Earlier this year, Christan Carlsson announced that he wanted to step off the blues rock cirkus to focus on other things in life and his other band “The Quill” who just released a new album.
Jerry Prütz comments:
“No drama, no disagreement, no fights led to this decision, instead we are grateful for all the albums, gigs and everything else we have achieved during the time Christan Carlsson has been a part of “Cirkus Prütz” and we wish him luck in the future and with whateverhe takes on. When one door closes, another one opens and we say welcome to Nicolas Vowden as our new singer and harmonica player. Give him love and a warm welcome and a loud HELL YEAH!!!”
Nicolas is the older brother of Chris Vowden, who is the guitarist in the Swedish metal band “Corroded”, and that’s how they got together.
Nicolas says: “It feels almost surreal and very special to be a part of “Cirkus Prütz” today, a band that I actually saw play live in Stockholm in May 2022. My brother Chris wanted me to go with him, our third brother Oliver and a close friend to the gig. In the middle of the concert, Chris leaned towards me and said: “Damn, this is exactly the kind of band you should sing in. This type of music suits you like a glove.” He just captured my own thoughts at the same time. It makes it all both very funny and quite ironic that now, four years later, I actually get to sing in “Cirkus Prütz” — a band that I already thought that night was so damn good and that felt completely right for me.”
AIRI’S is an indie rock band from Espoo founded in 2019. The band’s music deals with the emotional storms of life, from immense anxiety to infatuation and love. The musical influences come mainly from the 1970s and 1990s, and the songs feature nuances of British rock, grunge and prog.
New single ”He’s Lost” is a tribute to the grandfathers of the song’s writer Joni Hartikainen. The lyrics of the song are about loss and reminisce about beautiful moments spent with lost loved ones. Felicia Wadenström on bass and Kingston Wall-legend Sami Kuoppamäki featuring on drums!
Airi’s – He’s Lost Music & lyrics by Joni Hartikainen Recorded by Joel Kinnunen, V.R. Studio & Konsta Silander, Isolla Music, Helsinki Mixed by Konsta Silander, Isolla Music, Helsinki Mastered by Jarno Alho, Alho Audio Mastering Catalog number: VRDIG361 ISRC: FIV2U2600025 Distributor: Playground Music Scandinavia
Joni Hartikainen: Lead & Backing Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar Tuomas Hokkanen: Lead & Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals Silja Silander: Keyboards & Backing Vocals Felicia Wadenström: Bass Sami Kuoppamäki: Drums
Airi’s’ new single ”He’s Lost” is a tribute to the grandfathers of the song’s writer Joni Hartikainen. The lyrics of the song are about loss and reminisce about beautiful moments spent with lost loved ones. The sad but empowering message is reinforced by the arrangement which the band emphasizes with heavenly backing vocals and wonderful collaborators Felicia Wadenström on bass and Sami Kuoppamäki on drums.
The band’s first album, “Kind Little One”, released in August 2022, was praised by critics and the public. The album is a story about the human life cycle, from birth to death. Airi’s celebrated the release of their debut album with a charity concert for the Finnish mental health organization Mieli ry at Kannusali, Espoo in 2022, raising €1500 with the ticket sales.
The second album, “Sea of Your Thoughts”, released in September 2024, brings out even more of the band’s brilliant playing chops and organic live sound. The album’s single “Marigolds” even received radio airplay in the United States, and the album’s release was celebrated with a sold out show at Semifinal in Helsinki.
Airi’s has played over 150 shows, including Ruisrock 2024 and as an opening act for Erja Lyytinen at her Finnish shows. Outside Finland, the band has already performed in the Baltics, Sweden and the UK. In spring 2024 the band performed at London’s legendary The Dublin Castle club to a full house. In the fall of 2025 Airi’s toured Finland with Erja Lyytinen on her 12-date Finnish tour and played at some of the most well-known venues in the country including Tavastia in Helsinki. The band has cited Oasis, The Last Dinner Party and the Von Hertzen Brothers as influences.
