Tag: finnish metal
REVIEW: Noituma – Tervahautu
I've had NOITUMA's latest studio effort, "Tervahautu," released on 25 February 2020, on repeat lately and I figured I might as well share my thoughts...
(2000) Nightwish – Wishmaster: Anniversary Special
Rivers of ink have flowed covering the fascinating topic that is NIGHTWISH and their brand of symphonic power metal that took the world by...
REVIEW: Mercury Circle – EP: The Dawn of Vitriol
Metal as a genre has existed for approximately half a century and even though a lot of bands have accepted that almost everything has...
REVIEW: Humavoid – Lidless
While Finland is mostly known for its variety of melodic death metal acts, new winds are on the horizon. An example of that is...
REVIEW: Wake Up Frankie – EP: Green is the New Black
WAKE UP FRANKIE may not be familiar to you, but in the Helsinki metal scene, these groove/thrash metal newcomers have been dominating many stages...
FEATURED SINGLE: Trve Cvlt Clvb – Empty Alley
When I was a teenager and started listening to metal actively, there were two camps of metalheads: the so-called posers and those who were...
Interview with IA — “Shamanism is the root of all spirituality...
The Helsinki-based shamanic metal outfit, IA, released their spectacular debut album, ”initIAtion,” just recently, in June 2020. We had the pleasure to have a...
FEATURED SINGLE: Keoma – Gaia
Finnish progressive metal band KEOMA has recently released a new single, “Gaia.” This song serves a double purpose – to get fans excited about...
REVIEW: Limos – EP: Tales of the White Eye
It seems that Finland is a hotbed for new and exciting melodic death metal bands. Apart from the already established names like INSOMNIUM, AMORPHIS,...
REVIEW: Burning Serpent – EP: Burning Serpent
Playing an acoustic guitar is the ultimate zen exercise in precision and songwriting. When you strip away the distortion, by-pass the effects, and swap...
FEATURED SINGLE: Mercury Circle – The Beauty of Agony
MERCURY CIRCLE is a brand new project by Jaani Peuhu, known for ICONOCRASH and SWALLOW THE SUN. The band is releasing an EP, "The...
REVIEW: Ensiferum – Thalassic
When it comes to folk-inspired melodic death metal, Finnish ENSIFERUM raises the banner up high over the metal hordes. With their latest lineup change...
FEATURED SINGLE: Humavoid – Aluminum Rain
Finland is mostly known for its melodic death metal, folk, and symphonic metal bands. Progressive metal, however, is still often unexplored territory, but luckily,...
REVIEW: Deathing – EP: All Hail the Decay
Finnish Valkeakoski-based death metal band DEATHING has released their debut EP, “All Hail the Decay,” on 22 May 2020 via Inverse Records. Their single “Crash &...
REVIEW: Infirmum – Walls of Sorrow
INFIRMUM is a one-man doom death metal band from Jyväskylä in central Finland, founded by Timo Solonen back in 2019, from the ashes...
FEATURED SINGLE: Smackbound – Those Who Burn
With the release of their debut album, “20/20,” right around the corner, Finnish metal band SMACKBOUND have released yet another killer single on YouTube,...
Interview with Insomnium — “We don’t give up easily.”
While Finnish melodic death metal act INSOMNIUM were on their way to the United States for their North American tour, the COVID-19 pandemic got...
REVIEW: Kaamos Warriors – Shadows of Northern Chaos
KAAMOS WARRIOS is a band from Kempele, a small municipality near Oulu in northern Finland. Active since 2018 as a duo, the band has released...
REVIEW: Oceanhoarse – The Damage – LIVE!
Finnish heavy metal act OCEANHOARSE is already widely talked about in the local scene, but also recently conquered the stages of Europe during their...
FEATURED SINGLE: Everfrost – Die Young (Kesha cover) (Musicalypse Archive)
It's no secret at this point that Musicalypse is pretty fond of EVEFROST. With the release of their sophomore album, "Winterider," last year in 2019,...