Šamane is a creation by Finnish solo artist Saara Šamane that started in autumn 2017. The music has a dark atmosphere but it's also catchy. The lyrics are mainly death-themed streams of consciousness gathered up into unfinished poetry.

She says, “The whole album writing and production process was a period when I set no limits to Šamane. Most important thing for me was to create the atmosphere and push together the things I've experienced, the places I've visited and the feelings I've felt to this landscape of sound. The songs came out spontaneously and the lyrics are in the very same form as I wrote them in the first place. I didn't see a point to change anything on the lyrics - they are attached to the time."

Kaukana Virtaa Eufrat (Far Away Flows Eufrat) was released on September 4 through Last Day Records.It’s an experimental debut album, packed with colourful songs. There hasn't been any compromise on distortion, defiance, yearning or friskiness. It is born out of desire to create and love of music.

During their performance at Rock in Rio Festival last Friday, Brazilian metal icons Sepultura unveiled the first details of their upcoming studio album,; the band's next full-length release will be a concept album titled Quadra, scheduled to see the light of day in early 2020 through Nuclear Blast Records.

After relentless touring for their previous opus Machine Messiah, released in 2017, the Latin American quartet returned to the legendary Fascination Street Studios to once again work with producer Jens Bogren.

Quadra saw the band pushing their own mental and physical boundaries and has been one of their hardest albums to complete, as singer Derrick Green explains: "The experience was like no other time in the studio. I felt the preparation was key in making the recording process go as smoothly as possible. We were relentless each day giving everything that we had until complete exhaustion of the mind, body, and soul. This album is a direct result of the sign of the times. The music is an evolution needed to push ourselves to go further than we ever have."

The band also unveiled the cover of this 15th studio piece, created by Christiano Menezes for Darkside Books. Revolving around the meaning of the number 4, the concept goes much deeper and the band's mastermind Andreas Kisser explains the idea behind the depicted coin: "Quadra, among other meanings, is the Portuguese word for "sport court" that by definition is a "limited area of land, with regulatory demarcations, where according to a set of rules the game takes place. We all come from different Quadras. The countries, all nations with their borders and traditions; culture, religions, laws, education and a set of rules where life takes place. Our personalities, what we believe, how we live, how we build societies and relationships, all depends on these set of rules that we grew up with. Concepts of creation, gods, death and ethics.

Money, we are enslaved by this concept. Who's poor and who's rich, that's how we measure people and material goods. Regardless of your Quadra you need money to survive, the prime rule to play this game called life. Hence the coin. aThe coin is forged with the senator skull, who represents the set of rules and laws we live by; the world map on his head delimiting the borders of all nations, imaginary lines separating people by concepts of race and the sacred."

The release date, pre-order and first single from Quadra will soon be revealed, so stay tuned for further details.