As we are leaving the year 2024 behind, let's have a brief look at what has been going on during this year musically and artistically for the bands and musicians that we discuss here at Unearthed Mirrors - and why not let us also have a look ahead at the first things that 2025 has already in store for us!
January 2024
• Henke releases "Swim to the Light", the first single off his third album
• Endtime release their cover of Massgrav's "Blåst På Konfekten"
• Featured playlist: "Abrasion, Disruption, Release", curated by John Zeke
February 2024
• Featured: Interview with Henrik Palm about his third album "Nerd Icon"
• Lukas Häger embarks on his first solo tour (some footage HERE and a featured gallery of his show in Linz on this post)
• WATAIN perform at Bangalore Open Air (some images HERE and a video HERE)
• Dictator Ship perform live in Norrköping (images HERE)
• Saturnalia Temple (for the first time with Pelle and Gottfrid Åhman), Lukas Häger and UnoX perform live in Brussels (moments from their shows on this post)
• Saturnalia Temple release "Paradigm Call"
• Saturnalia Temple perform at Celestial Darkness Festival in London
• Henrik Palm premieres "Subway Morgue" from his third solo album
• Crakk (of Reveal!, No Future) shares full streaming of his hallucinatory solo tape
• PÅGÅ and Lukas Häger embark on European mini-tour (footage HERE)
• Matti Jalava of Begravningsentreprenörerna joins Unpure
• End All Parties releases PÅGÅ & Lukas Häger's split tape Live in Finland and "Folkmord I Ting" second edition
April 2024
• Henrik Palm releases his third solo album "Nerd Icon" on Svart Records
• Endtime bring their apocalyptic doom at UKK in Uppsala in Linköping
•UnoX perform their electro rhythms live in Berlin (some footage HERE)
• Unpure and Xalpen embark on their "Europe Ablaze" tour (some images and footage HERE)
May 2024
• Lukas Häger brings plays live in Stockholm his solo electric guitar set (footage HERE)
• Concrete Winds execute their first live trepanation of the year at EROS at ARMS in Zürich (some footage HERE)
• Henrik Palm plays his first live shows after the release of his third album (some images HERE)
• Maggot Heart embark on their Hunger european tour (some images from Rock Hard festival HERE)
• We publish our unofficial video for PÅGÅ's marvelous song "By End Great Glitter"
June 2024
• Saturnalia Temple performs at Teifljågd Open Air (some great shots HERE)
• Dictator Ship tour Spain with their frenzied rock'n'roll (images from one of their show HERE)
• Obnoxious Youth unleash their new single "Burning Savage", title-track from their new album
• Featured: Music, a living organism - An interview with Lukas Häger about his solo tour, future plans and more
• Unpure perform at Black Silesia Open Air (some great shots HERE)
• We look back at In Solitude's appearance at Hellfest 2014 through images and videos
• The Other Sun premiere lyric video for the song "Black As Gold"
• Concrete Winds unleash new single "Infernal Repeater" and announce their self-titled album
• Henrik Palm performs with Hurula at Stockholm Fields 2024 (images and footage HERE)
• Saturnalia Temple appear at Chaos Descends Festival (featured gallery HERE)
• The Other Sun release their album "Daimon, Devil, Dawn" on Invictus Productions
August 2024
• Blood Fire Death: A Tribute To Quorthon And The Music Of Bathory - full show at Beyond the Gats, Norway available
• WATAIN's perform exclusive "Lawless Darkness" show at Wacken Open Air (full show available)
• WATAIN release "Tonight We Raise Our Cups & Toast In Angels Blood" special Picture Disc edition
• Uno joins delving as live drummer (photo from Krach am Bach festival)
• Henrik Palm performs at Way Out West in Gothenburg (photo from his show HERE)
• Concrete Winds release their absolutely crushing self-titled on Sepulchral Voice Records
• WATAIN performs majestic show at Dalhalla (images and footage HERE)
• Saturnalia Temple delivers their psychedelic doom magick at Wolf City festival in Berlin (some footage HERE)
• Concrete Winds annihilate the stage at Wolf City festival in Berlin (gallery HERE and some footage HERE)
• Obnoxious Youth unleash new video for their song "Ethereal Termination"
• Featured - Through Peaks and Valleys: a playlist by Matti Jalava (of Begravningsentreprenörerna and Unpure)
• We celebrate 11 years of In Solitude's "Sister"
October 2024
• Obnoxious Youth unleash their full-length "Burning Savage"
• Concrete Winds and Endtime deliver audio terror and doom at Bar Brooklyn in Stockholm (some footage of both live sets HERE)
• PÅGÅ bring their otherworldy sound to Stockholm for Lyssofobi (image HERE - footage HERE)
• Featured - Bringing songs to new heights: an interview with drummer Emil Svensson (Degial, WATAIN, Unpure, Livgone)
• Concrete Winds brings audio ultraviolence to Killtown Death-fest London (some images HERE)
November 2024
• WATAIN brings black metal fire to Latin and central America on their "Devastation De La Cruz Del Sur" tour (images from Chile HERE, and interview from Mexico HERE)
• Obnoxious Youth spread speed metal madness across Europe on their "Flames Licking Savage" tour (gallery from Jena HERE - footage from Berlin HERE)
December 2024
• We look back at In Solitude's final show at Eindhoven Metal Meeting 2014 through some powerful images by Embrace Emptiness
• Saturnalia Temple brings their mesmerizing soundscapes to Eindhoven Metal Meeting (some footage HERE)
• No Future premiere new song "Motherhood" on Radio Helsinki
• Unpure and Concrete Winds unleash Hell at Metal Mayhem Mariehamn (clip of Unpure HERE - image from Concrete Winds show HERE)
• Obnoxious Youth will be back on stage right away in January, and then later at some festivals already announced: all their upcoming live dates announced so far can be found in the Partake section;
•No Future will be back on stage after 8 years, this time in Finland: both dates will be with Lukas Häger, more info in the Partake section, they will also release a 7" at around the same period (more about it HERE);
• Livgone will be touring Europe in February with Tribulation, all their live dates can be found on Tribulation official page;
• Henrik Palm has already begun working on his 4th solo album;
• Concrete Winds will be striking in Mexico in March and then crushing stages across Europe in April/May with Black Curse, all upcoming live dates in the Partake section;
• Unpure already have some live dates confirmed in 2025, including a one-off show in Dublin in January and festival appearances in March and July, all their upcoming shows can also be found in the Partake section;
• Dictator Ship will be bringing rock'n'roll vibes to Finland in March: upcoming live dates in the Partake section
• Saturnalia Temple will appear at Samhain festival in Antwerp in March.
...So, here's to a 2025 full of great music, new revelations, powerful live shows and compelling art to be discovered and experienced!
Meanwhile, as always...KEEP IT LOUD!