Arctora have a video for The Hour of Storms, out through Art Gates Records.
It is the second song the Finnish band have sent out this year, after Dressed in Golden Sunlight, which is also the name of the album they released in 2026. That record was their second, four years on from The Storm Is Over, and the gap between the two is wider than the titles suggest.
What they play sits between melodic death metal and black metal without committing to either: the riffs are built the Finnish way, melody carried by the guitars rather than draped over them, and the vocals stay harsh throughout. Niko Kauhanen has sung for the band since 2022, with Joel Notkonen and Tuure Suomalainen on guitars, Jere Halonen on bass and Tommi Tuhkala on drums.
Art Gates have been putting out their records since the first one, which for a band formed in 2021 is an unusually steady arrangement.