Finnish newcomers HORIZON IGNITED wrapped up an incredible 6-week European tour last autumn, where they supported HYPOCRISY alongside SEPTICFLESH and THE AGONIST, picking up new fans in droves along the way. 

Today, the band are pleased to release a new single ‘Carry Me’, which has only previously been included on the vinyl version of their latest album Towards The Dying Lands (released in July 2022).

Listen to ‘Carry Me’ on all platforms:  https://horizonignited.bfan.link/carryme

Listen to Towards The Dying Lands on all platforms: https://bfan.link/HorizonIgnitedTTDLSingle

The band comments on the song:
“When we released our second album Towards The Dying Lands, there was one song that was included only as a vinyl exclusive. It’s a brilliant track with a huge bridge and we decided to play it live during our first ever European tour with Hypocrisy. We quickly noticed that it works in a live setting as well and since then we have all fallen deeply in love with the track, so it brings me much joy to announce the digital release of ‘Carry Me’! 
We hope that this track pleases our fans as much as it pleases us and we can’t wait to play it live again.”

The relentless sextet HORIZON IGNITED from Finland strikes again with another single from their upcoming album “Towards The Dying Lands”, to be released on July 1st via Nuclear Blast.

“Beyond Your Reach” bestows with its captivating, melodic guitars which drive you to a huge chorus, that makes this track a real anthem.

The single comes along with a music video, which was filmed in Ylöjärvi, Finland, under the direction of Tuomas Kurikka and Patrik Nuorteva of Riivata visuals.

Frontman Okko Solanterä comments on the single:
“Beyond Your Reach is about unity. Coming together to bring down tyranny and oppression. A little different subject for our lyrics but they fit the song very well!
The song itself is very energetic and empowering with its catchy melodies, so what did we do to bring a bit more darkness and punchiness to it?
We made a breakdown. First of its kind in this band but definitely not the last!
This is an anthem that we cannot wait to play live.”

Listen to the single here: https://bfan.link/beyond-your-reach

Pre-order the album here: https://bfan.link/HorizonIgnitedTTDL

HORIZON IGNITED is stoked to be chosen as a support for the legendary HYPOCRISY on their extensive tour in fall all across Europe. 

HYPOCRISY, SEPTICFLESH, THE AGONIST , HORIZON IGNITED
30.09.              DE       Bochum – Matrix
01.10.              NL        Enschede – Metropol
02.10.              NL        Eindhoven – Dynamo
04.10.              BE        Antwerp – Kavka-Zappa
05.10.              UK       London – Islington Assembly Hall
06.10.              UK       Birmingham – Institute II
07.10.              UK       Manchester – Academy II
08.10.              FR        Lille – Le Splendid
09.10.              FR        Paris – La Machine du Moulin Rouge
10.10.              FR        Rennes – L’Etage
12.10.              PT        Porto – Hard Club
13.10.              PT        Lisbon – Lisboa AO Vivo
14.10.              ES        Madrid – Story Live
15.10.              ES        Barcelona – Apolo II
16.10.              FR        Lyon – Ninkasi Gerland / KAO
18.10.              IT         Paderino Dugnano – Slaughter Club
19.10.              IT         Rome – Orion Club
21.10.              GR       Athens – Fuzz Live Music Club
22.10.              GR       Thessaloniki – Principal Club Theater
23.10.              BG       Sofia – Hristo Botev Hotel
25.10.              RO       Bucharest – Quantic Club
26.10.              RO       Cluj-Napoca – Form Space
27.10.              HU       Budapest – Dürer Kert
28.10.              AT       Vienna – Simm City
29.10.              DE       Ingolstadt – Eventhalle Westpark
30.10.              DE       Hamburg – Grünspan
01.11.              CH       Lausanne – Les Docks
02.11.              CH       Luzern – Schüür
03.11.              DE       Aschaffenburg – Colos-Saal
04.11.              DE       Stuttgart – LKA-Longhorn
05.11.              CZ        Prague – Meetfactory
06.11.              PL        Krakow – Kwadrat
07.11.              PL        Warsaw – Proxima
08.11.              PL        Gdansk – B90
10.10.              LU        Esch/Alzette – Kulturfabrik
11.11.              DE       Leipzig – Hellraiser
12.11.              DE       Berlin – Orwo Haus

The newly signed HORIZON IGNITED proudly announce the upcoming release of their long player “Towards The Dying Lands“. The first album of the band published under Nuclear Blast will be released on July 1st of this year. After the massive title single “Towards The Dying Lands“, the Finnish sextet is now revealing the next banger from their highly anticipated album.

