DreamSpy from Finland has released its third album titled “The Dance of Illusions” through Inverse Records. The album’s songs are underscored by elements of dark atmospheric rock and synth-driven soundscapes.
The lyrics of the album wander in the turmoil of a selfish and destructive mind, seasoned with sarcasm and flashes of light.
“The dance of the subconscious and the superego in the world of distortions.” DreamSpy is an experimental solo project of vocalist-bassist Anssi Tamminen.
The Dance of Illusions -tracklist
Glow In The Dark – FI3FC2699601
Neon Dream – FI3FC2699602
Dance of Illusions – FI3FC2699603
Would I`ve been Changed – FI3FC2699604
Poison Girl – FI3FC2699605
Where is Your Saviour now? – FI3FC2699606
Holding back the blues – FI3FC2699607
Alone But Connected – FI3FC2699608
All compositions & lyrics by Anssi Tamminen
Focus tracks: 02. Neon Dream & 04. Would I`ve been Changed
Album cover photo by Richard Forsman
The focal point of the sound is an electric upright bass, coated in distortion and effects, supported by a blend of machine and traditional drum sounds. Synthesizers occasionally take the spotlight weaving in and out of the sonic landscape. Guitar tracks? There are none.
Tamminen’s vocal performance ranges from a fragile whisper to a resonant, baritone presence.
Photo by Dajo Eberlei — Single photo by Christian Ripkens, Artwork by Matthias Löwenstein (Season Zero)
Good times are indeed ahead: Electric Callboy officially releases their newest single “Let The Good Times Roll”, featuring legendary punk rock group The Offspring and unmistakable vocals from Dexter Holland. Blending the band’s signature mix of crushing riffs, massive pop hooks, electronic flourishes, and tongue-in-cheek energy, the track serves as the latest preview of their forthcoming album TANZNEID.
The song arrives alongside a wildly entertaining music video filmed in Los Angeles that doubles down on everything fans have come to expect from Electric Callboy: over-the-top humor, high-energy performances, and plenty of surprises. The clip features memorable cameos from comedian and television personality Howie Mandel, actor and comedian Brian Posehn, and metal icon John Goblikon, who each embrace the band’s absurd universe with enthusiasm.
Electric Callboy on their new single and the collab with Dexter Holland and The Offspring:“The Offspring have been one of the bands that shaped us from the very beginning. Their music was part of our lives long before Electric Callboy even existed, so having Dexter on this song honestly feels surreal. ‘Let The Good Times Roll’ is everything we love about loud, fun and energetic music, and getting to share that with one of our biggest inspirations makes this a really special moment for us.”
Dexter Holland adds:“When Electric Callboy sent us the track, it immediately put a grin on our faces. It’s energetic, unpredictable and doesn’t take itself too seriously – exactly the kind of spirit we’ve always loved about punk and rock music. I had a blast being part of ‘Let The Good Times Roll’ and can’t wait for everyone to hear it.”
Electric Callboy will be releasing their long-anticipated new album TANZNEIDAugust 7, 2026. Everything leads to Escalation Fest 2026, where the band will bring the new full album to the stage for the very first time. What follows is a full-scale Electric Callboy experience: an Electric Bassboy DJ set with brand-new remixes, the Loveboat, special guests, a full-size TEKKNO TRAIN and a huge hometown-style celebration at Berlin’s Wuhlheide.
As part of the World of TANZNEID, Electric Callboy is launching a global scavenger hunt unlike anything they have done before. The mysterious Pink Boxes seen throughout the “Let The Good Times Rollfeat. The Offspring” music video will begin appearing at festivals, in cities and at unexpected locations around the world, with fans uncovering clues through the band’s channels, festivals the community and surprise appearances across the globe. Every box contains exclusive rewards, but a select few hold the ultimate prize: a Golden Ticket granting the finder and a guest complimentary access to Electric Callboy headline shows worldwide for life. Each discovered box can be registered on the interactive World of TANZNEID map, allowing fans everywhere to follow the hunt as it unfolds in real time.
