FROZEN LAND’s New Album “Icemelter” Out Now

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Finnish power metal force FROZEN LAND celebrate the release of their third studio album “Icemelter”, out now via Massacre Records on Digipak CD, limited vinyl LP and digital formats.

Buy / stream the album HERE: https://massacre-records.com/frozenland_icemelter_sale

On “Icemelter”, FROZEN LAND push into their most aggressive territory to date, fusing unusually brutal, steel-edged guitar work with soaring, classic power-metal vocals and widescreen atmospheres. The result is a lean, muscular record that lands impact after impact while carrying a distinctly Finnish sense of melody and melancholy. Lyrically, the album threads short, unflinching vignettes about a world corroded by corruption, fear and spiritual exhaustion.

The album’s precision comes courtesy of a top-tier production team: mixed by Matias Kupiainen (Stratovarius), drums recorded at Sonic Pump Studios, Helsinki, and mastered by Elmo Syrjäläinen, with striking cover art by Andrey Vasilchenko. All music and lyrics were penned by Tuomas Hirvonen, channeling the band’s sharpened identity into eight tight, explosive tracks.

Tracklist:
The Carrier
Dead End
Dream Away
Chosen, Corrupt And Cancerous
Losing My Mind
Icemelter
Haunted
Black Domina

FROZEN LAND are:
Tony Meloni — vocals
Tuomas Hirvonen — guitars
Eero Pakkanen — bass
Lauri Nylund — keyboards
Matias Rokio — drums

FROZEN LAND online:
https://www.facebook.com/Frozenlandband/
https://www.instagram.com/frozenlandofficial/

BLACKTOOTHED Release New Single And Video ‘Embers’

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Photo Credit: Felix Fröhlich

German heavy-hitters blacktoothed return with their explosive new single ‘Embers’, a track that pushes the band into their most intense territory yet. Fueled by searing guitars, pounding rhythms, and a vocal performance that unleashes a whole new level of power and grit, ‘Embers’ hits harder than anything they’ve released before.

Stream ‘Embers’ here: https://arisingempire.com/embers

The song dives deep into themes of collapse, rebirth, and the sparks that survive even the darkest moments. From its brooding atmosphere to its relentless climax, ‘Embers’ captures a raw emotional urgency that feels bigger, darker, and more unrestrained than the band’s recent work. With a sharpened edge and a renewed fire, blacktoothed show just how far they’re willing to push themselves creatively. 

Catch the band live:
27 – 28.11.25 – DE-Metal Hammer Paradise
30 – 01.08.26 – DE-Full Rewind Summer Open Air

ANNISOKAY’s New Album “Abyss – The Final Chapter” Out Now

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German metalcore force Annisokay released their new album, Abyss – The Final Chapter, last Friday, 21st November 2025 via Arising Empire.

Abyss – The Final Chapter pushes Annisokay’s signature blend of crushing heaviness, towering choruses, and electronic darkness to new extremes. Frontman Rudi Schwarzer delivers some of his most ferocious vocal work yet, while Chris Wieczorek elevates the album with soaring, atmospheric cleans and massive melodic hooks. The band’s trademark contrast between brutality and beauty has never felt more refined or more explosive.

Building upon the success of Abyss Part I & II, this final installment ties together the themes of isolation, inner conflict, and resilience that have defined the trilogy, offering fans a powerful, cathartic finale. The production hits with surgical precision, the breakdowns are heavier than ever, and the band’s sense of scale feels downright cinematic. With their fanbase growing globally and their sound evolving into a new creative peak, Annisokay once again prove why they’re one of the most important and innovative forces in modern metalcore.

Abyss – The Final Chapter is out now on all digital platforms, with physical editions are available via Arising Empire here. Step into the abyss one last time.

Catch the band live:
23.11.25 – DE-Berlin
25.11.25 – DE-Frankfurt
26.11.25 – DE-Stuttgart (SOLD OUT)
28.11.25 – CH-Zurich (LOW TICKETS)
29.11.25 – IT-Milan
01.12.25 – DE-Munich (SOLD OUT)
02.12.25 – AT-Vienna
03.12.25 – HU-Budapest
04.12.25 – PL-Krakow
05.12.25 – CZ-Zlin
06.12.25 – DE-Leipzig
15.01.26 – UK-London
16.01.26 – UK-Leeds
17.01.26 – UK-Bristol
18.01.26 – UK-Nottingham

HUMMING WHALE’s Debut Album “Chasing Rabbits” Out Now

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Photographer: Laura Jetten

Finnish progressive metal band Humming Whale has released their debut studio album “Chasing Rabbits”!

The band’s guitarist Lassi tells about the album: “We follow a very slow and organic approach to songwriting and playing music. We like to experiment with and nurture our musical ideas until they feel just right. The soundscapes of the album represent our own musical tastes ranging from energetic bass and guitar riffs to atmospheric synthesizer landscapes, and from dissonance to harmony.”

