SISKA present ‘Lonely Tomb‘, the new single taken from the album ‘Broken Dreams‘, which was released on January 16th, 2026. The music video for ‘Lonely Tomb‘ is inspired by the story of Luisa Ferida, a renowned Italian film actress of the 1940s, innocent and executed without trial on April 30th, 1945, during one of the […]
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Helsinki’s very own hard rocking quintet Wishing Well have today released a brand new “Valley Of Darkness”single off their new Playing With Fire album, out on March 13th. The song is a fast and furious opening track off their new album and a perfect example of classic Wishing Well sound, featuring Hammond organ, melodic guitar solos and strong vocals with haunting lyrics.
The song is released together with an effective black and white video, that greatly supports the song’s cinematic atmosphere. “Valley Of Darkness” was written by Anssi Korkiakoski, the guitarist of Wishing Well. The song and the album were recorded in Magnusborg studios in Porvoo by Marko Kataja. The music video was filmed and edited by Jussi Koskinen.
Watch the music video:
Listen to the single on music streaming services (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, Bandcamp etc.):
https://push.fm/fl/wishingwell-valleyofdarkness
Playing With Fire is Wishing Well’s fifth album on Inverse Records and we’ve had a great journey together for ten years. The band have gotten better and better album by album and the new record is once again a solid proof of their motivation, skills and determination”, says Jaakko Tarvainen, A&R Producer of Inverse Records.
He continues, “Valley Of Darkness is a song that represents Wishing Well very well and the new album will open many new doors and bring new opportunities and more fans for the band, that’s for sure. I’m very happy that a band like Wishing Well is in our roster, we keep going full steam ahead together.”
Playing With Fire Tracklist:
Playing With Fire album will be released on March 13th, 2026 and the band will play a record release gig at Semifinal Club in Helsinki on March 20th, supported by Finnish Led Zeppelin tribute band Let’s Eppelin.
Wishing Well are:
Juha Kivikanto – drums
Anssi Korkiakoski – guitars
Matti Kotkavuori – bass
Pepe Tamminen – vocals
Arto Teppo – Hammond organ
More Wishing Well info:
https://www.facebook.com/wishingwell2016/
https://www.instagram.com/wishingwell_finland/
Underground For The Masses III will take place at Quantic club, on April 23-24-25, 2026, in Bucharest- Romania. Good news, and bad news as well. Unfortunately, Sargeist and Wiccan Rede cancelled their appearance at the festival. Therefore, new names are added to the festival’s bill: Varathron, Temple of Baal, Decline of the I, and Umbra Conscientia.
The other names confirmed on the festival’s bill are: Naglfar, Ritualization, Nazghor, Antikvlt, Pénitence Onirique, Mallephyr, Patristic, Proch, Deathless Void, Sektarism, Malhkebre, Tsjuder, Darvaza, Whoredom Rife, ArsGoatia, and Tabula Rasa.
And that’s not all. Author of multiple photography books including “A Journey Through Death”, “Imaginary Landscapes of Reality”, and ”The Soul of the Stage”, and renowned for his work with influential acts such as Marduk, Nifelheim, Mortuary Drape, Darvaza, and Whoredom Rife, NecrosHorns will return, and also hold an exhibition to reveal the unfiltered spirit of the scene he documents.
Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1330426081579353/
Tickets: https://bilete.quantic.pub/bilete-underground-for-the-masses-iii-110438/
Expect madness. Expect chaos. Expect to be consumed by the underground.
New York City rock band KILLCODE kicks off 2026 with one of their boldest releases yet: ‘RIDE (DJ Johnny Juice High Roller Remix)‘, a cross-genre collaboration with DJ Johnny Juice of Public Enemy. Stream / download – here Johnny Juice said it best: “Mean Southern Rock with a dope groove… the more I listened, the […]
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Lion’s Pride Music proudly announces the release of ‘Done Loving You‘, the brand new single and official music video from Melodic Rock artist Eddie Vantez. The track serves as the first single taken from his forthcoming album, ‘Night Fighter (The Lost 80’s Soundtrack)‘, scheduled for worldwide release on September 28th, 2026. Stream / download – […]
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Show me the way to the eye of the tornado…
This one has been a real challenge. It’s not only the music itself – it’s sitting down with something that is so far away from my usual metal dabbling, wrapping my head around a pretty wild, pretty annoying, and frankly also quite impressive record. The Hypercosmic Paradox does indeed feel like it’s some kind of hyperactivity booster, with flamboyant, intricate leads and solos hovering around every corner, chasing you and piercing your eardrums with surgical precision. They are clearly the central element throughout the record’s running time, and you will have to get used to them being the focus in just about every moment. Rhythm guitars and bass aren’t nearly as developed as the stunning technicalities of the main attraction, and while competently played as well, often lack any major hooks or other focal points to warrant deeper examination.
The rather alien feel of the music is only supported through the use of a drum machine that doesn’t even want to pretend that it’s human. While this is fair game for the sci-fi laden theme running through this album, the abrasiveness of the 300-ish BPM kick drums (is that even the correct term for this supersonic sludge-fest?) with the accompanying artificial snare blasts atop the madness is a little too much for someone who likes his fake drums a fair bit more subdued; who’d rather have them properly mixed into the background ether so people tend to forget about the robotic assistant in the corner of the room, especially if the bands can’t mask its imperfections well enough. But no, this kit here acts like a freight train crashing through the building or a twitchy Jet Li wushu-ing through villains in some late ’90s Hong Kong flick with budget constraints.
…and yet, there is something admirable about the result, and it’s not the perfectly adequate but still a bit stock-sounding melo-death bark of the reluctantly used guest vocalist on some of the material. It is also not due to the somewhat awkwardly placed space-synth piece at the end of a rather bursting, explosive final track, which could have been scrapped altogether, and still a fitting finale would have remained intact…
No. It’s the short moments of Kraftwerk-esque electronics – properly dusted off and blended with the swirling Guitar Hero-controller-breaking whirlwind of the technical powerplay – alongside an almost homeopathic use of moodier, slow-burning melodic licks that do the trick, as they give the best moments of the album some much-needed restraint and let the stronger compositions breathe, unfold and impress – giving time to actually process what’s been happening in that last tornado of rapid Wushu side kicks and acrobatics.
It would be a blatant lie to tell you that I will be returning to this wicked piece in any periodic fashion, since the cacophony presented within manages to blow my fuses even after its pretty concise length (sub-35 mins). But it would be a big mistake to write this off as a hyperactive trainwreck too, as there’s certainly a target audience for this kinda thing, and the sheer quality of the musicianship at hand cannot be understated. Yet if you are actually part of that illustrious group, be aware that songwriting is not the foothold of The Hypercosmic Paradox – it’s the little sparks of genius that erupt from a pool of hyperactive ideas, fired at you like the explosion effects in a Michael Bay production, which ultimately leads to a positive verdict, even though it’s one you have to earn.
Swiss metallers Bad Marilyn have unveiled Nitte Valo (ex Battle Beast, Dreamtale) as their new lead singer. Bad Marilyn states: “We’re excited to announce to you our new singer for Bad Marilyn: Nitte Valo. You may know Nitte from her work with Battle Beast, Burning Point, After Infinity and Dreamtale where she is also currently singing. […]
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