Tag: Barren Earth

  • Barren Earth – On Lonely Towers

    Barren Earth – On Lonely Towers

    Barren Earth is a six-piece progressive metal band from Finland. They play a style that some might say is akin to Opeth and their albums Still Life and Blackwater Park – this meaning that the music is epic in scope and shape and contains retro progressive rock elements. Most fans of this genre may remember…

  • HELLBOUND @ TUSKA OPEN AIR 2014: DAY ZERO

    HELLBOUND @ TUSKA OPEN AIR 2014: DAY ZERO

    Barren Earth Tuska Open Air Festival 2014 Helsinki, Finland (6/26/14) After spending a nice pre-show vacation in Northern Finland, becoming ill for a few days, and finally feeling like I had adjusted to Finnish time—it was time for Tuska.  After doing this festival twice, I felt confident that I’d have no real issues with partying…

  • FINNISH METAL TOUR Wrap-Up: March 10, 2011 in Charlotte NC/ March 11, 2011 in Raleigh, NC

    “Being the last night of the tour, we were treated to various members of the other bands taking the stage. Mikko from Barren Earth/Swallow the Sun jumped on stage at the very beginning and sported a pig nose and a leather police cap. Other guys who joined Finntroll during the evening were Olli-Pekka Laine and…

  • Finntroll / Ensiferum / Rotten Sound / Barren Earth @ Opera House, Toronto ON, Feb 22, 2011

    Sean Palmerston reviews the February 22, 2011 Toronto stop on the current Finnish Metal Tour. Live photos by Albert Mansour. Live footage by Sean.

  • Barren Earth: When the Prog/Metal Fusion Works Out Right…

    “We all listen to progressive rock, so it’s natural that it comes across in the music. It was clear from the start that progressive elements would be featured in the band’s sound. And that was the reason for me to join. I remember seeing Opeth in 2006, and being very impressed by not just the…

  • Barren Earth: Our Twilight

    Whenever a veteran metal band undergoes radical changes, like in Amorphis’s case, a new lead singer and a more streamlined sound, even if that shift in direction is successful artistically commercially and artistically, there will always be the stubborn folks in the background bitching and moaning about how their favourite band just isn’t the same…