Darktribe has released “Ghost Memories”, second single taken from the new album “Forgotten Reveries” to be released on November 21 by Scarlet Records.
Dead you are. Alive you will remain. Your spirit floats, suspended in the desire of the Gods who play with it. Sometimes warrior, sometimes peacemaker, you’re the master of… nothing.
mixed and mastered by Simone Mularoni at Domination Studios (Wind Rose, Vision Divine, Twilight Force);
cover & artwork by the young French talent Baptiste Araujo;
FFO: Symphony X, Stratovarius, Iron Maiden;
“Forgotten Reveries” tracklist: 1 Paradox 2 I Walk Alone 3 The Fallen World 4 Sicilian Danza 5 Ghost Memories 6 Eden And Eclipse 7 From Star To Dust 8 Reality 9 Kings In The Sand 10 Mornings Of Fear 11 Son Of Illusion
Total running time – 53:51
artwork by Baptiste Araujo
The fourth studio album for the cult progressive power metal act, “Forgotten Reveries” embodies the sonic and lyrical essence of the very own Darktribe universe.
Join the French band in this whirlwind of catchy riffs and captivating rhythms, an essential call to arms for all fans of swirling, dynamic and melodic prog power metal. “Forgotten Reveries” explores themes such as fear, solitude, childhood, the journey of life, family, and the cultural heritage unique to each human being.
Powerful, modern and forward-thinking, this record will immerse you in a world where time makes you lose your mind and humanity is left to its own devices.
Life or death, hope or despair, you’re now at the crossroads of your legacy – step into the dark tribe!
Darktribe: Anthony Agnello – vocals Loïc Manuello – guitars, keyboards Bruno Caprani – bass Guillaume Morero – drums
Finnish Vanguardian gives their gift to the world of heavy music in the form of their new album III: Inhumanity. The band has drawn inspiration for the album from black metal, prog, rock ‘n’ roll and sludge. The album’s common thread is the story that began with the previous EP, about the dystopian threats of technological development and the significance of human life in a world that is rapidly spiraling out of control.
The lead single, ..In Humanity, encapsulates the band’s vision and the album’s theme. Guitarist Mikko Saviranta talks about the dramatic arc of the album that reflects it:
“..In Humanity was one of the first songs on the album, and with it the dramatic arc of the album began to take shape. With this song you also get a pretty good idea of what Vanguardian has to offer: brutal riffs, good melodies and prog noise!”
Vanguardian recorded their previous II: The Heretic EP at Astia Studio in analog under the direction of producer Anssi Kippo. The band made their new album in complete peace and quiet at Univaltakunta studio in Jyväskylä, where Vanguardian also has its headquarters. The studio environment gave the band the opportunity to develop their own sound and create a completely unique perspective on producing music. The end result is a distinctive and brutal album, where influences from different genres blend together nicely. Jami Honkala was responsible for mixing and mastering.
“We started working on the album right after the previous EP was finished. We put the lessons we learned from Astia studio into practice, and we spent a lot of time in the rehearsal room working on the songs. We made several demos, and we set out to find our own sound with a completely new perspective. We still had a lot to tell about the world where the previous EP had left off, so the lyrics literally started to write themselves. The compositions have a lot of entities built by jamming,” the band comments, and continues: “We think the end result is a good middle finger to the current polished mood. We didn’t remove humanity, but emphasized everything that separates us from computers. We made a sci-fi album as organically and naturally as possible, which in its execution nicely underlines the thematics of the entire album.”
All tracks: Composers: Mikko Saviranta, Tino Jäntti, Markus Martinmäki, Sakari Soisalo Lyricist: Markus Martinmäki Arrangement: Vanguardian Producer: Vanguardian
Rising from the ashes of Inkvisitor in 2019, Vanguardian took collective action as their guiding principle, with the goal of forming a seamlessly functioning machine. The band members’ fusion is visible and palatable in the hard-pedaling groove, dark melodies and wide range of influences. The 2025 Vanguardian is a relentless and awe-inspiring natural whim.
