05 September 2024
WOLFHEART - launch 'Ancient Cold' music video in celebration of "Draconian Darkness" release; tour starts tomorrow!
"We love that WOLFHEART keeps exploring and expanding their sound,
achieving a very melancholic mixture of heaviness and catchiness."
INFERNAL MASQUERADE, Dark Emperor - 95/100 Points
"Another great addition to their consistently strong discography,
cementing WOLFHEART's status as one of the most exciting melodic death metal acts of our time."
POWERMETAL.DE, Tobias Dahs - 9/10 Points
"We need bands like WOLFHEART and albums like
"Draconian Darkness" now more than ever."
METALBITE.COM, Jeger - 9/10 Points
"Melodic death metal in its purest and most relentless form. An excellent album."
METAL HAMMER (ES), Marta Grimaldi
"...the 'Cold Flame' inside the band's heart is still burning."
METAL.DE, Angela - 8/10 Points
As the somber seasons are around the corner, WOLFHEART deliver the perfect soundtrack for the upcoming months with their brand-new album, "Draconian Darkness," which is finally out now worldwide via Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM).
To celebrate not only the new record but also the first leg of the supporting touring cycle, which consists of 10 dates all across Finland, the Finnish winter metal band has prepared a music video for the album opening track, 'Ancient Cold.' Epically marching symphonic sounds kick off its simple but effective bulldozing introduction and set the tone for the song which sees the group break its mainly reigning coldness during the choruses where especially WOLFHEART's clean vocal section brilliantly shines.
Watch the official 'Ancient Cold' music video: https://youtu.be/QZCfai_tIE4
Order/stream "Draconian Darkness" here: https://wolfheart.rpm.link/draconiandarkness
"'Ancient Cold' is a perfect album and show opener with its massive beginning and an intense amount of riffs and melodies which take listeners onto a rollercoaster ride filled with Nordic fire and ice. It was also worth of the most epic music video shooting location we have even been to. The breathtaking highlands of Iceland are a perfect match," band leader Tuomas Saukkonen says.
He adds, ""Draconian Darkness" is our seventh album and musically it is the pinnacle of all music we have released since 2013. After a full year of work on the album and now residing under the mighty wings of RPM, this is definitely a milestone in our career."
The opus was recorded at Deep Noise Studios and produced, mixed and mastered by the band's longtime collaborator Saku Moilanen; its artwork was crafted by Nikos Stavridakis (VisionBlack).
"Draconian Darkness" - Track Listing:
01. Ancient Cold
02. Evenfall
03. Burning Sky
04. Death Leads The Way
05. Scion Of The Flame
06. Grave
07. Throne Of Bones
08. Trial By Fire
09. The Gale
WOLFHEART live:
"Draconian Darkness Over Finland 2024"
+ supports
06.09.2024 FI Kuopio - Sawohouse Underground
07.09.2024 FI Pori - MonoMassive
13.09.2024 FI Tampere - Olympia-kortteli
14.09.2024 FI Turku - Utopia-klubi
20.09.2024 FI Lahti - Finlandia-klubi
21.09.2024 FI Oulu - Kantakrouvi
27.09.2024 FI Helsinki - Korjaamo
28.09.2024 FI Jyväskylä - Lutakko
11.10.2024 FI Vaasa - Kulttuuritalo Fanny
12.10.2024 FI Mikkeli - Kulttuuritalo Tempo
"Endtime Signals" - European Tour 2024
w/ DARK TRANQUILLITY, MOONSPELL, HIRAES
Presented by Metal Hammer, musix, metal.de, powermetal.de, eventim & Decibel Touring
31.10.2024 DE Berlin - Astra
01.11.2024 CZ Prague - MeetFactory
02.11.2024 DE Leipzig - Hellraiser
03.11.2024 DE Cologne - Live Music Hall
05.11.2024 UK London - O2 Academy Islington
06.11.2024 NL Eindhoven - Effenaar
07.11.2024 DE Munich - Backstage
08.11.2024 CH Solothurn - Kulturfabrik Kofmehl
09.11.2024 BE Kortrijk - Hell's Balls Belgium
10.11.2024 FR Paris - Bataclan *UPGRADED*
11.11.2024 FR Toulouse - Le Bikini
13.11.2024 ES Barcelona - Salamandra
14.11.2024 ES Pamplona - Sala Totem
15.11.2024 ES Madrid - Shôko
16.11.2024 ES Santander - Escenario
18.11.2024 FR Villeurbanne - La Rayonne
19.11.2024 DE Lindau - Club Vaudeville
20.11.2024 HU Budapest - Barba Negra
21.11.2024 AT Vienna - Arena
22.11.2024 DE Karlsruhe - Substage
23.11.2024 DE Weissenhäusser Strand/Ostsee - Metal Hammer Paradise
24.11.2024 DK Copenhagen - Pumpehuset
26.11.2024 NO Oslo - Vulkan Arena
28.11.2024 SE Stockholm - Fryshuset Klubben
29.11.2024 SE Örebro - Club 700
30.11.2024 SE Gothenburg - Filmstudion
Info & tickets: https://www.wolfheartmetal.com/
Don't forget to subscribe to Reigning Phoenix Music on YouTube to stay updated and listen to 'Ancient Cold' along with other new tracks in the "RPM New Releases" playlist on Spotify. Subscribe here: https://rpm.link/spotifynewreleases.
More from "Draconian Darkness":
'Grave' OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: https://youtu.be/fn1O6aaRMIY
'Grave' OFFICIAL VOCAL/GUITAR PLAY-THROUGH: https://youtu.be/4PlAENZ78ME
'Grave' OFFICIAL DRUM PLAY-THROUGH: https://youtu.be/q-l5k5FsIfs
'Evenfall' OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: https://youtu.be/fn1O6aaRMIY
'Trial By Fire' OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: https://youtu.be/9FxK_0MJ-6w