August 30 20224 was like an unholy pilgrim for any and all metalheads around Finland (and even beyond) when Beherit, one of the most revered Finnish black metal bands of all time, played one of their rare live shows at Ääniwalli in Helsinki. The greatest black metal concert our reporter has ever witnessed.
Finland’s symphonic/melodic black metal outfit Pestilent Hex crafts the traditional sound of Scandinavian black metal on the second full length album “Sorceries of Sanguine & Shadow”, out via Debemur Morti Productions since last week’s Friday.
Finnish old school death metal project Aedes has set the release date for their debut mini-album ‘Odious Imprecation’ via Blood Harvest while they are working on a full album!
Finnish melodic death metal band Dimman released their 3rd single and video ‘The Acrimony’ from the upcoming 2nd album ‘Consciousness’, set for release in February 2025 via Inverse Records!
Finnish progressive metal band Joviac is set to release their 3rd studio album ‘Autofiction Pt. 1 – Shards’ in 2025 via Inverse Records and shared a first single and video with ‘Shine’!
Finland’s degraded fiends Scumripper are finally back with their highly anticipated second album ‘For a Few Fixes More’, set for release in February 2025 via Dying Victims Productions and Headsplit Records, and shared a teaser medley to get you totally excited!
Finnish progressive heavy metal band Mastord released their second single from their upcoming third album with ‘Kaarne’ (out via Inverse Records), a deep kaleidoscope of rhythm, sound and words, blending the multifaceted nature of progressive music.
Metalcore giants Bleeding Through announced their new album ‘NINE’ to be out in February 2025 via SharpTone Records and unleashed another single with ‘Path Of Our Disease’!
The Dutch thrash collective Grindpad hit us up with a new single and lyric video, offering a proper metal alternative for the holiday season with ‘X-MAS MOSH’!
At Tuska 2024, we had a quick chat with Lotta from Luna Kills about their first ever show at the festival, how they’ve been doing since we last talked a couple of years ago, their first tour outside of Finland in support of Dear Mother and hints at what’s next…
