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Finnish Thrash Legends BLOODRIDE Issue New Studio Update | Reveal First Details Of Upcoming Album: Deafening!

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on March 16, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Photo credit: J.Hautala Photography

Finnish thrash veterans BLOODRIDE are back in the studio, forging their fifth album into a relentless sonic onslaught. Fueled by raw energy and precision, the band promises a thrash metal assault that will push boundaries and leave no neck unthrashed.

Now, BLOODRIDE unveils the album title: Deafening – a name as intense as the music itself! In their latest Studio Confessions from the Heart of the Metal Storm, guitarist Teemu Vähäkangas and bassist Esa Pennala share insights into the process:

Teemu: “The votes for the album title were bloody, but here we go, it’s Deafening! Everyone can interpret that as they wish. And as you can see from the tracklist, our songs still aren’t about kittens or sunny spring days…”

Esa: “Yeah, we’re sooo brutal! We’re also starting work on videos now. The hardest part was choosing which songs to feature. Since we try to be a democratic band, there was some voting involved.”

Teemu: “Not an easy task, because on this album, there are no fillers, only killers! Haha!”

Track-list for Deafening:

1 Sardonic Grin (Intro)
2 Kill without Hate
3 Come in Peace
4 Hindsight Einstein
5 Ashes Remain
6 Holy Simplicity
7 King of Pain
8 The Dark Triad
9 Simply Complicated
10 Death Sentinel
11 Erase and Replace
12 Fear Cage

More details, including release dates and video premieres, will be revealed soon. Stay tuned for the next wave of BLOODRIDE’s thrash fury!

BLOODRIDE Lineup:

  • Jykä Leskinen: Vocals
  • Esa Pennala: Bass
  • Simo Partanen: Guitar
  • Teemu Vähäkangas: Guitar
  • Petteri Lammassaari: Drums

More Band Information: www.bloodride.com | https://www.facebook.com/bloodride | 
https://www.instagram.com/bloodride666 | https://bloodride.bandcamp.com

Source: SPLIT SCREEN PR

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Finnish Post-Metal Band Sargassus Released Their New EP “King of the Sun”

Posted in Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , on August 27, 2023 by Metal Odyssey

Promo pic by Joonas Leskinen

Unleashing their most audacious offering to date, Sargassus present their new EP, King of the Sun, a monstrous addition to their progressive death metal discography. These four tracks, composed in an intuitive manner in live jamming sessions and recorded in 2023, forge a unique sonic landscape that stands as testament to the band’s unyielding artistic evolution. The members of Sargassus continue to refine their skills weaving intricate, complex musical structures with raw, powerful emotion.

This EP encapsulates the relentless spirit of the genre while offering new layers of depth and complexity, with the songs being all the more atmospheric as the band aims to paint an eerie backdrop to the increased technicality of the songs. Samu Oittinen – the legendary producer responsible for the new EP’s mix and master – made sure to fulfill the band’s vision about organic yet brutal and atmospheric soundscape.

EP cover by Matias Stenman

Track list:

  1. Dies Iræ
  2. Queen of the Moon
  3. Breed of the Exodus
  4. King of the Sun

The lyrical themes of the EP heavily draw inspiration from the epic of Lucien, the first ever science fiction story to be told and recorded in history. Strange entities with selfish causes wage a cosmic war for the ownership of planet Venus, with even stranger armies ushered into pyrrhic battles. The EP reflects upon this madness as well as the needless suffering of all involved, with no clear victor to claim the prize in the end.

LISTEN to King of the Sun EP: https://push.fm/fl/sargassus-king

Line-Up:
Teemu Leskinen – Guitar
Matias Rokio – Drums
Matias Stenman – Vocals
Jukka Teppola – Bass

Vocal production: Raging Cannon

https://sargassus.bandcamp.com

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Finnish Atmospheric Progressive Metal Band Alase Released Their Second Studio Album “A Matter of Time”

Posted in metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , , , , on April 17, 2023 by Metal Odyssey

Promo pic by Nina Nyberg

Finnish atmospheric progressive metal band Alase released their second studio album ‘A Matter of Time’ on April 14th 2023 via Finnish Inverse Records.

LISTEN to A Matter of Time album: https://push.fm/fl/alase-album

Guitarist Janne Lunnas comments the album::

“The album “A Matter of Time” shows where Alase is heading towards musically. We are already working on new music and this album leads the way to our new paths.

Compared to our debut album Vastaus, A Matter of Time is more versatile and progressive. In a way it is more mature but we also took more musical risks with its material. We even threw in a couple of tracks that go outside the genre of metal music but they still sound like Alase. Those songs also contain more electronic sounds which is a new thing for us.

Softer parts on the album are very soft but the heavier parts at their heaviest get really crushing and technical. When it comes to musicianship, this album contains the most demanding stuff that we have so far done. 