Vanguardian is: Markus Martinmäki – Vocals Tino Jäntti – Drums Mikko Saviranta – Guitar Sakari Soisalo – Bass
Extreme metal project Onsetcold is back with a new album, Apocalyptic Sleep, set for release via Wormholedeath.
Onsetcold is the end of the beginning and the beginning of the end; a post‑apocalyptic extreme metal entity built to be the heaviest, most unhinged, and most unpredictable force possible. The name marks a fixed point in time: past the fire, past the point of return, where collapse is inevitable and volatility is the only constant. Across Art Destroyer, Death Blast (2020), and the full‑art detonation Noam Chomsky (2023), Onsetcold has treated albums like weapons tests—each one a different method of breaking the frame. The new record, Apocalyptic Sleep, is the most dangerous yet: ten movements that fuse black‑metal frost, death‑metal violence, symphonic black grandeur, avant‑garde sabotage, and phonk‑lit menace into a single unstable structure. Onsetcold thrives on disorientation: cathedral‑scale orchestration one moment, bass‑heavy cosmic street menace the next, then a sudden collapse into chaos. Apocalyptic Sleep is not a genre. It’s a place.
Apocalyptic Sleep is a chilling descent into themes of pain, survival, and the end of the world. The ten-track album takes listeners through a bleak, beautiful, and inescapable apocalypse. From the opening track, “The Blue Room,” which sets a tone of perpetual suffering, the album weaves a narrative of ancient prophecies, cosmic chaos, and personal damnation. It explores the blurred lines between love and destruction (“Standing in the Rain Beside You”), the slow decay under a dying star (“Under the Nuclear Sun”), and a fatalistic acceptance of ruin (“Sleep Tonight”). The journey intensifies with a demonic waltz with Lucifer himself (“Underworld”) and a violent, cult-like rebellion (“Cult”), before concluding with “Austere.” Ultimately, Apocalyptic Sleep is not a story of hope, but a visceral and honest look at the beauty and terror of a world in its final throes. The album has been mixed and mastered by Dan Mullins(My Dying Bride).
Finnish neoclassical dark wave outfit KLAShTAL has released a new single ‘Remembrance’. The opening track from their upcoming debut album marks a start of a sonic journey through destruction, oblivion and eventually, salvation. Remembrance is a song about awakening and ascension – the anabasis of the ghost of the collective memory of an extinct species.
–ISRC: FI3FC2553101 –Composition & Lyrics by Jesse Heikkinen
Started as an ambient side project, KLAShTAL has now transformed into a serious channel of self-expression for the Finnish musician Jesse Heikkinen (Iterum Nata, The Abbey, ex-Hexvessel). KLAShTAL’s debut album Oblivion Dreams marks a new chapter in Heikkinen’s ever-evolving musical career and pushes his experiments with different genres even further. While dark, dreamlike and meditative, yet comforting and healing, KLAShTAL’s music will take the listener to post-apocalyptic ruins of a lost world where the echoes of mankind have almost completely softened. KLAShTAL’s music pays respect to genres like dungeon synth, dark wave and new age, as well as bands like Dead Can Dance, Forndom and Nox Arcana. All music on Oblivion Dreams is written, played, recorded and produced by Heikkinen, except the Moog synthesizer played by Thomas Cowgill, also known as the neofolk/dark americana artist King Dude.
Oblivion Dreams will be released on November 28 via Inverse Records.
CHARLOTTE WESSELS’ The Obsession joins forces with VOLA’s Asger Mygind for the haunting new single “Backup Plan”, an intimate duet between life and death. Originally appearing as a bonus track on select vinyl editions of CHARLOTTE’s full-band debut The Obsession (2024), the song now takes center stage as a beautifully crafted collaboration that merges both artists’ distinctive voices in a spellbinding harmony that lingers long after it ends. Following CHARLOTTE and her band’s appearance on VOLA’s Friend of a Phantom Tour in 2024, this release not only reunites the two acts but also marks the first anniversary of The Obsession, a fitting moment to let “Backup Plan” step into the light.
