News Posts

Symphonic power metal unit Lay Of The Autumn proudly presents the official music video for ‘Thrown Away’, one of the standout track from their debut album ‘Of Love And Sorrow’, released last October via Rockshots Records!

Swedish power metal band Hans & Valter are proud to share their latest single and first music video (with a bunch of cats playing a big role) ‘Warriors Without a Quest’, another track from their upcoming debut album ‘The Legend of the Oakensource’, set for release this spring!

Italian symphonic power metal force Ancient Bards are back after six long years with their new single and video ‘Soulbound Symphony’, a first taste of their upcoming epic album ‘Artifex’, set for release this spring via Limb Music!

Swedish movie metal outfit Curse Of Cain revealed the first video single ‘Feel the Pain’ from their upcoming new album set to be released via ROAR this fall!

Italian power/gothic metal outfit Risen Crow returns with their second single ‘Believe In Me’, another track from the upcoming album ‘Requiem For A Damned Love’, out next month via Rockshots Records!

Australia’s rising force Valhalore is right now touring with Hammerfall in their own country, and shared the music video and track ‘Horizon’, the first new track since their recent signing with ROAR!

Swedish power metal champions Majestica unleashed the new single ‘A Story In The Night’, a track from their upcoming album ‘Power Train’ set for release in February via Nuclear Blast!

Catch them live at a bunch of festivals this summer like Hellfest, Wacken and Alcatraz!

Finnish power metal outfit Dragonknight unleashed the single and video ‘Pirates, Bloody Pirates!’, a track from their debut album ‘Legions’, set for release next Friday by Scarlet Records!

Angus McSix released their brand-new single and video ‘6666’, introducing their new vocalist Adam McSix, taking over vocal duties from his brother Angus! A first taste of a new album that will be unleashed in 2026 via Napalm Records!

The festive season is just around the corner, so here is All For Metal with their take on a classic and video ‘All For Metal Is Coming To Town’, out via Reigning Phoenix Music!

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!

Kamelot

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!

Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Dyscordia, Orden Ogan, Beast In Black, Feuerschwanz, Channel Zero, Saxon and Amon Amarth!

Tuhdimmat Tahdit’s second day with Brother Firetribe, Tarot, Huora, Klamydia, Suburban Tribe, Sonata Arctica and Apulanta was just as much fun as the first day!

Day one of Tuhdimmat Tahdit in it’s all renewed version gave us Kotiteollisuus, Marko Hietala, Lost Society, Stratovarius, Mokoma, Stam1na and Amorphis. What a great festival that we sure will return to again in the future.

Amaranthe

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!

On Friday 15.03.2024 Sonata Arctica started off their “Clear Cold Beyond” tour at Pakkahuone in Tampere together with Temple Balls as support. The show was organized by Grey Beard and TuskaLive.

The Nordic weeks in Rock over Germany have been going on. Just a week after a fabulous BEAST IN BLACK tour stop in Stuttgart, another headliner from Finland’s power-metal top-notch acts conquered another concert venue in town with a show deluxe: BATTLE BEAST on their ‘Circus Of Doom Over Europe Tour 2024’. Support was given by INDUCTION and SAINT DEAMON.

Whenever Finnish bands travel around in other parts of the world, we tend to try catch them live at least once. The “Glory and the Beast” tour brought together three of the most exciting bands in the European power metal scene: Brothers Of Metal, Gloryhammer and our Finnish friends of Beast in Black. The tour enthralled fans throughout Germany with a spectacular blend of epic melodies and high-energy performances. See and feel the power of this night of their stop-over in Stuttgart, Germany!