CAROLINE BREITLER Signs Worldwide Deal with El Puerto Records, New Album Coming in 2026

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 23, 2025
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Who says pirates always sail the seven seas? Sometimes, a little ‘sea hopping’ from Lake Constance to Lake Zurich to Lake Zug is enough to find real gems. One such gem has now signed with El Puerto Records: Caroline Breitler & Band!

Caroline Breitler is a Swiss singer and band from the canton of Zug who has established herself in the rock and metal scene. Her music combines powerful vocals with melodic elements, often with a touch of bombast and emotional depth. The band combines classic rock structures with modern metal influences, placing great emphasis on authenticity and expressiveness. Their songs are partly autobiographical and deal with themes such as self-discovery, strength and emotional healing.
And if you’re quick, you can still see them solo this weekend as support for HARTMANN in Bensheim and Waldbronn. If not, the first festival date for 2026 has already been set: the Rock n’ Loc Festival in Markt Wald.

Caroline is happy:
“Being with El Puerto Records feels like coming home – finally a label that understands our vision, shares our energy and truly supports us as artists. Here, you can be loud, wild and real – just like our music!”

Head of Promotion Matt. Bischof: ‘We had had Caroline on our radar for quite some time because she embodies many of the qualities that are important to us in our musicians: heart, passion, a burning desire for her own music, and that same passion on stage. We are delighted that it has now worked out: Welcome aboard, Caroline Breitler and band.’

Biography:
Caroline Breitler & Band – Between Fire and Emotion
With a voice that gets under your skin and a captivating stage presence, Caroline Breitler stands for powerful rock with soul. Together with her top-class band, she brings an explosive mix of melodic metal, rock and emotion to the stage. On guitar, a virtuoso shines with a flair for powerful riffs and epic solos that get under your skin. The bass not only provides a powerful foundation, but also brings technical sophistication into play with its refined songwriting. The keys add orchestral depth and a cinematic atmosphere – sometimes ethereal, sometimes dramatic. The drummer is the rhythmic backbone of the band. With razor-sharp precision, unbridled energy and a flair for dynamics, he gives the sound that certain something – like a galloping herd of horses that sweeps the audience along and makes the pulse of the music palpable.
Whether on record or live, Caroline and her band tell stories of courage, pain and hope. Their music is a call to stay true to yourself – loud, honest and rousing.

Live Dates
Oct. 24, 2025          Support Hartmann, Bensheim, Musiktheater Rex, Caro Solo
Oct. 25, 2025          Support Hartmann, Waldbronn, Soundcheck One, Caro Solo
May 16. 2026          Rock n’ Loc Festival, Markt Wald, Band

Line-up:
Caroline Breitler – Vocals
Alain Schneble – Guitars
Marco Vortex Bohler – Bass
Andreas Caplazi – Keyboards
Lukas Kinberger (Sub) – Drums

More Info: 
www.carolinebreitler.com
www.facebook.com/caroline.breitler/
www.instagram.com/caroline_breitler/
www.youtube.com/channel/UCrLO-c5k6eu2S22LNVTL4Eg
open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/39yV8NwiQ1RKu6BJlsN2ry
www.tiktok.com/@caroline_breitler

DARKTRIBE Release New Single ‘Ghost Memories’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 23, 2025
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photo by Darktribe

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.

LISTEN TO IT

“Forgotten Reveries”:

  • 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

VANGUARDIAN’s Debut Album “III: Inhumanity” Offers Raw Extreme Metal on a Broad Scale

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 23, 2025
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Photographer: Arto Kettunen

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.”

Listen to the album on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, Amazon Music etc.): https://push.fm/fl/vanguardian-iii-inhumanity

  1. Gathering Momentum – FI3FC2593004
  2. Peripherals – FI3FC2593002
  3. ..In Humanity – FI3FC2593003
  4. LI-2 XA-1 – FI3FC2593001
  5. Dead Space – FI3FC2593005
  6. Lost In Endeavour – QM6MZ2529415
  7. Demolition Hour – FI3FC2593007
  8. Electric Sorrow – FI3FC2593008
  9. Inner Sanctum – FI3FC2593009

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

https://www.facebook.com/vanguardianofficial
https://www.instagram.com/vanguardianofficial/
https://www.tiktok.com/@vanguardian.official

ONSETCOLD Returns with New Album “Apocalyptic Sleep”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 22, 2025
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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).

Tracklist:

  1. The Blue Room
  2. The Oracle to Egypt
  3. Hurricane
  4. Standing in the Rain Beside You
  5. Under the Nuclear Sun
  6. Sleep Tonight
  7. Short Circuit
  8. Underworld
  9. Breathing in This Cult
  10. Austere

Watch the official video for “Sleep Tonight”:

Line-up:

Shaq – Music/Vocals
Seiza Friedrich – Vocals

Listen and follow Onsetcold:

www.youtube.com/onsetcold
www.instagram.com/onsetcold
www.facebook.com/onsetcold

KLAShTAL Releases Second Single ‘Remembrance’ from Upcoming Debut Album

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 22, 2025
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Photo: Jutta Koski

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.

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

–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.

Oblivion Dreams Tracklist / ISRC-codes:

  1. Remembrance – FI3FC2553101
  2. Uncharted – FI3FC2553102
  3. The Way Home – FI3FC2553103
  4. Virgin Feather – FI3FC2553104
  5. The Water Remembers – FI3FC2553105
  6. Moonbow – FI3FC2553106
  7. Destruction – FI3FC2553107

CHARLOTTE WESSELS + VOLA’s Asger Mygind Release New Single + Official Lyric Video ‘Backup Plan’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 22, 2025
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[photo credit: Tim Tronckoe]

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 CHARLOTTE WESSELS 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!”

Pre-Save The Obsession (Deluxe Edition) HERE

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.”

Get your physical copy of The Obsession NOW

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

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