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!

Thirteen Goats invites fans to their “Animal Kingdom” in the new video for the track that features guest vocals from Carly Ellen Jones and was part of their latest album ‘Capricorn Rising’, released last year via Exitus Stratagem Records!

Day 2 of this year’s TollRock Festival had a great list of artists on the line-up. TollRockerz Band Contest is the yearly opening act of the Saturday procedures. Moonshot, Saint City Orchestra, Kissin’ Dynamite, Donots and Five Finger Skull Crushers were building the electrifying list of acts that appealed to a wide variety of rock, punk, Irish folk and metal fans. In combination with the special atmosphere and location making TollRock a Germany summer festival highlight.

German brutal surf death party metal band Stillbirth are unleashing their new album ‘Survival Protocol’ via Reigning Phoenix Music in October and shared a first single and hilarious video with ‘Baptized In Blood’!

TollRock 2025 Day 1 was not only blessed with wonderful weather but with an impressive line-up on the first day. Starting with Lost Sanity (TollRockerz Band Contest Winner 2024), followed by April Art, Emil Bulls, Fiddlers Green, Skindred and Rock Rising gave an impressive list of artists. The audience was thrilled by the great live performances of all bands on stage. The expectations for day 2 have been raised to an almost unbeatable level.

The galaxy’s favorite metal band Galactic Empire continues to expand their cinematic universe with their new single ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’, a track of their upcoming album ‘Cinemetal’ set for release in October via Pure Noise Records!

Boundary-pushing brutalists Sanguisugabogg release the new single and video ‘Rotted Entanglement’ from their upcoming album ‘Hideous Aftermath’, set for release in October via Century Media Records!

Mystic Circle reveal new details on the upcoming studio album to be released in October via ROAR, open the pre-sales and share the new video single ‘Ghost Of Whitechapel’!

On the second and smaller stage in Asgaard, we got to enjoy enchanting shows of Gentse Folk Studenten, Sanseveria, and Eleni Neldë at the second edition of our festival Litha Fest!

Spinal Tap is back! The movie ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’ is coming to theatres in September and will come with a new album out via Interscope Records, including the just shared epic re-recording of the classic cut ‘Stonehenge’ featuring Elton John!