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”It is amazing you can create such brutal voice from human” – interview with Simon Olsen of Baest

Author Arto Mäenpää - 19.8.2022

Danish death metal powerhouse Baest played their career’s biggest show so far at sold-out Copenhell festival in Copenhagen, Denmark on Friday June 17th. Chaoszine sat down with the band’s vocalist Simon Olsen before the show and discussed deeply about his journey as a metal vocalist and how did he ended up becoming a death metal vocalist and started growling. You can check out the new episode of our metal vocalists video series below:

If you are unfamiliar with Baest so far you can check out their latest album “Necro Sapiens” below:

Check out earlier episodes below:

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Sheer weight of corrosive power: Baest at Rebellion Rock Bar, Manchester, UK

Unleashing a primal fury upon the intimate confines of Manchester’s Rebellion Bar, death metallers Baest eschewed the technical complexities that would otherwise have become vogue within the genre. Simon Olsen’s charismatic banter between songs ignited the crowd, while the trio of Lasse Revsbech, Svend Karlsson, and Mattias Melchiorsen conjured a devastating symphony of fretwork and...

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Baest share music video for “Colossus”

Baest have released a music video for their new track “Colossus“. The band say this song is a sign of things to come. The band commented: ‘Colossus‘ is the first single taken from upcoming tracks that will emerge from our creative dungeons soon. It’s our slow burner, dirty and mean rock melodies are topped off with...

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Numento’s third single from the upcoming album is a powerful melancholic ballad

Finnish modern melodic death metal band Numento releases the third single “Singularity” from their upcoming third album with a stunning and nature-inspired music video. The song showcases the band’s more sensitive side with a calm but powerful ballad. This track also features melancholic notes of the kantele, which complement the mood and story of the...

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Averlanche has released a new dark EP – Mikael Salo as guest singer

The Helsinki-based melodic metal band Averlanche, founded in 2017, has released a sequel to their second album “Arctic Atlas,” published in 2023. “The Dark Side Of Atlas” EP contains the previously released single “She & the Dark Winter” and three remixed songs from the Arctic Atlas album. Mikael Salo, who is known for the bands Metal De Facto, Dyecrest and Everfrost, is featured as...

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Finnish death metal band Baron’s album streaming available in full

Baron have found a way to have the best of both worlds – the death metal and the doom metal one – and create music that showcases the best qualities of both the styles. Their music can be surprisingly punchy, even culminating in earth-shattering breakdowns and then have slow, doleful tunes making the listener wonder if it’s the same band....

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Finnish black metallers Kratti stream the entirety of their debut album

Finnish black metallers Kratti stream the entirety of their highly anticipated debut album, “Matka Kohti Kosmista”, at the No Gleaming Light YouTube channel. Set for international release on May 1st via Signal Rex, hear Kratti‘s “Matka Kohti Kosmista” in its entirety exclusively HERE. Kratti are a power-trio hailing from the infinitely fertile Finnish black metal underground. They made their public demo with the accurately titled Demo 2023....

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Haunted Plasma’s new video for “Machine Like Us” is out now

Svart Records is proud to release the debut album, I, from Haunted Plasma, a powerhouse of futuristic synth in symbiosis with the super violent atmospherics of kosmische Black Metal. Haunted Plasma is “man meets machine” in a cybernetic wasteland, set to a conceptual backdrop of William Gibson and Phillip K. Dick style mind-melt. The highly evolved creatives at the heart of Haunted Plasma’s sound, cite Terry...

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Finnish AOR band Kolorado will release their debut album in May 

Helsinki-based AOR band Kolorado will release their debut album on May 24th 2024! The last single release before the album’s release, “Aika” (“Time” in English) is now released on music services. A music video is also released. The song takes the listener to big stadium sounds and big questions. Lyrics represent the more reflective side...

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