The new track comes just in time for the start of the European festival season, kicking off this week with the major festivals Rock amRing/Rock im Park, where Electric Callboy is one of the main artists. While the band continues to bring the TANZNEID World Tour to audiences across Europe, Japan and Australia, the journey ultimately culminates at Escalation Fest – a landmark event featuring Paleface Swiss, Alestorm, Heavysaurus, The Hardkiss and more artists yet to be announced.
ELECTRIC CALLBOY – TANZNEIDWORLD TOUR 2026 Presented by CONTRA
EUROPE | FESTIVALS Jun 10, 2026 – Hradec Králové, Czech Republic – Rock For People Jun 12, 2026 – Derby, United Kingdom – Download Festival Jun 19, 2026 – Landgraaf, Netherlands – Pinkpop Jun 21, 2026 – Dessel, Belgium – Graspop Metal Meeting Jun 26, 2026 – Klam, Austria – Burg Clam Jun 27, 2026 – Grenchen, Switzerland – Summerside Festival Jul 3, 2026 – Turku, Finland – Ruisrock Jul 17, 2026 – Wurster Nordseeküste, Germany – Deichbrand Festival Jul 26, 2026 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Hills of Rock Festival Jul 24, 2026 – Moosburg, Austria – Schlosswiese Moosburg Jul 29, 2026 – Wacken, Germany – Wacken Open Air – Electric Bassboy DJ Set
GERMANY
Aug 7, 2026 – Berlin, Germany – Album Release Party & Electric Bassboy DJ Set – Huxley’s neue Welt Aug 8, 2026 – Berlin, Germany – Escalation Fest 2026 – Parkbühne Wuhlheide
JAPAN
August 29, 2026 – Osaka, JP – Gorilla Hall (Electric Bassboy DJ Set) August 31, 2026 – Tokyo, JP – Garden Theater
AUSTRALIA
September 4, 2026 – Perth, AU – RAC Arena September 6, 2026 – Adelaide, AU – Entertainment Center September 8, 2026 – Melbourne, AU – Rod Laver Arena September 10, 2026 – Sydney, AU – Qudos Bank Arena September 12, 2026 – Brisbane, AU – Riverstage September 13, 2026 – Brisbane, AU – Riverstage
EUROPE
January 29, 2027 – Toulouse, FR – Zénith Toulouse Métropole January 30, 2027 – Bordeaux, FR – Arkéa Arena January 31, 2027 – Nantes, FR – Zénith Nantes Métropole February 15, 2027 – Paris, FR – Accor Arena February 18, 2027 – Hanover, DE – ZAG Arena February 20, 2027 – Mannheim, DE – SAP Arena February 22, 2027 – Milan, IT – Unipol Forum February 27, 2027 – Dortmund, DE – Westfalenhalle Dortmund February 28, 2027 – Nuremberg, DE – PSD Bank Nürnberg Arena March 2, 2027 – Leipzig, DE – QUARTERBACK Immobilien ARENA
Electric Callboy are nearly impossible to categorize, and that’s exactly the point. Since forming in Germany in 2010, they’ve grown into a global force, driven by genre-defying hits like “Hypa Hypa,” “We Got The Moves,” and “RATATATA” (with BABYMETAL). Their 2022 album TEKKNO amassed hundreds of millions of streams worldwide, cementing their place at the forefront of modern heavy music.
With TANZNEID, the band push their sound even further, sharpening their signature mix of pop hooks, techno energy, and heavy breakdowns. Written in between relentless touring, across backstage areas, buses, and brief studio sessions, the album carries a raw sense of urgency, capturing the band at their most instinct-driven and immediate.
Built on contrast, Electric Callboy’s strength lies in blending extremes into something that feels seamless. On TANZNEID, that balance reaches a new level of precision, pairing high-impact energy with a more refined approach to songwriting and dynamics.
TANZNEID finds Electric Callboy at their most focused and fearless, driven by momentum, creative freedom, and a clear refusal to stand still.
