Legendary eccentrics Master’s Hammer reveal the new single and video ‘Anděl slizu’ from their upcoming album ‘Maldorör Disco’, set for release next month via Darkness Shall Rise Productions!
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Finnish Sonic Rites 2026 just got heavier and darker with the newly added Russian Circles, Pelican, OvO and Helsinki’s own Vestal Climax, joining an already stacked lineup!
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Last Friday, Igorrr released yet another masterpiece with ‘AMEN’, out via Metal Blade Records and is now sharing a video for the openings track of the album ‘Daemoni’!
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Headlining Tuska 2026 will be Bring Me The Horizon and Bad Omens, backed by a diverse first wave including The Plot In You, Blood Incantation, Queensrÿche, Kublai Khan TX, Malevolence, Soilwork, Rivers of Nihil, Ensiferum, Bloodred Hourglass, Majestica, Melrose Avenue, The Callous Daoboys and Neckbreakker!
We’re already getting excited for another memorable weekend of metal and alternative music in Helsinki! 3-day tickets are already available right now.
Which band are you looking forward to the most? Or still wishing for? Let us know in the comments!
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Igorrr shared another taste of their upcoming album ‘AMEN’ (out in a couple of weeks via Metal Blade), with the single and video ‘Headbutt’!
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The Obscure and Octagon stages delivered some of the most intense sets of Day 1 at Brutal Assault 2025. From the triumphant return of 3 Inches of Blood to the symphonic fury of Fleshgod Apocalypse, the crushing weight of Inter Arma, the haunting doom of Frayle, the occult darkness of Ruïm, and the mind-bending chaos of Oranssi Pazuzu, it was truely a journey through the extremes of heavy music!
As has become tradition, Alcatraz Festival announced a healthy grab of confirmed names during this year’s edition, and the 21 bands they dropped are promising the 2026 edition to be hitting hard again!
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Brutal Assault is a proper celebration of everything that is metal and/or extreme and there is something great to be found at any time of the day! We picked out 8 bands that you should go see on the first day of this year’s edition, with High Parasite, Gutalax, Landmvrks, Blood Fire Death, Slow Crush, Patriarchy, Fear Factory and Drowning Pool, because they’ll be more than worth your time!
Thy Catafalque shared a live video for the track ‘Ködkirály’, recorded at Dürer Kert, and just in time to prepare us for their select European dates including Alcatraz Festival in a couple of weeks!
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Tolminator is already a quite unique and exceptional experience on its own, but they always seem to keep a keen eye on the scenes of different countries and know to pic some of the most promising acts for their line-ups. And this year, we get to welcome our friends of Marche Funèbre, Mordkaul and Brutal Sphincter to be part of the “Belgian Invasion”, but also 2 stellar acts from Finland with melodeath icons Omnium Gatherum and psychedelic black metal collective Oranssi Pazuzu!
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