Brand-new Finnish festival Ankea Festival completed its first line-up last Friday with the addition of Leprous, Textures, Sylvaine, Royal Sorrow and Demonic Death Judge, continuing to build a highly impressive roster of bands!
Links
Last week, the Tuska 2026 line-up was completed with the last 3 confirmed bands: Japanese heavy metal icons Loudness, Finnish melodeath heroes Warmen and Leeds alternative rock/metal outfit Caskets!
Links
Finnish festival Tuhdimmat Tahdit recently announced some more names for their 2026 line-up with HOKKA, Stam1na and Danko Jones joining an already diverse and exciting roster!
Links
The circus came to Helsinki! Avatar brought the “In The Airwaves 2026” tour to Kulttuuritalo with support from Alien Weaponry and Agabas, and we captured the chaos, theatrics and energy in our new photo report!
Belgian doom metal band Akem Manah released a lyric video for the single ‘The Burning of John Briggs’, a second track unveiled from their upcoming album ‘Threnodies’, out in April via Black Lion Records!
Links
Dutch post-black collective The Fifth Alliance announced their new album ‘Stenahoria’ to be our in April via Tartarus Records, Ardua Music and Breathe Plastic and unveiled a first single with ‘Phoenix’!
Links
Australian death doom outfit Mammon’s Throne released ‘Departed’, the second new track of upcoming album ‘My Body to the Worms’, set to be out in March via Hammerheart Records!
Links
Norwegian post-black trio Rosa Faenskap unveiled their powerful new single ‘Jeg våkner snart’, the third and final single before the release of their album ‘Ingenting forblir’, out in March via Fysisk Format!
Links
Norwegian death metal outfit Contorted has signed with Dark Essence Records for the next step in their career!
Links
Sylosis is currently touring Europe with Revocation, Distant and Life Cycles on “The New Flesh tour”, building anticipation for their upcoming album of the same name! We caught their show at a packed Tavastia in Helsinki and saw it was good!
SUPPORTED BY
