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NIGHTWISH RELEASE MUSIC VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE ‘AN OCEAN OF STRANGE ISLANDS’


Finnish Symphonic metal veterans NIGHTWISH have shared a new song today, ‘An Ocean of Strange Islands’, available for streaming now. The track is the third to be taken from their upcoming studio album Yesterwynde, due 20th September via Nuclear Blast. 

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PATRIARKH, Formerly Batushka, Unveil Brand-New Band Name


Founded in 2018 by mastermind and lead vocalist Bartłomiej “Варфоломей” Krysiuk and propelled by their critically acclaimed album, Hospodi, and relentless touring around the globe, the Polish Orthodox black metal icons formerly known as Batushka have revealed their brand-new band name – PATRIARKH!

Originally founded by Krzysztof Drabikowski in 2015, Batushka released their successful first album, Litourgiya, with vocals handled by Bartłomiej “Варфоломей” Krysiuk. Three years later, the band split up and both parties decided to keep going with the same name, until a legal dispute resulted in Krysiuk recently changing his band’s name.

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TRIBULATION release new single and video for ‘Hungry Waters’


Sweden’s goth metal maestros TRIBULATION recently announced the release of their forthcoming 6th studio album Sub Rosa in Æternum, due 1st November via Century Media Records. Tthe first long player after their award-winning album Where the Gloom Becomes Sound in 2021 they’ve also dropped the music video for new single, ‘Hungry Waters’.

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186 UK CINEMAS TAKING PART IN GLOBAL PREMIERE OF SABATON’S ‘THE TOUR TO END ALL TOURS’


Heavy metal legends, SABATON, are excited to announce that over 650 cinemas spanning 25 territories – including 186 in the UK and 5 in Ireland – are taking part in the global premiere of their explosive concert film, Sabaton – The Tour To End All Tours.

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INTERVIEW – OCEANS OF SLUMBER: “I love open-ended and philosophical questions and the fact that we couldn’t answer or give them a singular definition. It was perfect because that’s how albums should be”


Interview with Cammie Beverly by Carina Lawrence

Progressive metallers Oceans Of Slumber are back, armed with their new sixth album, ‘Where Gods Fear To Speak’, their heaviest and most ambitious opus yet and their first under-label, Season of Mist. I spoke to vocalist Cammie Beverly four years ago in 2020 (read here), during the COVID lockdown/pandemic, when they were releasing the self-titled Oceans Of Slumber album, which remains one of my favourite albums, so it was great to speak to her again about the upcoming new release coming out 13th September, which will hopefully earn them their rightful place in the metal scene as they continue to expand and go from strength to strength with each album and ‘Where Gods Fear To Speak’ is immense musically, structurally and conceptually and will undoubtedly be one of my top album releases of the year. Read on to learn more about the new offering.

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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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