Finnish doom death metal band Marianas Rest have released their long-awaited fifth studio album “The Bereaved”, which is available now via Noble Demon. To coincide with the release, the band also presents a brand new music video for the album track “Again Into the Night” – a deeply emotional and atmospheric piece that perfectly captures the dark yet cathartic spirit of the album.
“‘Again Into the Night’ is one of the earliest compositions written for The Bereaved and reflects the band’s willingness to explore new sonic territories without abandoning their melancholic roots. The song was probably one of the first, if not the first demo track for this album. In a way, it served as a playground to try out new things, new ideas and forms of expression that we could also use in the future. A song that is simply fun to play in the rehearsal room“, comments guitarist Nico Mänttäri.
Singer Jaakko Mäntymaa adds: “This song had exactly the right feeling right from the start, which unfortunately doesn’t happen too often. It’s about exhaustion. About that moment when you want to give up, when everything goes wrong for the hundredth time. We all know that. Hopefully the song can remind people how important it is to just keep going – no matter how much it hurts.“
From the dark shores of the Baltic Sea, Marianas Rest channel the deep melancholy of their homeland. Hailing from the south-eastern Finnish city of Kotka, the band was founded in 2013 and has since become an authority in the world of melancholic death metal. Their music is heavy and unhurried, combining elements of doom, death and post-metal to create a sound that is both crushing and beautiful.
Marianas Rest don’t just write songs – they create moods: haunting, immersive and emotionally harrowing. A journey into darkness that feels strangely both familiar and reassuring. Over the course of four albums“Horror Vacui” (2016),“Ruins” (2019),“Fata Morgana” (2021) and“Auer” (2023), the band has explored themes of isolation, despair and conflict with an uncanny sense of the moment. “Fata Morgana” was the final chapter of a trilogy written before the pandemic but released at its height. “Auer” was completed just before the outbreak of military unrest in Europe – a coincidence that seems too bizarre to be invented.
Marianas Rest ‘s fifth album “The Bereaved” is a deeply personal story about death and the many forms in which the end can appear. We meet the band in the midst of a memorial service, tormented by the questions of what one should or should not have done, as only the bereaved know them. Because sometimes pity is for the living and envy is for the dead. In such moments, the question arises: who is really more blessed – the deceased or the mourners?
As on her previous albums, the melodies are the key to a unique soundtrack for the ongoing battle against the black clouds that seem to gather around us all from time to time. The music of Marianas Rest, sometimes slow, deep and hard, sometimes a bit faster and more aggressive, undoubtedly contains that X-factor of Finnish DNA, combining melancholy and beauty on a level that makes your hair stand on end every time.
Marianas Rest Tour 2026:
The band will be celebrating the release of the new album with a tour. The following dates have already been confirmed:
CD and vinyl editions of the album ‘The Bereaved’:
CD Digipak
2xLP (Transcrystal/turquoise vinyl)
Merchandise for the album ‘The Bereaved’:
T-shirt
Zipped hoodie
More information about the band: Marianas Rest
More information about the label: Noble Demon
