Charlotte Wessels’ The Obsession Announces Concept Album and European Tour


Charlotte Wessels and The Obsession band photo by Tim Tronckoe featuring Charlotte Wessels, Timo Somers, Joey Marin De Boer, Otto Schimmelpenninck Van Der Oije, and Nina Van Beelen, symphonic metal, Napalm Records, 2026

 Former Delain vocalist Charlotte Wessels and her band The Obsession announce Mute Swan Empire, a fifteen-track concept album out February 5, 2027 via Napalm Records, plus a European headline tour with Melissa Bonny of Ad Infinitum in support. Details below. Continue reading →


Charlotte Wessels and The Obsession Book a European Tour


Straight after a European tour with Epica and Amaranthe, Charlotte Wessels and her band, The Obsession, have announced another run of EU and UK dates. They take on their first headline tour in the region,  kicking off February 4, 2027, in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, and concluding on February 27, in Charlotte’s hometown of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Support comes from Melissa Bonny of Ad Infinitum. Find out more below.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Feuerschwanz – Todsünden


 

Exactly a year on from the release of Memento Mori (Napalm Records), German medieval folk metallers Feuerschwanz return with a collection of previously recorded cover versions. Releasing material lifted from bonus discs might seem a little superfluous to anyone without a tendency towards rampant completism but Todsünden is filled with surprising choices and no lack of creativity. 

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