Headlining Tuska 2026 will be Bring Me The Horizon and Bad Omens, backed by a diverse first wave including The Plot In You, Blood Incantation, Queensrÿche, Kublai Khan TX, Malevolence, Soilwork, Rivers of Nihil, Ensiferum, Bloodred Hourglass, Majestica, Melrose Avenue, The Callous Daoboys and Neckbreakker!

We’re already getting excited for another memorable weekend of metal and alternative music in Helsinki! 3-day tickets are already available right now.

Which band are you looking forward to the most? Or still wishing for? Let us know in the comments!

3 of heavy music’s most prominent signature female voices Poppy, Amy Lee and Courtney LaPlante joined forces on the track ‘End of You’, out now via Sumerian Records with a badass music video!

Rise Of The Northstar announce their new album ‘Chapter 04: Red Falcon Super Battle! Neo Paris War!!’ to be released on November 14! Catch them live on their European headline tour that same month!

Orbit Culture unveiled another single and video with ‘Nerve’, coming from the upcoming album ‘Death Above Life’ set for release early next month with Century Media Records! Catch them on tour in Europe this fall with Gaerea and Atlas, or next festival season with already confirmed appearances at for instance Alcatraz Festival 2026!

Southern California quintet SPITE announced their new album ‘NEW WORLD KILLER’ to be out via Rise Records on Halloween and shared the new single & video ‘LIGHTS OUT’!

Dying Wish shared the second new song and video ‘Revenge In Carnage’ from their upcoming album ‘Flesh Stays Together’, set for release at the end of this month via SharpTone Records!

Folk metal trailblazers Equilibrium returned with their new stand-alone single and video ‘Bloodwood’, out now with Nuclear Blast!

After hinting at it in our talk at Alcatraz last month, Avatar unveiled the album title and release date of their upcoming 10th ablum ‘Don’t Go in the Forest’! And to celebrate, we got a video for the opening track ‘Tonight We Must Be Warriors’! Don’t forget to catch them live this Fall in the US and early next year in Europe!

Finnish modern metal outfit Bloodred Hourglass unveiled the last single ‘Chasing Shadows’ before their new album is out in October via Out of Line Music!