Author: IlariaFra

FINNISH PROGRESSIVE METAL BAND INDISTINCT RELEASES “HEARTSTRINGS” AND BEGINS A NEW CHAPTER

One of the most interesting and artistic names in the heavy progressive music “thall” genre, Indistinct, begins a new chapter with “Heartstrings”, the first release from the upcoming fourth album.

Blending orchestral compositions, gut wrenching vocals and a heavy progressive core, Finnish Indistinct has carved their way into the hearts of many fans inside and outside their country. Heartstrings is simultaneously a familiar experience and also a window into a more mature expression which ties itself naturally to overall themes on the upcoming album.

“Heartstrings is not a happy song”, composer Joona Muistola explains. “Overall the album explores dark themes, but Heartstrings seeks to evoke the feeling of despair to the point of utter helplessness. It might be difficult to describe this as the turning point on the album – if there is any – but rather the lowest point we reach.”

“Heartstrings” is the first single of four planned singles from the upcoming album which is set to release early next year. The story of the upcoming album will be revealed month by month as one continuous campaign tying into the themes of the record.

Indistinct line-up:
  • Ville Haavisto – vocals
  • Joona Muistola – guitar
  • Olli Paajanen – bass
  • Leevi Viitala – drums

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DOOM/DEATH FINNISH METAL BAND CONCRETE GHOSTS RELEASES NEW ALBUM “ECHOES OF THE DEAD WORLD”

Friday 13th, November 2026. Concrete Ghosts release their debut album- ECHOES OF THE DEAD WORLD.

Concrete Ghosts is a misanthropic metal collective from Finland, formed in 2025. The project serves as a sonic witness to the terminal decay of the psyche and the slow-motion erosion of the human mind within the structures it has built. Rather than reflecting the urban world, Concrete Ghosts documents the parasitic nature of modern life-capturing the precise, horrific moment where the individual is hollowed out by the very environment they are forced to inhabit.

Standing in the center of this human-made horror, the band translates the crushing weight of isolation into a balance of raw aggression and layered, melancholic atmosphere. Heavily inspired by the somber, melodic intensity of the late-90s metal underground, their debut features a bleak, chromatic production that acts as a personal record of the world’s spirit failing in real-time.

The record was mixed and mastered by bassist H. Hyytiäinen and features hand-painted cover art by vocalist E. Keränen.

Band Members:

  • T. Honkanen – Guitars
  • E. Keränen – Vocals
  • H. Hyytiäinen – Bass / Clean Vocals
  • N. Pennanen – Drums

Track list:

  1. Stillborn World
  2. Tomb Of Scars
  3. You Closed Your Eyes
  4. Among The Insects
  5. Concrete Skin
  6. Black Suns Hollow Lie
  7. A Hunger For Nothingness
  8. In Remembrance

Listen to the full album

WARFARER RELEASED THEIR NEW SINGLE “SONS OF NORTH”

October 30th 2026, Tampere.

Finnish melodic death/folk metal band Warfarer released their new single “Sons of North”- a track taken from their upcoming EP IN THE LAND OF NORTH.

Born from the frost of Northern Finland in 2013, Warfarer weaves chilling tales of small people’s great struggles amidst ancient myths. Their ferocious blend of melodic death metal and symphonic elements bites like the freezing wind and grips you like the flu. After releasing an EP in 2017, the band published a concept album in 2024- A TALE BEYOND THE PALE. The album delves into the Finnish myth of the Brotherslayer, taking listeners on a journey through jealousy, scheming, Viking raids, guilt and madness.

In contrast to the harshness of the previous works,  “Sons of North”  blends folk and symphonic elements. This energetic track tells the story of an ancient northern people defend their home from invaders.

Watch the official video

GOTH HALLOWEEN: THE DARK LIVE @VARJOBAARI, TAMPERE (FINLAND) 31.10.2026

Finland had just entered the darkest period of the year and soon the polar night will begin up north. While nature prepares for the long sleep, the British-Italian band The Dark paid its very first visit to Finland playing two shows on Halloween´s weekend in Helsinki and Tampere. Founded in Los Angeles in 2011, The Dark is characterised by elements of 90´s Rock, Blues, heavy industrial electronics, Goth, Glam and Punk with a special reference to Marilyn Manson.

Supported by the Fair Attempts and DJ Zynthexia, The Dark proved to deserve such name, taking possession of stage and floor of Varjobaari in a show that involved and amused the audience. In contrast to what the public usually experiences, The Dark joined the dance floor, making the audience the center of the scene. Brandon Ashely actively involved the fans in the show, singing and playing with them. Ginger Snaps-bass, improvised on stage comedy together with Lollo Savage- guitar, while Flow Toulman stoically kept beating the drums.

The heavy and catchy “Where´s your God” opened the show followed by “Strip me, Kill me”  adding some darker vibe by referring to sleep paralysis. The sound got heavier with “Angels have no wings” -second single from GHOST OF TURIN, coming out on February next year. From the same album “Nightmare on Lexington Street” was instead more goth rock and nostalgic. Varjobaari was invaded by playful dark atmosphere toward the end with “Hollywood Grindhouse” and, at the end,  the band concluded the gig with a tribute to Ozzy Osburne and Lemmy Kilmister “Hellraiser”.

The audience was thrilled and gave incredibly positive feedback to this talented and eclectic band, wishing for more shows in the near future.

