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SWALLOW THE SUN featuring BALLET FINLAND to perform “Plague of Butterflies”


In a groundbreaking event, Finnish Metal icons SWALLOW THE SUN featuring the Avant-Garde BALLET FINLAND are set to present their collaborative performance, “Plague of Butterflies”, during 70000TONS OF METAL in 2025. This unique performance will make its World Premiere outside of Finland in January 2025, on board The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, with two separate presentations of the work occurring whilst on board. Following each of the two performances of “Plague of Butterflies”, SWALLOW THE SUN will play two different regular sets as well.

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Omnium Gatherum Share Live Video For “New Dynamic”


The Finnish melodic metal masters OMNIUM GATHERUM are releasing a new live video to celebrate their upcoming tour in Japan and China next month. The video for their classic “New Dynamic” was shot in their hometown of Kotka during the Dark River Festival in 2023 and features the live sound of the performance.

Watch the video, captured by Coldstore Productions, here

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Swallow The Sun announces their new album Shining + unveils heavy track “What I Have Become”


Shining, the latest full-length album from the Finnish Death Doom Pioneers Swallow The Sun, will be available via Century Media Records on Oct 18th. The powerful and very heavy new track of transformation and rebirth, “What I Have Become” will take you through personal hell and back. The new record is produced and mixed by Dan Lancaster (Bring Me the Horizon, Muse, Enter Shikari, etc.), mastered by Tony Lindgren (Fascination Street Studios) and recorded by Juho Räihä at SoundSpiral Audio, except vocals recorded by Dan Lancaster.

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NIGHTWISH release new single and video for ‘The Day Of…’


Following the album announcement of NIGHTWISH‘s tenth studio album Yesterwynde, due 20th September via Nuclear Blast, the Finnish symphonic metal legends share their second single from the record with their fans. ‘The Day Of…’is another breathtaking output from the band, showcasing a wide range of the band’s vast skillset.

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ENSIFERUM Reveals New Album ‘Winter Storm’ To Be Released On October 18th Via Metal Blade Records + First New Song Unleashed


ENSIFERUM will release their long-awaited new studio album, Winter Storm, on October 18th through Metal Blade Records.

The Finnish folk-metal melodeath sensation has maintained a prolific release schedule since their first demo in 1997, gradually increasing in stature until eighth album Thalassic crowned their ascent in 2020. The nautical opus went on to top Finland’s album chart, reaching #3 in Germany, and top ten in Switzerland, Canada, and the United States. Eventually, ENSIFERUM would take Thalassic on two massive world tours and to festivals like Wacken, Hellfest, Summer Breeze, and Ragnarök, but the global Covid pandemic ensured that the four-year wait for Winter Storm would be the longest in the band’s near-thirty-year history.

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APOCALYPTICA release new single ‘The Call Of Ktulu (In Memory Of Cliff Burton)’


APOCALYPTICA are thrilled to announce the fourth and final exciting single from Apocalyptica Plays Metallica, Vol. 2 – the hotly-anticipated sequel to their legendary debut record. ‘The Call of Ktulu’ follows on from a rapturous response to the preceding three singles: stunning reinterpretations of ‘The Four Horsemen’, ‘The Unforgiven II’ and ‘One’. Most notably, ‘The Call of Ktulu’ features a truly remarkable guest: legendary Metallica bassist, Cliff Burton himself.

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