Finnish diverse melodic metal band Dreamferno has released new song “Ark Of Engrams”. Melodic and heavy song represents the faster progressive groove of the band with an unexpected flavor: a delicate hint of breakbeat.
The breakbeat-inspired section of the track was produced by Helsinki-based DJ/producer Eronn (Veeti Eronen), known in Finland’s underground electronic music scene and through the Joensuu-based Fiktio ry. With over a decade of production experience, he brings a fresh touch to Ark Of Engrams with breaks-driven drums and psychedelic vocal effects.
“The Ark of this song, Ouroboros, is a living psychological entity that builds and feeds upon the unpleasant memories buried deep within the psyche of the person stranded aboard it. As one sails upon Ouroboros, time and one’s sense of self become distorted, and escape feels almost impossible. Yet somewhere in the distant, mist-shrouded horizon, the light of a lighthouse can be seen…“
Dreamferno is a group of friends from Finland’s Savonia and Karelia regions, united by a shared passion for creating music where rules are nonexistent and almost nothing is forbidden.
Taiwan’s biggest metal band, CHTHONIC, and Mariska released a surprise collaboration track titled “Näin Määrättiin”(Thus It Was Ordained). This marks the first time ever that Mariska has featured on an extreme metal song.
Although the new track was inspired by the final words Taiwanese prisoners of conscience wrote to their loved ones before their executions, vocalist Freddy Lim realized that—despite historical differences—Finland’s history also holds similar, heart-wrenching stories of separation, loss, and survival.
Delving deeper into the subject, Freddy made a surprising discovery: during the Winter War, Finland’s resistance was frequently reported on in *Taiwan Minpo*, the first newspaper founded by Taiwanese people. At the time, Finland’s struggle against overwhelming odds offered inspiration and encouragement to Taiwanese readers. Many of those readers later became prisoners of conscience in the late 1940s.
The idea that people across the globe could share the same emotions and struggles—and even inspire one another—deeply resonated with Freddy. Around the same time, he became acquainted with Mariska and grew interested in her artistry and poetic lyrical style.
“This reminds me of my good old punk hardcore days; it’s a truly interesting experience!” Mariska continues: “When I first listened to CHTHONIC, their powerful music and videos made a deep impression on me. So, when they contacted me and proposed a collaboration, I agreed almost immediately.”
“I hope listeners can feel the sorrow in the song but also find solace in it. Death is something we all have to face sooner or later, and none of us can avoid it.”
The band’s other key songwriter and guitarist, Jesse Ulas Liu, adds:
“I think this is CHTHONIC’s first love song. It is a love song filled with conflicting emotions—sorrow, guilt, regret, despair, and hopelessness. Although the song still bears CHTHONIC’s signature style, we’ve also incorporated many new elements. I hope our fans find it refreshing.”
During the composition process, bassist Doris Yeh once again finalized the original demo by Freddy and Jesse, helping to shape the track just as she had for the band’s recent releases. “We no longer rush to release music the way we used to. Now, we finally have the opportunity to work carefully on each song, one by one. I really value the fact that we can still make music together, so I wanted to give careful thought to every detail,” says Doris Yeh, adding that she also discovered a surprising connection to Mariska through the latter’s well-known song “Terveisin Doris.”
The members of CHTHONIC are currently literally split between opposite sides of the globe, with Freddy and Doris living in Helsinki and the rest of the band in Taipei.
“Freddy still sends messages on every possible platform!” Dani laughs. “It still feels like he’s right here with us. But that’s a good thing. That attitude keeps us moving and drives us to create new music.”
The music video for the song “Näin Määrättiin” premiered at the Air Guitar World Championships’ Dark Horse Video Show and at the Oulu Music Video Festival.
Freddy Lim, who serves as Taiwan’s representative in Finland, has participated in several events within the European Capital of Culture program in Oulu this year, where he has also given speeches.
“In previous events, I’ve mostly expressed my thoughts through words. Thanks to a kind invitation, I now have the opportunity to express my emotions through music as well,” says Freddy Lim.
Numento, a progressive melodic death metal band from Finland, has carved out a distinct identity by pairing the intensity of extreme metal with a versatile female vocal performance that moves seamlessly between operatic and guttural growls. The band further distinguishes its sound through the use of the kantele, Finland’s national instrument, which introduces an eerie, atmospheric layer to selected tracks.
Following their high energy appearance on the main stage at Hellsinki Metal Festival, Numento sat down with The Offering to discuss their latest single, the forthcoming EP and full‑length album, the dynamics behind their songwriting, their experience at Wacken 2025, their upcoming shows, along with several insights into the band’s world.
