Recorded in an old cottage at the shore of Lake Päijänne with Samuli Raappana from Tuuliajo in charge of recording and mixing with mastering in Sweden by Tony Lindgren (Amorphis, Dark Tranquillity) from the iconic Fascination Street Studios Örebro, Sweden who was taught by Jens Bogren (At The Gates, Sepultura), “As A Unit” marks the
Originally starting out as a solo project of guitarist Al Rinald influenced by the Gothenburg Sound of Swedish Melodic Death Metal and American Groove Metal while seeking to combine it with touches of the Symphonic, Sailor Hunter took inspiration from the Mediterranean sea as they built their Empire. Now a quartet who have been working
Despite being recorded in before the winter of 2021, thematically the sophomore EP “As A Unit” from Finnish Melodic Death Metal act Hagalas eerily mirrors the current state of the World with War, Refugeedom and the struggle of humanity at their heart. Recorded in an old cottage at the shore of Lake Päijänne with Samuli
At the beginning of December Nordic Death Metal Gomorran, a quartet that draw influence from the murkiness of Black Metal unleashed “Excerpts from the Dark Age” via Finnish label of the moment Inverse Records, lyrically the record is inspired by the harrowing stories about the Roman empire, Middle Ages and from pagan literature as well
Two years after we reviewed their sophomore album “Katharsis” which they recorded with Keijo Niinimaa (Vomiturition, Goatburner, Morbid Evils) who also handled mixing duties before the record was passed over to Brad Boatright (Leeched, Integrity, Gatecreeper) at Audiosiege for mastering, Finnish Blackened Crust trio Mustasuo have returned once more to bring plague and pestilence to
Cited as being due to personal reasons 7th March saw the announcement of a line up change for Finnish Metallers Dimman with both female clean vocalist Jenna Kohtala and rhythm guitarist Mikael Haapala exiting stage left. However this has clearly been something known for a while as (no we can’t use the 28 days later
It has been four years since their last confession but Helsinki Finland based extreme metal band Kneel Before The Death have released a new single called “Lust” which lyrically deals with frustration as well as how fear takes full control of a person and all that is left is anger and also serves as the opening
Finnish symphonic Doom fuelled Death metal band Depressed Mode have released a new single and music video “Dissociation of the Extinguished Mind” which features Jarkko Kokko from Mors Principium Est on lead guitars. Another track that is taken from their upcoming third studio album “Decade of Silence” is set to be released on 6th May 2022 via
As if there was any doubt, proving that there is absolutely no rest for the wicked Finnish melodic metal band Dark The Suns have announced another head stone for the grave yard with the release an as yet yet unnamed fifth studio album later in 2022 via Inverse Records. The first single ‘Kun Aallot Kallioihin
A darker second single from Finland female fronted Metal outfit Without Warning has appeared via Inverse Records with vocalist Michaela Tuomenoksa offering up some hitherto unheard unclean moments alongside fresh heavy electronic elements. “Insanity” turns up the intensity on first single “Delusion”, which has racked up an incredible 125k Spotify streams since its October release
