This Friday melodic death doom collective MARIANAS REST will celebrate the release of their fourth studio album, entitled Auer, via Napalm Records.

Hailing from the coastal town of Kotka, MARIANAS REST embodies the Finnish melancholy and sadness of a cold, harsh winter landscape in absolute grandeur. Formed in 2013, the band around Jaakko Mäntymaa on vocals and Omnium Gatherum’s Aapo Koivisto (keys) took the heavy music scene by storm with...

Melodic death doom heavyweights MARIANAS REST have announced their upcoming fourth studio album, entitled Auer, out March 24, 2023 via Napalm Records.

Hailing from the coastal town of Kotka, MARIANAS REST embodies the Finnish melancholy and sadness of a cold, harsh winter landscape with absolute perfection. Formed in 2013, the six-piece with Jaakko Mäntymaa on vocals and Omnium Gatherum’s Aapo Koivisto on keys took the heavy music scene by storm...

[photo credit: Miikka Järvinen

Hailing from the coastal town of Kotka, Finland, melodic death/doom metal unit MARIANAS REST have just released a deeply haunting yet marvelous new official music video for their captivating song “The Weight”. The head-swinging doom induced track is cut from the band’s latest full-length, Fata Morgana, released in March 2021 - a must-have for fans of bands like Insomnium and My Dying Bride.

Lose yourself in this overwhelmingly evocative nine-minute...

Finnish melodic death/doom metal strikers MARIANAS REST will release their third grand studio album, Fata Morgana, this Friday, March 12 via Napalm Records, impressively showcasing their dedication to merging heavy riffs, hypnotizing soundscapes and impetuous tempo-changes into a heartfelt force once more.

As their final harbinger, the six-piece now unveils its intense, third offering, “Pointless Tale”. Along with a visually palpable lyric video, this inexorable track draws the listener even...

Hailing from the Finnish coastal town of Kotka, melodic death/doom metal strikers MARIANAS REST will release their third grand studio album, Fata Morgana, on March 12 via Napalm Records, impressively showcasing their dedication to merging heavy riffs, hypnotizing soundscapes and impetuous tempo-changes into a heartfelt force once more.

After unveiling their first sophisticated offering, “Glow From The Edge”, the Finns now set free their next hauntingly melancholic output, “South Of

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photo credit: Jari Heino

Finnish melodic death metal strikers MARIANAS REST have officially signed a worldwide contract with Napalm Records!

Hailing from the coastal town of Kotka, MARIANAS REST pool the full extent of their musical expertise to raise their gloomy symbiosis of melancholic melodic death metal spiced with significant doom elements to the next level. Founded in 2013, MARIANAS REST released their first full-length, Horror Vacui, back in 2016, followed by the critically...