Eluveitie’s fusion of folk metal tradition and death metal ferocity reached a new peak with Ànv, released in spring 2025. Since then, the Swiss band has been on a relentless world tour, carrying the album’s momentum from continent to continent. Before taking the stage at Hellsinki Metal Festival, Chrigel and Fabienne sat down with The Offering to discuss their last album Ànv, the new music already forming on the road, and the realities of touring life.
King Satan, who call their music death metal disco, are speeding towards November, after the summer cover of Britney Spears’ Crazy, when the band will release their fifth studio album. The Black Magick Abraxas album, which will be released on the sixth of November, has already received a preview of the Black Magick Rock ‘N’ Roll single released with Erja Lyytinen, among others, and now with the new song Fire in the Hole they are going to a completely new level again – songwriting with the deceased! The music video for the song takes the viewer to the courtyard of the Nekala Cultural Center in Tampere, where there is at least a strange episode and party going on.
“This is the first King Satan song and video that was made together with the dead. At least that I remember? I had a dream where I was drinking with the late philosophers, the Danish Soren Kierkegaard and the Greek Diogenes, and they convinced me that I had to make a song based on their texts, since I’m such a fan of them. It was a cool dream, the characters were telepathically talking to me in some formless mumbling that I understood right away,” King Aleister Satan says and continues with amusement
“Diogenes seemed like a guy who lost a drunken bet on me when I claimed that I could jump higher than Tampere’s Näsinneula (not towers jumping). Then I thought that it was such a crazy dream again that I had to compose a crazy song for it, and I wanted to try out how a mechanical bouncing weight with a Y-shaped effect would work in this context. A bit in the spirit of our first album. And here we are.”
King Satan is heading to the gigs even before the album’s release, performing at the Lost In Music event in Tampere. The now announced autumn gigs are:
01/10/2026 – Tampere, Lost In Music Festival 2026
14/11/2026 – Turku, Fuusio (Support: Bloody Falls, Black Totem)
20-21/11/2026 – Helsinki, Hellsinki Industrial Festival 2026 (King Satan feat. Erja Lyytinen Special Show)
28/11/2026 – Kouvola, Haitaritehdas (Support: Deathropy, Kollectivist)
19/12/2026 – Mikkeli, Dinosaurock Club / Kulttuuritalo Tempo (Support: Deathropy)
The upcoming Black Magick Abraxas album includes the following songs:
1. Black Magick Rock ‘N ‘ Roll (feat. Erja Lyytinen)
2. Light of Darkness
3. Fire in the Hole
4. Hate Me Baby
5. Abraxas Rising
6. Far Beyond Good and Evil
7. The Devil Made Me Do It
8. Down by the Sins
9. Ride the Lion
King Satan is:
King Aleister Satan (a.k.a. Seth Aleister de King Satan) – Vocals, Keyboards, Programming
Hekate “Kate” Boss – Keyboards, Vocals, Programming
EF-13 – Guitars
Jerry Rock ‘N’ Roll – Bass
Pete Hellraiser – Drums
Tungsten is a Swedish idustrial/folk/power metal band formed in 2016 by former HammerFall and Yngwie Malmsteen drummer Anders Johansson, joined by his sons Karl and Nick Johansson, along with Michael Andersson, previously the vocalist of Cloudscape.
Known for their energetic, innovative sound, Tungsten blends driving instrumentation with memorable, melodic hooks that define their identity across all releases. The band is now preparing to unveil their fifth studio album, Ashes, arriving on October 9. With this record, Tungsten aims to push their boundaries even further, experimenting with new ideas to stand out in today’s metal landscape.
Before their performance at the Hellsinki Metal Festival, Michael and Nick sat down with The Offering to discuss their latest single Fuego Del Sol, the creative process behind the music video of Joker, the direction of Ashes, and even their plans looking ahead to 2027.
Following the release of their uncompromising split EP Rapture & Perversion, YHWH and HESSIAN have officially unveiled the lyric video for “Gravebound”.
“Gravebound” is an attack on the systems that have taught us to mistake obedience, consumption, and exploitation for freedom. In true YHWH fashion, few words hit harder than a thousand pages, with entire concepts compressed into a single term that says it all. There is no imagery and no unnecessary wordplay—just a manifesto that screams. Driven by YHWH’s unmistakable abrasive and aggressive sound, the track becomes an accusation against a society that reduces human existence to work, consumption, and profit, while selling its chains as freedomRapture and Perversion is a relentless journey through occult atmospheres, crushing riffs, and unfiltered aggression.
Hessian traces back to 2002, when Wade’s project was recorded under the name Madame Durant. It became Utuk Xul Commands Worship in 2004 and went inactive, then returned in 2014 playing hardcore street punk. By 2016, the project had shifted back into extreme metal, recording collaboratively under the Hessian name. Hessian signed to Wormholedeath and released a self-titled album in January 2025, with Brandon Floyd on vocals (now running the solo DSBM project Nyvrosk), Wade on guitar, and Noctem on drums.