ED: spare yourself the trouble to look this band up, here is the link to their youtube channel

Featured picture courtesy of The Dark

AGARWAEN´S HALLOWEEN SPECIAL PARTY @ MAANALAINEN, TAMPERE (FINLAND) 30.10.2026

Agarwaen´s album release tour brought the creepy clowns to Maanalainen, Tampere, on Halloween´s eve. The party was opened by the Melodic Death Metal Ignis Eternum- that performed in creative costumes, and it was beautifully closed by Warfarer that was also promoting their newly released single “Sons of North”.

As soon as you would get to the location, you could sense something was off. It was not the usual underground vibe: shady people walking around the venue, half clowns half creatures escaped from the asylum of horror wearing dirty straitjackets, barely keeping contact with reality, drainage bags and blood bags hanging, random messages on carboards, the wall wrapped in plastic and even a terrifying cotton candy cart. It felt like the beginning of a horror movie, but played live.

Agarwaen climbed to the stage and the horror show began: lobotomies, shootings, stabbings and pure terror in the eyes of the performers, so well performed that the heavy music was only a background detail at some point. The audience was amused and totally absorbed in the show, eating cotton candy and headbanging at the rhythm of insanity.

The show was a great success despite there being no casualties or ritual sacrifices.

 

Photos by Ilaria Fraulin

 

INSOMNIUM & KAUNIS KUOLIMATON @ TAVARA ASEMA, TAMPERE (FINLAND) 24.10.2026

1200 people attended the show last night in Tavara Asema- Tampere. The fourth date of Insomnium´s Finnish tour was sold out like two dates scheduled for next week.

The show started in perfect time with the melancholic notes of the “Beautiful Immortal” (aka Kaunis Kuolematon), Finnish singing band founded in 2012 that warmed up the already excited audience. Despite of a short, captive hiatus due to technical issues, the band kept the atmosphere light while the public manifested their support and encouragement.

But it was when the recently released “Shadowlife” started to play that the magic really happened. Insomnium kept the stage alive for over one hour with their dark and powerful music from their new released album “Netherworlds” with tracks like “Gleam in the Black” and tightened the bond with old fans playing songs like “Drawn to Black” among others.

Insomnium will play next week in Oulu, Joensuu and Jyväskylä before heading to North America in mid November.

Photos by Ilaria Fraulin

SOLILOQUIUM Released New Album Upheaval

Upheaval, the new album by Soliloquium, was released on October 23rd, 2026.  Soliloquium is a progressive death/doom metal band formed in 2011 by Stefan Nordström from Stockholm (Sweden).

The lyrics deal with modern life struggles, existential issues and other hard-hitting topics, personal and universal. Loss and strife is a constant, but so is hope and determination. Expect alternating soundscapes both heavy and mellow, tied together by the atmosphere and musical language.
For fans of: Katatonia, Daylight Dies, Slumber.

‘Upheaval‘ is a wide open story of being an outsider, living in a role and a world you never asked for. It’s about powerlessness, divergence and the existential question if it’s really worth it all. Is there enough laughter and connection left in 2026 for it to make sense to be alive?
‘Famine‘ dealt with the past. This one is about the present. The aim is to open up the inner world as much as possible, hopefully creating harmony and understanding.
And also to simply unburden what’s better said in music than in a conversation. Somewhere under the layers of doom and despair, there’s a fever dream of hope.
Is there a haven for the fragile in a world without humanity?

Line up:

Stefan Nordström – vocals, guitars, songwriting
Henrik Ekholm – bass
Xines – drums

Toni Hatakka (vocals on track 1)
Frédéric Simon, Oliver Palmqvist and Jari Lindholm (choir vocals on track 2)
Henrik Ekholm (backing vocals on tracks 2, 4 and 6)
Alessandro Sforza (lead guitars, backing vocals on track 3)
Vittorio Sabelli (clarinet on track 5)

Upheaval track list:
  1. Tightrope 07:01
  2. Contrarians 06:31
  3. Upheaval 05:44
  4. Livsöden 06:50
  5. Family Ties 04:46
  6. Time Stands Still 05:36
  7. Centralia 07:39

Listen to the album

 

 

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Volucrine- Chapter V: Renewal

One month as passed since Volucrine released their 5th LP Chapter V- Renewal, the second in the last 2 years, marking a pick in creativity and production in the band’s carrier. As the band has previously said, this album was born quickly, prioritising the music over a genre. In fact, what is immediately noticeable of this album, is the variety of sounds, rhythms and influences that blend together into the distinctive melodies of Volucrine.
Already the first track-“Borderline”, offers a taste of angry, Nu metal growling right at the beginning while later on gives the floor to melodic clear voices and guitars in the chorus. Energetic rhythms and melodies go hand in hand for the whole album, making the idea of change (aka Renewal) so real, to the point that the gentle voice of Sanni Teitto in “Drift” appears as part of the natural evolution in a field of screams.
While the undefined genre might be intriguing or puzzling for new fans, the red line of the album is to be sought in the themes touched. Despite some tracks sounding energetic and even a somehow teasing- resembling some 90’s punk singles, the lyrics are more committed to deep life challenges. As Jupe recently said “Volucrine is a therapeutic project to channel the negative emotions into music”. As per their previous album, this work serves as echoes to the anguish feelings of loneliness, being cut out, existential inadequacy, emotional pain and mental struggle. The simplicity of the lyrics reflects the fragile dimension of human nature left alone in a strive as hard as “Moving Mountains” to “write oneself anew”, but in the end, there is hope that the awaited change is possible.
A little consideration to conclude: despite the choice of not sticking to a genre might be disorienting for new listeners, Chapter V- Renewal is definitely a multidimensional work that is worth trying.