Finnish modern metal band IAMSIN is back with a new single and music video Rituals. The track is released in cooperation with Inverse Records.
The band comments: “Rituals is one of the most intense and ambitious songs we’ve ever released. We really pushed our limits on this track—musically, emotionally, and in terms of production, while still staying true to the IAMSIN sound. Compared to our last single Echoes, this one goes even further. it’s heavier, darker, and more emotional. It feels like a big step forward for us as a band. We wanted to create something that hits hard but also feels real and unique. Rituals feels like a big step forward for us as a band, and we’re proud of the direction we’re heading. The response so far has been incredible, and we’re excited to see how it connects with people. ”
Formed in 2013, IAMSIN is a melodic modern metalcore band known for their intense energy, hard-hitting breakdowns, and melodic choruses. Their debut album, Kings & Queens (2017), established them as a force in the heavy music scene, blending raw aggression with melodic depth. Now, after years of evolution and growth, IAMSIN has already released new music in 2025, delivering their most powerful and refined sound yet. Stay tuned.
Line-up: Guitar: Conny Segervall Guitar: Nikolai Juselius Bass: Eddie Grön Drums: Anton Lönnqvist Vocals: Petter Löf
The prog/metal-fusion quartet QUADVIUM offers advance stream of its debut studio album “Tetradōm” due out May 30th on Agonia Records. Half in California and half in the Netherlands, the band was launched by acclaimed bassists Steve Di Giorgio (Testament, Death) and Jeroen Paul Thesseling (Obscura, Pestilence). They’re accompanied by guitarist Eve Smith (Myth Of I, Kaathe) and drummer Yuma van Eekelen (Our Oceans, Pestilence), who bring their talent and expertise to this unique, bass-oriented perspective.
Enjoy the album in full, here:
Steve Di Giorgio and Jeroen Paul Thesseling are both innovators in bringing a different style of fretless bass playing to metal. Launching a band with two predominantly multi-string fretless bass players is no common occurrence, and the bass-duo felt they needed to take very special and deliberate time to get the right alignment with who is participating and what will be the end result – meaning the right sound and composition to represent this rare vision.
Over time, together with Dutch master drummer Yuma van Eekelen (Our Oceans, Pestilence) and American guitar virtuoso/composer Eve (Myth Of I, Kaathe) – whose contribution and expertise play a huge part of QUADVIUM – the music began to take shape. The line-up is just the right blend to mix the delicate balance of such a heavy aural offering and a full vocabulary of high level constructed pieces.
Photo credit: Agonia Records
“We had an intention many many years ago to make some music together… to feature two predominately multistring fretless bass players playing in duet form,” Steve & Jeroen reflect. “That is to say, neither being «rhythm bass & lead bass» nor some trading off hot solo licks mess. But easier said than done! While hanging out, we exchanged some thoughts about how it would be to form a group to support our bass-ic needs. At that time it was just a spontaneous idea, but over the years the topic was brought up again and again. This vision was blurry at best and it took us a long time to not only imagine how to feature the bass in this way, but more importantly – who would share in this concept with us. Yuma is an old acquaintance and lucky for us, he needed this project to add to his list of a thousand others! But having a drummer that understood that 2 bass players would be filling the sonic spectrum, he was undaunted in contributing the backbone as well as keeping our outlandish ideas in check. After a long search for the next musician, a gold mine was found on Instagram reels by the name of Eve. Some of the most insane guitar (and bass!) videos we ever saw inspired us to ask if this was a project worth joining… not only did we have our final member aboard, but a studio genius and the main composer of this strategy we had so long ago, who brought it all together and focused everything into the album we are so proud to share with you now. Thanks to the solid support from Agonia Records for supporting our dream and making this album a reality! Fans of instrumental progressive metal fusion – and fretless bass! – will surely enjoy these musical journeys.”
“Tetradōm” was recorded and produced by Eve and co-produced by Yuma van Eekelen. The album was mastered by Dereck Blackburn at Quiethouse Recording. Travis Smith (Amorphis, King Diamond, Cynic) created the album’s artwork and layout.
