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  Brace yourselves, metalheads! In a seismic announcement that has sent shockwaves through the metal community, three of Sweden's most iconic metal bands, In Flames, Arch Enemy and Soilwork are teaming up for a UK and EU tour titled the 'Rising From The North' 2024 tour. The line-up promises an unforgettable night of Swedish metal mayhem. Anders Fridén from In Flames stated: "Couldn’t be more excited to announce this tour. It’s been a long time coming and we are finally back together again on stage with our friends in ARCH ENEMY and SOILWORK. We plan to bring you an unforgettable night of melody and mayhem! This is some of Sweden's finest - a tour you simply should not miss!!!" Michael Amott from Arch Enemy adds: “Check this Swedish Metal extravaganza across Europe in 2024! We go way back with IN FLAMES and SOILWORK to the very early days of Arch Enemy and honestly couldn’t be happier to announce this run with our Swedish comrades - this tour is going to be a...

  As we head into Halloween territory, BLOODSTOCK has dropped an absolute face slasher of a band announcement! Here’s the latest on what’s coming to Catton Park in 2023! Swedish metal luminaries IN FLAMES land themselves Friday’s special guest slot on the Ronnie James Dio main stage. Last month, the band dropped a music video for new track, ‘Foregone Pt. 1’, taken from their forthcoming album, ‘Foregone’ which is set for release in Feb 2023. Perhaps BLOODSTOCKers will get to hear some new tunes live! Saturday’s RJD main stage special guests are the mighty ANTHRAX ! 2021 marked the band’s 40th Anniversary and to celebrate, they recorded the ‘XL’ livestream which was released digitally this Summer (and will be available on BluRay later this year). Check out their performance of ‘Aftershock’ here . Also grabbing main stage slots on Sunday are Brazilian metal icons SEPULTURA , who recently played an incredible set at this year’s Rock In Rio together with the Brazilian Symphony Orc...

  Montreal, Québec - Hot on the success of their cover of FAITH NO MORE'S legendary 1987 single " We Care A Lot ," SLAVES ON DOPE's Jason Rockman and Kevin Jardine, along with Bill Kelliher of MASTODON, are back with their project, THE KINGS OF QUARANTINE, this time with a brilliant cover of JANE'S ADDICTION'S iconic 1987 "Mountain Song." The new video features a myriad of artists including Wes Borland (LIMP BIZKIT), Tanner Wayne (IN FLAMES), P-Nut (311), Louise Post (VERUCA SALT), Richard Patrick (FILTER) and, Bert McCracken (THE USED). One hundred percent of the profits for "Mountain Song" will be donated to ROADIE RELIEF , a fundraising effort to aid qualifying Roadies who have submitted an application for financial help during the Covid-19 crisis. THE KINGS OF QUARANTINE came together in 2020 after a discussion between Jason and Bill about possibly collaborating on a cover song. "Mountain Song" is the second installment in...

We’re less than a month away from the highly anticipated release of IN FLAMES thirteenth studio album, 'I, The Mask' out March 1st, via Nuclear Blast (worldwide, excl. North America) and Eleven Seven Music (North America). In this second webisode, singer Anders Fridén and guitarist Björn Gelotte discuss the production and mixing of their new full-length release and how they managed to make the songs sound more aggressive without sacrificing the big melodies. Furthermore, they speak about the artwork and how social media has influenced their lyrics. Watch the clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV407e12H80 'I, The Mask' is now available for pre-order and the first limited vinyl colours have already sold out. Get your format of choice here and have a look at the NB exclusive limited edition including the digipak and a special jesterhead mask: http://nblast.de/InFlamesITheMask Pre-order the album digitally, here: https://inflames.ffm.to/themask On August 2n...

We’re less than a month away from the highly anticipated release of IN FLAMES thirteenth studio album, 'I, The Mask' out March 1st, via Nuclear Blast (worldwide, excl. North America) and Eleven Seven Music (North America). IN FLAMES unveil a fourth song from their upcoming album, adding to the over 10 million streams accumulated from the first three new tracks. Watch the lyric video accompanying the new anthem 'Burn', here: https://youtu.be/bmOJxULhHsY 'I, The Mask' is now available for pre-order and the first limited vinyl colours have already sold out. Get your format of choice here and have a look at the NB exclusive limited edition including the digipak and a special jesterhead mask: http://nblast.de/InFlamesITheMask Pre-order the album digitally, here: https://inflames.ffm.to/themask Stream or download the new IN FLAMES single via this link: http://nblast.de/InFlamesBurnSingle “We hope you enjoy 'Burn' as much as we did writing it....

