Finnish melodic death/doom metal band The Harbinger releases »Gates Of Hell« EP today on Inverse Records; watch »Bleak Salvation« music video!

Kouvola, Finland based melodic death/doom metal band The Harbinger stream their new EP, »Gates Of Hell«, which was just released today, December 12th, 2025 via Inverse Records.

To celebrate the release, The Harbinger also drops a brand new music video for »Bleak Salvation«.

Tracklist:
01. Sleepless
02. Fading Lines
03. Bleak Salvation
04. Hollow
05. Glass Walls

Courtesy of Inverse Records:

Finnish melodic death/doom metal band The Harbinger released a new EP »Gates Of Hell« via Inverse Records. Also a brand new music video »Bleak Salvation« is unleashed today and it’s available HERE.

Listen to »Gates Of Hell« EP on streaming services HERE.

Photo by Mari Salmenhaara

Biography:
From the cracks of concrete hell, Kouvola, Finland, rises a new band with beautiful yearning doom metal melodies and crushing death metal riffs.

The band was formed in the cold winter of 2016. After some line up changes and finding their sound, the band released their first EP »Shadows Dance« in three singles between 2020-2021. »Dead Ends« EP was released in 2023 and it felt like the band had sharpened their sound and style.

A New EP »Gates Of Hell« was released in December 2025 via Inverse Records.

Recorded and mixed by Arto Kujala.
Mastered by Saku Moilanen, Deep Noise Studios.
EP cover by Aku Rundberg.

Line-up:
Aku Rundberg – Drums
Arto Kujala – Guitar & Backing Vocals
Lauri Korhonen – Bass & Backing Vocals
Pasi Kanerva – Vocals
Sami Karhu – Guitar

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well