The first edition of brand-new festival Hellsinki Metal Festival is quickly approaching and they’ve constantly been sharing more details and updates. So it was about time to gather what we already know about the fest in a preview…

Lost Society and Amorphis played at Logomos Terassikesä in Turku, Finland last Friday and although there were some issues it was still a very enjoyable show from two great Finnish bands.

Lost Society and Amorphis gave us a little preview last Friday of the upcoming ‘Halo’ European Tour, when they did a show together at Logomo’s Terassikesä in Turku, Finland.

The Finnish proggers of Damnation Plan shared 3rd single ‘Dreamdead’ from the upcoming new album ‘The New Horizon’, set for release next month via Inverse Records!

Instrumental prog quartet Psygnosis announced their upcoming new album ‘Mercury’, set for release via Season of Mist in September, and share a first over 12 minute track with ‘Öpik-Oort’!

TesseracT announced new album ‘War Of Being’ to be released in September via Kscope and unleashed the incredible title track as a first taste! And if that’s not enough, they’ve slapped us in the face with a massive world tour starting this October in the US!

New prog metal sensation and supergroup TEMIC announced the first details of their debut album ‘Terror Management Theory’ (set for release in November via Season of Mist) and shared a first single with ‘Count Your Losses’!

Emerging Belgian metal band Catalyst unveiled the new track ‘Stick To The Plan’, a stormy and vibrant war song from their upcoming new album ‘The Age Of Rocketeers’, set for release in Fall 2023!