Denver’s cosmic death metal visionaries Blood Incantation release All Gates Open (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) today via Century Media. Their first-ever soundtrack vividly captures the documentary and making of their boundary-shattering 2024 opus Absolute Elsewhere.
Originally only available as part of the deluxe Absolute Elsewhere Artbook, All Gates Open now emerges as a standalone release for the very first time, featuring both the full soundtrack and the accompanying 73-minute documentary. The release is available today in multiple formats including a Blu-ray edition, vinyl variants and digital album.
More than a companion piece, All Gates Open (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) captures the very genesis of Absolute Elsewhere. Composed in 2021, the four immersive tracks reveal a radically different dimension of Blood Incantation’s sonic identity: pastoral, ambient, and deeply introspective. Built from synth improvisations, acoustic instrumentation, and exploratory studio sessions, the material represents what guitarist/vocalist Paul Riedl describes as the “yang energy” to the shadowed atmospheres of Timewave Zero.
All Gates Open (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) album cover by Jodie Day
Early reviews say, “nothing short of spectacular” (Distorted Sound), “an essential listen” (At The Barrier), “the ultimate trip” (Echoes and Dust). The Quietus named All Gates Open (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) as their Album of the Week, and said; “Like everything Blood Incantation put their name to, they are evocative in the extreme: namely, slow- burning exercises in planetary and internal exploration.” Blood Incantation have revealed their stunning new video for “Dawn” which was directed and produced by Miles Skarin of Crystal Spotlight. “Dawn” takes you to the dusty surface of a faraway desert planet. Remnants of a lost civilisation are found across the desert badlands. The sun rises, planets and moons march overhead in the sky. Gravitational anomalies create pockets of floating rocks as the proximity of the neighbouring planets increases. A doorway to another reality opens…
“Dawn was filmed on-location, with the plan being to travel to and spend a few days in a desert location rather than opt for a fully digital animation approach as we have done previously for “Inner Paths” and the opening of “Luminescent Bridge”. “Dawn” continues the journey of Luminescent Bridge, exploring more of the distant planet “Elsewhere”…” – Miles Skarin
Directed by Miles Skarin | Video Produced by Crystal Spotlight
Additional cinematography and VFX by Tiago Laureano
The documentary included in All Gates Open (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) takes viewers inside Berlin’s legendary Hansa Tonstudios, where the band relocated for a month to write and record Absolute Elsewhere. Directed by Niklas Tschaikowsky and Tammo Dehn, the film offers an intimate and unfiltered look at the band’s creative process, daily life, and immersion into Berlin’s cultural fabric—featuring appearances by members of Tangerine Dream, Hällas and Sijjin.
Paul Riedl comments: “It’s not the next album or follow-up to Absolute Elsewhere, it’s the soundtrack to the documentary about making the album with songs that are from before.” He further adds: “The documentary deserves to be experienced, not just as content for the internet. The soundtrack captures the very first seed of what led to Absolute Elsewhere. This is where that era started.”
Watch All Gates Open: In Search of Absolute Elsewhere (Official Trailer):
Together, the soundtrack and film form a complete artistic statement – one that not only documents a pivotal moment in the band’s evolution, but also preserves the initial spark that ignited their most ambitious work to date.
Mixed and mastered by Arthur Rizk and featuring retro-futuristic analog collage artwork by Jodie Day, All Gates Open (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) stands as a vital piece in Blood Incantation’s ever-expanding universe. It completes the creative arc that led to Absolute Elsewhere and closes one chapter before moving into to the unknown.
