Only a handful of days left before Helsinki gets a healthy shot of heavy and dark music with the third edition of Hellsinki Metal Festival! If you’re still confused and wondering if you should go or not, check out 8 reasons we believe should convince you… Beware, get your tickets today as tomorrow the price will go up again!

Day two of Tuhdimmat Tahdit brought Michael Monroe, Moon Shot, Black Devils, Hardcore Superstar, Turmion Kätilöt, Battle Beast and the legendary Blind Guardian to Tampere’s Eteläpuisto on the second day and was great yet again! We surely will be back at this festival in the future.

Khroma shared their first new single ‘Catch The Whip’ from their upcoming 4th album that is set for release in autumn!

At the moment Max Cavalera is still hitting up festivals and cities in Europe with Soulfly, but in August, he’ll be taking over the European festival circuit with the legendary activist band Nailbomb, dropping by Wacken, Alcatraz and Dynamo festival just to name a few!

Dymytry Paradox is preparing to return to play their most intense headlining tour yet in Europe, Born From Chaos, in 2026! Don’t miss out, because this is going to be a riot!

Tuska 2025 promises to be quite the exciting edition again with a great line-up with something for everyone, and plenty of other stuff to discover and do! If you’re planning to go, we listed some info in a nice little preview…

Burton C. Bell releases the new single and lyric video ‘Savages’, just in time for his tour in Australia to start in a bit over a week!

Melbourne blackened nu metal outfit Mélancolia announced their second album ‘random.access.misery’, set for release in August via Nuclear Blast and Greyscale Records and shared the dark new single ‘ALL_IS_RUST’!