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REVIEW: VORNA – ‘Aamunkoi’


by Carina Lawrence / Dark Art Conspiracy

VORNA is a Finnish sextet formed in 2008 that concocts melancholic grand metal. They are back with their fourth album, “Aamunkoi”, their most melodic and ambitious offering yet. The album title translates as “Aurora”. In literature, this means “The Dawn”. In the far north, where VORNA come from, this is also the name for the phenomenon of the polar lights. The vocals are sung in the Finnish native language, which makes it more mysterious and compelling to those like me who aren’t Finnish. Still, I did have the lyrics translated into English, and as expected, the lyrics are bleak with a flicker of hope and beauty entwined – fitting for their sound and origin. The album’s central theme is survival in the uncertain world where the lucky ones who witness a new day have a chance to strive for a better future – when they still can.

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Metal band Koitos from Finland release new third single from the upcoming debut album


Finnish metal newcomer Koitos released a third single “Virtaa” (eng.”Flows“), from the upcoming debut album. Song has more dynamics and it includes crushing riffs but also a delicate clean singing with a mellow piano.

“The upcoming album deals with loneliness from many different angles. But in this song not in such a traditional way. The narrator of the song hides his mistakes under a hard shell, which emerges as crappy behavior towards others. In the end, people disappear around the narrator and he’s left to lick his wounds in solitude,” describes the theme of the song by vocalist Matti Hiitti.

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Omnium Gatherum announces new EP


Omnium Gatherum, one of the hardest export cannons in melodic death metal, who released their Origin album last November, will release their four-track Slasher EP on June 2nd. The publisher is the German Century Media.

The band opens up the game by releasing the upcoming EP’s title single Slasher with a music video.  Check out the video on Century Media’s YouTube channel or below.

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Insomnium Release New Album ‘Anno 1696’


Insomnium’s ninth studio album , Anno 1696 , has finally been made available to the band’s fans. The album, released through Century Media, is a themed album based on a short story by the band’s bass singer Niilo Sevänen, whose dark stories take the listener to the time of witch hunts.

The album released today will be celebrated at a sold-out Tavastia for two days straight. In addition, today the band releases a music video for their song “Godforsaken” produced by Riivata Visuals. The premiere can be viewed on Century Media’s YouTube channel at 19:00 Finnish time. The song, which presents the more epic side of the album, also features Johanna Kurkela’s vocals.

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INSOMNIUM share new single and video for ‘The Witch Hunter’


On February 24th 2023, Finnish metal melancholists INSOMNIUM will release their ninth full-length, Anno 1696, via Century Media Records. The third single and music video for ‘The Witch Hunter’ is available now.

Watch the music video HERE.

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INSOMNIUM share new single ‘White Christ (Ft. Sakis Tolis)’


On February 24th 2023, Finnish metal melancholists INSOMNIUM will release their ninth full-length, Anno 1696, via Century Media Records. The second single and music video for ‘White Death’, which features guest vocals from Rotting Christ‘s Sakis Tolis, and is directed by Riivata Visuals.

Watch the music video HERE.

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