On March 1st, Swedish legends IN FLAMES will unleash ther thirteenth studio album, I, The Mask, via Nuclear Blast (worldwide, excl. North America) and Eleven Seven Music (North America). After rave reactions from their fans for the first singles, the band unleashes the first album webisode, in which singer Anders Fridén and guitarist Björn Gelotte discuss the writing and recording process in Los Angeles and why they once again decided to work with multi-grammy-nominated producer Howard Benson. Watch the trailer, here: youtube.com/watch?v=U5yFhH9SArU In addition, IN FLAMES have announced the first raft of names for their own annual festival, BORGHOLM BRINNER, that is due to take place on the isle of Öland in Sweden on August 2nd and 3rd, 2019. Prog masters OPETH as well as melodeath pioneers AT THE GATES and California's OF MICE AND MEN have confirmed their appearance at the two day festival. IN FLAMES will headline both nights. The pre-order for I, The Mask as well as severa...

After recently announcing the release of their upcoming album 'I, The Mask', out on March 1 via Nuclear Blast (worldwide, excl. North America) and Eleven Seven Music (North America), Swedish legends IN FLAMES are ready to unleash the third single off their 13th studio piece.  The title track, 'I, The Mask' is another heavy anthem accompanied by a visually stimulating lyric video that gives us the first look into the album’s intricate artwork. Watch the lyric video here: https://youtu.be/x0sujFluBlE . Stream or download the new anthem, here: http://nblast.de/InFlamesITheMaskSingle The pre-order for 'I, The Mask' as well as several exclusive album pre-order bundles are live NOW. All digital pre-orders will receive an instant download of 'I Am Above', '(This Is Our) House' and 'I, The Mask'. Digital pre-orders: https://inflames.ffm.to/themask . Nuclear Blast bundles with vinyl available in black, white or light blue: http:...

IN FLAMES Release Surprise Covers EP Featuring 'Wicked Game' & Start EU Tour! Gothenburg-based metal heavyweights IN FLAMES surprise fans with a four-track covers EP Down, Wicked & No Good out now worldwide ahead of their SOLD OUT hometown show at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden on 17th November. Download or stream the EP here: http://nblast.de/IFDownWickedNoGood To debut their cover of DEPECHE MODE’s 1997 hit single 'It’s No Good', IN FLAMES are took over DEPECHE MODE’s Facebook page on 17th November, releasing exclusive content and a new video for the song - watch it here: https://youtu.be/xznKs14Svlo The panoptic covers collection also includes IN FLAMES' versions of ALICE IN CHAINS’ 'Down In A Hole,' CHRIS ISAAK’s 'Wicked Game,' and a live bonus version of NINE INCH NAILS 'Hurt'. It sees the Swedish quintet expanding beyond metal to incorporate the group’s varied musical taste and expansive sonic range. “We’v...

Cyhra, a new band featuring Jake E., Jesper Strömblad, Peter Iwers, Alex Landenburg and Euge Valovirta have released their critically acclaimed debut album, ‘Letters To Myself’. The album features plenty of the magic that each member of the band has become known for over the years. From the catchy twin-guitar attack of Jesper Strömblad & Euge Valovirta, the soaring, soulful splendour of Jake E.’s unmistakable voice to the pummelling, groove-driven precision of Peter Iwers’ and Alex Landenburg’s rhythmic bedrock, every last moment crackles with the excitement of fresh territory, new challenges, and a brand new identity for all involved to embrace. The album was recorded & produced at various studios around the world, but mainly in Top Floor Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden by Jakob Herrmann (Amaranthe, Anthrax, etc.) and at Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark by Jacob Hansen(Amaranthe, Volbeat, etc.), who also mixed & mastered the album. ‘Letters To Myself’ album track-lis...

Cyhra Release New Single 'Karma' & Announce New Band Member Cyhra, a new band featuring ex-Amaranthe singer Jake E., ex-In Flames guitarist Jesper Strömblad, ex-In Flames bassist Peter Iwers and ex-Annihilator drummer Alex Landenburg, have wrapped up the video for ‘Karma’ – lead track from their forthcoming debut album, ‘Letters To Myself’. You can watch the video for ‘Karma’ here: http://vevo.ly/Pv0DBU Additionally, they have added a fifth member to the band; guitarist, Euge Valovirta… “We’re thrilled to inform that Finnish guitarist Euge Valovirta (e.g. ex-Shining [SWE]) will be joining Cyhra as our fifth member! Euge has already contributed to our forthcoming new album ‘Letters To Myself’ by playing lead guitars, and he’ll be shredding with us live as well. During rehearsals it became obvious that we would need two guitars to reproduce the songs in a live setting so we decided to ask our good friend and amazing guitarist Euge Valovirta to join Cyhra. Euge h...