Ensiferum: Finnish folk metal titans to release “Winter Storm” full-length on October 18th via Metal Blade Records.

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

Kvaen: Swedish Melodic Death / Black Metallers Reveal “The Ancient Gods” Video / Single.

“The Ancient Gods” is the latest single from Swedish melodic black/death metallers Kvaen. The spellbinding new hymn comes off the band’s impending new full-length, The Formless Fires, set for release on June 21st on Metal Blade Records. Kvaen is led by creative mastermind Jacob Björnfot. A sumptuous but bitingly intense exploration of beauty and violence,

Portrait: Swedish Heavy Metal Titans to Unleash “The Host” Full-Length June 21st on Metal Blade Records.

For almost two decades, Sweden’s Portrait has delivered their brand of heavy metal darkness to the masses. Following 2021’s critically acclaimed At One With None, the band returns with their sixth album The Host, their first ever concept album, set for release on June 21st through Metal Blade Records. Founding guitarist Christian Lindell describes the

Vulture: Sentinels

Sinds 2015 timmert het Duitse Vulture aan een muzikale carrière. Met ‘Sentinels’ is de band – die bestaat sinds 2017, na de release van het full-album debuut ‘The Guillotine’ uit A. Axetinctör (bass), S. Castevet (gitaar), M. Outlaw (gitaar), L. Steeler (vocals) en G. Deceiver (drums) – aan een vierde full-album toegekomen. Het vijftal zorgt