Death metal unit Crypta revealed a 2nd furious single ‘Trial of Traitors’, getting us all excited about their upcoming new album ‘Shades of Sorrow’, set for release in August via Napalm Records!

Day 2 of Tuhdimmat Tahdit was just as hot. Carnival Academy, Heavy Metal Perse, Antony Parviainen Trio, Turmion Kätilöt, Metalite, Wolfheart, Shereign, Before the Dawn, Brymir, Mokoma, Swallow the Sun and lastly Battle Beast. Master Events gave us a festival that is certainly worth coming back to.

Tuhdimmat Tahdit and Master Events brought one very hot festival to Tampere’s Ratinanniemi. It started with Verikalpa and ended with Beast in Black, but we also can’t forget about all the bands in between: Transworld Identity, Prestige, Ensiferum, Bloodred Hourglass, Dynazty, Lordi, Mors Subita, Dead by April and Diablo.

Finnish melodeath collective Bloodred Hourglass prove yet again why their name has become more and more important in the scene with their new single ‘The End We Start From’, out via Out of Line Music!

Goatcore misfits Milking The Goatmachine unleashed the first single ‘Children of the Horn’ from their upcoming album ‘Neue Platte’, set for release in August via Reaper Entertainment!

Italian technical old school death metal band Gory Blister sign with Eclipse Records for the release of their upcoming album ‘Reborn from Hatred’, and share the single ‘Greedy Existence’ to celebrate!

Emerging Belgian metal band Catalyst unveiled the new track ‘Stick To The Plan’, a stormy and vibrant war song from their upcoming new album ‘The Age Of Rocketeers’, set for release in Fall 2023!

Calgary’s tech death maestros Widows’ Peak unleashed vicious new single ‘The Worming Hour’ from their upcoming album ‘Claustrophobe’ out on July 7! Get prepared for the onslaught!

Polish metal icons BEHEMOTH! are roaming through Europe with their ‘Deathless Summer Tour 2023’ and struck down at Substage in Karlsruhe, Germany with the support of Hypocrisy and SpiritWorld. A gorgeous night of some of the best metal the world has to offer right now, and extreme temperatures despite no pyro being used.