All Gates Open (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Track List: 1. Balance 2. Flight 3. Dawn 4. Rain
Blood Incantation Lineup:
Paul Riedl Isaac Faulk Morris Kolontyrsky Jeff Barrett
Live Dates – Summer 2026: 10.06.26 – DE – Dresden, Tante JU 11.06.26 – CZ – Hradec Králové, Rock For People 12.06.26 – NL – Hilvarenbeek, Best Kept Secret 13.06.26 – UK – Donington, Download Festival 14.06.26 – UK – Colchester, Colchester Arts Centre 15.06.26 – UK – Southampton, The 1865 16.06.26 – UK – Brighton, Concorde 2 17.06.26 – NL – Leiden, Nobel 19.06.26 – FR – Clisson, Hellfest 20.06.26 – FR – Lyon, CCO La Rayonne 21.06.26 – DE – Saarbruecken, Garage 23.06.26 – DK – Aarhus, Voxhall 24.06.26 – NO – Oslo, Tons Of Rock 26.06.26 – FI – Helsinki, Tuska Festival 27.06.26 – FI – Seinaejoki, Provinssi Festival 28.06.26 – EE – Tallinn, Paavli Kultuurivabrik 29.06.26 – LT – Riga, Spelet 02.07.26 – BE – Werchter, Rock Werchter Festival 04.07.26 – ES – Viveiro, Resurrection Fest 07.07.26 – FR – Toulouse, Interference 08.07.26 – FR – Aix-en-Provence, 6MIC 10.07.26 – IT – Pompeii, Anfiteatro degli Scavi (w/ Opeth) 11.07.26 – IT – Bologna, Parco Delle Caserme Rosse (w/ Opeth)
Finnish hard rock juggernauts SIXGUN RENEGADES release a new music video for the single ‘You’re No Good’ from the album ‘Slave To The Grid’, released in April 2026. The music video was filmed at the album release show at the legendary venue Semifinal, Helsinki.
Sixgun Renegades – You’re No Good Lyrics: Teemu Räty Music and arrangement.: Niko Räty, Miko Mattila, Samu Tuomi, Teemu Räty Produced by: Mark Bertényi, Tuomas Riihimäki Recorded by: Tuomas Riihimäki, Teemu Räty Mixed by: Jori Saloranta, V.R. Studio Mastered by: Svante Forsbäck, Chartmakers Kataloginro: VRDIG354 ISRC: FIV2U2600001 Distributor: Playground Music Scandinavia.
As longtime bassist Miko Mattila (2013–2025) steps aside, the Helsinki–based Sixgun Renegades introduce a new member with this release: bassist Tuomas “Topo” Koskipää, replacing Mattila. Formed in 2008, the band draws its influences from the cornerstones of stadium rock, with Thin Lizzy, Van Halen, Judas Priest and Dokken at the forefront. Three years of hard work and love for music come together on the upcoming fourth album. The band’s signature sound, soaring vocal melodies, strong riffs, and powerful rhythms are more present than ever, and the songs sound better than they ever have before.
‘You’re No Good’ is one of the heaviest and fastest song we’ve written in years. It’s about breaking free from a toxic relationship, realizing one’s self-worth, and refusing to be mistreated any longer. -Niko Räty
Finnish melodic metal act After Infinity continues the journey toward their upcoming album “Beyond Eternity” with the release of the new single “Infinite Feeling“, accompanied by an official visualizer.
Following the heavy riffs and themes of rebellion explored on the previous single “King With No Crown“, the band now reveals a brighter and more uplifting side of its musical identity. Featuring guest vocalists Nitte Valo (Dreamtale, ex-Battle Beast) and Leonard F. Guillan (ex-King Company), “Infinite Feeling” combines energetic melodies, driving rhythms, and an irresistible synth-driven hook, showcasing another facet of the stylistic diversity that defines “Beyond Eternity“.
Conceived and led by guitarist and songwriter Zsolt Szilagyi, After Infinity‘s sophomore album expands upon the foundations of the band’s 2024 debut, exploring the intersection of power metal, heavy metal and progressive metal while maintaining a strong melodic core. While the album embraces a wide emotional spectrum, “Infinite Feeling” stands as one of its most uplifting moments.
Commenting on the new single, Zsolt Szilagyi states:
“Infinite Feeling is an ode to the eccentric and perhaps neurodivergent artists who aren’t afraid of being 100% who they are. Even if they might have extra struggles in their daily life, they make it up by giving extra deep feelings into their lives and the lives of people around them. It’s a happy and energetic song driven by a synth riff that makes your head bob, like it or not.”