Besides five previously unheard tracks, the album contains four tracks that were released as singles and music videos. Those songs represent the album pretty well but don’t tell the whole story. If you like bands Katatonia, Haken, VOLA and Sleep Token, this album might work for you!”

CD version is available on Inverse Store. 

LISTEN to Clear Sky Is Not a Curse single: https://push.fm/fl/alase-clear

LISTEN to Fate’s Intervention single: https://push.fm/fl/alase-fate

Album cover by Ninni Swan & Teemu Liekkala

Track list:

  1. Understanding the Waves
  2. Clear Sky Is Not a Curse
  3. Fate’s Intervention
  4. Unburden
  5. Life Ahead
  6. The Source
  7. Out of Place
  8. Feeling Free
  9. Ajan kysymys

LINE-UP:
Guitars: Janne Lunnas
Guitars: Mikko Häkälä
Bass: Ari Miettinen
Drums: Ville Aatsinki
Lyrics: Ninni Swan

Links:

http://www.alaseband.com
https://www.instagram.com/alaseband
https://www.youtube.com/alaseband
https://spoti.fi/2YYPrkj
https://alase.bandcamp.com

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Finnish Modern Metal Band KOITOS Represents A Darker And Heavier Side With Their New Single

Posted in Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , , , on December 9, 2022 by Metal Odyssey

Photographer: Niko Suominen

Finnish metal band Koitos released a single “Tämä Maa” (eng. “This earth”), which is the second release from the upcoming debut album. First single “Ilman kurssia” was released in October.

“As a composition, the song is dark and inconsolable so the apocalyptic theme for the lyrics ran through my mind right from the moment the song was created. Unfortunately the topic is constantly relevant“, describes vocalist Matti Hiitti.

Composition: Hannu Nieminen
Lyrics: Matti Hiitti

In addition to the composition and lyrics, the song was recorded and produced entirely by the band itself. In addition, the band’s bassist edited the music video and worked as a video shooting assistant. The song was mixed and mastered by Rami Nykänen, who has previously worked with bands like One Morning Left and Balance Breach.

Listen to the song here: https://push.fm/fl/koitos-tamamaa

Koitos:
Matti Hiitti – vocals
Hannu Nieminen – guitar
Ville Ritala – guitar
Aaro Pelttari – bass
Eemeli Forss – drumsi

Credits:
Mixed and mastered by Rami Nykänen
Photography by Niko Suominen

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MALPRACTICE – Finnish Progressive/Thrash Act Signs With Sensory Records

Posted in Heavy Metal, metal bands, metal music, music news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , on April 15, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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As they continue to investigate the progressive realms of the Heavy Metal universe, New Jersey-based Sensory Records confirms that Finnish quintet, MALPRACTICE, has become the newest addition in the label’s roster.
Formed in 1994 in Kouvola, Finland by guitarist, Joonas Koto, MALPRACTICE started out as a thrash act. Following the release of self-financed debut MCD, Memorial, in 1996, the band cast aside their most aggressive influences and opted to explore a more progressive direction, which was apparent on their second MCD, Frozen, released later the same year. Without a deal in place, MALPRACTICE recorded an album’s worth of material in March 1998, which became their first full length album, Of Shape And Balance, released via Mastervox Records in September of that year.

Following a brief hiatus, and reactivation in 2004, MALPRACTICE signed with Spinefarm/Universal. This also began the band’s cooperation and friendship with producer/engineer, Anssi Kippo at Astia Studio (Children of Bodom, Sinergy, Norther, etc.), with the recording of their second full-length, Deviation From The Flow, and into the 2008 release of their third album, Triangular, which not only expanded their forward-thinking style, also reinvigorated some of their early thrash elements.

In 2010 the band self-produced their own outstanding demo, which eventually became their fourth album, Turning Tides. As their contract with Spinefarm was expired, the band sought new pastures, and given the more melodic and progressive nature of their style, found solace in Laser’s Edge offshoot, Sensory Records, who is now preparing Turning Tides for proper worldwide release this Summer.

Turning Tides represents MALPRACTICE at their absolute best, combing intricate Progressive Metal with catchy melodies topped with excellent musicianship and brilliant vocal harmonies, and a must-hear for fans of Queensryche, Fates Warning, Dream Theater and Megadeth.

Final release details on Turning Tides will be released in the near future.

MALPRACTICE:

Joonas Koto – guitars
Toni Paananen – drums
Aleksi Parviainen – vocals
Markus Vanhala – guitars
Jonas Mäki – bass

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on MALPRACTICE:

http://www.malpracticeband.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Malpractice/124420308087

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http://www.lasersedgegroup.com

https://www.facebook.com/TheLasersEdge

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LONG LIVE MALPRACTICE.

LONG LIVE FINLAND.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

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