If you are still looking for a great summer destination, here are 12 festivals that might make Finland the ideal place to go for you this year with Sonic Rites this weekend, Rockfest, Tuhdimmat Tahdit, Nummirock, Tuska, John Smith Festival, SaariHelvetti, Dark River Festival, Hellsinki Metal Festival, the CoolHead Live concert series, Sastamalan Torijuhlat and Hevipäivät!
After the break of last year, Rockfest is back with a vengeance and a solid line-up that will rock your world for about 3 days at the new location in Turku, Finland!
Brutal Assault 2025 revealed the daily line-up and launched the sale of single day tickets for those who want a taste of this amazing fest, but can’t fit the whole weekend in their planning!
Belgian modern thrash metal act Primal Creation is releasing their new single ‘Fool Me Twice’ tomorrow! But get a taste of this banger of a track already through the video premiere on our site!
Catch them live on June 6 at our very own Asgaard for the release party or at festivals like Alcatraz this summer! Get thrashing!
Brutal Assault has revealed its daily line-up yesterday and opened the sale of single day tickets for those who can’t afford to go a whole weekend but still want to get a taste!
German thrash metal legends Sodom released their new single ‘Witchhunter’, a homage to their late drummer and a track from their upcoming album ‘The Arsonist’, out in June through SPV/Steamhammer.
The second full-length album ‘Helljjin Combat’ redefines the style of the German-Basque trio Sijjin who offer a raw and evil death-thrash metal, reminiscent of early Morbid Angel and Possessed. Out via Sepulchral Voice Records.
Sweden’s rising metal force Bloodstain returns with a vengeance on their new single ‘Lies Bleeding Through’, out now via Threeman Recordings!
German thrash metal trio Warfield has unleashed their latest album, ‘With The Old Breed’ and it’s a relentless assault on the senses. They line up in the great tradition of German Teutonic Thrash history and give proof that they might be the next idols in this genre to come. Out on Napalm Records.
Some time ago, Machine Head unveiled another taste of their upcoming album ‘UNATØNED’, set for release on April 25 via Nuclear Blast Records, with the single ‘BØNESCRAPER’! We can’t wait to hear the rest of the album and catch them live when they hit up Europe this summer at festivals like Alcatraz Festival!
