Finnish folk metallers, Ensiferum, are due to share headlining duties with Korpiklaani on a North American tour in 2025. Running from February 27th in Boston, Massachusetts through March 30th in Brooklyn, New York, Ensiferum perform in support of their upcoming full-length, Winter Storm, out October 18th through Metal Blade Records. Joining them will also be Trollfest and NiNi. Keep reading to find out more.
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Body Count, Kerry King, Eluveitie, Thy Art Is Murder and More Playing Nummirock Festival Soon
The 38th edition of Finnish metal festival, Nummirock, takes place in Kauhajoki, Finland, 19-22 June 2024. As well as a host of national bands, the organisers have invited a number of acts from abroad; Body Count (US), Kerry King (US), Thy Art Is Murder (AU), Suffocation (US), Eluveitie (CH), Blackbraid (US), The Halo Effect (SWE), Shadow of Intent (US), Rise of the Northstar (FRA), Mister Misery (SWE), Thrown (SWE), and Party Cannon (UK). Keep reading below for more information.
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Satanic North (Ensiferum) Share Single and Video “War” with Debut Album Coming Soon
Finnish black metallers, Satanic North – featuring Petri Lindroos (Ensiferum, Warmen) and Janne Parviainen (Ensiferum) – are preparing to unleash their self-titled, debut full-length. In advance of the release, the band has revealed their first single, “War,” along with its own visualizer video. The album is due out on April 19th, in CD and vinyl formats, via the Reaper Entertainment record label. Catch the new video and more in the article below.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Doro – Conqueress – Forever Strong And Proud
Doro Pesch is the epitome of a metal repping lifer. Not just one of the nicest people in metal who regularly remembers everyone’s birthday and a constant genre cheerleader, but also one of the greatest front-people to ever hype up a crowd. Her heartfelt and classic albums have stood the test of time and embodies “True Heavy Metal” just as much as a masculine landmark like Manowar‘s ‘Louder Than Hell’.
Ensiferum Announces “Seafearer’s Dream” European Headline Tour for 2023
In 2020, Ensiferum released their critically acclaimed full-length, Thalassic, via Metal Blade Records. Ensiferum has now booked a short headline tour through Central Europe for next spring!
ALBUM REVIEW: Crystal Viper – The Cult
Although the brand of epic European power metal that Crystal Viper performs is most definitely up my street, I must preclude this review by admitting that aside from hearing the odd song here and there, I have had no real exposure to them on a studio album level. The Cult, is the Polish act’s eighth full-length release in a legacy that has thus far lasted eighteen years. At face value, a band that maintains that level of consistency would have me assume they have nailed down a singular style and were comfortable releasing records in said style without a whole lot of variation. It is therefore with a great sense of irony that my first review of their noise is of a disc which caught me completely off guard by occupying a different scene entirely. The sweetly epic elements the band is known for are certainly present in The Cult, but the power metal is largely downplayed in favour of a more classic but simultaneously epic style of heavy metal, one that calls back to the days of bands like Accept and Saxon without ever sounding derivative of either.
Ghost Cult Albums of the Year 2020 – Part 1 (75-41)
It feels rather redundant to preface this year’s celebration of the music that got us through what was annus horribilis maximus unprecedentius with much of a narrative of 2020 because we were all affected. We all lived through it. Some of us in un-splendid isolation. Some of us irreversibly overhauling the way we live, work, and support our dependents. Some of us welcomed changes we had to make while mourning the root cause behind them and that each and every person on this planet we call home was affected, impacted, and touched in a negative way by the events of a global pandemic and high-profile political situations.Continue reading
NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: July 10th 2020 New Music Releases
COVID-19 Crowdfunding Campaign Launched to Support The Worcester Palladium and The Webster Theater
The Palladium, Worcester, MA 11/22/19
An Indiegogo campaign has been launched to support the employees of both The Worcester Palladium and Webster theatre, two venues in New England that have been hosts to thousands of metal, hardcore, and rock shows and countless other events for decades. Both venues are operated by Mass Concerts, and the fundraiser is to bring relief aid to their workers due to the cancellation from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In addition to hosting now retired events such as The New England Metal and Hardcore Festival and the Rock N Shock Convention, last years amazing Self Help Fest by A Day To Remember the venues have hosted bands such as Blink-182, Bring Me The Horizon, Chelsea Grin, Ensiferum, Evanescence, Eyes on Satellites, Fall Out Boy, Fathom Farewell, Four Year Strong, Gov’t Mule, Gwar, Hatebreed, Ice Nine Kills, In Honor Of, Jerry Garcia Band, Jimmy Eat World, Kanye West, King Diamond, Korn, Logic, Motionless in White, My Chemical Romance, Nightwish, Of Mice & Men, Periphery, Protest the Hero, Reveille, Rob Zombie, Senses Fail, Sic Vita, Slayer, Sonata Arctica, Soundgarden, Straight Line Stitch, Suicide Silence, Twelve Foot Ninja, Twenty One Pilots, Tyler The Creator, Whitechapel, Wiz Khalifa, and Years Since the Storm. Please donate if you can and read a statement from the venues management below. Continue reading
Parkway Drive, Azusa, Nordjevel, Combichrist, Caspian and More Added To Brutal Assault Fest 2019
Brutal Assault 2019 has added another bunch of bands for the next edition of the festival! New bands added include Parkway Drive, Azusa, Nordjevel, Combichrist, Caspian, Violent Magic Orchestra, Caspian, Déluge, Frog Leap, and Hexis. the bill with more to come. One-hundred and thirty bands will play in the ancient and legendary Josefov Fortress castle on four stages all weekend from 7 -10 August 2019. The full list of bands so far can be seen below and tickets are on sale now from the event page.