Pelagic Records has announced its first wave of artists for Pelagic Fest 2026 with post-metal legends The Ocean in their new formation, an ultra-rare performance by The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, full album performances by EF, Spurv and Lost In Kiev, exciting debut appearances by bands like Predatory Void, Preyrs and so much more!
Tuska just delivered an early Christmas gift by confirming 13 more names for the 2026 lineup with acts like Pain, D-A-D, Gatecreeper, The Funeral Portrait, aurorawave and of course a bunch of Finnish names again like Swallow The Sun, Survivors Zero, Kallomäki and more!
Blackwater Holylight shared the new single ‘Involuntary Haze’ with a mesmerizing visualizer, another track from their upcoming new album ‘Not Here Not Gone’, out in January 2026 via Suicide Squeeze Records!
Sludge doom masters Tarlung are back with their new full-length album ‘Axis Mundi’ 5 years after the success of ‘Architect’, set for release in January 2026 via Argonauta Records!
Finnish metal festival institution Nummirock is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2026 and announced the first 12 names with Satyricon, Moonsorrow, Rise of the Northstar, Omnium Gatherum (also celebrating their anniversary), Immortal Disfigurement, Uada, and more!
Finnish iconoclasts, Terveet Kädet leader Läjä Äijälä and Reverend Bizarre’s Albert Witchfinder unveiled their latest single ‘Last Fuck Before Death’, a track from their upcoming album ‘Circle Of Pain’, out in January 2026 via Svart Records!
Finnish melancholic metal band Mourning Wood recentrly released their debut album ‘Murder Of Crows’ with Inverse Records and shared a video for the track ‘A Grave Vacation’!
Finnish epic doom supergroup The Solitude signed a worldwide deal with Reaper Entertainment to bring some proper doom into the world with their upcoming album!
Finnish doom-laden death metal force Marianas Rest shared the new video single ‘Diamonds in the Rough’, featuring Okko Solanterä from Horizon Ignited, and another track from their upcoming album ‘The Bereaved’, set for release in January 2026 via Noble Demon!
The fourth studio album “Viribus Unitis” of the Ukrainian war brigade 1914 continues with the conceptual theme of World War I. 1914 integrate powerful elements of blackened death, doom, and atmospheric textures. Out since November 14th, via Napalm Records.
