Archive for March, 2025

Finland’s WISHING WELL Release New Song Featuring Wheelers And Dealers Choir 

Posted in classic rock, Hard Rock, hard rock bands, hard rock music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on March 2, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Photographer: Sari Koskinen

Finland’s hard rocking Wishing Well have released new music for the first time after their Sin And Shame album, that came out in March 2023. Boys Will Be Boys is a simple good mood rocker, made seriously tongue-in-cheek and in good spirit to celebrate rock music and pure joy and camaraderie of playing in a band. This positive and cheerful song is a rare release from the band, who usually write more serious and complex songs. The song is released together with a music video, recorded at Magnusborg Studios in Porvoo, filmed and edited by Jussi Koskinen.

“Boys is an old song that goes way back but we wanted to release something in between albums and this song is perfect for that. First we thought it’s too simple and silly but when we worked on it and it took off like a rocket to the moon we decided to give it a go. Somebody then came up with the idea of asking previous Wishing Well vocalists to sing the gang vocals and when they agreed and even Graham Bonnet promised to join we knew it’ll work out great. We decided to shoot the video while in the studio and we had a great time. We’re pleased with the result and the song is also good fun to play live”, says Anssi Korkiakoski, guitar player and songwriter of the band.

Things should not always be too serious, at the end of the day it’s all about doing what you love, together with your friends. We’re all old metalheads and hard rockers, we share the same thoughts and memories about music, from early years to ‘80s metal and beyond. It’s great that we can do our thing together and share it with each other and our audience as well. This song is a homage to all of us childlike rockers, music lovers and band musicians. There are many of us, naturally lots of girls and women too, despite the song title”, says Korkiakoski.

Composition & Lyrics by Anssi Korkiakoski

The song is released under Wishing Well & The Wheelers And Dealers, since the choir with its old school veterans plays an important role in the song.

Watch the music videohttps://youtu.be/iRA7nHbLqLA

Listen to the single on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp, Deezer Tidal etc.)https://push.fm/fl/wishingwell-boys

At the moment the band is working on their fifth album, due to be released in the spring of 2026. Wishing Well will perform live at On The Rocks Club in Helsinki on the 27th of March. For more news updates visit their social media channels.

Wishing Well are:
Pepe Tamminen – vocals
Arto Teppo – Hammond-organ
Matti Kotkavuori – bass
Juha Kivikanto – drums
Anssi Korkiakoski – guitar

Wheelers And Dealers choir are:
Rick Becker
Graham Bonnet
Rafael Castillo
Peter James Goodman

WISHING WELL – Online:

https://www.facebook.com/wishingwell2016/

https://www.instagram.com/wishingwell_finland/

THE SLUMBERING – US Doom Noise Project To Release The Loss of Humanity Complete LP via Aesthetic Death

Posted in doom metal, drone metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , , on March 2, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Set for release on March 28th, 2025, via Aesthetic Death, the fourth album by US doom noise entity THE SLUMBERING reaches an inevitable convergence, where the sinister, drone and hypnotic sound has merged with doomsday scenarios and an endtime conclusion.

The only glimmer of hope within their music is found in the prospect that humankind is quickly reaching its (un)natural end; that it can exact no further harm. There is an ultimate calm in the knowledge any clock will tick no more and that all we will see is what the next realm brings forth.

The track “Chapel Of The Damned” is now streaming at THIS LOCATION.

Track-list:

  1. Dreams Are Not Always Pleasant
  2. Chapel Of The Damned
  3. Sinister Expressions
  4. Shadow Realm
  5. Belief In Social Doctrines

THE SLUMBERING:

https://theslumbering.bandcamp.com/

theslumbering@thedoorwayto.com

Aesthetic Death:

https://aestheticdeath.bandcamp.com/

https://www.aestheticdeath.com/

https://www.facebook.com/aestheticdeath.uk

SHORES OF NULL – First Leg of 2025 EU Tour Dates | Live Album Beauty Over Europe Out May 2025

Posted in dark metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on March 2, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Italian melancholic dark metal SHORES OF NULL announce their first leg of of 2025 tour dates across Europe that will feature a combination of festival appearances and indoor shows between Italy and Germany.

Shores of Null 2025 Tour Dates:
03/01 • Journey Fest VI @ Spazio Webo – Pesaro
w/ Deadly Carnage, Ghostheart Nebula, Built-in Obsolescence Band, Lilinanna
3/14 • Alchemica Music Club – Bologna
w/ Deadly Carnage, Built-in Obsolescence Band, Eva Can’t
4/30 • Klubhaus – Saalfeld w/ Décembre Noir, Praise The Plague
5/1 • TBA
5/2 • Walpurgisnacht Vol. IV – Berlin w/ And Oceans, Heretoir, Décembre Noir
5/11 • Isola Rock – Verona w/ Dark Lunacy
6/15 • Arena Alpe Adria – Lignano Sabbiadoro w/ In Flames, Lacuna Coil

In additional news, Shores of Null will be unraveling a live album for May 2025. Entitled “Beauty Over Europe”, the live record features 10 tracks that were recorded during their monumental 2023 European tour with Swallow The Sun, Draconian, and Avatarium. Throughout that tour, Shores of Null performed 35 shows across 18 countries, including Norway, Denmark, Germany, the UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, and Hungary, bringing their critically acclaimed album The Loss Of Beauty to the stage.