The Finns deliver their brand new single “Reveries” including a new stunning music video to heat up and celebrate the upcoming next big milestone in their career. The highly endowed newcomers of melodic death metal convince once again with fiery riffs and they show what you can expect in the near future. The album is available for pre-order now!

Listen to the single here: https://bfan.link/HIreveries
Pre-order the album here:https://bfan.link/HorizonIgnitedTTDL

The band commenting on the new single:
“Reveries is a song about losing all your hope and drowning into despair that you can not escape from. What is it like to lose the grip of yourself and your humanity? How deep are the wounds that grief and loss cut? These core lyrical themes are surrounded by not that typical song for Horizon Ignited. Intro and choruses are massive and melodic giving the listener a spark of hope which is then killed by the heavy verses. The fight between these two main themes of the song creates a fascinating contrast for the lyrics.
The music video for the song was filmed during the band’s pre production session for “Towards The Dying Lands” album at Lammaskallion Audio in Tuusula, Finland. The video is a very raw set of the band performing the song combined with aerial footage from the same day, which turned out to be probably the most beautiful day in the fall 2019. Video is edited by the keyboardist Miska Ek and guitarist Johannes Mäkinen. Aggressive, melancholic and melodic – Reveries.”

Founded back in 2017 by guitarists Johannes Mäkinen and Vili Vottonen, the debut album “After the Storm” was unleashed when the northern winds choked HORIZON IGNITED‘s hometown of Kouvola in early 2019. The completely self-published album met very positive feedback and the band has made its mark since then.
HORIZON IGNITED‘s diverse class of act − captivating and guitar-driven melodic death metal flavored with catchy metalcore elements among others.

Finnish melodic death metal band ‘HORIZON IGNITED’ have officially joined Nuclear Blast Records. 

Over the past thirty frantic years, this passion-raising heavy metal subgenre has undeniably evolved and changed, but some complaints have also been heard in the dim alleys: where are all the magnificent entrants?

Well, as so many times before, kindly turn your face towards Finland − still the most metallic country in the world − and meet melodic death metal’s hottest newcomers…

HORIZON IGNITED has arrived and this relentless sextet is here to stay!

To celebrate the signing, the Finns have instantly released their single ‘Towards The Dying Lands’ which comes along with a music video to start the new phase of their career with a bang!

Listen to the song here: https://bfan.link/HorizonIgnitedTTDLSingle

The band commenting on the signing to Nuclear Blast:
“We are truly honored beyond belief to join the Nuclear Blast -family with our second album! We did set our goals high, but I don’t think that any of us were expecting this.
It is truly a dream come true to have our music released by a legendary label that has housed many of our idols throughout the years.
With Nuclear Blast we are able to take our first steps on this musical journey that allows us to bring our vision alive and to share our music with the world.
This is the beginning so stay tuned!”

Nuclear Blast A&R Jaap Wagemaker adds:
“Nuclear Blast is stoked to announce the signing of the up and coming melodic death metal band Horizon Ignited from Finland.
This band took us by surprise after we were introduced to them by their manager Maurizio Iacono from Kataklysm.
Their sound although based in melodic death metal is also influenced by metalcore as well and has the potential to appeal to a very wide audience.

The band has built up already quite a following on Spotify with their self released album “After The Storm”.
Their new songs are even stronger which is proven by the 2 singles that we will release first.
Later on this year the band will also make their debut on the European stages.
This band is ready to take the world by storm!”

Founded back in 2017 by guitarists Johannes Mäkinen and Vili Vottonen, the debut album “After the Storm” was unleashed when the northern winds choked HORIZON IGNITED’s hometown of Kouvola in early 2019. The completely self-published album met very positive feedback and the band has made its mark since then.

HORIZON IGNITED’s diverse class of act − captivating and guitar-driven melodic death metal flavored with catchy metalcore elements among others.

HORIZON IGNITED are:
Okko Solanterä – Vocals
Johannes Mäkinen – Guitar
Vili Vottonen – Guitar
Miska Ek – Keyboards
Jukka Haarala – Bass
Jiri Vanhatalo – Drums