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Interview with Amaranthe — “Everything we had written became suddenly so...
Swedish metal act AMARANTHE are ready to release their brand new album, "Manifest," on 2 October 2020 via Nuclear Blast Records. We had the...
Heavy August: Hard-hitting single of the month.
Every month will gather an overview of some of the best singles our staff has encountered. Summer continued in Finland with only a couple...
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: Altamullan Road – Altamullan Road (Musicalypse Archive)
ALTAMULLAN ROAD is a bit of an intriguing name for a band, don't you think? First of all, it's half in Finnish, half in...
REVIEW: Finntroll – Vredesvävd
I say Finland, you say FINNTROLL, a metal act that is perhaps one of the most iconic folk metal bands the land of a...
REVIEW: Night – High Tides – Distant Skies
Have you been enjoying the summer so far? If, like me, the COVID-19 boycot of summer festivals has cast a few shadows over these...
FEATURED SINGLE: Red Eleven – Handled with Chaos (Musicalypse Archive)
If you've kept your eyes and ears open to the Finnish alternative metal scene, you may already be familiar with RED ELEVEN. Lead by frontman...
FEATURED SINGLE: Noumena – Murtuneet
NOUMENA returned safely from the forest (yes, they are indeed the band pictured on the infamous "Finnish metal bands getting lost in the forest"...
REVIEW: The Devil’s Trade – The Call of the Iron Peak
I hadn't yet heard of THE DEVIL'S TRADE before I received their promo material. I don't know what it was that drew me to...
Silentium reveal new stunning video for “Shame.”
Today SILENTIUM celebrates the release of their album “Motiva” and their new video "Shame."
Metal made in Finland is bound up with certain expectations that can...
REVIEW: Oceans of Slumber: Oceans of Slumber (Musicalypse Archive)
Inspiration comes from all sorts of sources and sometimes, things need to be broken and allowed to resolve to a natural conclusion. OCEANS OF SLUMBER tries...
26.08.2020 True Cult Club @ On the Rocks, Helsinki (Musicalypse Archive)
Upon hearing the band name, TRUE CULT CLUB (or Trve Cvlt Clvb, as it has been annoyingly stylized) may bring to mind bands like INSOMNIUM or...
REVIEW: Cult of Lilith – Mara
Sounding like the illegitimate bastard of Italy’s FLASHGOD APOCALYPSE and America’s THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, Icelandic death metal band CULT OF LILITH will surely...
REVIEW: Rikard Sjöblom’s Gungfly – Alone Together
To say that social media has turned into an effective instrument for creating a false impression of connection is not a notion to be...
Interview with Unleash the Archers — “We didn’t want to write...
Canadian power metal act UNLEASH THE ARCHERS recently released their new album "Abyss," via Napalm Records. We had the opportunity to chat with vocalist...
Scarecrow to release new music video and single
Finnish horror group SCARECROW goes to the studio to record the new album, "Splatterpunk." This is going to be the band's fifth full-length album.
Meanwhile,...
26.8.2020 True Cult Club @ On The Rocks, Helsinki
Can you imagine what it was like? Going to concerts every week, enjoying the company of your friends, all during loud, pumping bass lines...
REVIEW: Kairon; IRSE! – Polysomn
One version of the Surrealist Manifesto reads something like this: "Surrealism is pure psychic automatism, by which one proposes to express, either verbally, in...
FEATURED SINGLE: True Cult Club – Touch Me
Have you ever wondered what BENNY BENASSI's "Satisfaction" would sound like if someone would make a dark and up-to-date version of it, while mixing...
13.08.2020 Swallow the Sun @ Suvilahti TBA, Helsinki
SWALLOW THE SUN’s acoustic concert at Suvilahti TBA in Helsinki that was held on 13 August 2020 - apart from being one of the...