The live recordings, captured in the cities of Leipzig, Munich, Aschaffenburg, Budapest, and Belfast, preserve the raw and emotive energy of their performances. Each track reflects the band’s ability to blend melancholic melodies with crushing heaviness, offering fans a visceral live experience.

“Beauty Over Europe” is both a celebration of the tour and a gift to all fans of the band. Exactly two years after that unforgettable journey, this live album offers a chance to relive the emotional intensity and true essence of Shores Of Null’s live performances.

Guitarist Gabriele Giaccari comments:

“This tour was an incredible journey, the longest in our career, and a true milestone for Shores Of Null. As the promotional tour for The Loss Of Beauty, our latest and most acclaimed album to date, it was an honor to bring these songs to life across 35 shows in 18 countries. Sharing the stage with monumental bands like Swallow The Sun and Draconian—huge inspirations for our music—was unforgettable. Despite the melancholy of their sound, they’re some of the most fun and genuine people we’ve met, and by the end of this epic journey, we were proud to call them friends.

We owe special thanks to our incredible crew—Petri, Matti, Mikko, and Tero—who ensured everything ran seamlessly and made this experience unforgettable. To pay homage to this extraordinary chapter, we decided to produce a live album. Recorded during key moments of the tour, it captures the essence of these unforgettable performances and is dedicated to all the people who supported us live and shared these magical moments with us.”

Watch a live video clip from their tour stop in Aschaffenburg, Germany performing “The Last Flower” – https://youtu.be/w-Hq69KG2RM

Spotify – https://spoti.fi/3BU584W

Setlist:
1. Transitory (Live intro)
2. Destination Woe (Live in Leipzig)
3. Nothing Left To Burn (Live in Leipzig)
4. Quiescent (Live in Munich)
5. The Last Flower (Live in Aschaffenburg)
6. Black Drapes For Tomorrow (Live in Budapest)
7. A Nature in Disguise (Live in Munich)
8. Darkness Won’t Take Me (Live in Belfast)
9. My Darkest Years (Live in Aschaffenburg)
10. Blazing Sunlight (Live Outro)

Live Recording: Matti Kynsijärvi
Mixing and Mastering: Marco Mastrobuono at Bloom Recording Studios

Band:
Davide Straccione – Vocals
Gabriele Giaccari – Guitars, Backing Vocals
Raffaele Colace – Guitars, Backing Vocals
Lorenzo Carlini – Live Bass
Matteo Capozucca – Bass
Emiliano Cantiano – Drums

The Loss of Beauty is Shores Of Null’s fourth album and follows the acclaimed “Beyond The Shores (On Death And Dying)”, unanimously considered by fans and critics as one of the Doom Metal gems of recent years. The lyrics celebrate beauty in imperfection and transience and are meant to be an invitation to seek beauty in little things, especially those unexpected and ephemeral.

Stylistically, The Loss of Beauty continues along the sulcus set forth by “Quiescence” and “Black Drapes For Tomorrow”, its melancholic dark metal with a wide range of influences, from gothic metal to doom metal and melodic black/death metal, with frequent use of vocal harmonies and deep growls.

The album consists of 13 songs, while the LP version only contains 11, the two extra tracks are bonus tracks that can be found on the CD version as well as on the streaming platforms. Dark and heavy, tinged with feelings of despair and melancholy, The Loss Of Beauty was released on March 24th, 2023, and is recommended for fans of Swallow The Sun, Borknagar, and Paradise Lost.

Album Stream:

YouTube – https://youtu.be/vWOcwJYjhq8

Spotify – https://spoti.fi/3ZckbMW

Album order (Digital, CD, Vinyl) – https://linktr.ee/thelossofbeauty

For more info: Spikerot.com | Shoresofnull.com

Source: ASHER MEDIA RELATIONS

New Band Signing To Transcending Obscurity: US Progressive Death Metal Band HAXPROCESS

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on March 1, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

We’re pleased to have a band like Haxprocess join the Transcending Obscurity family. Their brand of progressive death metal is both unconventional and unpredictable but nonetheless satisfying for any fan of death metal. They’ve taken their music to another level on their ambitious new album; their approach remains bold and innovative and fans looking for challenging yet heavy progressive death metal music won’t be disappointed in the least. Listen to their 11-min. album opener here – https://youtu.be/pNBT0I5aBHE

Band’s statement: “Haxprocess is thrilled to join Transcending Obscurity‘s amazing roster. Kunal is one of the most hard-working and passionate individuals in the world of extreme metal, and we are extremely happy to be working with him. This partnership will allow Haxprocess to fully convey our ideas of exploratory death metal like never before, and we are so excited for what’s to come! Again, big thanks to Kunal for everything he does.”