ONLY SONS was formed in Krakow in 2018 by Daniel Kesler and Andrzej Nowak (who remained in the lineup until 2022). The group has operated since the beginning as a quintet of musicians involved in various projects across the broader metal scene, including: Redemptor, Moanaa, Ketha, Deivos, Outre, Ulcer, Taraban, and Post Profession.
On April 17, 2026, the band released their new album “Through the Night Again“. The record was self-released in both digital format and as a physical CD which could be purchased via Bandcamp.
On May 27, the band unveiled a music video for the track “Shallows” from the “Woodland Sessions“, serving as a companion piece to their recently released studio album “Through the Night Again“. The material was recorded in October 2025. The video was produced by Reedy Media Group, while the audio was handled by Lateral Studio, with final mixing and mastering done by Tomasz Zalewski.
There are countless young bands that are still searching for their own individual musical identity and a breakthrough image based on their own visionary concept. And then there’s BLOOD WHITE, a band that has already found all these factors. Although the five-piece band has only been together since 2022, their sound is incredibly mature, creative and unique. BLOOD WHITE have developed a refined, distinctive mix of modern metal, rock and hardcore which leaves a lasting impression. Added to that, the band’s incredible stage outfits, highlighted through their glaring red and white ‘corporate identity’, sets the quintet apart from the genre’s standard dull, black style which so many of their contemporaries seem to favour. But most importantly, their debut album, “From Hell”, presents music of a standard rarely found in newcomer acts.
The songs mix raw metal riffs and brutal grooves with catchy choruses which enables listeners who are less into the metal-genre immediate access to their exciting, hellraising music. Listen to tracks such as “All I Said Was A Lie”‚ “Bloodified”, “I Smell Blood” or “From Hell” and watch the videos of “Run Or Die” and “Guns & Fear” which all show BLOOD WHITE’s extensive range of stylistic potential and musical influences. At the same time, the album also provides a number of surprises.
Practically out of nowhere (or rather, out of darkest hell), singer Dr. Zero projects a deep sense of melancholy, grief and anger on “Before I Die”, deliberately leaving a number of questions unanswered. Dr. Zero: “The songsays something about me, and its metaphors express precisely what I want to share with our audience. It’s about love, about its dependence on your own emotions and on what constitutes the bleakness of grief. Thoughts of having nothing left but a refuge, albeit one that makes you slide even deeper into the abyss than you already have.”
“From Hell” and “Fear” strike a similar lyrical note and present demonic verbal exchanges on God and the world, preachers, monsters and demons, as well as the eternal horror of war and devastation leading, ultimately, to the destruction of one’s own soul. Dr. Zero added: “Most ofour songs are about the chasms of the human mind, its capacity for absolute evil, a contradiction to love and compassion. This contraction also resonates in the name “Blood White”, red being a symbol of blood, but also of love, and white stands for innocence and eternity evoking that glistening, bright light that people who have experienced ‘being clinically dead’ talk about.”
The appraisal above says it all! BLOOD WHITE hold everything in their own hands, it’s all there to be seen and heard: the music, the videos, the album sleeve, the photos – the entire band and its image!
BLOOD WHITE are fulfilling the promise of an even more spectacular (metal) future!
TRACK-LISTING 01 – All I Said Was A Lie 02 – Run Or Die 03 – Bloodified 04- I Smell Blood 05 – Guns & Fear 06 – Unholy Water 07 – Fear 08 – Before I Die 09 – Memories 10 – Kill Everyone 11 – Don´t Blame Me 12 – From Hell
LINE-UP Dr. Zero – vocals Mr. Bonesaw – guitar D.C. Spark – guitar Luke Y-Cut – drums Gas Gee – bass
Blending theatrical intensity with razor-sharp modern rock, IN THIS MOMENT have spent the last decade building one of heavy music’s most unmistakable identities. Led by the magnetic presence of MARIA BRINK, the GRAMMY-nominated band have turned their fusion of spectacle, vulnerability, and massive melodic hooks into a global phenomenon, earning platinum-certified success and more than two billion career streams along the way. Now, the band begin their next chapter with the release of the explosive new single “Sleeping With The Enemy,” out now via Better Noise Music.