In the long hours of the night, when the weight of existence becomes unbearable and there is no god, no salvation and no light, GRAVE WITH A VIEW return to deliver another cut to the soul. The Finnish purveyors of Anti-Life Black Metal Misery have unveiled a new video for “The Lash”, now streaming exclusively via No Clean Singing.
Originally released as part of last year’s devastating full-length “Raw Illumination” (Dusktone), “The Lash” is a sonic scourge, a sadistic, relentless track that strips the listener bare, exposing every wound and weakness to the cold. Unfolding with flaying riffs and pitiless vocal lacerations, the song captures the essence of GRAVE WITH A VIEW’s desolate vision: isolation, humiliation, grief, and the slow corrosion of the self. Now, its harrowing power is made flesh in a visual companion as stark and unrelenting as the music itself.
“Raw Illumination” marked the band’s most intense and harrowing work to date. From the shattered ice of “Cold Flesh Peregrination” to the funeral crawl of “Loathe”, the album offers no reprieve, only suffering. “The Lash” stands among its most punishing moments, embodying the violent spiral of internal collapse.
Recorded and mixed by O.H.R and mastered by Haldor Grunberg at Satanic Audio (Behemoth, Dopelord, Christ Agony), “Raw Illumination” is a precise and pitiless descent into mental ruin.
The album’s artwork and layout, designed by Danny The Destroyer, utilizes striking, unsettling imagery of model Anna Iivana Julma, captured by the band themselves.
Following the haunting release of “Seaweed Braids,” Italian all-female melodic death metal band Hellfox returns with a powerful new chapter: “Atlas,” the second single from their upcoming album “The Spectrum Of Human Gravity,” due out via Rockshots Records.
Combining heavy melodic death metal foundations with modern textures and acidic synths, “Atlas” is a crushing and introspective anthem. Lyrically, the song draws on the myth of the Titan condemned to bear the weight of the sky — a metaphor for the emotional burdens we carry and the silent expectations imposed by society. “We have no control over what happens around us,” the band explains, “but letting go of that weight may be the most liberating act of all.”
Hellfox’s music thrives on contrast: dual female vocals (melodic and growled), distorted layers, and atmospheric electronics merge into an emotional and immersive sound. With influences ranging from Amorphis and In Flames to Dark Tranquillity, the band has forged a distinctive identity that breaks away from traditional tropes, embracing vulnerability, rage, beauty, and discomfort in equal measure.
“The Spectrum of Human Gravity” is a conceptual journey into the depths of the human psyche. It explores difficult yet universal emotions—loneliness, self-doubt, alienation—through allegorical storytelling and striking visual metaphors. Each song gives voice to a different “face of the self,” capturing the chaos and coherence that define our inner worlds.
With “Atlas“, Hellfox once again demonstrates their ability to balance emotional weight with sonic power, delivering a track that is as crushing as it is cathartic.
Visually intense and emotionally charged, the video captures the psychological depth and inner conflict that define the song. With a dark and cinematic aesthetic, it mirrors the suffocating stillness of insomnia and the emotional weight we often carry in silence.
“We wanted the visuals to reflect that moment when everything feels heavy — and yet something inside pushes to break free,” the band explains.
The video reinforces Hellfox’s core message: embracing vulnerability without fear and finding power in the act of letting go.
To celebrate the release of “The Spectrum of Human Gravity,” HELLFOX will perform a series of live shows. The first two dates have already been announced, and many more are on the way. Stay tuned for a full tour schedule that will soon be revealed! 06/06/2025 Release Party at Dedolor Music Headquarter, Rovellasca (Co), Italy 07/06/2025 with Folkstone and Vallorch at Tatoo Nerd Fest / Fiera di Parma, Italy 07/07/2025 with Broken By The Scream at the Legend Club, Mila,n Italy 18/07/2025 with Genus Ordinis Dei at Have A Drink On Me Day 5 Fest, Brembate di Sopra (Bg), Italy 06/09/2025 Alchemica Music Club / Bologna, Italy 28/09/2025 Druso / Ranica (Bg), Italy 17/01/2026 Arci Tom / Mantova, Italy
TRACK LISTING: 1. Nautilus – Seaweed Braids 2. Empty 3. Water On The Ceiling 4. Pareidolia 5. Atlas 6. Six Times Lighter 7. The Centipede 8. The Warrior, The Child, The Healer 9. Voices
Hellfox Line Up: Greta Hammonia Antico: vocals Priscilla Poe Foresti: bass and vocals Gloria Naflekt Kaps: guitars Federica Fedi Piscopo: drums CREDITS: Recorded at Eden Studio by Alessio Lucatti Mixed and Mastered by Domination Studio by Simone Mularoni. Cover art by Eva Marabotti.
