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Antipope is unleashing their "Tour of the Dead 2024-25," kicking off on November 22, 2024!
Dates confirmed:
November 22, 2024 - 45 Special,Oulu (with Cornoctuan)
January 18, 2025 - Playhouse Bar, Helsinki (with Victimarum)
January 24, 2025 - Nirvana, Turku (with Cornoctuan and Essedum)
January 25, 2025 - Bar15, Seinäjoki (with Cornoctuan)
See you there, blasphemers!
Check out our latest single, "Brotherhood of Babylon," now available along with its music video!
The track is taken from upcoming Antipope's 7th studio album, "Doors of the Dead", which will be released on October 25th.
The single also includes a bonus B-side, "Treasure in the Deep," another captivating song from the upcoming album.
Click the image to see "Brotherhood of Babylon" on YouTube:
You can also listen "Brotherhood of Babylon" and "Treasure in the Deep" on Antipope's Official Bandcamp page, on Spotify and on every streaming platform!
"When the Day Is Done" single is out now! The song is taken from Antipope's 6th studio album, "Rex Mundi", which came out in october 2022.
To spice things up a notch, we decided to record our rendition of Bruce Dickinson's song "Road to Hell" (from Bruce's solo album "Accident of Birth) as a b-side.
Listen to "When the Day Is Done" and "Road to Hell" on Antipope's Official Bandcamp page, on Spotify and on every streaming platform!
Cheers! \m/
Summer is here and so is the annual Summer Sale!
We got a storewide -25% sale for you lasting until the end of August
Head to Antipope's Official Bandcamp Store
and use this opportunity to get your hands on t-shirts, CDs, digital albums and
Full Discography download
- everything minus 25%!!!
Use the code "summer25" to get the discount!
Beware, some items are extremely limited editions and are available only as long as the current stock lasts!
Antipope will embark on "Rex Mundi Finland Tour 2023" on May 6th 2023.
Dates confirmed so far:
May 6th 2023 - Oulu, 45 Special (with Leskentuska and Conspiracy)
September 23rd 2023 - Seinäjoki, Bar15 (with Leskentuska)
September 30th 2023 - Oulu, Örmynium
See you there, blasphemers!
We are extremely happy to announce the release of a new single track "Church of Wolves". This song heralds the coming of the 6th studio album by Antipope, 'Rex Mundi' - out on October 28th 2022.
Click the image to listen to "Church of Wolves" on YouTube:
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Hails Heretics!
As most of you have probably noticed, Antipope has finally embarked on the Tour of Infinite Joy.
Past 2022 shows:
May 21st 2022 - 45 Special, Oulu, Finland
June 17th 2022 - Metal Capital Festival, Oulu
More dates coming soon!
Greetings!
Just added new reviews and interviews to the Media section. Go, read, and listen!
Cheers!
Hail!
Apostle of Infinite Joy has given birth to the second music video. Check out RED GODDESS on YouTube:
And belated but blasphemous New Year 2021!!!
Greetings!
As usual, this is the last place to mention it. So here we go: APOSTLE OF INFINITE JOY, the 5th full-length by Antipope is out and available world wide - both in digital and CD formats.
Greetings!
What could be a better way to head into the last year of the decade than by checking out Antipope's brand new video "Serpent of Old": (click the image)
Have a wicked 2020!
Greetings!
We are - finally - more than happy to inform you that Antipope's 5th studio album will be released on February 21st 2020. The album entitled "Apostle of Infinite Joy" will present Antipope at its most melodic, heaviest and esoteric so far. The changes in the line-up over the past couple of years did invigorate the song writing and help us to strengthen our conviction. The result is something you sure don't want to miss.
The album will be published by a US record label Fertile Crescent Productions, who will take care of the world-wide distribution of the album to make it sure that it hits the record stores and streaming services near you.
https://fertile-crescent.com/
Come next year, there's more to come. Meanwhile, check out the album teaser for Apostle of Infinite Joy on our YouTube channel.
There's something huge approaching below the horizon. Just wanted to tell you this much - not much, we know - before you read it from somewhere else. In a couple of days you will be enlightened on the matter that we cannot discuss just yet.
Until the next time...
It's been a while since the last update but we are excited to share some recent news with you all.
