PRESS RELEASE:
Agarwaen “The Murder Trend” (Full-Length)
Release Date: July 3rd, 2026
Country: Finland
Label: Over The Border Records
Genre: Asylum Metal
Format: CD, Digital
Tracklist:
1. False Arrival (01:31)
2. Bad Beginning (04:25)
3. God Complex (05:53)
4. Orphan Son (05:23)
5. La Colección (07:14)
6. Circo de la Muerte (03:51)
7. The Hunt (04:07)
8. Clowny Business (05:13)
9. Aenimus (07:07)
10. The Murder Trend (15:57)
The Murder Trend is a full-scale concept album that descends into abuse, trauma, revenge, and inherited madness. Told as a chronological horror narrative, the album follows Anton, a boy broken by systemic cruelty, whose life spirals from neglect and violence into ritualized murder in a circus set and cult indoctrination. What begins as social tragedy evolves into something far more grotesque: a generational curse embodied through masks and a carnival of death.
Musically, the album moves between cinematic instrumentals, relentless extreme metal, crazy combinations of different styles, and theatrical passages that underline the story’s psychological collapse. It’s groovy, it’s progressive, violent as hell and yet brings a twisted smile on your face when you listen to it.
Lyrically uncompromising and narratively explicit, The Murder Trend presents a bleak reflection on how victims can become monsters—and how in the modern world violent trends can spread like a contagion once given a symbol to wear.
The album was mastered by Grammy Award–winning Svante Forsbäck, produced by Emma Award–winning Teemu Aalto, and released on July 3rd, 2026. All lyrics and most of the music were written by founding member Anthony Hodju.
This is not just an album, it is a grotesque modern horror tale set to music.
“The Murder Trend” was mastered by Grammy Award–winning Svante Forsbäck, produced by Emma Award–winning Teemu Aalto. All lyrics by Anthony Hodju. Photos by Rocktografia.
AGARWAEN is:
Anthony Hodju - Vocals
Pete Bay - Lead Guitars
Crazy Gustav - Rhythm Guitars
Dr. Wolfram - Bass
Tomas Kasprzyk - Drums
Vermin - Percussion, Actor
Discography:
Vrykolakas (EP, Independent, 2010)
Dottore I (Full-Length, Independent, 2020)
Channel: Lunacy (Full-Length, Independent, 2023)
The Murder Trend (Full-Length, Over The Border Records, 2026)
Agarwaen is an Asylum Metal band from Finland, originally founded in 2006 by Anthony Hodju while he was still the band’s guitarist. At first, the band was known as Shathanas, releasing the EP ”The End of the Santa” that same year. Later in 2006, the name was changed to Agarwaen, under which they released their first EP ”Vrykolakas” in 2010—only to disband soon afterwards.
After a nine-year hiatus, Hodju revived the project and began work on the first full-length album ”Dottore I”, joined by session musicians such as Mika Lumijärvi (drums & synths, Voidfallen) and Edward Torchia (vocals, Torchia). The album was met with positive reviews and was even chosen as Album of the Year by the American metal station Metal Nation.
Following the release, Hodju assembled a new lineup for live shows and began work on the next album, ”Channel: Lunacy” (2023). Just two days before the vocal recordings, Hodju switched from guitar to vocals after the band’s current session vocalist proved unreliable.
Agarwaen then hit the road heavily in Finland, toured in Europe in 2024 and played at TUSKA festival the same year. The band went through a few more lineup changes before settling into the solid formation they have today.
In 2025, the band returned to the studio to record the LP ”The Murder Trend” and the EP ”Arena of Retribution”, produced by Emma Award–winning Teemu Aalto (Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum) and mastered by multiple Grammy winner Svante Forsbäck (Rammstein, Nightwish).
Looking ahead, Agarwaen has already started composing two upcoming albums—”Cocaine Cock” and ”Gypsy Wagon” (working titles). One is set to be an ambitious fusion of Gypsy Jazz and Asylum Metal, while the other explores a lunatic mix of ’90s industrial metal (Rammstein, The Prodigy), ’80s horror synthwave, and modern metal.
Agarwaen offers wild, crazy soundscapes with catchy riffs and stunning atmospheres. The gigs are like a scene from a mental asylum horror movie! The band is an oddball that mixes all kinds of different metal styles into one frantic and lunatic music!
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