Massive Scar Era shared the new single ‘School Girls’, a collaboration with Entheos’ Chaney Crabb, giving a voice to recent Egyptian history and a track from the upcoming EP ‘Assyad’, out in October!
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Finnish progressive unit The Hypothesis is back to begin a new chapter with an upcoming new album ‘Evolve’ set for release in October via Noble Demon, and a first single shared with ‘Stray’!
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HevyDevy fans rejoice! Devin Townsend announced his new studio album ‘PowerNerd’ to be released via InsideOutMusic in October and unveiled a hilarious music video for the title track!
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Danish/Faroese progressive metal unit IOTUNN will unleash their second full-length album ‘Kinship’ in October via Metal Blade Records and unveiled some of the new work through the captivating video single ‘I Feel the Night’!
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Oceans of Slumber remake ‘Wicked Game’ and unveiled their take to the world with a music video, a track from their upcoming new album ‘Where Gods Fear to Speak’, set for release in September via Season of Mist!
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Progressive metalcore outfit Allt announced their debut album to be released in October via Century Media Records and shared the new single ‘Aquila’ to celebrate!
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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’!
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God Is An Astronaut released second single ‘Embers’, the title track of their upcoming album, set for release in September via Napalm Records!
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Belgian progressive metal outfit URSA shared a music video for their earlier released single ‘Primordial Crown’, the widely acclaimed and captivating track you can see them play live in the clip!
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Proggers Kingcrow unveiled their upcoming new album ‘Hopium’ to be set for release in August via Season of Mist and shared a first single with ‘Kintsugi’!
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Photo Reports
Our Benelux and France head of accreditation and most active photographer in that region, Tom VM, made his own selection of favorite pictures he took in 2023, including some new stuff that wasn’t shared on our site before with Biohazard, Bleed From Within, Brutal Sphincter, Brutus, Electric Callboy, Michael Schenker Group, Sepultura, Arion, Blackrain, Overdrivers, Avatar, Winery Dogs, Charlotte Wessels, Devin Townsend, Dream Theater, Extreme, Ghost, Michael Angelo Batio, Arch Enemy, Doodseskader, Halestorm, I Prevail, Powerwolf and SKYND!
The year wrapping up means that we’ll be looking back at the amazing things we’ve experienced, and “album of the year” lists. We’d also like to give some attention to our talented concert photographers who go out and cover shows for us. So here is a first in a series of articles where our artists pick their favorite pictures of 2023 with Anna/ScarletMemory Photography who mostly roams around in Tampere, Finland and pictures from bands like Pain, Sólstafir, Eleine, Myrath, Battle Beast, Brymir, Sabaton, Mors Subita, Lordi, Metalite, Shereign, Diablo, Before The Dawn, Wolfheart, Sonata Arctica, Deathstars, Brother Firetribe, Psychework, Apocalyptica, Voidfallen, Poets of the Fall, Amorphis, Lost Society, and Everwave!
Pictures of yet another excellent show by the legendary Finnish metal band Amorphis at the gorgeous Kulttuuritalo venue in Helsinki!
Shereign finished off their year with a gig at Tampere YO-Talo on December 9th, organized by Nem Agency. They brought along Ikinä, Everwave and Lastout to make the night complete with up-and-coming Finnish artists.
Yet another great gig of the Amorphis “Halo Finnish tour” at Tampere’s Pakkahuone last week, in front of an almost full house. An event hosted by TuskaLive.
The second night of John Smith Rock Frozen 2023 was pretty epic with some of the best of the Finnish scene with Red Eleven, Kiuas, Finntroll, Turmion Kätilöt and headliners Amorphis! Throw on top of that the Swedish up-and-comers of Orbit Culture, and you know it was good!
The Technikum venue in Munich was completely filled with musicians and aspiring musicians, to welcome the virtuosity and weight of Animals As Leaders, who came very well accompanied by the Swedes Allt last week!
Pictures of Bloodred Hourglass, I Am Morbid, Leprous and Emperor performing on one of the outdoor stages at Hellsinki Metal Festival!
Second day at an exciting edition of Alcatraz we had a very black metal heavy one with Gaerea, Taake and Belphegor, old school punk with The Exploited, gloomy industrial from Godflesh and one of Finland’s favorite bands Amorphis!
Pictures of the Voivod, Monuments and Sodom shows at the first day of Hellsinki Metal Festival 2023!
