Beast In Black channel Alien nightmares on new single Fear The Beast
Beast In Black have released Fear The Beast, a new single and cinematic video that serves as the title track to the Finnish metal outfit’s forthcoming fourth album.
The track arrives as the band prepare for dates in Japan, Taiwan and China later this month, followed by their European Resurrection Tour. That run includes a London show at O2 Forum Kentish Town on 26 October, with Sonata Arctica and Frozen Crown joining the bill.
Fear The Beast finds the group leaning into their familiar collision of dancefloor pulse, sharpened heavy-metal riffing and towering melodies. It also marks the first release to feature new lead guitarist Markus Venehsalo.
A xenomorph brought to life in song
Written and produced by Anton Kabanen, the song draws directly on Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror landmark Alien, and on the unsettling biomechanical artwork of H.R. Giger. Kabanen said recurring dreams of being hunted by a xenomorph helped fuel the song’s imagery.
“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,” Kabanen said.
“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. 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.”
The accompanying clip was directed by Katri Ilona Koppanen, with work from Emil Pohjalainen at Nestruction Studios. Its industrial visual world nods towards James Cameron’s Aliens, while introducing the band’s newly designed XENOBEAST character, created by artist Roman Ismailov, who also supplied the single artwork.
“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,” Kabanen added. “We’re absolutely thrilled about this beautiful cinematic video which wouldn’t have been possible without Katri Ilona Koppanen and Emil Pohjalainen.”
Resurrection Tour reaches London in October
Following their Asian dates and an appearance at Mallorca’s Full Metal Holiday, Beast In Black will head out on the Resurrection Tour with Sonata Arctica and Frozen Crown. The two Finnish dates marked with an asterisk will take place without the tour’s support acts, while the Helsinki finale features The 69 Eyes and Rabbit Cult.
- 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
- 23.10.2026 ES Mallorca – Pool Stage, Full Metal Holiday
- 26.10.2026 UK London – O2 Forum Kentish Town
- 27.10.2026 BE Brussels – Ancienne Belgique
- 28.10.2026 NL Tilburg – 013 Poppodium
- 29.10.2026 DE Leipzig – Haus Auensee
- 31.10.2026 AT Vienna – 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 Milan – Alcatraz
- 20.11.2026 DE Munich – Zenith
- 21.11.2026 LU Esch-sur-Alzette – Rockhal
- 22.11.2026 DE Oberhausen – Turbinenhalle
- 23.11.2026 DE Hamburg – Inselpark Arena
- 24.11.2026 SE Gothenburg – 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 and Frozen Crown.
** Special guests The 69 Eyes, with support from Rabbit Cult.