First of all, after a few tries and misfires, we managed to find a new member to fill the not-so-easily-met requirements of the bass player of Antipope. Hailing from North Eastern Finland, Joni Tauriainen rips the low frequencies to pieces with the savage fury of untamed woodlands. This particular style happens to fit in very well with what Antipope is all about.
Secondly, the "Antipope album number 5" is well on its way to be finalised. We are currently working with final mixes as all pieces have already been put together.
Thirdly, we got little something audio-visual coming up as we prepare to move on from the era of Denial/Survival to the next chapter in the story of Antipope.
Stay savage![/p]
... and we are sorry to tell you that Pete Cooke, after staying for about one year with us in the role of the bass guitarist, has left Antipope citing "creative and personal differences" as the reason for his departure.
Antipope will start looking for a new bass guitarist as the recording the upcoming fifth studio album is being finalized during the spring of 2019.
Stay tuned!
Cheers!
We're more than happy to announce that Antipope is back to full fighting line-up, four-piece, that is. As of now, Pete Cooke has joined our ranks as the new bass player.
Not only is Pete an excellent bass player, but he also runs Oulu School of Guitar. As a graduate of The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the University of East London, he can show you the secrets of not only metal bass or guitar but also anything from classical guitar to ukulele and beyond. Check out Pete's school and get educated, especially if you're from around Oulu region.
Cheers!
Our latest full lenght, Denial/Survival, is now released in Brazil by Heavy Metal Rock. https://hmrock.com.br/produto/antipope-denial-survival-cd/
Also, new reviews were added to media section, check them out!
I know this is not much of a news item, but I still want to tell you that there's an update concerning our line-up coming shortly. Stay tuned!
There's a large handful of fresh album reviews of "Denial/Survival" and interviews added to "Media" section. You can spend a coffee break or two while reading them through.
Denial/Survival included among the best progressive black metal albums of 2017, sharing the list with Enslaved, Ne Obliviscaris and others:
LOVE AND PAIN, The Best PROGRESSIVE BLACK METAL of the year
Check out the fresh interview by Antichrist Magazine. Mikko sharing some thoughts about what makes Antipope's music so unique:
http://antichristmagazine.com/antipope-band-presentation-stream/
The 4th progressive metal installment by Antipope, "Denial/Survival" is now available for pre-order, exclusively at Antipope's Bandcamp page.
Denial/Survival is coming out on November 15th 2017 on both digital and physical formats.[/p]
Greetings!
As we've been finalizing the mix of the upcoming new album the time has finally come to make a few announcements.
The 4th Antipope album is titled "Denial/Survival" and it contains the following ten tracks:
1. Waters Below
2. Flat Circle
3. Denial/Survival
4. Der Sadist
5. Hunt
6. True Anarchist (O banquiero anarquista)
7. Mindlessness Meditation
8. An Unconditional Ritual to Summon the Prince of Darkness
9. Tragic Vision
10. Resolution
(total running time approx. 53 minutes).
Stylistically, Denial/Survival represents the spirit of Antipope probably in its purest form so far by breaking the boundaries between various styles of metal and more. If you prefer an album that keeps you on your toes and has something to give until the very last minute, you won't be disappointed.
The exact release date is yet to be set, but it's most likely going to be sometime in late October/November 2017.
Stay vigilant for further updates.
With the White Summer Night video finally done we have wrapped up the last period in Antipope's history and hope to move forward to the next one. The next album is already far in the making and hopefully it will get released by 2017.
Meanwhile, Go check out the new video!
If you're bored or in general lack of stimuli while waiting for the next Antipope release (which in all likelihood will be a new music video), go and start following Antipope's twitter page: https://twitter.com/antipope_band
Until next time.
Juho played guitar in the band between 2005 and 2016, and he participated in the songwriting on the past three albums, "Desert" (2010), House of Harlot" (2011), and "3 Eyes of Time" (2013). Antipope is not angry at Juho, and wishes him well.
On a side note, Antipope is preparing a follow-up for the 2013 record, 3 Eyes of Time. No publication schedule is set so far, but something might be expected in not so distant future.
Track list:
1. Army of Christ
2. Sin City (AC/DC cover)
3. Mr.Crowley (Ozzy Osbourne cover)
Link: http://open.spotify.com/album/3a5rxAwsAOGS6F9evS1TiN
The video is available on Antipope's Youtube channel. Click here to view the video.