“Backup Plan (feat. Asger Mygind/VOLA)” is featured on The Obsession (Deluxe Edition), out digitally this Friday, October 24, 2025 via Napalm Records. The release sets the stage for an exciting year ahead, as CHARLOTTEWESSELS will join Epica and Amaranthe on their extensive Arcane Dimensions Tour across Europe in 2026.
CHARLOTTE WESSELS about “Backup Plan (feat. Asger Mygind/VOLA)”: “The new single, ‘Backup Plan (feat. Asger Mygind/VOLA)’, is one of those songs that refused to let go. It started as an outtake from the original sessions, but something about it never felt complete, until we toured with VOLA and the missing piece revealed itself. Asger’s voice perfectly brought out the song’s contrast between beauty and darkness. The song presents a conversation between life and the quiet pull of the unknown, a duet with Death, presenting itself not as a villain but as a kind refuge. Working with Asger Mygind brought that concept fully to life; his performance captures the gentleness and gravity I always imagined. this version finally sounds the way it was always meant to.”
Asger Mygind adds: “I needed no time to consider my participation when Charlotte asked if I wanted to be a guest on ‘Backup Plan’. Her sound is immensely distinctive, adventurous and catchy, and I was thrilled diving into the colorful universe she evokes with her songwriting. It was definitely a challenging song to sing, but it was also great fun using my voice in a slightly different way than what I’m used to!”
The Obsession (Deluxe Edition) tracklisting: 1. Chasing Sunsets 2. Dopamine (feat. Simone Simons) 3. The Exorcism 4. Soulstice 5. The Crying Room 6. Ode To The West Wind (feat. Alissa White-Gluz) 7. Serpentine 8. Praise 9. All You Are 10. Vigor And Valor 11. Breathe; Extended 12. Soft Revolution (2024) 13. Backup Plan (feat. Asger Mygind/VOLA) 14. Dopamine (Dreamscape Version / feat. Simone Simons) 15. The Crying Room (Live At Dynamo Metalfest) 16. Soft Revolution (Live At Dynamo Metalfest) 17. The Exorcism (Live At Dynamo Metalfest)
With thousands of monthly Spotify listeners and a dedicated Patreon community, CHARLOTTE WESSELS already made a strong impression with her acclaimed solo releases Tales From Six Feet Under (2021) and Tales From Six Feet Under Vol. II (2022). With The Obsession (2024), she alongside her band of former DELAIN bandmates Timo Somers (guitars, additional arrangements), Otto Schimmelpenninck van der Oije (bass) and Joey Marin de Boer (drums), plus Nina van Beelen (keys, backing vocals), takes a bold step into the next level of her career, giving powerful performances at major European festivals such as Summer Breeze Open Air, Graspop Metal Meeting, Leyendas del Rock, Hellfest Open Air, Rock Castle, Dynamo Metal Fest and more.
Fittingly, The Obsession (Deluxe Edition), out this Friday, expands the journey with “Backup Plan (feat. Asger Mygind/VOLA)”, three live recordings from Dynamo Metal Fest, an extended version of “Breathe;” and a dreamy reimagining of the previously released single “Dopamine” (feat. Simone Simons/Epica) with new vocal layers and arrangements by Vikram Shankar.
CHARLOTTE WESSELS states: “It’s wild to think it’s been a year since The Obsession came out, yet this record still has stories to tell, it’s like it’s been quietly evolving alongside us. The digital deluxe edition is our way of giving those stories another breath and expanding the world of the album. It feels like the perfect bridge to what’s coming next: the Arcane Dimensions Tour with Epica and Amaranthe in early 2026, a new adventure where these songs can live, transform, and connect in entirely new ways.”
