Tag: nuclear blast
Interview with Epica — “We can all need a little bit...
Dutch symphonic metal giants EPICA are releasing their new album, "Omega," on February 26th, 2021, via Nuclear Blast Records. We had the opportunity to...
Silver Lake, solo project of Esa Holopainen (AMORPHIS), to sign with...
Nuclear Blast proudly announce the signing of the solo project of AMORPHIS guitarist Esa Holopainen, SILVER LAKE. Esa Holopainen made good use of his...
Battle Beast re-sign to Nuclear Blast
BATTLE BEAST and Nuclear Blast have renewed the bond of their successful partnership: the Finnish heavy metal sextet re-signed to the metal global player!
Eero Sipilä, bassist of BATTLE...
REVIEW: Pallbearer – Forgotten Days
What started as an underground doom metal band with tremendous potential, is now set to release one of the most anticipated doom albums of...
REVIEW: Amaranthe – Manifest (Musicalypse Archive)
AMARANTHE has been around now for quite a while, even though in many ways they still feel like a new band. Having swept the...
REVIEW: Enslaved – Utgard (Musicalypse Archive)
In Norse mythology, there is an esoteric place called Utgard, the land of the giants, where not even the gods of Asgard have control....
REVIEW: Kataklysm – Unconquered (Musicalypse Archive)
Death metal as a musical subgenre has now existed for almost 40 years and it’s hard to neglect KATAKLYSM when talking about the greats...
REVIEW: Helloween – Straight Out of Hell (remastered) (Musicalypse Archive)
On September 4th, 2020, (that's tomorrow!) Nuclear Blast Records will release the remastered editions of three 10-or-so-year-old HELLOWEEN albums. Having already covered "Unarmed" (2009) and "7 Sinners"...
REVIEW: Helloween – 7 Sinners (remastered) (Musicalypse Archive)
September 2020 marks the re-release of several not-too-old HELLOWEEN albums by Nuclear Blast Records: 2009's "Unarmed" compilation/re-make album, 2010's 7 Sinners, and 2013's "Straight Out of...
REVIEW: Helloween – Unarmed (remastered) (Musicalypse Archive)
Have you ever wished one of your favorite metal bands had been a completely different genre? Well, if you want to know what that...
REVIEW: Blues Pills: Holy Moly! (Musicalypse Archive)
There is a group of Swedish rockers known for their retro style, not only for the sound but also by recording at their own...
(2000) In Flames – Clayman: Anniversary Special (Musicalypse Archive)
Exactly 20 years ago, Gothenburg metallers IN FLAMES released their 5th full-length album, "Clayman." While the Swedes had already enjoyed moderate success in Europe...
REVIEW: Paradise Lost – Obsidian (Musicalypse Archive)
Classic Gothic metal legends PARADISE LOST are back on the scene once again, celebrating their sixteenth studio album in their impressive 30-year career! I’ve...
REVIEW: Oranssi Pazuzu – Mestarin Kynsi
Finnish psychedelic black metal masters ORANSSI PAZUZU return with maybe their most ambitious and grandest release to date. Following their cataclysmic 2016 album, "Värähtelijä,"...
REVIEW: Oranssi Pazuzu – Mestarin Kynsi (Musicalypse Archive)
”Metal alchemy” is a term that has been used to describe ORANSSI PAZUZU, probably ad nauseam, but it's hard to come up with any...
REVIEW: Turmion Kätilöt – Global Warning
As to be expected every year or every other year, Finnish peculiarity TURMION KÄTILÖT is back with another record this year, going by the...
Interview with Oranssi Pazuzu — “The greatest fears are inside your...
Uncovering the intensity and the metal inherent in non-metal, the avant-garde and anti-traditionalist inclinations of Finland’s ORANSSI PAZUZU have always had transcendental goals at heart. The band...
Interview with Vader — “Metal is designed to be played live.”
Polish death metal institution VADER will release their new album, "Solitude in Madness," on 1 May 2020 through Nuclear Blast. From playing super-aggressive thrash metal under the...
REVIEW: Turmion Kätilöt – Global Warning (Musicalypse Archive)
If you live in Finland, you surely already know about TURMION KÄTILÖT , but if the name is new to you, it may be...
REVIEW: Testament – Titans of Creation
TESTAMENT is one of those few bands that have never released a really bad album. Perhaps in the mid-90s their music changed into a...