The beast is back – The BEAST IN BLACK!
After a refreshing festival summer and highly successful North American tour with German metal legends Helloween, BEAST IN BLACK now finally returns with new music!
Prior to striking its sharpened fangs into the heart of Asia where they shall perform in Tokyo, Taipei, Shanghai, and Beijing later this month, BEAST IN BLACK proudly present ‘Fear The Beast’ – their new single, video, and title track for the forthcoming, much anticipated new album!
Anton Kabanen comments:
“The song is about Ridley Scott’s 1979 film called “Alien”. But the main reason to write about it was my fascination with the biomechanical nightmare art of Hans Ruedi Giger. Ever since I was a teenager I’ve seen recurring nightmares about a xenomorph hunting me in dystopian themed environments, yet never quite catching me (thank goodness!). Beside the creature’s downright perverted and extreme appearance I find it sensual, elegant, intense, fierce, horrifying, exotic and mysterious, almost as if it’s a beauty and a beast merged into one. And in a funny way it turned out that it’s I who captured my assailant, the xenomorph, inside a song after all these years!It was in early 2020 in Turku (a city in Finland), when Roman Ismailov and I were hanging out at a hotel and working on the first sketches for the “Dark Connection” album cover, then alongside came the idea of making Giger’s art-inspired album cover, if not now then possibly for the 4th album, so here we are.
Though the song is solely based on the first film, James Cameron’s sequel “Aliens” is equally important to me in terms of an emotional impact. We tried to blend some of the feel from both films into our music video, with Cameron’s influence weighing more on the visual side of industrial elements. Another speciality in the video and on the album cover is the debut of our XENOBEAST, which was, quite obviously, designed by Roman Ismailov. In the video you’ll also see some reptilian-looking embryos which may raise a question: are the reptilians and the Xenobeast actually of the same alien race but shown in their radically different stage of metamorphosis, or is the Xenobeast rather a Cerberus-type of a creature guarding the eggs?
We’re absolutely thrilled about this beautiful cinematic video which wouldn’t have been possible without Katri Ilona Koppanen (director) and Emil Pohjalainen (Nestruction Studios) who pushed their abilities to the extreme and beyond to fight against a juggernaut of challenges! We, the band, salute you!”
With new lead guitarist Markus Venehsalo recently joining the ranks, ‘Fear The Beast’ offers the band’s trademark dance beat-driven heavy metal, instantly memorable riffs and melodies, raw vocal power and fiery solos, perfectly warming you up for this year’s ‘Resurrection’ tour!
Fear The Beast’ has been written and produced by Anton Kabanen, features artwork by Roman Ismailov, and the epic video for this banger was created and directed by award-winning director Katri Ilona Koppanen.
STREAM ‘FEAR THE BEAST’:
https://beastinblack.bfan.link/ftbsg
Having released three much celebrated records since forming in 2015, last year’s collaboration with cult game Diablo at the occasion of their crossover with Berserk marked the latest release by BEAST IN BLACK. The excitement for their fourth record is gigantic but rest assured, the beast returns with its primal hunger stronger than ever.
TOURDATES
BEAST IN BLACK ASIAN TOUR
19.09.2026 JP Tokyo – Zepp DiverCity
20.09.2026 JP Tokyo – Zepp DiverCity
22.09.2026 TW Taipei – Moondog
24.09.2026 CN Shanghai – VAS Live
25.09.2026 CN Beijing – MAO Livehouse
BEAST IN BLACK AT FULL METAL HOLIDAY
23.10.2026 ES Mallorca – Pool Stage (Full Metal Holiday)
RESURRECTION TOUR
BEAST IN BLACK
SONATA ARCTICA
FROZEN CROWN
26.10.2026 UK London – O2 Forum Kentish Town
27.10.2026 BE Brüssel – Ancienne Belgique
28.10.2026 NL Tilburg – 013 Poppodium
29.10.2026 DE Leipzig – Haus Auensee
31.10.2026 AT Wien – Gasometer
01.11.2026 HU Budapest – Barba Negra
02.11.2026 CZ Zlín – Sports Hall Datart
03.11.2026 PL Gliwice – PreZero Arena
05.11.2026 DE Berlin – Columbiahalle
06.11.2026 DE Hannover – Swiss Life Hall
07.11.2026 DE Ludwigsburg – MHP Arena
08.11.2026 DE Offenbach – Stadthalle
09.11.2026 FR Paris – L’Olympia
11.11.2026 ES Barcelona – Razzmatazz
12.11.2026 ES Madrid – Sala La Riviera
13.11.2026 ES Bilbao – Santana 27
14.11.2026 FR Toulouse – Le Bikini
15.11.2026 FR Lyon – Le Transbordeur
17.11.2026 CH Zürich – Komplex 457
18.11.2026 IT Mailand – Alcatraz
20.11.2026 DE München – Zenith
21.11.2026 LU Esch-sur-Alzette / Luxemburg – Rockhal
22.11.2026 DE Oberhausen – Turbinenhalle
23.11.2026 DE Hamburg – Inselpark Arena
24.11.2026 SE Göteborg – Trädgår’n
25.11.2026 SE Stockholm – Arenan Fryshuset
27.11.2026 FI Joensuu – Unholy Winter Fest*
28.11.2026 FI Jyväskylä – John Smith Frozen*
05.12.2026 FI Helsinki – Ice Hall**
*without Sonata Arctica, Frozen Crown
**special guest The 69 Eyes, support Rabbit Cult
Tickets on sale here: https://beastinblack.com/tour
BEAST IN BLACK:
Yannis Papadopoulos – Lead vocals
Mate Molnar – Bass
Atte Palokangas – Drums
Markus Venehsalo – Guitars
Anton Kabanen – Guitars, vocals, virtual instruments programming
BEAST IN BLACK online:
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