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!
News Posts
Dutch melodic death metal act Nephylim released first single and video ‘Inner Paradigm’ from their upcoming album ‘Circuition’, set for release in March!
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Last week, Eluveitie released their brand-new song ‘Premonition’ with a captivating video via Nuclear Blast, a track in their signature style that is a taste from their upcoming album! Catch them on several tours through Europe starting from January 2025 on!
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Swedish melodeath supergroup The Halo Effect unleashed ‘Cruel Perception’, yet another single and video from the upcoming album ‘March Of The Unheard’, set for release early 2025 via Nuclear Blast!
Finnish melodic death metal band Dimman released their 3rd single and video ‘The Acrimony’ from the upcoming 2nd album ‘Consciousness’, set for release in February 2025 via Inverse Records!
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Finnish melodic death metal outfit Voidfallen have dropped their new single ‘Branding of Souls’, a heavy-hitting track from their upcoming new album ‘The Rituals of Resilience’, set for an early 2025 release via Noble Demon!
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Finnish melodic death metal band Defiled Serenity is set to release their debut album ‘Within the Slumber of the Mind’ in February 2025 via Inverse Records and shared a second single and video with ‘Exiled to Infinity’!
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Some weeks ago, Finnish melodic death metallers Admire the Grim shared the 2nd single and title track of their upcoming debut full-length ‘Resist’, set for release early 2025 via Inverse Records! Join them and guest vocalist Stam1na’s Antti Hyyrynen in their resistance against all oppression!
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Belgian atmospheric melodic death outfit Ethereal Darkness returned after nearly five years with their new single ‘The Cycle’! Fans of bands like Insomnium, Be’lakor and Wolfheart might want to check this out…
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They only recently wrapped up their massive European co-headlining tour with In Flames, now Arch Enemy have announced to be back in Fall of 2025 for their “Blood Dynasty” headline tour with special guests Amorphis and Eluveitie, and openers Gatecreeper! Tickets are available right now!
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Album Reviews
Melodeath outfit Mors Subita is back with another release, showing off their songwriting skills on a whole new level!
Finnish melodeath outfit myGRAIN comes back with a renewed and rejuvenated sound and energy on their new release ‘V’!
With ‘Seven’, we get -surprise surprise- the 7th full-length by Finnish melodeath mainstays Mors Principium Est.
Swedish melodic death metal outfit The Unguided proves through ‘Father Shadow’ yet again that they are a force to be reckoned with.
Swedish melodeath veterans Dark Tranquillity are back with their 12th album baptized ‘Moment’ and it’s quite the release!
Canada’s melodeath mainstays Kataklysm are back with another banger of an album, not leaving a place in the world “Unconquered”!
New Jersey melodeath masters Hath re-released their 2015 EP with a few bonus features.
“Despicable” is overtly melodic, well-executed, and ridiculously enjoyable this is certainly a solid release by Carcass.
Russia is often forgotten when it comes to metal, but here is Drops of Heart to remind us of the contrary.
“Sermon of Apathy” is a very intense album but less extreme when compared to other modern death metal bands. Perhaps the lack of the album production is the only flaw of the album, otherwise, there’s nothing to complain here.
Photo Reports
Besides starting the new year properly looking to the future, this month we’re also still looking back at all the awesomeness that 2023 brought us. One of those awsome things was the already 3rd edition of the by Bloodred Hourglass curated festival Black Box Mikkeli. They were able to bring a killer line-up again on the 2nd day of their event with besides a fantastic show by themselves, Insomnium, Gaerea, Balance Breach, I Am Your God and Lastout!
Our Benelux and France head of accreditation and most active photographer in that region, Tom VM, made his own selection of favorite pictures he took in 2023, including some new stuff that wasn’t shared on our site before with Biohazard, Bleed From Within, Brutal Sphincter, Brutus, Electric Callboy, Michael Schenker Group, Sepultura, Arion, Blackrain, Overdrivers, Avatar, Winery Dogs, Charlotte Wessels, Devin Townsend, Dream Theater, Extreme, Ghost, Michael Angelo Batio, Arch Enemy, Doodseskader, Halestorm, I Prevail, Powerwolf and SKYND!
The year wrapping up means that we’ll be looking back at the amazing things we’ve experienced, and “album of the year” lists. We’d also like to give some attention to our talented concert photographers who go out and cover shows for us. So here is a first in a series of articles where our artists pick their favorite pictures of 2023 with Anna/ScarletMemory Photography who mostly roams around in Tampere, Finland and pictures from bands like Pain, Sólstafir, Eleine, Myrath, Battle Beast, Brymir, Sabaton, Mors Subita, Lordi, Metalite, Shereign, Diablo, Before The Dawn, Wolfheart, Sonata Arctica, Deathstars, Brother Firetribe, Psychework, Apocalyptica, Voidfallen, Poets of the Fall, Amorphis, Lost Society, and Everwave!
Pictures of yet another excellent show by the legendary Finnish metal band Amorphis at the gorgeous Kulttuuritalo venue in Helsinki!
Yet another great gig of the Amorphis “Halo Finnish tour” at Tampere’s Pakkahuone last week, in front of an almost full house. An event hosted by TuskaLive.
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!
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.
The pictures of a wild night with Mors Subita, Shereign and I Am Your God at On The Rocks in Helsinki!
On Thursday November 16, Mors Subita made it to Klubi, Tampere for one of their ‘Origin of Fire’ release shows, in good company of Marianas Rest. Nem Agency presented a nice evening of Finnish metal.
Pictures of the massive Stam1na show at the Ice Hockey Hall in Helsinki with special guests Diablo, Corroded and Dear Mother!
Interviews
Interview with the melodic death metallers from Re-Armed about their upcoming new album “Ignis Aeternum”.
After their excellent performance on the Swamp Stage at the Alcatraz festival, we had a nice little chat with Bjorn, Sylvain and Sebastian.
After their excellent performance on the Swamp Stage at the Alcatraz festival, we had a nice little chat with Bjorn, Sylvain and Sebastian.
Now that Finnish Melodic death metal band Mors Subita released their third full lenght. we couldn’t help but to send them some questions regarding the new album as well as some other stuff. check it out.
Short interview with Jukka and Markus from Omnium Gatherum about their music and tour!
On the 7nd of October, Kataklysm brought the ‘A Moment In Time Tour’ to the Trix Club in Antwerp. I had the chance to have a chat with guitarist Jean-François “Jeff” Dagenais about beer, doing what you love and maintaining a good working band for so long.
We had an interesting talk with Ensiferum’s Petri Lindroos about touring, performing… and the upcoming new album ‘Two Paths’!
We had a chat with Niclas about touring, the changes in their music and bands from their homecountry.
We talked with Mikael Stanne about the tour, their latest album and some of the line-up changes…
