Melodic Death Metal
Interview: We Spoke to Tomi Koivusaari of Amorphis before they took to the stage in Dublin on the – 22.11.2022
Words: Letty Sharp // Photos: Ian Mc Donnell Amorphis are a Finnish heavy metal formed in 1990 by TomiKoivusaari, Jan Rechberger and Esa Holopainenen. The band wereinitially death metal but have since branched out to other genres such asfolk metal and progressive metal over the years. We caught up with Tomi backstage on the night …
Live Review: Amorphis / Eluveitie / Dark Tranquillity / Nailed To Obscurity – The Academy, Dublin 22.11.2022
Words: Letty Sharp // Photos: Ian Mc Donnell Finnish metal band Amorphis and Swiss metal band Eluveitie came to Dublin for a night of metal. The 4-band bill completed by German metal heads Nailed to Obscurity and veteran melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity hailing from Sweden. The Academy was full to the gills of …
Live Review: Dark Tranquillity / Ensiferum Double Headliner + Guest – The Academy, Dublin 06.04.2022
Four Metal bands took over the main room for The Academy Dublin for the Dark Tranquillity / Ensiferum double headlining tour, some of them its their first time on Irish shores. Its raining in Dublin and its early doors tonight, people are queuing with umbrellas up, eagerly awaiting this four band extravaganza. As people are …
Track: Bodom After Midnight – Paint The Sky With Blood
After announcing the release of their EP – Paint The Sky With Blood, which is due 23rd April via Napalm Records the band have now shared the video for the title track. Starting with that scream, this is a full on metal anthem with some great thrash sounding tones along with plenty of nods to …
News: AT THE GATES – Announce new album.
AT THE GATES – Announce new album “The Nightmare Of Being”; Artwork, release date and first details revealed! Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES have recently completed the recordings and preparations for their upcoming new studio album and can now reveal that it will be entitled “The Nightmare Of Being” and that it will be …
Track: Obscure Fate – Black Moon
Kaleva Kovalainen solo project Obscure Fate have shared a new single – ‘Black Moon’. Taken from their upcoming EP Raven’s Call which is set to be released on April 1st 2021 by Inverse Records. The band comments: “Black Moon handles death and the feelings regarding to it. One can anyway interpret the lyrics in its …
Track: Aetherian release an environmental friendly track ‘Primordial Woods’
Melodic death metallers Aetherian released a new single, ‘Primordial Woods’ featuring the distinctive vocals of Sakis Tolis of Rotting Christ. The band states of the song: “These past few years our planet is experiencing a rapid change of the global climate. The extent of fires in Australia, the Amazon rainforest and the Siberian boreal forest, …
News: Napalm Records Releases Bodom After Midnight’s EP ‘Paint The Sky With Blood’
The newly formed supergroup Bodom After Midnight led by Alexi Laiho, were set to share their EP release in the spring followed by a full-length album, but had the plans cut short by the sad passing of Laiho at the end of last year. That EP, ‘Paint The Sky With Blood’ is set for release on April 23 via …
Album Review: Amaranthe – Manifest
Power Metal, melodic death metal, dance rock what ever you want to call it. Amaranthe have made that particular brand of metal their own. With ‘Manifest’ the band bring the vibe of last album ‘Helix’ but make it heavier and louder. Starting the album with fast paced track ‘Fearless’, the band are sounding confident and refreshed, …
Track: Amaranthe – Archangel
Amaranthe release ‘Archangel’, the third single from their upcoming album ‘Manifest’, due October 2nd, via Nuclear Blast. Amaranthe commented: “Fire and brimstone! Savour the sweet scent of sulphur as Amaranthe delves deep into Miltonian lore with ‘Archangel’! An ancient tale of the fall of the angel Lucifer Morningstar was interpreted as a Greek tragedy in John Milton’s seminal ‘Paradise Lost’, …