The Obsession tracklisting: 1. Chasing Sunsets (feat. Simone Simons) 2. Dopamine 3. The Exorcism 4. Soulstice 5. The Crying Room 6. Ode To The West Wind (feat. Alissa White-Gluz) 7. Serpentine 8. Praise 9. All You Are 10. Vigor And Valor 11. Breathe; 12. Soft Revolution (2024)
CHARLOTTE WESSELS Live 2026
Supporting Epica & Amaranthe On Their “Arcane Dimensions Tour” 16.01.26 DE – Cologne / Palladium 17.01.26 DE – Munich / Zenith 18.01.26 BE – Brussels / Vorst Nationaal 20.01.26 UK – Bristol / Beacon 21.01.26 UK – Glasgow / Barrowland 23.01.26 UK – Manchester / O2 Apollo 24.01.26 UK – London / Eventim Apollo 25.01.26 FR – Paris / Zenith 27.01.26 CH – Zurich / Halle 622 28.01.26 IT – Milan / Alcatraz 30.01.26 ES – Barcelona / Razzmatazz 31.01.26 ES – Madrid / Sala La Rivera 01.02.26 PT – Lisbon / Coliseu dos Recreios 03.02.26 FR – Toulouse / Le Bikini 04.02.26 FR – Lyon / Radiant-Bellevue 06.02.26 DE – Ludwigsburg / MHP Arena 07.02.26 NL – Amsterdam / Ziggo Dome 06.03.26 DE – Hamburg / Inselpark Arena 07.03.26 DE – Leipzig / Haus Auensee 08.03.26 DE – Berlin / Columbiahalle 10.03.26 DK – Copenhagen / Poolen 11.03.26 SE – Stockholm / Fallan 13.03.26 FI – Oulu / Tapahtumakeskus Tullisali 14.03.26 FI – Helsinki / Black Box 15.03.26 EE – Tallinn / Helitehas 17.03.26 PL – Warsaw / Arena Torwar 18.03.26 AT – Vienna / Gasometer 21.03.26 CZ – Prague / Forum Karlin 22.03.26 DE – Frankfurt / Jahrhunderthalle
Finnish black metal band Verilehto is set to release their second album Aarnihauta on November 28th 2025 via Inverse Records. The second single ‘Virvatulet’ is unleashed today and the track can be heard here: https://push.fm/fl/verilehto-virvatulet
“The closing track of the album, Virvatulet, has been one of my favorites from the start. It eases off the gas pedal and gives room for the story. During the making of the album, I read a lot about old Finnish mythology and the lyrics of this song were among the first I wrote for the album. This song really shows the core of Verilehto. Beautifully wandering guitars, cries of pain and a gripping atmosphere. A magnificent conclusion to the album, which is why it was chosen as the second single.” Says vocalist Janne Partanen
–Composition, arrangement & production: Janne Tuikkala. –Lyrics & arrangement: Janne Partanen. –Arrangement: Markus Räipiö. –Mastering: Petteri Kurki –ISRC: FI3FC2595607 –Artwork by Janne Partanen
The Finnish melodic black metal band Verilehto is back with a new album, Aarnihauta. The album title translates as ‘hidden grave in the forest’, which is a fitting description of the band’s second album.
Verilehto plays Finnish 90s-style black metal, characterised by melodic and aggressive riffs, raw vocals, and an eerie overall tone. The Finnish folklore-inspired lyrics fit well with the band’s versatile riffs, and the songs vary from fast blastbeats to slower storytelling elements.
This album also sees a change in Verilehto’s line-up, with Markus Räppiö from Kaira joining the crew. With Markus on bass, Janne Partanen (Hautajaisyö, Alfa Pentatonik, Marraskuun Lapset, Paavalin Harhat) on vocals, and Janne Tuikkala (Muria & Dawn of Everwinter) on guitars, drums and synth, the band is stronger than ever.
‘Aarnihauta’ sees the band continuing to evolve from their debut album ‘Kuoleman Siipien Havina’ by focusing on their own sound and style. The album is not overly polished, and has a good raw quality to the production, but this is not the main focus. It was recorded by the band themselves in 2024–25.
The album artwork was created by the talented Awinita Alm, and the single artwork was created by the band. The “Aarnihauta” video was filmed in 2024 and edited by Janne Tuikkala and Markus Räppiö.
Aarnihauta Track list:
Surutta Tapettu
Nälänhätä
Aarnihauta
Kalman Sotajuokko
Tuhkaverho
Syöjätär
Virvatulet
Artwork by Awinita Alm
Line-up: Janne Tuikkala – Guitars, Drums, Synths Janne Partanen – Vocals Markus Räipiö – Bass & Backing Vocals
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