HAXPROCESS:
Lothar Mallea – Guitar and vocals
Shane Williamson – Guitar
Davis Leader – Bass
Adam Robinson – Drums

Artwork by Juanjo Castellano (Ritual Fog, Typhonian, Shrine of Denial)

Track-listing

  1. Where Even Stars Die 11:27
  2. The Confines of the Flesh 09:28
  3. Thy Inner Demon Seed 10:42
  4. Sepulchral Void 13:11

Transcending Obscurity:

Official Site | New EU Store

US Indiemerch Store

HAXPROCESS:

Haxprocess Bandcamp

Haxprocess Facebook

TETRAMORPHE IMPURE – Italian Death/Doom Metal Entity To Release The Sunset Of Being Debut Album via Aesthetic Death

Posted in Death Metal, doom metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on March 1, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Italian funeral death doom entity TETRAMORPHE IMPURE will unveil its debut album The Sunset of Being on April 18th 2025 via Aesthetic Death.

The album track “Night Chants” is now streaming HERE.

Hailing from the Alpine north of Italy, TETRAMORPHE IMPURE is the creation of Damien, an experienced musician and former member of Mortuary Drape. After a series of underground releases, TETRAMORPHE IMPURE emerge from years of dormancy to bring forth its first full-length creation.

Melding the profound weight of funeral doom, old school death metal and early doom-death. Monolithic and crushing in it’s sonic core, The Sunset of Being brings forth vast soundscapes draped in despondent, shuddering riffwork.

Both nostalgic and reflective in its essence, TETRAMORPHE IMPURE create a brooding, despondent atmosphere, evoking the spirit of the early 90’s through the lens of funeral death doom and old school death metal.

As Damien explains, “…this album is a procession through darker corners of human experience. We intend to submerge the listener in a meditative state where they can reflect on the transient nature of existence, its desolation and dread. Work on these songs has taken over two years, with a focus on intentionally capturing the right feel and atmosphere in each moment. I would spend days experimenting with sounds until every passage had the raw intensity that I was aiming for. Bands like Decomposed, Disembowelment, Dusk, Evoken, Mournful Congregation, and Esoteric have left a big mark on my way of making music. Yet the inspiration of bands such as Dead Can Dance (especially ‘Within the Realm of a Dying Sun’) and Swans, plus being a huge fan of early Swedish and Finnish death metal – Demigod, Demilich, Convulse, Abhorrence, Gorement, Crematory, etc – are quite evident in our new album, adding a contrasting and primal edge to the sound.”

Track-list:

1 – Forsaken Light
2 – Night Chants
3 – Spirit Of Gravity
4 – The Sunset Of Being

The Sunset of Being was co-produced, mixed and mastered by Alex Sedin.

For fans of: Evoken, early My Dying Bride, Decomposed

TETRAMORPHE IMPURE

https://www.facebook.com/tetramorphe.impure

https://tetramorpheimpure.bandcamp.com/

Aesthetic Death

https://aestheticdeath.bandcamp.com/

https://www.aestheticdeath.com/

https://www.facebook.com/aestheticdeath.uk

AHAMKARA – Announce Release of The Harrow of the Lost | New Song Now Streaming

Posted in Black Metal, black metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on March 1, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Album out April 25 on Bindrune Recordings

Following ten years of silence after the release of their debut album The Embers of the Stars and the untimely death of vocalist Steven, UK-based atmospheric black metal trio AHAMKARA returns with a new lineup and new album The Harrow of the Lost, an unflinching exploration of the transformative nature of grief. 

The band has shared a stream for the album track “Our Scars Shall Abide in the Thaw.” The exclusive premiere for the song comes via Decibel Magazine. Listen to “Our Scars Shall Abide in the Thaw” now at this location.

The Harrow of the Lost is due out April 25 on Bindrune Records. Pre-order the album at: shop.bindrunerecordings.com

The Harrow of the Lost track listing:

  1. The Circle of Remembrance
  2. Our Scars Shall Abide in the Thaw
  3. Channelling Grief
  4. Ordeal of Ascension
AHAMKARA:
Michael Blenkarn – Vocals. Guitars, 
Austin Lunn – Drums 
Alexandra Blenkarn-Durning – Synth

An emotionally charged and fiercely personal record, The Harrow of the Lost takes the AHAMKARA sound in a more complex and tormented direction, encompassing existential rage, nihilistic despair, and all in between. Both rawer and more organic in sound, intensified by the electrifying drum work of new member Austin Lunn (Panopticon), and scaling greater peaks of Emperial ambition than ever before.

The album integrates the expansive reach of the Cascadian black metal sound with the densely detailed savagery of classic Emperor and the aching melancholy of early Anathema to produce a deeply involving journey of genre-transcending atmospheric metal.

Completed by a heartfelt and uncompromising vocal performance from founder member Michael and the nuanced, evocative synth work of Alexandra (also of labelmates Nemorous), this is a journey into the scorched earth landscapes of bereavement that no follower of the Bindrune family should miss.

Stream more from AHAMKARA on Apple Music.

Band & Label Links:

AHAMKARA Facebook

theembersofthestars.bandcamp.com

shop.bindrunerecordings.com

bindrunerecordings.bandcamp.com

Source: ClawHammer PR