Tony Kakko’s new project Himmelkraft unvelied another piece of the enigma with the second single ‘Paika’, featuring Johanna Kurkela and JP Leppäluoto! The self-titled debut album is set for release in March via Reaper Entertainment!
News Posts
Progressive symphonic metal band Scardust shared their new single and video ‘RIP’, out now via Frontiers Music! Quite the epic track, if we may say so!
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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!
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Belgian symphonic metal act Worlds Beyond are back with second single ‘One With The Stars’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Rhapsody Of Life’, set for release next week!
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Dtuch symphonic metal sensation Ylisia presented a live video for the track ‘Pain’, giving you the experience of what their shows are all about with a track from their latest album ‘Underneath’, out via Wormholedeath!
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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!
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UK’s symphonic metal powerhouse Serpentyne enchant fans with first single ‘Prophetess of Dreams’ from upcoming album ‘Tales from the Dark’, set for release via Rockshots Records in February!
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Brand-new symphonic/epic metal band Skytribe made their debut with the single ‘Kingdom of the Sky’, unveiled last week with a video via Reaper Entertainment!
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Progressive symphonic metal outfit Scardust shared their new single and video ‘My Haven’, out now via Frontiers Music! Always exciting stuff coming from these talented people!
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Tony Kakko’s Himmelkraft unveiled their first single and lyric video ‘Uranium’, a taste of what is to come with their self-titled debut album set for release in March 2025 via Reaper Entertainment!
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Gig Reports
Excellent beer and 3 good Finnish bands… consider me warmed up for Rockfest this Summer!
Kamelot’s last stop with The Shadow Tour Europe was at Het Entrepot in Bruges, Belgium. Find out how that turned out and how exclusive the set from special guests Leaves’ Eyes actually was.
Ensiferum gathered their troops, some wolves and fellow pagans to deliver an evening filled with Finnish pagan inspired metal!
Apocalyptica (****1/2) at Cirque Royale in Brussels: an amazing performance!
Photo Reports
A selection of 30 photos that Helder likes a lot from one of his most productive year considering covering concerts, including captures of Fear Factory, Atreyu, Jinjer, Rolo Tomassi, Stone, The Kooks, Pixies, Wunderhorse, Yours Truly, You Me at Six, Lake Malice, Bloodywood, Epica, Avatar, The 69 Eyes, Nova Twins, Cam Cole, Sabaton, The Lumineers, Grailknights, All For Metal, The Baboon Show, Combichrist, Megaherz, The BossHoss, Cancer Bats, Kvelertak, Fixation, Ignea, and Butcher Babies.
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!
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!
The Polish black metal institution Batushka brought their unholy sermon to the halls of Helsinki’s Vanha Ylioppilastalo and brought with them the Russian pagans of Arkona, the pretty epic Canadian Aeternam and Latvian vikings of Varang Nord!
Swedish industrial metal legends Pain are on tour throughout Europe right now, and we caught them at their stop at the Backstage venue in Munich, Germany. Bringing with them Finnish pagan metal giants Ensiferum, Swedish dark symphonic metallers Eleine and Japanese Ryujin, it was quite the night for heavy metal!
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!
On the first day of Alcatraz 2023, we caught Eleine, Wind Rose, Rise of the Northstar, Bury Tomorrow, Powerwolf and Michael Schenker Group taking over the Prison Stage (mainstage)!
Every year, one day of the 10-day long Lokerse Feesten is dedicated to metal. A day full of headbanging, mosh-pits and heavy guitars with this year Hammok, Biohazard, Doodseskader, Bullet For My Valentine, Psychonaut, Megadeth, Slift, Within Temptation, Stake and Amenra.
The second day brought quite a rockin’ out to the main stage with national heroes The 69 Eyes and Stratovarius and rock legends Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard.
Elina Siirala and her band Angel Nation played a show in The Crossover Music Pub in Ghent with warm up act Flowerleaf kicking off the night.