Listen to the album on streaming services (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, Amazon etc.): https://push.fm/fl/hummingwhale-chasingrabbits

Track list / ISRC-codes:

  1. The Wake – FIRN12500001
  2. Chasing Rabbits – FIRN12500002
  3. Equilibrium – FIRN12500003
  4. Hountor – FIRN12500004
  5. Waves – FIRN12500005
  6. Ocular – FIRN12500006
  7. Rover – FIRN12500007
  8. Black Waters – FIRN12500008

The story of Humming Whale begun in 2006 in Tampere, Finland. Lassi Paunonen and Ville Kiiveri had already been friends for a long time, and had also been playing together in various bands. Their musical backgrounds steered the new band towards metal, but due to their broad tastes the band was from the beginning open to influences from a wide variety of genres. They especially embraced progressive elements in the form of nonlinear song structures and rhythmic experiments. Over the years, the band absorbed more and more influences from analogue synthesis and acoustic percussions, and their current sound begun to take form.

The band reached its first stable line-up in 2015 with Aki Hahto in vocals and Antti Lumijärvi in drums. The band begun to record its first full album in late 2016 based on the songs they had composed over the years. The recording took place in Lassi’s studio and the band took their time in shaping (and even rewriting) the songs. The process finally resulted in the album Chasing Rabbits, published in November 2025.

At the end of the year 2023 the band also arrived at their current line-up, with Matias Kuure in drums. 

Members:
Aki Hahto – Vocals and percussion
Lassi Paunonen – Guitar and synthesizers
Ville Kiiveri – Bass
Matias Kuure – Drums

https://www.facebook.com/Hummingwhaleband
https://www.instagram.com/humming_whale_band
https://www.youtube.com/@HummingWhaleBand
https://hummingwhale.bandcamp.com/

SOULFALLEN Return After 13 Years of Silence with New Single ’Thousandfold’

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Photographer: MarmotA Photography

Finland’s melodic dark metal masters SOULFALLEN return after 13 years of silence with a new single ’Thousandfold’. The new song is from their long-awaited upcoming fourth album, set to be released next year.

”After so many years we wanted our first single to scream ’we are still very much alive’, so we chose one of the most aggressive songs from the new album. It bears the trademark dark atmosphere and beautiful melodies of SOULFALLEN yet blended this time with some cool new flavours and fierce blastbeats. The song is about overcoming extreme hardships with resilience and it can be seen as a metaphor of the new album, years in the making,” explains vocalist-songwriter Kai Leikola.

Listen to the single on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer, Amazon Music etc.): https://push.fm/fl/soulfallen-thousandfold

–ISRC: FI3FC2554001
–Composer: Kai Leikola
–Lyricist: Kai Leikola
–Arrangement: Soulfallen

After headlining in Romania’s Symphonic Metal Echoes festival last summer, the Finnish dark metallers celebrated the release of their new song with a very special liveshow at the band’s hometown Jyväskylä’s own Ilokivi Venue this last Friday November 21st with Slow Fall, Status Abnormis and Valpur.

SOULFALLEN is:
Kai Leikola – vocals
Aapeli Kivimäki – guitars
Jari Kinnunen – guitars
Teemu Vähäkangas – bass
Aaro Lappalainen- drums

Discography:
World Expiration (2007)
Grave New World (2009)
The Promise of Hell (2012)

https://www.soulfallen.com/
https://www.facebook.com/soulfallenofficial
https://www.instagram.com/soulfallen_official/

AEONS Release New Epic “6EQUJ5” EP

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After three critically acclaimed albums, progressive metal band AEONS returns with the band’s most challenging and accomplished recording yet; The single-track, 23 minute-long monster that is “6EQUJ5”.

The full release is now available on audio CD, digital music streaming platforms and with a full length lyric video found on YouTube through the link below:

–Spotify: https://bit.ly/AEONS6equj5Spotify
–Apple music: https://apple.co/4pn10gM

The band known for their complex, heavy-prog, laden with brutal grooves and haunting atmospheric melodies takes bold new steps with this release. This EP showcasing everything the band is known for, but also expanding that very notion along the way.

“AEONS are very proud to release our most ambitious project yet – a whole EP of one epic track dedicated to a single proposition : “What if we are not alone in this endless emptiness? ” We wanted to pursue a fresh approach to this philosophy and look at what that might mean for our cultures, our beliefs, our sense of self and ultimately our place in the universe. We wanted to explore as many musical genres as possible to answer this question, each with their own atmosphere to tell a story of our journey of discovery, and start a commentary on who we are, what we can achieve together and how with a little common ground we can become more than we ever were.“

Find AEONS online here:
https://aeons.online
https://aeonsiom.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Aeons.IOM/
https://www.instagram.com/aeons_iom/
https://www.tiktok.com/@aeons_iom