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(news – new single) Finnish melodic death/doom metal band Shadecrown released the second single ‘Tear-blind’ from the upcoming fourth album 0!

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Promo picture by Roosa Piirainen, edited by Saku Tammelin

Finnish Viitasaari based melodic death/doom metal band Shadecrown is set to release their fourth studio album 0 on July 25th 2025 via Inverse Records. 

The second single ‘Tear-Blind’ featuring Sheila Bernal on guest vocals and Vilma Peltokangas on Cello is released today and lyric video is available here: https://youtu.be/ypr8Mivciyc

The band comments single:
“Tear-blind is the story of a man reaching the end of his life, wishing that his last days would not be filled with the sorrow and pain of his loved ones. His last wish is to try to enjoy the moments we share while he is still here.”  

LISTEN to Tear-Blind single on streaming services: https://push.fm/fl/shadecrown-tear-blind

Biography:
The Finnish Shadecrown is a versatile melodic death metal band founded in Viitasaari in 2012, whose melancholic melodies and lyrics tell stories about the dark side of life. The band has released three full-length albums so far: Agonia 2016, Riven 2019, Solitarian 2021. The fourth album 0 will be released in 2025.

WATCH music video of first single ‘The Art of Grieving’ https://youtu.be/pPIwGDcOgRQ

Line-up:

Jari Hokka – Vocals
Joonas Vesamäki – Guitar
Tomi Tikka – Guitar
Saku Tammelin – Keyboards
Janne Salmelin – Bass & clean vocals
Kalle Varonen – Drums

Guest female vocals: Sheila Bernal 
Guest Cello: Vilma Peltokangas
 
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/shadecrownband 
https://www.instagram.com/shadecrownband 
https://shadecrown.bandcamp.com

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MADDER MORTEM release second single of forthcoming album

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Five years after the release of “Marrow”, MADDER MORTEM are back with their brand new album “Old Eyes, New Heart”  which will be released on January 26 via Dark Essence Records.

Whilst fans wait for its release, Dark Essence Records has today debuted the second single taken from the album.

‘The Head That Wears The Crown’ can be downloaded/streamed HERE.

MADDER MORTEM comment on the track: “‘The Head That Wears The Crown’ is a typical example of how Madder Mortem’s song writing works, combining an intensely melodic, nearly baroque verse with a down-tuned, heavy-handed riff-based refrain very suitable for banging your head. The lyrics deal with how there are some lines that will not be crossed and some things that will not be handed out for free, not even for love.“

The cover artwork, which was created by Jakob Kirkevaag & Costin Chioreanu, and further album details of Old Eyes, New Heart can be found below.

It has been five years since MADDER MORTEM released their seventh full-length album “Marrow”, and it has been a long, hard journey, beset by turmoil and heartbreaking loss, which culminated in the death of Jakob, father of the band’s vocalist Agnete and guitarist BP.  

Jakob had always been a huge supporter of the band, and his backing was fundamental to the launch of MADDER MORTEM‘s career. Being an artist himself, Jakob had worked on two paintings for “Old Eyes, New Heart”, and, thanks to the band’s long-term collaborator artist and video producer Costin Chioreanu, who was able to adapt Jakob’s work and provide additional design, the cover art was completed. Even though Jakob didn’t live to see the finished album, he would have been immensely proud to see his art on the cover, and the album is dedicated to his memory.

“Old Eyes, New Heart” was recorded and produced by BP M. Kirkevaag, and shows MADDER MORTEM‘s lineup of Agnete M. Kirkevaag on vocals, BP M. Kirkevaag on guitar & vocals, Anders Langberg on guitars, Tormod L. Moseng on bass and Mads Solås on drums embracing a multitude of directions, spanning from post-metal heaviness to soft Americana grooves and everything in between.

It is an album full of surprises. Lyrically and musically, “Old Eyes, New Heart” deals with hope, disappointment, and the ambivalence between them. It is music from old hearts and deep roots, with new eyes open to the unlimited possibilities of 12 notes, but always with the desire to write a good, honest song. Which makes it unmistakably MADDER MORTEM.

Style: Prog, Avant-Garde, Post-Metal

Line up:

Agnete M. Kirkevaag: Vocals

BP M. Kirkevaag: Guitar, vocals

Anders Langberg: Guitar

Tormod L. Moseng: Bass

Mads Solås: Drums

Cover: Jakob Kirkevaag & Costin Chioreanu

Booking: mail@maddermortem.com

Links:

www.maddermortem.com

www.facebook.com/Madder-Mortem-10035071567

www.instagram.com/maddermortemofficial

www.twitter.com/MadderMOfficial

www.youtube.com/channel/UCLLOBPu8Kr25bWceExl_YXA

www.maddermortem.bandcamp.com

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(review) Old Night – Ghost Light

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Time for one band from my country´s home scene, namely Old Night from Rijeka, Croatia. This is their third full length opus and although this band is not so long in the scene, members have played or are still playing in some of the Rijeka´s finest bands like Ashes You Leave, Castrum or Gorthaur´s Wrath. What do we have here? Instrumental intro plus seven songs of emotional, melodic doom metal. When I listen to the guitars I can´t avoid that the sound of guitars in songs like Sacred South remind me of Crowbar and vocals, mainly clean, remind me of Anathema in a way, but the music is much harder than Anathema, being melodic but at times harsh. Vocal lines and guitar melodies are fantastic with couple of death doom growls here and there thrown in for good measure. Lyrics deal with fantasy but if you read between the lines, feels and emotions can be transcribed to every day life. Songs like No Solace and Daughter of Summer Dawning are personal favorites besides above mentioned Sacred South, but album as a whole is excellent. Go check this one out and support your scene.

8,5/10