Barrel, who skillfully combines different genres of metal, is now taking the next step towards their first full-length studio album. Another preview of the Triptych album, which will be released on February 6th, was released in the form of the single Sophia’s Repentance. The song, which rushes forward accompanied by furious guitar riffs, offers a fast-paced journey, during which it visits the fields of death, thrash and also heavy metal.
“Sophia’s Repentance continues Triptych’s metaphysical journey towards the fulfillment of the trinity. Our physical world and us were created apart from perfect knowledge. Millions worship a demiurge blind to the truth, a cosmic error. A creator god whose imperfect creation causes suffering in the material world,” the band’s bassist Vellu opens the story of the song.
“The ignorant and arrogant Yaldabaoth took his light and power from his own creator Sophia, created our dim world from them, and sought to enslave weak man, demanding worship and submission. From the dawn of the archetypal dawn, a star rises to bring light and justice to the world – to right the wrong through Sophia. From the suffering of the repentant Sophia, the possibility of salvation arises. Awakening to knowledge and truth frees man from Yaldabaoth’s power. Sophia’s Repentance is the question: Who will bring gnosis and release your divine spark?”
The album’s first single, Scavenger, was released in December, and in addition to media attention, it raised high expectations for the upcoming debut album. Sophia’s Repentance raises the revs even higher, and the Triptych album, due out next month, will propel the band towards a promising career in the metal field. The upcoming album offers a diverse range of metal, ranging from explosive rock and roll through thrash to a hauntingly beautiful melancholy floating in the endless expanse of deserts and space. The question Barrel poses is: why confine yourself to a genre when metal is a chaotic force of boundless creativity?
Barrel also stylishly invests in a distinctive visual world, where in addition to cover and promo images created by Juha “Wuorlock” Wuorinen, single releases are also accompanied by comics.
Triptych track list:
1. Cryptomnesia
2. Prelude to the Fall of Man
3. Scavenger
4. Sophia’s Repentance
5. Prelude to War
6. Signs for Kings
7. Dogma Denied
8. War
9. Ode to the Fallen
Barrel is heading to the gig scene this month, and their conquest of the Finnish peninsula will continue throughout the spring. Known for their tight live act, the band has played dozens of gigs in their career, and has performed at Suistoklubi, Nokian Kerhola and the Tuhdimmat tahdit e-club in the now defunct Hönö Baar. Last autumn, Barrel also performed in Latvia and Estonia.
16.01.2026 – Ravintola Torvi, Lahti (w/ Alun loppu, Void Monarch)
06.02.2026 – Triptych album release party, Thrasherie Bar, Tampere
20.03.2026 – RockNeck, Jyväskylä (w/ Wizards Of Hazards, Cardinal Fleet)
27.03.2026 – Varjobaari, Tampere (w/ Steel Systems, TBA)
15.05.2026 – Nirvana, Turku (w/ Pressure Points, Sum of Seven)
16.05.2026 – Bar 15, Seinäjoki (w/ Crow’s Flight)
29.08.2026 – Toppila Klubi, Oulu (w/ Burning Point, Steel Systems)
Barrel’s previous EPs Bullet With Your Name (2022) and Unanticipated Confessions of Love (2023) garnered positive attention both in Finland and abroad. Triptych opens the next chapter in Barrel’s career – a comprehensive and ambitious album is promised, presenting a skilled and resolutely forward and upward-moving band. The Triptych album still features the previous drummer Honkku, and since the summer Barrel has had the new drummer Vili.
Barrel is:
Valtteri – vocals
Vellu – bass, backing vocals, cello
Janne – guitar
Joonas – guitar
Vili – drums