Barrel from Finland delights fans of versatile metal by releasing their debut album Triptych. The band began preparing for the album in December, when their first single Scavenger was released. The second single Sophia’s Repentance was released in January.
The metal regiment has been resolutely marching towards the album’s release, and the three-part epic has been released in its entirety last week for the enjoyment of heavy metal fans. The lead single is the massive song War, which pays tribute to a Ukrainian war hero.
“War is a legend about Vitalii Volodymyrovych Skakun. A tribute to the determination and readiness of one man and an entire nation to do what must be done. To say ‘no’ to the genocide and terror of a nihilistic Nazirota. It is a tribute to when someone is ready to defend the independence and existence of their homeland, no matter what it costs them. Never forget what the price of peace is. Never forget Vitalii. Slava Ukraini! Heroyam slava!”, the band commented.
The story of the Triptych album is brought to life through the comic book world of Juha “Wuorlock” Wuorinen. All singles are accompanied by a comic book telling the story of the song. Vuorinen has also designed the album covers and the band’s promo image.
“Collaborating with Barrel has been both extremely rewarding and challenging. Mainly because the themes of the songs are big, it’s difficult to summarize something essential on one page,” says Juha “Wuorlock” Wuorinen, a long-time tattoo artist, cartoonist and visual artist from Seinäjoki.
“Triptych is Barrel’s unholy trinity. It is a three-part painting of Satan’s metaphysics. A collection of stories about the names and meanings that man has given to primordial phenomena in himself and in the universe. The arc of the drama runs from the birth of Satan through the creation of our world and the fall of man to the end times, war and the rest of the grave. Triptych scoops from the depths and against the current. It challenges meanings and wholes in a time where the wide path leads to contentlessness and detachment,” the band paints.
Triptych track listing:
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 celebrated the release of their album in Tampere at the Thrasherie bar.
The conquest of the Finnish peninsula continues this year as follows:
20.03.2026 – RockNeck, Jyväskylä (w/ Wizards Of Hazards, Cardinal Fleet)
27.03.2026 – Varjobaari, Tampere (w/ Steel Systems, Miss Vain)
15.05.2026 – Nirvana, Turku (w/ Pressure Points, Sum of Seven)
16.05.2026 – Bar 15, Seinäjoki (w/ TBA)
29.08.2026 – Toppila Klubi, Oulu (w/ Burning Point, Steel Systems)
Barrel is:
Valtteri – vocals
Vellu – bass, backing vocals, cello
Janne – guitar
Joonas – guitar
Vili – drums