Check out the store: http://antipope.bandcamp.com/merch
Eternal is the movement, without an end.
https://soundcloud.com/antipope/exposure
Just click the link: http://3eyesoftime.wix.com/antipope
And remember! The album is also available world wide from Recordshop X: http://www.recordshopx.com/artist/antipope/3_eyes_of_time/#cd
Check out the video on Antipope YouTube channel (click here).
Antipope is preparing to release a new full-length album entitled '3 Eyes of Time'. The album is scheduled to be published in May 2013 through Violent Journey Records.
3 Eyes of TimeTrack list:
1. Close
2. Last Chance
3. River Standing Still
4. Burn
5. White Summer Night
6. Exposure
7. The Fear of Fear
8. A Decomposing Ritual of Absorption
9. Them Cacti
10. The Logic of Self-Discovery
11. Guiding Light
Further reading at Violent Journey Records Facebook page.
As the November is finally over, as some might say, we're closing in on celebrating the first anniversay of the release of House of Harlot album. For this special occasion we wanted to present you something special. So here is a new music video for one, if not the best, songs from House of Harlot, "To a Passer-by in Black".
To a Passer-by in Black in YouTube.
Cheers!
Cheers!
The reason behind the departure of Santtu was his loss of interest in playing and in music in general, and a wish to direct his energy to other aspects of life.
Mikko's statement on behalf of the band:
"It is of course a sad moment when someone you have played and created music with for 20 years decides to quite. But more important than keeping on doing things just for the sake of the tradition is to stay true to yourself. Only by being honest with what you do, you can be true to others around you and also evolve as a person. As everyone knows, music is such an intuitive experience that you cannot partake the creation of it if you are not there with every cell of your being, not at least on the level Antipope operates. Personally, I wish very best for Santtu, who besides playing bass in Antipope, has been a friend for over 20 years."
Antipope will continue its unscrupulous existence as a quartet.
Meanwhile, Antipope has been working on the follow-up to last years "House of Harlot" album. The recording of the album is well on the way and the band expects a release in early 2013.
Read the whole interview at Extreminal website: Click here.
We got some live dates coming for this year, so Harlot Tour is going to continue at least for a couple of more gigs. The first date to confirm is for a show in Oulu on 5th of October, in Hevimesta (as most usual). But there should be more coming for north and south of Finland this time.
(If you're from Finland, you're probably pretty wasted by now, so check back for the live dates announced later)
Cheers!
There's a half dozen videos of Antipope rehearsing last week in Youtube.
Also, there's a "Powers of Satan" video with lyrics available.
Check it out and sing along in our next show in Helsinki in two weeks.
See you there!
P.S.
And here's the link if your're too lazy to click the YouTube logo above:
http://www.youtube.com/user/antipopeband
As the year 2011, which has been especially good to Antipope (and for the listeners of Antipope too, we hope), draws nigh to its demise, we are happy to announce a couple of live shows for the next year.
In February you can catch us live in Oulu, and in March in Helsinki.
Check out the details in the "Tour" section. More live shows will be added sooner or later.
Also, a couple of more reviews of House of Harlot has been added to "Media" section.
Stay perverse!
House of Harlot, the second full-length album by shameless metal chimera Antipope, is finally released.
To get your hands and ears on the 11 new pieces of lust-ridden cabaret metal and lullabies navigate to Record Shop X webpage for a world wide ordering.
Otherwise, you might want to choose your preferred digital delivery by choosing perhaps one of the links provided above.
Harlot makes the heart grow fonder.
P.S. A handful of fresh reviews of House of Harlot has been added to Media section.
House of Harlot!
Can you take this ride?!
And as a final warning, the herald of doom declares:
You have six days left to pre-order your copy of House of Harlot. After that, you may never do it again. Act now!
Cheers!
We are proud to present to you a sample song from the upcoming album House of Harlot:
To a Passer-by in Black
What could I say? It's a ballad gone bad.
Have fun!
We got it just confirmed that we're going celebrate the release of House of Harlot at PRKL Club on Saturday 3rd of December. The stage will be shared with Fleshred and Hatetrend.
Here's the timetable:
Fleshred 22:00
Hatetrend 23:00
Antipope 00:00
All you shameless libertines are most heartily welcome!
P.S. Here's a review of House of Harlot, chech it out.
