German thrash metal legends Destruction are set to release their 16th album ‘Birth of Malice’ in 2025 via Napalm Records and unleashed an eponymous battle hymn with the new track ‘Destruction’!
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Extreme metal legends Cradle Of Filth releases their brand-new single ‘Malignant Perfection’ just in time for the Halloween season and ahead of their upcoming ‘By Order Of The Dragon’ UK/Europe tour! Also a taste of things that are to come still, getting closer to the release of their next full-length via Napalm Records!
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Last week, zombie metal sensation Dominum announced to be unleashing a second album of undead goodies upon the world with ‘The Dead Don’t Die’, coming to you by the end of the year via Napalm Records, and shared a first single with the title track, featuring Ben Metzner from Feuerschwanz and dArtagnan!
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In anticipation of this Friday’s release of their new album ‘Trollslayer’ via Napalm Records, the Italian dwarven power metal army Wind Rose unleashed another single with ‘The Great Feast Underground’!
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Tetrarch returned with ‘Live Not Fantasize’, their first new single in three years, out via Napalm Records, continuing to be part of the nu metal revolution that is going on!
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In anticipation of this Friday’s official release of her new album ‘The Obsession’ via Napalm Records, Charlotte Wessels reveals the dramatic new single and video ‘Ode To The West Wind’ featuring Alissa White-Gluz!
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Tremonti releases cinematic music video for the album opener ‘The Mother, The Earth And I’ from the upcoming new album ‘The End Will Show Us How’, set for release early 2025 via Napalm Records and available for pre-order now!
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Ukrainian metal act Ignea will be on tour with Eleine next month in the EU and UK as the special guest on their ‘We Shall Remain’ tour, showing off their own latest album ‘Dreams of Lands Unseen’, released earlier this year via Napalm Records!
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Варфоломей’s Batushka announces that with the change of the year, so will a new version of the band will come to life and this under a new name! From 2025, the band will be known as Patriarkh, serving their pilgrims with new music free from litigation and the negativity that came with their former name.
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The dwarven power metal warriors of Wind Rose are gearing up to release their new album ‘Trollslayer’ via Napalm Records next month and embark on the “Wolfsnächte 2024” arena tour through Europe with Powerwolf and Hammerfall, and are building anticipation with the epic video single ‘To Be a Dwarf’!
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Kamelot’s “Awaken the World Tour 2024” stopped by the Trix venue in Antwerp, Belgium. And together with supporting acts Frozen Crown, Blackbriar and Ad Infinitum, they made the event a complete package of symphonic and power metal brilliance!
Eleine’s show at DVG Club Kortrijk was electrifying, with Ignea’s powerful performance setting the stage. Ignea’s captivating blend of progressive and symphonic metal, combined with Eleine’s dynamic stage presence and infectious energy, created an unforgettable evening for the enthusiastic audience.
We caught Amaranthe and Dragonforce on their co-headline European tour at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium, with special guest Infected Rain for a night of high energy metal music!
At the beginning of March, Amaranthe, Dragonforce and Infected Rain brought quite the spectacle to thousands of fans gathered in Helsinki’s Black Box Jäähalli venue!
Cradle of Filth came by for a couple of sold out shows in Finland on their massive Europe tour with Wednesday 13 and Sick N’ Beautiful and we caught this spectacle at Tampere’s Pakkahuone a couple of weeks back!
Dutch symphonic metallers Delain are on tour to present their new album “Dark Waters”, released earlier this year via Napalm Records, and we caught them on stage at De Casino in Belgium with the support of label mates Xandria!
Before setting out to take over Europe with their co-headline tour, Before The Dawn and Wolfheart hit several cities throughout Finland, and we were there when they dropped by Tavastia in Helsinki, with the support of Brymir!
Awhile ago, the Finnish leg of the Wolfheart and Before the Dawn co-headline tour started, and with support of Brymir, we got a very nice night of Finnish melodeath at the not so crowded Pakkahuone in Tampere, organised by Master Events.
Infected Rain came back to Belgium a second time this year on their “Heyday tour 2023”, the place to be was DVG Club in Kortrijk, accompanied by warm up act All Hail the Yeti!
Be’lakor just finished their biggest European tour ever with 6 festivals and 10 club shows! We joined them in at JOC in Ypres, Belgium, where together with Hiraes brought a great night of melodic death metal!
Album Reviews
Stadium rock band Kissin’ Dynamite is Back with a Bang! Their 8th album explodes as loudly in our ears as the bright yellow cover with dynamite on it makes us expect it to do. Out on Napalm Records.
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The tenth studio album ‘The Underworld Awaits Us All’ of the U.S. brutal death metal elite Nile is an epic work that shows the band at the top of its game. Out on Napalm Records.
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The new album “Wake Up the Wicked” from the German power metal act Powerwolf brings the band again to highlight each track stuffed with heavy rocking anthems and a bold twist of power metal style. Out via Napalm Records!
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This EP ‘Voyage of the Dead Marauder’ has the classical Alestorm sound: meaning that it’s fun, great pirate metal and ready to party! Are you ready for the full album? Out on Napalm Records.
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As to be expected of a new Dragonforce album, ‘Warp Speed Warriors’ is fun and fast! The typical elements they are known for are present, but at the same time they infused it with a bunch of new things, making this album really exciting! Out via Napalm Records!
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After two consecutive entries comes the final part to the trilogy, ‘Leviathan III’ which is Therion’s crown jewel in the genre of symphonic/orchestral metal. The nineteenth opus takes us on a journey through the ancient myths and bombastic sonic landscapes of beauty. Out via Napalm Records on December 15.
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Windrose’s latest album ‘Warfront’ may have been carved from living rock last year already, but these heroic dwarves are ready to storm the Prison stage at Alcatraz today.
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Gloryhammer returns to their goofy fantasy world once again to defeat the evil wizard Zargothrax on ‘Return to the Kingdom of Fife’, which takes all the elements of power metal. There’s fast guitars, power chords, harmonies, high screams and lots, lots of fantasy. Out on Napalm Records.
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Thulcandra’s fourth album ‘Hail The Abyss’ offers a whole new set of blackened melodies. The Bavarian act has ripened the quality of their song-craft, displaying furious tempos and a melodic approach to black/death metal. Out on Napalm Records.
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With the release date on April 7, 2023, Powerwolf was just in time for the Christian Holiday Easter to release their new album ‘Interludium’ on Napalm Records. On this album we will find 6 new tracks and 4 rare tracks that were previously released, but only on certain limited edition versions of the album or only in certain regions. A classic Powerwolf sound with little details for you to find in the songs.
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