As a heartfelt “Thank you!” for everyone’s love and support, Cemetery Skyline are releasing “The Coldest Heart (Live Semi Acoustic 2024)”, which was captured in an intimate setting short before the release of their debut album Nordic Gothic in October. Watch a video from the session here: https://youtu.be/oCo4tzN_WUY
Markus Vanhala (guitar) looks back: “We went all the way to New York City to celebrate the release of our album, ‘Nordic Gothic’, and besides all the partying at Duff’s we played a special secret show and did it the old school 90’s MTV Unplugged trio way. So here’s one result of that night, ‘The Coldest Heart’, in its most gentle and stripped down acoustic way. We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed this special moment.”
The release comes shortly after Cemetery Skyline were excited to learn that they were nominated for the Finnish Emma 2025 in the categories “Best Rock” and “Best Artist (public vote)”. Also, Nordic Gothic made it into several end of the year lists, including the reader’s poll at Metal Injection: https://metalinjection.net/lists/metal-injection-readers-have-chosen-their-albums-of-the-year-2024
Cemetery Skyline recently announced four shows in their native Finland as well as several European festivals and Prog Power USA. See below for all dates.
Cemetery Skyline tour dates:
Mar. 19, 2025 – Helsinki, FI – Tavastia
Mar. 20, 2025 – Tampere, FI – Olympia
Mar. 21, 2025 – Jyväskylä, FI – Lutakko
Mar. 22, 2025 – Lahti, FI – Möysä
Cemetery Skyline festival dates:
June 12-14, 2025 – FI – Rock Fest
June 27-29, 2025 – FI – Tuska Festival
June 18-21, 2025 – FI – Nummirock
July 17-19, 2025 – FI – John Smith Festival
July 24-26, 2025 – FI – Kuopiorock
July 25-26, 2025 – FI – Qstock Festival
August 6-9, 2025 – ES – Leyendas Del Rock
Sept. 3-6, 2025 – USA – ProgPower USA
While it is too early to give away too much, it is safe to say that Cemetery Skyline have more surprises up their black sleeves, so keep your bat eyes peeled!
Cemetery Skyline‘s Nordic Gothic was released on October 11th, 2024. Revisit all other songs and videos released so far below:
–“Violent Storm”: https://youtu.be/y1PQE6cxXK4
–“In Darkness”: https://youtu.be/sC-spq7mE-8
–“Torn Away”: https://youtu.be/1s4LJfnaQdY
–“Behind the Lie”: https://youtu.be/NasMtOyj__s
–“When Silence Speaks (Visualizer)”: https://youtu.be/FECGz5pusf8
–“The Coldest Heart (Visualizer)”: https://youtu.be/gajEk0VdIU8
Cemetery Skyline line-up:
Vocals: Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity, The Halo Effect, Grand Cadaver)
Guitars: Markus Vanhala (Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum, I Am The Night)
Keyboards: Santeri Kallio (Amorphis)
Bass: Victor Brandt (Dimmu Borgir, Witchery, ex-Entombed/Entombed A.D., ex-Firespawn and many more)
Drums: Vesa Ranta (Sentenced, The Abbey)
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