their upcoming 4th album ‘GREIF’, set for release in August! Catch them this weekend at Tuska, this will be a show you won’t want to miss!

Cybergrind band Thotcrime has announced their third album ‘CONNECTION ANXIETY’, set for release in August via Prosthetic Records and shared the lead singles ‘The Wrong Way’ and ‘Behind The Cracks’!

Photo Reports

Every year we like to look back at the amazing shows we captured, and in 2024 Anna/ScarletMemory Photography covered bands like Vola, Apulanta, Marko Hietala, Cyan Kicks, Stam1na, Kotiteollisuus, Blind Channel, Cyhra, Sigh, Everwave, Sonata Arctica, Neonfly, Altamullan Road, Avatar, Raskasta Joulua, Beatrix, Battle Beast, Steve ‘n’ Seagulls, Áilu Valle, Amoc and Trio Boogiemen mostly in Tampere, Finland!

Pictures of the artists on the Radio City and OPEN AIR II stage of the first day of Tuska 2024, with I Am The Night, Infected Rain, Suburban Tribe, GHØSTKID and Zeal & Ardor!

Hexvessel turned, with the support of Unfyros, Kuudes Linja in Helsinki into a magically doomy place filled with smoke, and darkness.

Pictures of Imperial Triumphant, Electric Callboy and Urne on the third day of Tuska 2023.

On the third day of Rockfest 2023, we weren’t able to capture as many bands as on the earlier days due to other responsibilities and some artists not wanting any pictures to be taken, but we still caught killer performances on the Red Stage by Soundi by Igorrr, The Hellacopters and Beast In Black!

The second day of Steelfest XI delivered another serving of proper dark underground and extreme metal on the indoors stage with performances from Gravespawn, Ymir, Infernal, Totalselfhatred, Ride For Revenge, Gehenna and Carpathian Forest!

Pictures of a crazy show by Imperial Triumphant and Devenial Verdict at On The Rocks in Helsinki, Finland!

Igorrr finally landed with his circus of madness on the Finnish shores and simply blew everyone there away! Simply memorable!