Finland’s summer festival season is stacked again. From underground black metal rituals to lakeside legends and city concerts with global names, we picked 12 events worth your time this summer with Steelfest, Allas Live, Sonic Rites, Ankea, Nummirock, Tuska, CoolHead Live, Dark River Festival, John Smith Rock, Ilosaarirock, Hellsinki Metal Festival and SaariHelvetti
Portland’s Dry Wedding signed with Vesperian and released their first new song ‘Arrowhead’!
Italian garage fuzz noise duo Animaux Formidables returned with a video for their latest single ‘I Am a Cat and I Love My Dog’!
Sacramento-based punk rock outfit Killgurls announced their new EP ‘Powder’ to be out in January 2026 via Adventure Cat Records and share the new single ‘Please Kill Me’!
UK punk/noise pop outfit Man/Woman/Chainsaw sign to Fiction Records and share the new single ‘Only Girl’ to celebrate!
Industrial noise pop trio Tayne released their take on the Jefferson Airplane track ‘Somebody To Love’, out via MNRK Heavy. Catch them live in Europe next year supporting MØL on their “Dreamcrush tour”!
From sludge legends to Olympic headliners and unexpected big performances on the smaller stage… Lokerse Feesten delivered on August 5th a day that was nothing short of historic. Melvins, Helmet, Coilguns, Amenra, Gojira on the main stage and Coilguns, envy, Red Kross and Light of Eternity on the Club Studio Brussel stage shook Lokeren to its core.
On August 5th, Lokerse Feesten had an interesting line-up with big names on the mainstage, but also some pretty big acts on the much smaller stage in the Club Studio Brussel with Light Of Eternity, Redd Kross, envy and Coilguns!
Finnish instrumental duo NYOS announced their new album ‘Growl’ to be released in October via Pelagic Records and shared the first single ‘Get Ready’!
Guerilla Toss shared their new single ‘Psychosis Is Just a Number’, out now via Sub Pop, and an energetic new wave/post-punk bop!
