Emissary of Suffering Interview with Nils Groth (Drums & Vocals) and Mattias Rasmusson (Guitars) Interview by Lee Carter Hey and thank you for your time. Please state your name and position in the band. Hey, thank you for giving us the opportunity to talk about our band. My name is…
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SILVER LAKE by Esa Holopainen releases new music video for “Sentiment” feat. Jonas Renkse + reveal international chart results
The debut album of SILVER LAKE by ESA HOLOPAINEN is finally released via Nuclear Blast Tonträger Produktions- und Vertriebs GmbH and comes not only with the legendary guitar riffs of Esa Holopainen from AMORPHIS, one of Finland’s biggest guitarists and metal songwriters, but also seven famous rock and metal vocalists…
AMORPHIS – “Vinyl Collection 2006 – 2020” boxset and “Live at Helsinki Ice Hall” OUT NOW!!!
While concerts and cheering crowds seem to be a long-lost echo from the past these days, melancholic progressive metallers AMORPHIS bring back some of the life and uncomparable energy that many of us have been missing so desperately. Recorded during a special hometown show that took place on December 7th,…
AMORPHIS to Release LIVE AT HELSINKI ICE HALL May 21
LIVE AT HELSINKI ICE HALL out on May 21st🤘 ”Helsinki Ice Hall, what can I say… the very same venue where we used to see bands like Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, Metallica and many many more back in the 80’s when we were kids”, Tomi Koivusaari contemplates when thinking of…
SILVER LAKE By ESA HOLOPAINEN, The Debut Album from the Amorphis Guitarist Due May 28
The self-titled debut album from Silver Lake By Esa Holopainen scheduled for release on May 28th via Nuclear Blast “Over the last few years, I have been writing a lot of music, and some of the stuff hasn’t exactly sounded like Amorphis. Many times, when people think about a guitarist’s…
AMORPHIS Begins Recording 14th Studio Album
Finnish melancholic progressive metallers AMORPHIS have entered Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki to begin recording their fourteenth album. The follow-up to “Queen Of Time” is tentatively due later this year via Nuclear Blast. “Queen Of Time” came out in May 2018 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2015’s “Under The…
Amorphis release “Brothers & Sister“ lyric video and shaped vinyl single
AMORPHIS releases their shaped vinyl single “Brother And Sister”, limited to 666 copies via Nuclear Blast. The band has also revealed a new lyric video for the song ‘Brother And Sister’. Keyboard player Santeri Kallio comments: “Two great songs from the “Queen of Time” sessions on vinyl which is great.…
Amorphis – 30th Anniversary show – Tavastia Helsinki Finland
AMORPHIS THE 16TH OF OCTOBER, 2020 TAVASTIA HELSINKI FINLAND One of the most important exports of the Finnish metal scene is definitely Amorphis. The band started as a four-piece 30 years ago when previous bands dissolved. The band has faced up and downs and undergone quite changes a few changes…
Sinisthra – Drummer Erkki Virta
Drummer Erkki Virta – Sinisthra Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Roberto at Rockshots Records for setting up the interview. Thanks to Rockshots Records for the promo pictures of the band. Thanks to Miika Storm Photography for providing promo pictures of the band Drummer Erkki Virta from Finnish dark metal…
Sinisthra – The Broad And Beaten Way
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Rockshots Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Beandog 15 years in the making, Sinisthra’s follow-up to their 2005 debut, Last Of The Stories Of Long Past Glories, has taken a lengthy and arduous route from conception to realisation. Significantly, The Broad And Beaten Way is a reference to…
Sinisthra featuring Tomi Joutsen of Amorphis release new single ‘Closely Guarded Distance’
Finland’s SINISTHRA featuring Amorphis vocalist Tomi Joutsen are sharing the first single ‘Closely Guarded Distance‘ off their forthcoming album, “The Broad and Beaten Way” due out May 15, 2020 via Rockshots Records. The band comments about the song: “‘Closely Guarded Distance’ is the centrepiece of the album and probably the hardest to digest of the whole lot. So we chose it…
AMORPHIS To Perform Entire Tales From The Thousand Lakes Album On North American Tour!
Finnish melancholic progressive metal band, AMORPHIS, are proud to announce they will be hitting the road in celebration of their legendary 1994 release Tales From The Thousand Lakes. Each night the classic album will be played in its entirety. The 38-date trek will launch on September 11th with 3 shows at the…
Dimmu Borgir + Amorphis + Wolves in the Throne Room @ The Kentish Town Forum, London
Dimmu Borgir + Amorphis + Wolves in the Throne Room @ The Kentish Town Forum, London 22 January 2020 Review by Demitri Levantis Photography by Graham Hilling
FortaRock 2019 @ Goffertpark, Nijmegen, Netherlands
FortaRock Festival 1st – 2nd June 2019 Review & Photography by Ya Cheng This year marks my 3rd year attending FortaRock at Nijmegen in the Netherlands. It’s one of these festivals that’s not too big or too small, it’s packed with diverse bands and you always have a good time.…
Imperial Domain – The Deluge
September 2018 Released: August 10th 2018 / Inverse Records Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine One thing I have always wondered when reading the words Swedish and melodic death metal in the same sentence, is how the heck can all these bands be so good? Well, if that is…