Rivers Of Nihil brought quite the intensity to Europe earlier this year with their “Aggressive Progressive Tour’, including Cynic, Beyond Creation and Dååth. We caught their show at the legendary Tavastia venue in Helsinki, Finland and saw it was good! Looking forward to seeing Rivers Of Nihil again this summer during the Europe festival season with shows at Brutal Assault, Alcatraz and more!

Indigenous metal outfit Mawiza announced their new album ‘ÜL’ to be out in July via Season of Mist, sharing the defiant lead single and opening track ‘Wingkawnoam’!

Orbit Culture started a new beginning with ‘The Tales of War’, their latest single out with Century Media Records, including a menacing video showing the band braving a raging storm. If you want to experience the blast that is the band live, you have limited choices with for now some shows in Europe supporting In Flames and at select festivals like Graspop and Tuska Festival this summer!

New Wave of American Metal icons Shadows Fall shared another new single and video with ‘Souls Devoured’, out via MNRK Heavy and a metallic anthem released just in time for their upcoming tour dates with metal brethren Killswitch Engage!

This summer we’ll get to enjoy them bringing their metal circus to the Alcatraz festival stage for an exceptional show, but if you’re going to miss out on that, no worries! Avatar just announced their 2026 Europe and UK headline tour “A Night To Be Torn Apart” with special guests Alien Weaponry, tickets available starting tomorrow April 25th!

North Texas metal powerhouse Warhog returns with new single ‘Future Shock’, the newest chapter in their ongoing conceptual saga ‘The Dystopian Chronicles, Vol. III’!

Indigenous metal outfit Mawiza beam with strength in the new video for ‘Killari’, recently unleashed with their new label home Season of Mist!

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!

Noumenia project pure energy and power in their new single and music video ‘The Circle’, the first single revealed from their upcoming album ‘Echoes’, their first to be released on Eclipse Records in June!

It’s been almost 3 years since we last saw the legendary Machine Head come by in Finland, and this summer they’re back! Hellsinki Metal Festival brings their tour to the Ice Halls together with support from Fleshgod Apocalypse, for one hell of a metal night on July 1st! People who are in the capital city for Tuska around that time might want to stick around for another day or 2 to not miss out on this show!