The Duke of Spook is back with new music! Wednesday 13 unleashed the first single ‘When The Devil Commands’ last week, from the upcoming new album ‘Mid Death Crisis’, set for release in April via Napalm Records! We can’t wait to see him on stage at Alcatraz this summer!
News Posts
Extreme metal institution Cradle of Filth unleashes satanic new music video for latest single ‘To Live Deliciously’, a track from their upcoming album ‘The Screaming Of The Valkyries’, set for release in March via Napalm Records! We’re looking forward seeing them on stage at some of our favorite summer festivals like Tuska and Tolminator!
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Feuerschwanz unleashed their new track ‘Knightclub’ with a fiery video, out via Napalm Records, just in time for their appearance in the semi-finals of the German selection for this year’s Eurovision tonight!
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Modern metal stars Tetrarch announced their new album ‘The Ugly Side of Me’ to be released in May via Napalm Records and revealed the second single ‘Never Again (Parasite)’, featuring guitarist Diamond Rowe on vocals for the very first time!
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Alien Weaponry take aim at social media on their latest single ‘1000 Friends’ a second track unveiled of their highly anticipated new album ‘Te Rā’, set for release in March via Napalm Records!
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Modern thrash unit Warbringer unleashed another scorching single last week with ‘The Sword And The Cross’, a track from their upcoming album ‘Wrath And Ruin’, set for release in March via Napalm Records! We can’t wait to hear their new music live on tour during spring or this summer at select festivals like Tolminator and Alcatraz!
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Edge of Paradise unleashed another captivating single and video ‘Prophecy Unbound’ from their upcoming album ‘Prophecy’, set for release in March via Napalm Records!
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Swedish sea marauders Ye Banished Privateers are ready to set sail again with their upcoming new album ‘Til the Sea Shall Give up Her Dead’, set for release in April via Napalm Records and just shared a first single and video with ‘Chained Below’!
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In anticipation of next week’s new album release ‘Duél’, Ukrainian metal icons Jinjer share the title track with a video. Get ready for this monster of a release to be out soon via Napalm Records! And catch them live on tour in Europe this summer, visiting a bunch of festivals, including Rockfest in Finland!
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Danish doom unit Katla is set to release their debut album ‘Scandinavian Pain’ in March via Napalm Records and unleashed their first single ‘Taurus’!
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Album Reviews
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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Angus McSix has come to conquer all the power metal and fantasy hearts in the world with the debut album ‘Angus McSix and The Sword of Power’, out since today via Napalm Records! And wow, I can assure you, if you’ve only heard the first two singles available before the album came out, you are in for so much more.
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Nanowar of Steel’s new record ‘Dislike to False Metal’ brings parody metal to a whole new level with quality, yet hilarious songs that at times almost sound more than the bands they’re emulating. Released via Napalm Records.
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There are so many emotions going through the songs from The New Roses, and most of it is determined by the first guitar note that you hear. Maybe that’s why this album is called ‘Sweet Poison’; because the same memory can make you smile, tear up, or both at the same time. That’s what makes me exited every time this band releases a new album; You know you’re going to be in for something that makes you get a smile on your face. Released via Napalm Records!
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“Into Sorrow Evermore” truly reflects the sonic aspects of these talented musicians which seems a perfect combination of atmosphere and grim black metal. Imperium Dekadenz has become true masters of their craft in capturing the quintessence of atmospheric black metal where each track showcases different styles of melodic and atmospheric black metal. Out on January 20 via Napalm Records.
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“The Choral Tomb” is a bombardment of oceanic maelstrom the music is vastly spacious and filled with emotion-packed clean vocals, therefore, allowing much diversity by applying elements from sludge doom, droning atmosphere, and arpeggio guitars. Ahab conveys its own trademarks which they proclaim as a Nautical funeral doom institution. Out today via Napalm Records!
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Photo Reports
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!
A night of incredible music from Ne Obliviscaris, Persefone and Asymmetric Universe at Tavastia in Helsinki at the beginning of last month, the start of what was going to be an incredible tour in Europe for these guys!
The French band Aephanemer dropped by On The Rocks in Helsinki to turn the heat up and make a pretty much crammed venue go wild to their symphonic/melodic death metal tunes! Support came from locals Numento.
Jinjer is on tour through Europe this summer, and we attended their show in Lille, France. Warm up act was the French band Hypno5e!
During the pandemic, Charlotte Wessels wrote 1 song per month, resulting in her ‘Tales from Six Feet Under’ releases. And now she was bringing that music live in a series of Dutch club shows! Support came from Blackbriar.
