Finnish melancholic melodic death metal outfit BEFORE THE DAWN will release their new album, Rise Of The Phoenix, on April 27th via Nuclear Blast Records.A second teaser for the album is now available. Check out both teasers below: The video for the first single, 'Phoenix Rising', can be seen below. Smoothly intertwining live video footage and b...

TURISAS, INSOMNIUM and NIGHTWISH were among the artists honoured at the Finnish Metal Awards during Finnish Metal Expo. The results were revealed today in Helsinki. The public could vote freely, without a given selection, in the months preceding the event, by internet and sms. All in all, 20567 votes were counted. The results can be viewed belo...

After the departure of Lars Eikind (bass/clean vocals) and Atte Palokangas (drums), Finnish melancholic melodic death metal outfit BEFORE THE DAWN experienced a rebirth of sorts. What could formerly be described as dark metal started to flow much more into melodic death metal waters. The result of this development will arise like the famous pho...

Finnish melancholic melodic death metal outfit BEFORE THE DAWN returns after living through a phase of changes and uncertainty — cleansed, renewed and stronger than ever! Leaving pieces of both the musical and personal past behind, mastermind Tuomas Saukkonen, lead guitarist Juho Räihä and their new companions get re...

GHOST BRIGADE and MONO INC. are the latest acts confirmed for the 15th installment of Germany's Summer Breeze Open Air which will take place from August 16th to 18th at its usual location in Dinkelsbühl. Each day this month the Summer Breeze Advent Calendar, found here, will reveal a new band name. Confirmed bands now include: ...