The song celebrates individuality, creativity, and self-expression, paying tribute to those who embrace their uniqueness and transform it into something meaningful. Musically, it balances catchy melodic sensibilities with the layered arrangements and dynamic songwriting that characterize the band’s approach.
With the release date now confirmed for October 23rd, 2026, “Infinite Feeling” offers another glimpse into the diverse musical landscape of “Beyond Eternity“. The album follows closely in the footsteps of the band’s debut, combining heavy riffs, memorable melodies, and rich orchestral arrangements while pushing further into progressive territory. Across its nine tracks and six guest vocalists, the record delivers a constantly evolving listening experience without losing its distinctive identity.
Rather than relying on a fixed vocalist, After Infinity has built the project around a collaborative concept, allowing each song to develop its own character while remaining part of a cohesive artistic vision. This approach once again plays a central role in “Beyond Eternity“, where every guest performer contributes a unique voice and perspective to the album’s narrative.
Produced by Zsolt Szilagyi, with orchestrations by Gideon Ricardo and bass performances by Ville Koskinen, the album combines powerful songwriting with carefully crafted arrangements, balancing immediacy and complexity throughout its running time. For fans of: Europe, H.E.A.T, Van Halen, Sonata Arctica, Symphony X, Helloween
After Infinity is a Finnish melodic power and heavy metal project founded in 2022 by guitarist and songwriter Zsolt Szilagyi, known for his work with Dreamtale and Frozen Factory. Built around a flexible and collaborative structure, the band emerged from Szilagyi’s desire to move beyond a purely solo approach and create a dynamic musical environment involving multiple performers.
Rather than relying on a fixed line-up of vocalists, After Infinity developed a distinctive identity by working with a wide range of guest singers, allowing each track to take on its own character while maintaining a cohesive artistic vision.
This approach quickly became a defining element of the project, turning it into a platform where different voices and influences converge.
The band’s sound blends heavy guitar riffs, rich orchestrations, and strong melodic hooks, moving seamlessly between powerful metal compositions and more introspective passages driven by piano and atmospheric textures. Drawing from power metal, heavy metal, and progressive influences, After Infinity aims to deliver a diverse listening experience shaped by contrast, emotion, and compositional depth.
Their self-titled debut album, released in 2024, received positive feedback for its songwriting and musicianship, establishing the project within the contemporary Finnish metal scene. Building on that foundation, the sophomore album “Beyond Eternity” further expands the band’s sonic palette, introducing new guest vocalists and pushing the balance between heaviness, melody, and progressive elements while preserving the core identity that defines After Infinity.
GODSLAVE present the single “Reset, Rebuilt, Reclaim” – the new studio album will be released on September 11 at Metalville.
Does this sound familiar? You know full well that something has to change. That things can’t go on like this.
And yet you’re still treading water.
That’s exactly what “Reset, Rebuild, Reclaim”, the long-awaited new single from GODSLAVE, is all about.
Sometimes there’s no way around it: you have to pull the ripcord. Close old chapters. Painful, exhausting, frightening. But necessary.
Reset – draw a line under it once and for all.
Rebuild – stop whinging, roll up your sleeves.
Reclaim – be proud of what you’ve created.
“Reset, Rebuild, Reclaim” is a forceful statement against stagnation and excuses. A musically fierce kick up the backside for everyone who has long known what needs to be done but isn’t making any progress.
And the message isn’t without reason: GODSLAVE have gone through this very process themselves. After turbulent years, the five Saarlanders are now drawing conclusions from everything they’ve learnt. On 11 September 2026, with their self-titled album, they reclaim their position as arguably Germany’s most consistently positive thrash metal band.
Right now. Precisely because the world around us feels like it’s getting crazier by the day.
Because resignation has never been an option.
LINE UP Thommy (Vocals) Bernie (Guitar) Manni (Guitar) Mika (Bass) Tobi (Drums)
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