Barren Earth And MetalReview.com CD Giveaway

Barren Earth, has teamed up with MetalReview.com to offer eager listeners a chance to win a copy of the band’s full-length debut, Curse of the Red River, which hit stores in April on Peaceville Records.  All the details on how to enter/win can be found HERE.  The contest will run for one week only, so make sure to enter before it’s too late!
With a wealth of experience from internationally renowned acts, featuring former members of Finnish metallers, Amorphis, to current members of Swallow the Sun, Moonsorrow, and Kreator, Barren Earth presents progressive and folk textured death/doom metal of the highest order on their critically acclaimed debut, Curse of the Red River.

READ MORE

Barren Earth And DecibelMagazine.com Team Up For Contest

Finnish prog/death supergroup, Barren Earth, has teamed up with DecibelMagazine.com for the “Red River Cursing” contest, to celebrate the release of the band’s debut full-length record, Curse of the Red River, which hit stores in North America last month on Peaceville Records.  Five (5) lucky winners will receive one (1) Curse of the Red River CD/T-Shirt combo, courtesy of Peaceville Records.  For full details on how to enter, head over HERE.
Barren Earth has also completed filming their first music video for the track “The Leer”.  The brand new video for “The Leer” was directed by Owe Lingvall, and can be viewed exclusively at: http://www.metal-hammer.de/Barren_Earth_Leech_Video_Premiere.

READ MORE

Skrymer of Finntroll Talks About ‘Nifelvind’ Artwork: Hilarity Ensues

This video, uploaded to the Official Century Media YouTube, shows Skrymer, guitarist of Finntroll, talking about and showing some of his early concepts for the cover of the new Finntroll album, ‘Nifelvind’. The guy seems to have a really cool sense of humor and also a lot of talent in the art field. 

‘Nifelvind’ was just released in the U.S. last week and is currently available around the world. Finntroll will be hitting the road for a full U.S. tour (with a few stops in Canada) next month with Moonsorrow, Swallow the Sun and Survivor Zero. Check after the jump for the video as well as tour dates!

READ MORE

FINNTROLL Talks New Album

FINNTROLL are back! On March 9th, the band will release its highly anticipated new slab of folk-rooted metal hymns entitled Nifelvind. It was recorded at Sonic Pump Studios (Apocalyptica, Amorphis, Ensiferum) in Helsinki, Finland and mastered by Mika Jussila (Children Of Bodom, Sonata Arctica, HIM) at Finnvox Studios. A savage new video for the track, “Solsagan,” was recently completed and you can view the making of that video now at Youtube. The eye-popping new clip was produced by Vasara Films (Dark Tranquillity, Turisas).

finntroll2010nifelvind FINNTROLL Talks New Album

READ MORE