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Halloween and extreme music have always shared a symbiotic relationship, both trade in drama, darkness, and a sense of the theatrical. On this particular Friday night in Manchester, that union felt gloriously complete. Outside the Apollo a brisk autumn wind carried the scent of rain and face-painted fans in black coats and band shirts snaked …

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Arch Enemy are hitting our shores next month and into November with their Blood Dynasty tour and this tour is going to be colossal. Joining Arch Enemy on the road will be the awesome Amorphis, the fantastic Eluveitie and the heavy Gatecreeper. This is one tour that will undoubtedly going down in metal history so …

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Exactly 30 years after its original release, Finnish metal icons Amorphis are proud to celebrate the anniversary of their milestone ‘Tales From The Thousand Lakes’ with a unique live edition of the record, which represents an essential collector’s item for every Amorphis connoisseur. The magic of this work, grandly transferred onto the stage of Helsinki, Finland‘s Tavastia Club, shows the band in their full …

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Immerse yourself in a musical phenomenon that is second to none: The 30th anniversary of AMORPHIS‘ landmark album “Tales From The Thousand Lakes” is celebrated with a live recording that sets new standards in terms of brilliance and intensity. This unique release, available on Blu-ray+CD and vinyl, was recorded in chronological order at the iconic Tavastia Club in …

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With just five weeks to go until the formidable Incineration Fest hits London again in its ritualistic annual pilgrimage of all thing’s Black and Death on the extreme metal soundscape it’s time to start getting excited, very very excited. In a little over a month we will be treated to four stages of madness spread …

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Since its Inception in 2014, Incineration Fest is fast becoming an annual pilgrimage for many, and a must have staple of the extreme music festival landscape. Spread over four iconic London venues in the heart of Camden Town at The Electric Ballroom, The Underworld, The Black Heart and The Dev, Incineration Fest will undoubtedly deliver …

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By Sian Connolly It was a Thursday evening in Manchester and the venue we are in tonight is the amazing o2 Ritz, welcoming not one, not two, but four incredible metal bands to get the party started! Kicking off the night with the likes of “Black Forest” and “Liquid Mourning”, German death metal band, Nailed …

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Words: Letty Sharp // Photos: Ian Mc Donnell Amorphis are a Finnish heavy metal formed in 1990 by TomiKoivusaari, Jan Rechberger and Esa Holopainenen. The band wereinitially death metal but have since branched out to other genres such asfolk metal and progressive metal over the years. We caught up with Tomi backstage on the night …

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By the time I’d battled across the Pennines, in the now all too familiar tailbacks and gridlocks of the M62 and Manchester City Centre, I arrived at the Ritz just as the closing chords of the mighty Nailed To Obscurity were ringing out. I was absolutely gutted as I had been really keen to catch …

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Words: Letty Sharp // Photos: Ian Mc Donnell Finnish metal band Amorphis and Swiss metal band Eluveitie came to Dublin for a night of metal. The 4-band bill completed by German metal heads Nailed to Obscurity and veteran melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity hailing from Sweden. The Academy was full to the gills of …

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