ABOUT:
HELLFOX is an ALL FEMALE alternative metal (alt-metal) band with melodic death tendencies. Despite the four completely different musical backgrounds, we share a common inspiration to Amorphis, In Flames, Dark Tranquillity as far as composition is concerned, while for the choice of sounds we intended to move away from the Symphonic, recognizably feminine scenario to include acid and distorted synths so that we could create modern atmospheres that more closely met our tastes and better married the pop timbre of the melodic vocals. The dualism of HELLFOX is not meant to be understood on a conflicting level, it is instead the result of different voices within the human soul, different faces if you will, that mingle and generate the person itself, in its entirety, that although they seem to struggle, they coexist and create harmony and balance. We don’t use masks to conform to a mass, nor do we want to stand out at all costs, we just want to be ourselves in a society where normality is only a surface, the abyss instead is made up of so many facets of personality, both for the group and especially for the individual human being. Ours is a message within everyone’s reach, in which one can recognize oneself: that little voice in the head that either draws you in or drives you away… Because for us, nothing is normal, nothing is different.
AMPICORE continue their epic musical journey with the release of the official lyric video for “The Death of Cyrus,” the third track from their album March Up Country – The Rock Opera.
“The Death of Cyrus” brings listeners into the chaos of battle and the aftermath of Cyrus the Younger’s death. Left stranded in Persia, the soldiers must reckon with their fate and the uncertainty of what comes next. The track highlights Ampicore’s masterful blend of hard rock, metal, and epic storytelling, immersing the audience in the dramatic downfall of one of history’s most ambitious figures.
Credits for this track: Music and lyrics by Frederic Frees (additional music by Charlie Griffith) Vocals: Eric Castiglia, Rob Lundgren Rhythm Guitars: Mauricio Mirapalheta, Charlie Griffith Drums: Maikon Queiroz Bass and Lead guitar: Miguel Esparzapro
Written by Frederic Frees and infused with the passion of history, March Up Country – The Rock Opera is shaping up to be a groundbreaking release that blends music with powerful narratives. From the rise of Cyrus to his tragic fall, the album explores the complexities of ambition, power, and fate.
March Up Country promises to captivate listeners with its dynamic compositions and emotionally charged performances from an exceptional cast of musicians.
While fans await the release of their highly anticipated album, Reversed Chakra breaks the silence with an evocative new single and video,“All the Way Down” — a mesmerizing dive into grief, memory, and emotional catharsis.
Unfolding with sparse, slow-burning instrumentation and haunting lyrical honesty, “All the Way Down” finds the band at their most stripped-back and soul-baring. It’s not just a song; it’s a reckoning. Fragmented moments—a walk with a father, a bridge hanging in time, an unresolved goodbye—collide to create an immersive soundscape where the listener is invited to let go, hold on, and feel everything in between.
The single is accompanied by a visually arresting music video, directed, edited, and shot by Shaun Hodson for Loki Films (Slipknot, Underoath, Sleep Token, Architects, Corey Taylor). The video mirrors the song’s introspective mood, offering a cinematic exploration of memory and release.
Reversed Chakra’s sound explores deep emotions, crafting stories that transcend the ordinary. Imagine a fusion of Interpol and Editors, seasoned with hints of Kings of Leon and Placebo, all enveloped in the ethereal beauty of The Cure and Sigur Rós. This sonic journey defies genres and promises to leave you spellbound.
Following the momentum of Game of Chess and Dust, “All The Way Down” is poised to make waves, and Reversed Chakra invites all music lovers and critics to join them in this sonic odyssey. Stay tuned for more updates and witness the evolution of an indie rock sensation destined to leave a lasting impact.
Reversed Chakra is:
Alice Bianconcini: Guitar Leo Martera: Drums Justin Brett: Vocals Carlo Bellotti: Bass
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
