The first edition of brand-new festival Hellsinki Metal Festival is quickly approaching and they’ve constantly been sharing more details and updates. So it was about time to gather what we already know about the fest in a preview…

Italian black/death metal outfit Askesis signed to Time To Kill Records for their upcoming debut full-length!

Swedish blackened death metal act Svartkonst unleashed second single ‘Filth Worship’ from upcoming new album ‘May the Night Fall’, set for release in September via Trust No One Recordings!

US black metal quintet NIXIL shared a new track and music video ‘Abyss Unto Abyss’ from their upcoming album ‘From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire’, set for release next month via Prosthetic Records!

US blasphemous black metal legion Profanatica shared the second track ‘The First Fall’ from their upcoming new album ‘Crux Simplex’, set for release via Season of Mist in September!

Finnish blackened folk metal band Kouta is set to unleash its intense and captivating live performances loose on Eastern Europe next month! Make sure you don’t miss out!

With ‘Prosaic’, Liam Neigbors’ (aka A.L.N.) brainchild Mizmor takes a less conceptual, down to earth approach to its unique mixture of depressive black metal and funeral doom, making each song stand on its own two feet in this bleak slice of life. Out via Profound Lore Records on this Friday, July 21.