Frostiger Melodic Death Metal der Meisterklasse:

King Of The North erkundet ferne Welten der nordischen Mythologie!

Die Finnen von WOLFHEART haben beweisen, dass sie einer der fesselndsten Metal-Acts nordischerHerkunft und eine aufstrebende Band in der internationalen Melodic-Death-Metal-Szene sind. Allein in den letzten zwei Jahren hat die Band mit der Veröffentlichung ihres hochgelobten Full-Length-AlbumsWolves of Karelia(2020) und der Skull SoldiersEP (2021) unaufhaltsamvoran gepreschtund mit ihren eiskaltenGeschichten von Kampf und Triumph bei Fans und Presse gleichermaßen großes Lob geerntet. Das neue Album King Of The North(VÖ 16. September 2022 viaNapalm Records) macht genau da weiter, wo WOLFHEART aufgehört haben -und hebt jeden Aspekt ihres charakteristischen Sounds aus kolossalen Melodien, knurrendem Gesang und treibenden Drumsauf ein neues Niveau. Jeder Song auf King Of The Northist einer Geschichte der finnischen Mythologie gewidmet -unterstrichen durch WOLFHEARTs grandioses, erdrückendes Songwriting und Produktion. "Ancestor", bei dem kein Geringerer als Jesse Leachvon Killswitch Engagemitwirkt, ist die Hymne des Albums, die WOLFHEARTsvernichtende Blast-Beatsund beachtenswerteGesangsleistungen entfesselt. "The King"marschiert weiter und erzählt die Geschichte des Waldgottes mit Bläsernund Pianos, die schwere Gitarrenriffs und Soli begleiten, bevor das unerbittliche "Cold Flame"mit Karl Sandersder legendären Extreme-Metal-Legenden Niledas Energieniveau erneut einmal anhebt. King Of The Northist ein wahres Meisterwerk des melodischen Death Metal, das mit viel Liebe zum Detail und einer komplexen, von der Mythologie geprägten Erzählung geschaffen wurde -und WOLFHEARTauf einem nie zuvor gehörten künstlerischen Niveau präsentiert!

King Of The Northist erhältlich in den folgenden Formaten:⁃LP Gatefold Vinyl Black⁃LP Gatefold Vinyl Die-Hard Ed. Marbled Cyrstal clear/ Black + Poster + Slipmat (limitiert auf300)⁃LP Gatefold Vinyl Marbled Orange/yellow⁃CD 6-page Digisleeve⁃Digital album

BEFORE THE DAWN

The band was founded in 1999 by Tuomas Saukkonen and during the 1st chapter of BTD existence the band released 6 full length albums and toured Europe, Asia and Scandinavia with metal legends Amorphis, Katatonia, Insmonium, Moonspell etc and built a big following and solid fanbase all around the world.On 10 January 2013 through a press statement, Tuomas Saukkonen announced that he was putting Before the Dawn to rest along with his other active bands (Black Sun Aeon and RoutaSielu), ending them in order to create new project called "Wolfheart", which he has been pushing higher and higher in the metal scene ladders with 6 albums and heavy touring in Asia, North America, South America and Europe.Since the burial of BTD in 2013 a lot has happened and during the years that slowly the idea of bringing the band back from the dead started to grow to a firm decision. Pandemic that provided 2 years of empty calendar was the biggest sole reason to release vinyl version from "Deadlight" album (2006) and writing a brand new song was the best that happened during 2020 musically to the core members of BTD and as a cherry on top of a cake the album opened #1 in Finnish album chart. Needles to say a huge boost of motivation and creativity followed. Still the biggest reason for the comeback is that even when buried in 2013 the band and specially the music never died. The past 9 years BTD Spotify has grown with tens of thousands of followers and hundred thousands of monthly plays with no promotion, no label working for, no social media marketing or constant posting. Did the music found the people or people found the music...we don't know but after being dead for almost a decade BTD is stronger and bigger than ever. Instead of riding on the wave of nostalgia and looking back to the old releases BTD crew wanted to look far into the future and continue where we left 2013 with reinforced line-up that could jump into festival stages and tour buss with a brand new album. Voice of Finland 2022 brought so far the biggest change into BTD line-up when the finalist Paavo Laapotti took over all vocalist duties in the band. His majestic version of "Deadsong" made a huge impact to BTD members and specially to the song written Tuomas who immediately started planning a project with Paavo. After the first song for Paavo was ready and mixed the first idea that came into Tuomas head was: "This sounds like BTD but upgraded version". And there was no coming back from that thought. "Downhearted" was the first single from what we like to call Before The Dawn 4.0 and BTD is currently in the studio recording a new album

scheduled to come out in early summer 2023 through Napalm Records

HINAYANA

Hinayana is a hard-hitting melodic death/doom metal band from the heart of Texas combining dark, brooding riffs with soaring melodic passages of guitars and keys to create their unique, aggressive, and emotive sound. The band is often compared to some of the finest acts in melodic metal with their take on the genre. Rising from the south with their highly-praised 2020 EP “Death of the Cosmic” released via Napalm Records, Hinayana is now preparing to release a brand new full-length album and a return to European soil