Since the self-titled album, Wade has run Hessian with a rotating cast of guest musicians from release to release: Frostmorner, also signed to Wormholedeath, on the single “Goetic Altars of Obsidian”; Thoth, of Thoth Nemesis and Internment, on the EP “Sworn to the Kult”; Frostmorner, Thoth, Crotalos of Gomold, and Dromo’ together on the EP “Celebrants of the Lunar Blood”; and, on the split EP “Primitive Adorations” with Death Invoker, Wade himself on vocals alongside drummer Wrath of Nunslaughter and Beelzebub Slaughter of Murder Records on the opening track. On “Rapture and Perversion,” Wade returns to vocals and guitar, with Noctem back on drums.
YHWH is a Belgian/Thai occult black metal band formed in 2024 by brother and sister Schem HaMephorash and C. Bones, and S.M. Goatritual arrived in June 2024. S.M. Goat Ritual joined the band in June [YEAR TO CONFIRM]. YHWH released its debut EP, “Tetragrammaton,” through Wormholedeath in April 2025, followed by a second EP, “Khatha,” later that year. A third EP, “Baghavat,” is scheduled for October 30, 2026.
Ahead of the release of their debut EP ‘Us’ scheduled this month, French progressive metal act Dualisis brings both previously released singles back into focus “Us” and “The Deep” – revealing them not as isolated tracks, but as interconnected fragments of a larger emotional and sonic narrative.
‘Us ‘is out now. Two singles, heard separately until now — together they form something more considered: a debut record built around contrast, identity and inner conflict.
Moving between atmospheric tension, crushing rhythmic weight and introspective melodic depth, French progressive metal act Dualisis
crafts a modern progressive metal sound rooted as much in emotional resonance as in technical precision.
For fans of In This Moment, TesseracT, Katatonia, Soen and The Gathering — and anyone drawn to progressive metal that feels both cinematic and deeply human.
Based in France, Dualisis is a modern progressive metal act combining atmospheric songwriting, dynamic heaviness and cinematic textures.
Drawing influence from progressive metal, alternative metal and post-metal aesthetics, the band develops a sound built around contrast, tension and immersive composition rather than pure technical exhibition.
Following the release of its first singles, Dualisis released its debut EP ‘Us’ lin May 2025.
For Ikinä, 2026 has been a defining year. First came the release of Valkyria, an intense and emotional album. Then, at Hellsinki Metal Festival, they delivered a standout performance joined by The Choir of Hecate, whose dramatic vocal layers amplified the band’s already explosive energy.
After the show, Katariina Sorsa and Tuuli Paju sat down with The Offering to reflect on the adrenaline of the performance, the intense month of preparation leading up to it, and the importance of celebrating womanhood, alongside the realities of motherhood in the music industry and the persistent gatekeepers of metal. They also opened up about the journey behind their latest album and what 2027 may hold for Ikinä.
American melodic black metal outfit Antithetic have announced their first-ever East Coast tour, running this coming November. The trek is dedicated to supporting the band’s critically acclaimed debut album «Kadath» which was released in June 2026. The tour is proudly supported by Mysticide Minds, MOLE! Label, Eternal Blasphemy Productions, New Dark Ages, and GlobMetal Promotions. Commenting on the upcoming dates, the band shares: “This run may be short, but our goal is to execute it with maximum precision, promote it properly, and above all, give people the opportunity to experience our music live. We will be performing in new costumes, featuring custom stage decorations and immersive, medieval dungeon synth intermissions. Surma, Nøkken, Onidaiko, and I cannot wait to bring the true story of the ‘Kadath’ album to life—and to share the stage with incredible local acts along the way.”
East Coast Tour Dates:
Nov. 21 – Rochester, NY @ California Brew House
Nov. 22 – New York, NY @ The Woodshop
Nov. 28 – Philadelphia, PA @ Mousetrap
Nov. 29 – Baltimore, MD @ The Depot
Formed in Rochester, NY, by Hauras (lead guitar/vocals/synths) and Surma (guitar), alongside Nøkken (bass) and drummers Onidaiko and Andrew Dewar, Antithetic is a melodic black metal project blending aggressive Finnish and Russian traditions with grandeur and sorrow. Performing with concealed faces, the band shifts focus from personality to raw ritual. Driven by a central tension of beauty and violence, frost and fire, they deliver a cinematic, multilingual descent through Lovecraftian dreamlands, cosmic horror, and a medieval sense of dread that channels the influence of Dissection and Horna.
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