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live review: arch enemy, amorphis, eluveitie and gatecreeper. manchester apollo 31/10/2025

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…

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the mighty arch enemy tour launches next month and it’s going to be heavy

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…

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News: Amorphis Release ‘Tales From The Thousand Lakes (Live At Tavastia)’ Album And Concert Film; Watch live performance video ‘Into Hiding’

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…

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News: Amorphis Release First Single ‘Drowned Maid’ Off Upcoming Album & Concert Film ‘Tales From The Thousand Lakes (Live At Tavastia)’

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…

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News: Five Weeks Until The Mighty Incineration Festival Brings Its 10 Year Anniversary Edition To Camden Town, London

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…

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News: Incineration Fest, Camden Town, London. 11th May 2024

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…

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Live Review: Amorphis / Eluveitie / Dark Tranquility / Nailed To Obscurity – O2 Ritz, Manchester 24.11.2022

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…

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Interview: We Spoke to Tomi Koivusaari of Amorphis before they took to the stage in Dublin on the – 22.11.2022

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…

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Live Review: Amorphis / Eluveitie / Dark Tranquillity / Nailed To Obscurity – O2 Ritz, Manchester 24.11.2022

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…

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Live Review: Amorphis / Eluveitie / Dark Tranquillity / Nailed To Obscurity – The Academy, Dublin 22.11.2022

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…

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