Who says festival season ends with summer? In Finland, the dark months come alive with music: experience the true punk spirit at HKI SKEPU FEST (starting tonight), get in touch with your ancestors and nature at Pakanafestarit, discover new talent at Lost In Music, embrace the shadows at Hellsinki Industrial Festival, sail into chaos with the Hellsinki Metal Cruise, sink into sorrow at Melancholy Mass Festivals, and feel the fire indoors at John Smith Rock Frozen. When the nights are long, Finland turns the volume up.

In less than a week, Tuska weekend is upon us! If somehow you weren’t convinced yet that you need to go, here are 10 reasons we believe should be enough motivation to still get a ticket and join us there!

Post-punk/darkwave trio Corlyx released a brand-new “Dreampop” version of their popular single ‘The Echo’ via Out Of Line Music!

A day later than expected, the “Lament” of Lacrimosa was heard extensively last weekend in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, the new base of operations of one of our trusted photographers!

Tuska 2025 promises to be quite the exciting edition again with a great line-up with something for everyone, and plenty of other stuff to discover and do! If you’re planning to go, we listed some info in a nice little preview…

Electro-rock group Razorwire Halo released a darkwave storm with their new single ‘As Good As’!

Highly acclaimed dark synth artist Perturbator released a video for his brand-new single ‘The Art Of War’, another example of his uncompromising clear vision, ready to make 2025 big, including a massive Europe tour at the end of the year!

L.A. Witch announced their upcoming new album ‘DOGGOD’, set for release in April via Suicide Squeeze, and shared the first track of said album with ‘777’!

Death pop act Corlyx dropped new single and video ‘The Letdown’ last week via Out of Line Music! Don’t miss out on catching this amazing dark and gothy trio live at Hellsinki Industrial Festival next month!

The summer festival season is over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of exciting fests happening over the next couple of months this autumn/winter in Finland, starting with Cult of Darkness today, Helsinki Techfest, and HKI SKEPU FEST VI this month still, Pakanafesterit in October, Hellsinki Industrial Festival and Melancholy Mass Festivals in November, and John Smith Rock Frozen in December! And for the beer and music lovers, several Masis Beer & Metal events spread over the next couple of months all over Finland! Go get your tickets now!