Finland’s summer festival season is stacked again. From underground black metal rituals to lakeside legends and city concerts with global names, we picked 12 events worth your time this summer with Steelfest, Allas Live, Sonic Rites, Ankea, Nummirock, Tuska, CoolHead Live, Dark River Festival, John Smith Rock, Ilosaarirock, Hellsinki Metal Festival and SaariHelvetti
Helsinki-based deathcore outfit Enemies Everywhere are back with ‘Atonement’, their new single unleashed upon the world with Ranka Kustannus right now!
Pennsylvania metal outfit The Last Ten Seconds of Life unleashed a video for ‘Rat Trap’ featuring a guest appearance by Nate Johnson (ex-Fit For An Autopsy) to celebrate last Friday’s release of their new album ‘The Dead Ones’, out on Metal Blade Records!
“The New Flesh tour” struck down at De Vierde Zaal in Gent, and from the energetic start with Life Cycles, to the technical explosion of Revocation and the crushing intensity of Distant, to the controlled climax of Sylosis… Each band contributed in its own way to a memorable evening, hosted by Return Bookings and yours truly!
Burial Path released their latest new single and video ‘A Display of Penance’, a crushing track imbued with eerie atmosphere!
New Jersey’s deathcore outfit Torn Open signed to Blue Grape Music for the release of their EP ‘TORN THE FUCK OPEN, VOL. 2’ in May and shared the gloriously gory video for new single ‘The Way Things Should End’!
Italian deathcore titans The Modern Age Slavery released ‘No One Jokes at God’, the first single from their upcoming EP ‘1969 | No One Jokes at God’, set for release in Fall!
Fit For An Autopsy unleashed their devastating new track ‘The Wretch’ with Nuclear Blast last week, right when they were kicking off their massive US tour! If you want to catch them in Europe, this summer you’ll have a shot at festivals like Wacken, Brutal Assault and Alcatraz!
We’ve got to enjoy Whitechapel at several festivals in Europe this past summer, and just recently they came back to the continent as guests on the Lorna Shore tour, but now it’s finally time for a proper European headlining tour for these deathcore mastodons!
Pennsylvania metal outfit The Last Ten Seconds Of Life unleashed their latest single ‘Make It To Heaven’ featuring David Simonich of Signs of the Swarm last week, another track shared in anticipation of their new album ‘The Dead Ones’ to be out in April via Metal Blade Records!
