Prog death masters Cynic announced to be part of the upcoming “The Aggressive Progressive Tour” that will take them through Europe and the UK in the good company of Rivers of Nihil, Beyond Creation and Daath! Don’t miss out and get your tickets now!
Swedish prog titans Opeth will be releasing their 14th studio album ‘The Last Will & Testament’ on October 11th via Reigning Phoenix Music and just shared a second offering from the record with “§3”!
Progressive death metal duo Entheos shared the single ‘A Thousand Days’, a track from their upcoming EP ‘An End To Everything’, set for release in October via Metal Blade Records!
Progressive death outfit Horrendous celebrate the 1 year anniversary of their ‘Ontological Mysterium’ album, released via Season of Mist, by sharing their first ever music video worthy of a viking funeral for the track ‘Preterition Hymn’!
A couple of weeks ago, Entheos announced their new EP ‘An End To Everything’ to be released in October via Metal Blade Records and shared the video single ‘All for Nothing’!
Album of the Year contenders Dååth reveal their latest video ‘Deserving Of The Grave’, a track from their latest release, and the first in fourteen years, ‘The Deceivers’, out now via Metal Blade Records!
Progressive death metal duo Entheos unleashed their new single ‘Life In Slow Motion’, a song about seeing life through the eyes of drug addiction, and a precursor to more music coming later this year via Metal Blade Records!
Progressive death metal collective DÅÅTH unleash their latest single ‘Ascension’ with an accompanying video in anticipation of the release of their first new album in 14 years with ‘The Deceivers’, set for release in May via Metal Blade Records!
Progressive death metal duo Entheos unveiled new video single ‘An End to Everything’, out via Metal Blade Records, and a precursor to new music coming still later this year!
Progressive death metal outfit DÅÅTH has emerged from its thirteen year hiatus with a first new album in 14 years: ‘The Deceivers’! Set for release in May via Metal Blade Records, they now also unveiled the single ‘Hex Unending’!
Denver based death metal quartet Blood Incantation takes a porgy direction on its third studio album “Absolute Elsewhere” to convey a rewarding listening experience that can easily be nominated for the best death metal album of the year.
Progressive death metal trio Vile Rites’ first studio album ‘Senescence’ bares an eerie resemblance to the ilk of The Chasm and Stargazer. This results in hybrid and melodic, fluid songs with many tempos. Out on Carbonized Records.
Chapel of Disease takes another sonic twist with their fourth album, “Echoes of Light”. Though they haven’t abandoned their death metal sound fully, the new songs focus on elements of progressive/modern rock, out since February 9th via Ván Records.
Fourth chapter, “The Enduring Spirit” of Toronto-based death metal outfit Tomb Mold offers a spectacular mix of technical/progressive elements in such a visceral and unforgotten performance. Out now digitally via 20 Buck Spin and physically next month!
Fifth album “Ontological Mysterium” from the US metal four-piece Horrendous is a sonic feast for fans of technical/progressive death metal. The album shines with its intricate guitar work with a superb level of technicality. Released a couple of weeks ago via Season of Mist.
Lunar Chamber is one of the most unique bands in the subgenre of progressive technical death metal. Their debut EP “Shambhallic Vibrations” is such a mind-boggling record full of sophisticated riffing and a bizarre ethereal atmosphere, released via 20 Buck Spin.
VoidCeremony’s sophomore ‘Threads of Unknowing’ delivers a visceral piece of technical death metal showcasing the unrivaled mastery and jazzy approach for which the band became known. Suffice to say that this is one of the best albums in death metal this year. Out via 20 Buck Spin.
The tenth opus “Terrasite” in Cattle Decapitation’s catalog focuses on the slower melodic trademarks without sacrificing its sonic brutality. This is another high-quality output from these progressive death metal/grindcore maniacs, and I will not be surprised to see it on fans’ top albums of the year. Out via Metal Blade Records!
With such grotesque imagination, Ulthar’s songs on ‘Providence’ are spawned by the array of primitive raw black metal and brutal death metal.
Sweven presents their alchemist brand of progressive rock/death metal. And compliments the previous works of Morbus Chron and transcends further beyond the traditional style of death metal.
Pictures of the third day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Swamp Stage a serving of extreme metal with Mordkaul, Aborted, Dark Tranquillity and Opeth!
Pictures of yet another excellent show by the legendary Finnish metal band Amorphis at the gorgeous Kulttuuritalo venue in Helsinki!
A night of extreme metal blasting in our face with Lorna Shore bringing their ‘The Pain Remains EU tour’ to Finland with the good company of Rivers of Nihil and Ingested.
Ne Obliviscaris and Persefone on tour in Europe, supported by openers Asymmetric Universe, providing us with an evening of the finest progressive metal out there! We caught them at their stop in Belgium, at Trix in Antwerp!
Amorphis came to show why they are one of Finland’s favorites and with them the folk metal legends Eluveitie ripped up the stage at Jäähalli in Helsinki, right after Dark Tranquillity and Nailed To Obscurity warmed up the crowd!
Finally, after all the delays, we got a double serving of the Gojira at 013 Poppodium in Tilburg, Netherlands. With both shows being sold out, they were quite the explosive nights, especially with added to that support acts Alien Weaponry and Employed to Serve!
A night of brutal death, dark black and mind-blowingly intricate metal music with Obscura, God Dethroned, Thulcandra and Fractal Universe!
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!