For more on the single, Brink offers, “With ‘Sleeping with the Enemy’ and our upcoming album, we’re confronting the darkness — whether it’s inside us or external. It’s about looking that darkness in the face and transforming it into empowerment. We feel so exhilarated and ready to show the world what we’ve conjured up.”
“Sleeping With the Enemy” and the previously released “Heretic” (feat. Kim Dracula), mark the first tastes of the band’s upcoming, as-yet-untitled ninth album and debut for Better Noise Music. More details will be announced in due course.
Elsewhere, Brink also features on the current Eva Under Fire single “Villainous,” which is climbing towards Top 10 at active rock radio.
Since coming to life in 2005, IN THIS MOMENT have presided over a diehard fan base under the watch of “mother” figure and aforementioned Brink — joined by co-founder and lead guitarist Chris Howorth, bassist Travis Johnson, guitarist Randy Weitzel, and drummer Kent Diimmel. They have steadily emerged as one of the most influential and impactful bands of the 21st century.
To date, In This Moment has amassed over 2 Billion streams globally. In addition to the Gold-selling album, BLOOD [2012], the quintet has also garnered seven Gold and two Platinum singles, followed by a trifecta of Top 25 entries on the Billboard 200 with BLACK WIDOW [2014], and RITUAL [2017].
Between selling out headline tours coast-to-coast, the group performed in arenas and have appeared at countless festivals from Lollapalooza to Sonic Temple. They assembled their seventh full-length, the aptly titled MOTHER [2020] with longtime trusted collaborator Kevin Churko [Ozzy Osbourne, Five Finger Death Punch]. MOTHER breathed the activating mantra of an unbreakable spell, commenced on first single “The In-Between,” which received a GRAMMY® nomination in 2020 for “Best Metal Performance.”
In 2022, the band released BLOOD 1983 [BMG], a reimagined EP commemorating the ten-year anniversary of BLOOD. Then in 2023, the longtime staples of heavy music released their eighth studio album GODMODE [BMG], a 10-song record featuring the powerful lead single “The Purge,” a stunning cover of Björk’s “Army Of Me,” the collaborative track “Damaged,” which featured Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills, and “I Would Die For You,” which appeared on the soundtrack for John Wick: Chapter 4.
Now, IN THIS MOMENT are ready to scintillate their legion of fans with their next evolution and era. Ironically enough, the future is as bright as it is dark for the band and its fans…
Finnish gothic dark metal band Horizon of Aeons released their debut album, Timeless Forms of Desolation, on 29 May 2026 via Inverse Records.
Horizon of Aeon’s debut album “Timeless Forms of Desolation” is a diverse journey through varying landscapes of darkness and melancholy. This atmospheric ordeal offers majestic orchestral harmonies and alluring gloomy melodies that ascend from the solitude of Northern isolation. Album is layered with icy acoustic passages and infectiously enchanting choruses. Vocals range from clean delivery to screams loaded with emotion and bursts of deep growling. Songs stretch the boundaries of gothic and dark metal with flirtation to doom and black metal.
Lyrical themes include philosophical pondering about fundamental questions of existence, time and meaning. Overall message may seem a bit cynical, but there is still some hope left for this agonized mankind.
Timeless Forms of Desolation was recorded at the Fifth-Level Overdrive Studio between Jun – Dec, 2024. Recorded by Miska Lehtivuori and Kristian Kipinoinen. Mixed and mastered by Miska Lehtivuori. Produced by Miska Lehtivuori and Ville Pekkala. Co-Produced by Horizon of Aeons and Kristian Kipinoinen. Music by Horizon of Aeons. Lyrics by Lehtivuori and Pekkala. Arranged by Jokela, Lehtivuori, Pekkala and Venho
Album artwork by Miska Lehtivuori. Album graphics by Silent Arcane Filigati. Band photo by Kristian Kipinoinen. Clean vocals on “Haunting Presence” by Jaakko Lehtinen. Spoken words on “Kairos” by Kristian Kipinoinen, drawn from a traditional Finnish spell from the year 1846.
