single

New single ‘Pahat Veräjät’ showcases Prog Metal Death Sargassus’s versatile and unique blackened sound.

/ metalvalkyrie2014 / Leave a comment


The new single ‘Pahat Veräjät’ showcases Sargassus’s versatile and unique blackened sound.
 
Promo picture by Leevi Törnblom Finnish progressive death metal band Sargassus is set to release their debut album ‘Vitruvian Rays’, out in June 13th 2025 via Inverse Records.

The third and last single ‘Pahat Veräjät’ is unleashed today and it’s available on all essential streaming services:
 https://push.fm/fl/sargassus-pahat 

 The Band Comments: 
“”Pahat Veräjät’ is the third and final single before the release of the ‘Vitruvian Rays’ 
album. The song is both a departure from the band’s usual modus operandi, as it is sung 
in Finnish, as well as a return to the roots, featuring long atmospheric passages with 
progressive chord structures. As the song kicks off with ultra-fast blast beats, there is a 
definite nod towards extreme metal as well. ‘Pahat Veräjät’ (‘The Bad Gates’ in english) 
references the gates of Tuonela, the cold underworld of Finnish mythology. It tells the 
story of a journey through the wilderness between the living and the dead, asking the 
listener if a life’s worth can (or should) be measured in wealth, as all material possession 
will eventually be left behind”
 

WATCH official music video of the first single Spirit of Gravity: https://youtu.be/IZ4S5DrNBgs  

­ Line-up:
Matias Rokio – Drums
Teemu Leskinen – Guitar
Matias Stenman – Vocals
Mertta Halonen – Bass
 
Links:
https://sargassus.com 
https://www.facebook.com/sargassusband 
https://www.instagram.com/sargassusband 
https://sargassus.bandcamp.com 
https://www.tiktok.com/@sargassusband 


Sargassus – Vitruvian Rays (Album 2025)

Track list:
01. Spirit of Gravity
02. Carving the Veins of God
03. The Lone Idunn Grows in Shade
04. Judgement of the Four
05. Pahat veräjät
06. On the Shoulders of Atlas
07. Vitruvian Rays
08. Zealot

Hard Rock Band Still Dusk Drop New Promising Single and Video Clip

/ metalvalkyrie2014 / Leave a comment

Watch the new video for INSIDIOUS here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm8hui8COJ0

Still Dusk was formed in December, 2018 by the previous guitarist of the band, Nafsika Kardomatea and they started their live appearances in Athens the following year. After a lot of changes in the main line-up and a pause due to COVID-19 pandemic, Yannis Kemenides joined the band. 

They recorded their first EP in January 2023 and it was out the next month. The EP gained recognition in the Greek underground scene and also in the international music community, receiving excellent reviews from web magazines like Music Arena GH.

And on June 11 they will release their first full length album “Chronicles of Dystopia” via Dutch label Rock Company!

Check out the video for the single “Insidious” that was released on May 9!

Line up

Ina Damianidou – Vocals

John Kemenides- Guitars/Backingvocals

Konstantinos Stavrou- Bass/BackingVocals

Yannis Tarasis- Drums

Tracklist

1. 0.003

2. Born To Believe

3. Into Fractions

4. Eigengrau

5. Disobedience

6. Black Water

7. Midnight Run

8. Insidious

9. Sugar

Recorded at Made in Hell Studio by David Prudent

  Mixing and Mastering in Sound abuse productions by Psychon Nyne

 Cover Artwork by Ina Damianidou

Website: https://stillduskofficialg.wixsite.com/stilldusk

Bandcamp: https://stilldusk.bandcamp.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stillduskofficial

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stillduskofficial

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StillDuskofficialchannel

All-Female Melodic Death Metal act FRANTIC AMBER premieres “Hell’s Belle” video single taken off upcoming studio album “Death Becomes Her”!

/ metalvalkyrie2014 / Leave a comment


All-Female Melodic Death Metal act FRANTIC AMBER premieres “Hell’s Belle” video single taken off upcoming studio album “Death Becomes Her”!

Swedish all-female melodic death metal band FRANTIC AMBER is currently gearing up for the release of their much-awaited, third studio album, entitled “Death Becomes Her”, due out on April 4, 2025 via  ROAR. Coming on CD, Vinyl and in Digital formats, you can now pre-order the band’s forthcoming rager right here: https://franticamber.rpm.link/deathPR

After FRANTIC AMBER just recently unleashed a first track taken off “Death Becomes Her”, the furious “Jolly Jane”, now, the band is premiering a new video clip for their latest single “Hell’s Belle”!

