All posts by Elsa Marques

Finnish progressive metal act Fireproven come out with another catchy track. The band’s last single ‘The Addict’ was released in December 2020 and is already their most listened song on Spotify. ‘The Maze’ is written by Fireproven’s drummer Nuutti Hannula. “The lyrics are based on my teenage years when I got bullied in school. I’ve [...]

Dear fans, and friends of our festivals, “In Union We Stand” – the much-praised OVERKILL slogan is more relevant today than ever. The past weeks and months have once again shown how much the metal family stands together. The incredible support you show towards all of our festivals has given us strength and courage in [...]

Finnish traditional heavy metal act TYRANTTI releases their second album ”Orjaplaneetta” (”Planet of Slaves”) on 26th February through Playground Music Finland. Tyrantti released three singles ”Aja!”, ”Veritiikeri” and ”Toinen Maailma” in advance of the album released and all have already been released to great praise. Tyrantti’s second album ”Orjaplaneetta” follows the success story of the power trio’s [...]

MANTICORA – European headliner tour 2021 The Danish metal-pioneers, Manticora, are headed out on what could likely be the first heavy metal-related European tour in 2021, after the lock-down. Covid-19 has robbed the world of way too many shows, but with the vaccine-programmes being rolled out and the warmer temperatures coming up on the European [...]

The modern/alternative metal band from Portugal presents the first breakthrough song for “Aurora”, the debut album that will be released on March, 12th. The single “Everything Repeats” comes with an official music video and brings some new aesthetics and sound. It’s a first taste of the new sound that SECRET CHORD has been working on [...]

Over the years Loch Vostok has delivered 7 albums, each time bringing something new to the table. The 8th album, coming spring 2021 is no different. The 2nd single/video from the, as of yet, untitled coming album is called “Disillusion“, and is staged as a live video, resembling the natural environment of the band – [...]

Forged and brewed in 2017 at Oulu, Finland and fronted by the Netherlands based vocalist Lafawijn – Iku-Turso released today “Pakana”, available as Digital, CD, LP and MC with Wolfspell Records handling all the physical versions. The band presents their cold northern pagan spirit in the form of classic 2nd wave Black Metal sound. Below [...]

New Finnish Black Metal band Flagg ‘s debut album, “Nothing but Death”, is set for release in June 2020 via Purity Through Fire. Flagg comments regarding the released song: “This was the last song I made for the album and it turned out to be the title track. I wanted the song to be aggressive [...]

With the release of their second full-length album “Wide Awake but Still Asleep” on the horizon, Norwegian Prog Rockers SHAMAN ELEPHANT have taken the track “Ease of Mind” and released it as a single, which can be streamed or downloaded. Commenting on the track, SHAMAN ELEPHANT, whose debut album “Crystals” brought them a lot of [...]

The Dutch masters of horror CARACH ANGREN are back with their 6(66)th full length ‘Franckensteina Strataemontanus’, which will see the light on June 26, 2020. In celebration, the horror outfit is now releasing the second new track from the album; ‘Der Vampir von Nürnberg’. The new offering can be seen, in the form of a lyric video, via the [...]

Helsinki-based traditional heavy metal outfit Tyrantti releases new single “Aja!” on Wednesday 22 April 2020. Aja! (“Drive!”) is the first single of the band’s upcoming 2nd album. “Aja!” overwhelms with 3 minutes of Tyrantti’s signature combination of fast guitar licks, relentless drumbeats and ridiculously high-pitched vocal harmonies – sung in Finnish. The band’s lead singer and bassist Nahka-Sami [...]

Los Angeles’ death metal masters ABYSMAL DAWN released a 3D lyric video for the track ‘Coerced Evolution’. The stomping death metal offering is taken from the band’s freshly released album, ‘Phylogenesis’. The video can be viewed at the official Season of Mist YouTube channel. ABYSMAL DAWN comment on the video: “The basic idea behind the [...]

DARK ARTIST SELVANS RELEASES NEW SINGLE AND ANNOUNCES WORK HAS BEGUN ON A NEW EP SELVANS released a cover version of the DEATH SS track “The Hanged Ballad” as a stand-alone-single which can be streamed or downloaded. Bandcamp YouTube Soundcloud The dark artist has also announced that there will be a new EP titled ‘Dark [...]

Norwegian progressive metal act GREEN CARNATION will stream their ‘Leaves of Yesteryear’ release show on May 23rd. Because of the challenging situation with the Coronavirus, promoter Dirty Old Town, GREEN CARNATION, Ticketmaster, Aasgaarden Visuals/Amodei Visual and Radisson Blu Caledonien Hotel have decided to live-stream the concert with a multiple camera production with no audience present. [...]