The lyrics deal with the concept of deep time. The vastness of the universe challenges human perspective. Our collective cosmic history shapes the eternal harmony of our souls. We are part of the ever-flowing stream of humanity’s consciousness. Musically, this song is more up-tempo and contains unique elements compared to other Horizon of Aeons songs. It is a perfect opening track as it gives the album a good kickstart with the blasting double bass on the drums. The outro is a piece of text spoken by our technician and co-producer Kristian Kipinoinen. This text is handled more closely in the song “1846 (The Ones Beneath)”.
Aedis Tenebrae:
This song embraces the brightness of darkness. Evil spirits of our subconscious mind are meant to be cherished. Persistent dark patterns open the gates to a higher level of divinity. Demonic guidance through ambivalent existence. Confrontation with the rigid morality of the masses. The music supports the lyrics perfectly by flowing between different sections and moods. In the main riff, the guitar lines circle around each other, yet never collide. The bass guitar and drums stand firmly in the background, allowing the guitars to summon melodies.
Ghosts Transcending:
The lyrics of “Ghosts Transcending” address the paradox of existence. The lifelong urge to contemplate, moving beyond surface-level living to find clarity. We desperately try to find the meaning of nothingness. We seek purpose beyond instinct. We are nameless ghosts in the eternal veil of stars. The song starts with a steady and beautiful double bass drum section, which is one of the founding concepts of this song, while the keyboards paint beautiful melodies. The chords used in this song also have a variety of interesting tone colors.
Devilish Mist of Deformed:
This is a song about rumination. The climax of fulfillment remains unattainable. The recreation of our memories shields us from anguish. Melancholy is rooted in the heart of man. The song structure of “Devilish Mist of Deformed” is progressive. Each section follows the other, with no going back. This one also has some parts that lean towards the more extreme side of metal music.
1846 (The Ones Beneath):
The lyrics in this song are inspired by an old Finnish spell passed down orally through generations, which we then transformed and translated to become the lyrics in this song. A shaman is invoking the ancient soldiers from the underground to ascend back to life. Thousands of men with horns, raise your swords once again and demolish with me. The spell in question can actually be read on the physical CD release and heard in the outro of “Kairos.” Musically, there’s a lot happening here. The straightforward verse is accompanied by a majestic chorus with complex tonal colors and progressive rhythms.
Until the Darkness Claims Us:
The title of the song is taken from the book written by Sarah J. Maas. The lyrics are loosely based on that story. The vow of absolute loyalty and brotherhood binds us to one another until our very last breath. The doomy atmosphere in the first part of the song is crushingly heavy, but only momentarily until the melodic relief comes. Later in the song, the heaviness returns, followed by beautiful melodies from keyboards and guitar, and the outro features three consecutive key modulations. This is something you don’t hear every day in metal music.
Spectral Echoes:
This song is a tribute to our former band, Mormânt de Snagov. The lyrics are a collection of song titles and quotes from the songs we’ve recorded over the years. We wanted to put this retrospective collection together as a reference to the journey that led to the day when we decided to leave Mormânt de Snagov behind and start a new musical chapter in the form of Horizon of Aeons. There is also a modification of the poignant quote by French poet Charles Baudelaire at the end of the song.
Haunting Presence:
The final song of the album deals with the curse of remembering. The concept is taken from the great Charles Baudelaire once again: “Remembering is only a new form of suffering.” Our presence is haunted by memories, shaping our feelings and unresolved emotions. As we enter the all-encompassing darkness, we seek solace in the garden of denial. The composition of “Haunting Presence” supports the sad lyrical theme with peaceful and calm verses and choruses that lead to a furious and raging outro. The clean vocals were performed by our dear friend Jaakko Lehtinen from the Finnish hard rock band Leaflet.
Line-up: Miska Lehtivuori – Vocals, Guitars Ville Pekkala – Guitars Pekka Venho – Bass Pekka Jokela – Drums
THE ROCK ALCHEMIST – Italian Rock Band from Turin with a strong sonic identity that blends modern rock with progressive, hard, alternative, and pop elements!
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