““Death Becomes Her” is a concept album about female serial killers and includes different kinds of killers and categories of serial killers,” the band states. ““Hell’s Belle” Gunness was a particularly gruesome Black Widow type serial killer, who lured unsuspecting men to her Indiana farm with promises of love, only to poison and dismember them for their money. She also orchestrated multiple insurance frauds and many suspicious deaths, including those of her husbands and children. Her gruesome legacy, spanning from 1884 to 1908, left a trail of at least 14 confirmed victims, with estimates reaching as high as 40 murders. Belle most probably faked her own death by burning down her farm, leaving behind a headless corpse and a farm full of buried body parts. The song “Hell’s Belle” has a lot of black metal inspiration and combines a waltz with blast beats giving it a ruthless sway. We also incorporated a lot of orchestra to set the mood and tone together with the guitar melodies and tremolo. The lyrics tell the story of Belle Gunness and her bloody activities on her farm. The writing style is brutal with a little tongue-in-cheek undertones and the vocals have a wide range going from vicious growls to a little sprinkle of clean classical vocals in a three-part-harmony.”

“Hell’s Belle” is out now and available for streaming via all digital services at:https://franticamber.rpm.link/hellPR

 Watch the video clip premiering HERE


FRANTIC AMBER started in 2008 as a project in Stockholm by founding guitarist Mary Siebecke with the intention to form an all-female metal band. At first it was an experiment through various genres and with clean vocals. It wasn’t until 2010, with the recruitment of Danish ballet dancer Elizabeth Andrews on extreme/clean vocals and lyric writing, as well as Japanese vocal and guitar teacher Mio Jäger handling lead guitar and main songwriting, that the identity of FRANTIC AMBER started to take its shape into the melodic death metal beast they are known as today.

Their music can best be described as Melodic Brutal Death Metal with Thrash, Black, Progressive, Heavy Metal and Symphonic elements. The thunderous bass together with the technicality and power of the drums provide the backbone, while the guitar’s shredding and soaring melodies complete the soundscape together with the powerful and aggressive vocals.

FRANTIC AMBER’s first EP, “Wrath Of Judgement”, was released in 2010 and landed them the opportunity to play live on national TV at the prestigious “P3 Guld” awards. Gaining momentum the band toured in Europe with SIX FEET UNDER among others, followed by releasing three videos for the songs “Wrath Of Judgement”, “Bleeding Sanity” and “Ghost”. In 2012 they won the Swedish Wacken Metal Battle and got to play a show at the huge W:O:A festival.

With two much-acclaimed full length records under their belt, “Burning Insight” and “Bellatrix”, several single releases and millions of streams and Youtube views, FRANTIC AMBER have played numerous festivals and toured all across Europe, Scandinavia as well as Japan, Russia and even played the largest festival in Colombia “Rock al Parque”. They have shared stages with bands like BEHEMOTH, EXODUS, SABATON, EXCITER, HAMMERFALL, CARACH ANGREN, DARK TRANQUILITY, UNLEASHED, TAAKE, INSOMNIUM, MYRKUR, AT THE GATES and TARJA to name just a few. In 2023, they were nominated by IMPALA as one of three Swedish acts to be included in the worldwide “100 Artists to watch” program that year.

Now, the time has finally come: On April 4th, FRANTIC AMBER will release their hotly-anticipated new album “Death Becomes Her”, an incredible, unique and brutal beast, with eleven amazing tracks, that will definitely blow your speakers and minds!

Pre-order the album HERE!

“Death Becomes Her” track listing:
01 – El Orfanato (Intro) 
02 – Bloodbath 
03 – Black Widow 
04 – Death Becomes Her 
05 – Hell’s Belle 
06 – Angel Maker 
07 – Jolly Jane
08 – Gore Candy 
09 – The Butcheress 
10 – In The Garden Of Bones 
11 – Epitaphium (Outro)

FRANTIC AMBER is:
Mio Jäger – Guitars 
Elizabeth Andrews – Vocals 
Madeleine Gullberg Husberg – Bass 
Laura Hernandez – Drums

FRANTIC AMBER live:
2025-04-04 Frantic Amber “Death Becomes Her” Release Fest at Encore – Sundbyberg, Sweden
 2025-05-02 Karmøygeddon Metal Festival in Kopervik, Norway
 2025-07-04 Metal Mayhem in Mariehamn, Åland
 2025-07-25 NoExcuse Festival in Sätila, Sweden
 2025-07-26 Bulgasal Metal Fest in Västerås, Sweden
 2025-11-08 House of Metal in Umeå, Sweden

For More Info Visit:
 Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/franticamber
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/franticamberofficial/
X | https://twitter.com/franticamber
TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@franticamberofficial
YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8K4HDZ9CcMjvVVk2v3tskg
Homepage | http://www.franticamber.com/
Melodeath All Female Band Frantic Amber