Lost Society blew the roof off a sold out Tavastia in Helsinki, and brought with them the metalcore upstarts Balance Breach and our favorite alt-rockers Luna Kills!

Lost Society brought with Balance Breach and Luna Kills a showcase of the future of the Finnish heavy music scene in front of a completely sold out and packed to the brim Tavastia in Helsinki!

Dissonant death metal worshipers Nightmarer unleashed the single ‘Hammer of Desolation’, from their upcoming new album ‘Deformity Adrift’ set for release in May via Vendetta Records and Total Dissonance Worship!

Melodeath act Rise To Fall announced their upcoming new album ‘The Fifth Dimension’ to be released in June via Noble Demon and shared a first single with ‘Intruder’, featuring no one less than Björn “Speed” Strid from Soilwork!

US melodic death/doom metal outfit Fires In The Distance shared their new single ‘Idiopathic Despair’, a track from their upcoming album ‘Air Not Meant For Us’, set for release at the end of next month via Prosthetic Records!

Atmospheric black metal act Gyrdleah shares the new song ‘Speak of the Devil’ from the upcoming new album ‘Spellbinder’, set for release next month via Black Lion Records!

Stoner doom rockers High Priest released the new single ‘Divinity’ from upcoming album ‘Invocation’, set for release in June via Magnetic Eye Records!

Hexa Mera

Hexa Mera invited us to attend and report on the release party of their new album ‘Methuselarity – Part 1’, which we were all too happy to accept! And with them they brought their friends of Royal Jake, Xeno and Destroy Humanity, making it one hell of a night with Belgian metal!

Sludge and noise outfit Sunrot unleashed another track with ‘Trepanation’, in anticipation of next week’s release of ‘The Unfailing Rope’ via Prosthetic Records!

Insomnium came, saw and conquered at their ‘Anno 1696’ release shows at a sold out Tavastia, and so did The Abbey with their captivating doom music!