We're proud to present our first official music video. From the upcoming album we chose the track "A Thing so Vile" to be the first video release of the album.
Check out the video on our YouTube channel. (Click the image above)
Cheers!
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Our new album House of Harlot will be released on November 30th 2011. The second full length by Antipope will be published through Violent Journey Records.
The new album will present the most straight forward material by Antipope so far. In one word the album could be described as being "carnal". This will keep you warm through cold and dark winter nights. Cheers!
Click the album cover to pre-order your copy of House of Harlot. (World Wide Shipping!)
The single entitled "The World Coming Down" contains exclusively the song "Powers of Satan".
Listen to or download the single on or or listen to it on .
There's a track from the upcoming album House of Harlot:
The World Coming Down (please click the image below)
The new album bears the title "House of Harlot", and consist of 11 songs. An online single release has also been scheduled.
Look forward to the track listing and more info concerning the HoH in near future!
During March 2011 we finished recording the instrumentation for the follow-up to Desert. This is going to be something totally different from Desert, yet very Antipopish in it\'s character. Once again, we couldn\'t care less what kind of music is expected from a band that is mainly labeled as a metal act. Those who have followed our undertakings through the years will be positively surprised by our new material. Or not. Vocals will be recorded in July and some kind of a promotional release through internet is planned for August.
Check out the review on desibeli.net site
Shipping world wide!
Desert is released!
Now is your chance to enhance your record collection with a brilliant digipak edition of Desert. The album includes a 12 page booklet with never-before-seen artwork.
You can get this piece of metal art for 7 euros plus shipping (2 euros outside Finland). International orders: Place your orders on our still crude shopping site: Click to enter Antipope webshop[/url].
Same in Finnish:
Desert on siis nyt saatavilla komiana digipak-painoksena. 12-sivun vihkolla varustettu levy on tilauksen päässä sinun levyhyllystä. Tilaukset Suomeen osoitteeseen
antipopeband(at)gmail.com.
Levyn hinta on 7 euroa + posti 1 euro.
On 20th of November 2010 Antipope will share the stage in Bio Huvimylly, Raahe, with Chromatic Dark (Oulu), Chained and Last Rose (both from Raahe).
Here is a link to last.fm event: Last.fm
The venue is an old movie theater. The atmosphere will be spectacular, do doubt about that. So there is no better chance to witness Antipope live show with 3 other great bands.
The first band will start around 18:30, so this is exceptionally early event.
A couple of new photos were just added here and there. Roam around the site and see if you can find them.
The autumn spreads her fiery wings,
Cheers!
Here is the address where you can find it:
Desert in Jamendo
Cheers!
P.S.
Something of a show could be announced soon. Just maybe.
"Desert" was recorded between November 2009 and February 2010. The album consists of 9 songs. We now start to look for the best possible way to get the album published.
Please use the Myspace link above.
Cheers!
Instead of holidaying we have managed to keep ourselves quite busy in addition to the usual summer activities ie. going to festivals and so on.
Too long anticipated follow-up to "Chaosmos" is finally being prepared for release in both CD and online format. Entitle "Excessive Use of Faith" and carrying three songs of black heavy metal we feel that the up-coming EP is definitely the strongest work by the band so far - as it should be. Final release date is still obscure depending on how long it takes to get the records from pressing. Online release is planned to be around 13th of August.
Around the time of EUF being released we also take the stage once again. On Friday 14th of August we perform alongside Baptism and progressive black metal excellence Enochian Crescent at the official after party of Jalometalli 2009 festivals in Oulu, Finland.
Stay blasphemous!
-MM
25th of March at Hevimesta, Oulu
3rd of April at Lupi, Oulu. w/Fatal Error.
There has also occured a couple of updates here in Palace of Antipope. Band info section and especially members section is finally getting some content. We also have a new gallery set up, which still needs a lot of tuning, however.
In other news, this site will be gradually renewed because... well, because of many obvious reasons (it's fugly, hard to use, impossible to update, forum isn't working, etc.). So, beware of some changes and lots of problems.
I really do not know why bothered to wrote this in English...
There is one new image added into the info section. Probably, some more coming soon from our new rehearsing place.
Updated a new version of Foreplay and changed the old clip of Razorwire to a bit newer (full) song called A Dying God. Both available in the downloads section and also in the mikseri.net (the page is now available in English, too).
Update: As promised more images added.