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INTERVIEW: Ensiferum

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Finnish folk metal trailblazers Ensiferum are releasing their eighth album ‘Thalassic’ on July 10th 2020 via Metal Blade Records which is their first themed album and first to feature new member, keyboard player/lead clean vocalist Pekka Montin, both of which pave the way to this being their most ambitious and exciting release yet.

We had a chat with guitarist and vocalist Petri Lindroos to find out more about the upcoming release, what it is like to release a new album during the Covid 19 crisis and the uncertain times and future of live shows and music…

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JOSEFOFF event info (BRUTAL ASSAULT)

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Due a recent CONVID-19 situation it is not a big surprise that 25th anniversary Brutal Assault in Czech is also delayed with current line up of bands to 2021.

On a little brigther side the makers of the festival, prepared some smaller event in the place of military fortress on 7th and 8th August. During this event, we are going to see thrashers TANKARD, darker BELPHEGOR or HATE and from the home scene, Czech legend ROOT and provocative HENTAI CORPORATION. Other bands shall be announced in half of the July.

Also, during those two days, visitor have option to check background of BRUTAL ASSAULT festival and the fortress.

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POWERWOLF celebrate “Best Of The Blessed” album release with brand new version of “Resurrection By Erection”

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The wolves are howling again! POWERWOLF are celebrating the release of their critically acclaimed Best Of The Blessed album. And this special record isn’t just another Best Of album:  Best Of The Blessed is featuring 16 metal anthems and timeless classics by the band shrouded in a brand new shape, and includes several new versions of hits such as “We Drink Your Blood”, “Werewolves of Armenia”, “Sanctified with Dynamite”, or the most celebrated festival hymn of all time, “Resurrection by Erection”! To celebrate their new album and last year’s 15th band anniversary in glorious style, the high priests of metal have just premiered a lyric video to the brand new version of the ultimate sing- along classic, which belongs into every POWERWOLF live set of their phenomenal stage performances.
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REVIEW: Ensiferum – ‘Thalassic’

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REVIEW: Ensiferum – ‘Thalassic’ by Carina Lawrence / Dark Art Conspiracy

Ensiferum are pioneers in melodic folk metal and their new eighth album ‘Thalassic’ which is released July 10th 2020 via Metal Blade Records asserts this yet again. The album’s title translates from ancient Greek as “of or relating to seas” and this theme is strong throughout and the mythology touched upon in the album helps take the bands sound to another level being their most forceful offering yet.

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Korpiklaani release “Harmaja” live video

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The folk metal superheroes KORPIKLAANI premiere their new live video of Harmaja today. The show was recorded with the Brass section of the Lathi Symphony Orchestra at Nosturi, Helsinki.

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DEVILDRIVER Reveals Menacing Second Single “Iona” + Eerie New Music Video

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Top-charting dark groove metal originators DEVILDRIVER recently announced the highly-anticipated release of their upcoming double album, Dealing With Demons. The first volume – entitled Dealing With Demons I – drops on October 9, 2020 via Napalm Records and marks the band’s first release of new, original material since 2016’s acclaimed Trust No One. Representing the onset of a final purging of the themes that have long possessed frontman Dez Fafara and DEVILDRIVER’s music, each track on Dealing With Demons I illustrates a different demon to be dealt with, or released.
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