News Posts

Progressive death metal outfit Obscura announced their new studio album ‘A Sonication’ to be released early 2025 via Nuclear Blast, offered a glimpse into the next chapter through the single ‘Silver Linings’ and are set to tour throughout Europe with Rings Of Saturn and Gorod starting in February!

Hellsinki Metal Festival, the most exciting new player in the Finnish summer festival season this year, is throwing down the gauntlet with a really exciting first batch of announcements for next year’s edition!

Proggy extreme metallists of Obscura announced the new upcoming album ‘A Valediction’, out in November via Nuclear Blast Records!

Ex-Obscura members got together to form the brand new extreme metal outfit Obsidious and signed to Season of Mist for the release of their first album!

Lists

The first day of the second edition of Hellsinki Metal Festival is filled with an impressive line-up of extreme metal bands, topped off with the musical exelence that is the headliner of tonight. Our editorial team picked out 8 bands that they think you definitely shouldn’t miss out on with Wolfheart, Gutalax, Massacre, Deicide, Terrorizer, Triumph of Death plays Hellhammer, Heaven Shall Burn and Avantasia! What bands are you really looking forward to today? Let us know in the comments!

A list of the top albums of 2018, dominated by tech death releases!

Photo Reports

Obscura proved yet again at Backstage Munich that metal can be complex and brutal at the same time with a bombshell of a show. Support came from Disillusion and Persefone.

A night of brutal death, dark black and mind-blowingly intricate metal music with Obscura, God Dethroned, Thulcandra and Fractal Universe!

Album Reviews

Black metal outfit Asagraum delivers a majestic and chilling follow-up to their debut release.

Diluvium is a well-crafted by these German adepts who have created a ground breaking album