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Interview with Viljami Kurki — “Life is a rollercoaster of feelings.”
Known from PROFANE OMEN, guitarist Viljami Kurki released a heartwarming single and music video recently, named "Muistathan sen," featuring his daughter. With this new...
REVIEW: Altesia – Paragon Circus
ALTESIA is the brainchild of French multi-instrumentalist Clément Darrieu, based in Bordeaux. Passionate about music since his childhood, he founded this solo project in...
Interview with Wilderun – “Up until now it’s been all, for...
Progressive metal act WILDERUN's most recently released album, "Veil of Imagination," is an epic, emotional, and mystical journey through landscapes of the earth and...
REVIEW: IA – initIAtion
Probably due to some strange cosmic synchronicities, after witnessing a global pandemic, Pentagon footage of alien spacecraft, and the fall of an empire, the...
10.7.2020 Ensiferum @ Sonic Pump Studios, Helsinki
One of the most-anticipated releases of the Finnish metal scene this year surely was folk metal act ENSIFERUM's "Thalassic." Being one of the bands...
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...
10.7.2020 Ensiferum: Thalassic Album Release Stream @ Sonic Pump Studios, Helsinki...
Finnish heroic metal giants, ENSIFERUM, are back again with a new release entitled "Thalassic." Normally, these guys have a big, fun album release party...
Interview with Dark Sarah — “We have been really fortunate to...
Cinematic metal act DARK SARAH will release their fourth studio album, "Grim," on 17 July 2020 through Napalm Records. We had the chance to...
REVIEW: Kansas – The Absence of Presence (Musicalypse Archive)
American rock legends KANSAS are back again with their sixteenth release, entitled "The Absence of Presence," which follows 2016's "The Prelude Implicit." Set for...
REVIEW: Rumahoy – Time II: Party (Musicalypse Archive)
The newest name we've noticed in pirate metal is RUMAHOY, who came to our attention when their vocalist, the infamous Captain Yarrface, was featured rapping in...
REVIEW: DreamSpy – My Halo of Obsession
With a name like DREAMSPY, one would expect some over-the-top, progressive/djent type of metal. However, this one-man Finnish project that is the brainchild of...
REVIEW: Dark Sarah – Grim (Musicalypse Archive)
For fans of Gothic metal and strong sopranos, Dark Sarah may not be a new name. Having already released three concept albums following the story...
REVIEW: Ensiferum – Thalassic (Musicalypse Archive)
ENSIFERUM's heroic heavy metal journey has finally brought them to the sea, 3 years after the release of "Two Paths." Their eighth studio album,...
REVIEW: Halysis – Cerulean
HALYSIS is a young band from Lahti, formed in 2015, and they released their debut “Cerulean” on 15 May 2020 independently. The Finnish quartet...
27.6.2020 Battle Beast: Worldwide Live Stream @ Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki
Since the release of their highly acclaimed album, “Bringer of Pain,” in 2017, BATTLE BEAST have toured the world almost constantly. I have seen...
REVIEW: Rantama – Rantama
During the lonely lockdown days, one has had to find some wholesome ways to stay occupied. For me, this meant working through my list...
Interview with Balance Breach — “You can release a debut album...
Having won a slot at Tuska Open Air Festival in 2019, Finnish metalcore act BALANCE BREACH embarked upon a successful journey towards the release...
REVIEW: Dark Sarah – Grim
My most sincere apologies go out to all the information technology startups, but it is a cold, hard fact that cinematic, orchestral metal is...
(2000) Killswitch Engage – Killswitch Engage: Anniversary special
In the late 1990’s, two bands named OVERCAST and AFTERSHOCK fell apart, and from their remains rose a new band named KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. The...
Interview with Poem — “There’s a certain beauty in melancholy that...
Hailing from Athens, POEM is a four-piece progressive metal act formed in 2006. Their latest studio effort "Unique" was released in 2018. We had...