Spanish metal outfit SynlakrosS released earlier this month their video single ‘Bunnies And Bows’, a banger of a track from their upcoming album ‘Mental Parasites’, set for release in October!
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A Killer’s Confession announced their new album ‘Victim 1’ to be released in September via MNRK Heavy and unleashed the lyric video for ‘Filth’!
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Crimson Veil continue to captivate with their unique take on alternative metal with the new video single ‘Shift’, one of the catchiest tunes from their debut album ‘Hex’, which is set for release in September via Reigning Phoeniz Music!
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Solence unleashed the brand new track ‘A Banger A Day Keeps The Doctor Away’ via Better Noise Music with a hilarious video! Catch them at Graspop in Belgium this weekend or next week at Tuska in Finland!
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French modern metal heroes Rise Of The Northstar launch the music video for ‘Crank It Up’ from their latest album ‘Showdown’, which they’re still touring with around the world, including a show today at Nummirock in Finland and many more dates to follow this summer!
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System Of A Down’s Shavo Odadjian unveiled his new project Seven Hours After Violet, featuring members of Left To Suffer, Winds of Plague and Scarypoolparty, and dropped the debut single ‘Paradise’ with a trippy video. It also marks the launch of his new joint label venture 1336 Records in partnership with Sumerian Music Group!
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Alternative metal band Ankor signed to UNFD for the release of their upcoming album and unleashed to celebrate the single ‘Embers’ with a mesmerizing video! Catch them this summer at a bunch of European festivals including some of our favorites like Tuska, Wacken and Alcatraz!
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Void of Vision announced their new album ‘What I’ll Leave Behind’ to be released in September via UNFD and shared the compelling new single and video ‘Gamma Knife’, detailing vocalist Jack Bergin’s personal growth after a near death experience!
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Mushroomhead to release their 9th studio album ‘Call The Devil’ in August via Napalm Records and shared a first heavy single and video with ‘Fall In Line’ for an early taste! Catch them on tour in Europe this summer with a stop at for instance Finland’s Dark River Festival, or on tour in the USA in October!
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Cybergrind band Thotcrime has announced their third album ‘CONNECTION ANXIETY’, set for release in August via Prosthetic Records and shared the lead singles ‘The Wrong Way’ and ‘Behind The Cracks’!
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The popular US horror movie inspired metalcore outfit Ice Nine Kills came to Munich and, helped by From Fall to Spring and Ghost Kid, left a trail of blood in the TonHalle.
Tuhdimmat Tahdit’s second day with Brother Firetribe, Tarot, Huora, Klamydia, Suburban Tribe, Sonata Arctica and Apulanta was just as much fun as the first day!
In the beginning of last week, a sold out On The Rocks in Helsinki truly got warmed up for the upcoming Tuska Festival when the legendary Suburban Tribe played their first show in over 13 years! If you’re at Tuska today, they are a must-see… see you at the Radio City Stage by 19:15!
Fans were definitely ready to “FACE IT”, the show with Nothing More, Veil Of Maya and Of Virtue, that is! Concert-goers were lined down the sidewalk and around the block in anticipation of the concert at Kemba Live in Columbus, Ohio. And what a fantastic night it became!
Dear Mother held 4 Dutch club shows to promote the release of their new EP ‘Necessary Darkness’ with the Finnish Luna Kills invited as support for what would be their first shows outside their country, setting the stage for future international endeavors!
At the beginning of March, Amaranthe, Dragonforce and Infected Rain brought quite the spectacle to thousands of fans gathered in Helsinki’s Black Box Jäähalli venue!
The “Back to the 2000s Tour” has been going strong in the US territories, taking people back to the good old days of nu metal and alternative metal/rock and Ozzfest with stellar shows from The Union Underground, SOiL, Ra and Flaw! We caught the stop at Piere’s in Fort Wayne, IN!
With mind-blowing energy and pure anticipation, Esprit D’air blew the roof off Northumbria University with Diamond Black supporting!
Enter Shikari dropped by the Zenith Kulturhalle in Munich, Germany and amazed with an electric show, supported by an explosive Fever 333 and the locals of Blackout Problems opening the night!
Cradle of Filth came by for a couple of sold out shows in Finland on their massive Europe tour with Wednesday 13 and Sick N’ Beautiful and we caught this spectacle at Tampere’s Pakkahuone a couple of weeks back!
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Tomorrow it’s again that time of the year: 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 if any are available still! Going from a great line-up, to Tuska KVLT, Tuska Expo expanding further and simply an amazing atmosphere! See you there!
For the third and last day of Alcatraz 2023, our team picked out 10 more bands we believe you shouldn’t miss out on with Serpents Oath, Archspire, Psychonaut, Mantah, Gaupa, Stake, Blind Guardian, Brutus, Killswitch Engage, and Holy Moses! Who are you especially looking forward to on the second day of the festival?
With less than 2 weeks to go, we put together 10 reasons why we think you should consider to still get yourself a ticket for Alcatraz 2023 and join in with the fun!
The first Tuska 2023 day is here! In a handful of hours the gates will open and 3 days of heavy music will begin! Besides the headliners and some big names, we’ve picked out about 10 bands and artists we believe you should give a shot while you’re at Tuska this weekend with Vended, Kouta, Foreseen and Miseria Ultima today, A.A. Williams, Orbit Culture, Dirt and Nakkeknækker tomorrow, and Vermilia and URNE on Sunday!
If you are still looking for a great summer destination, here are 10 festivals that might make Finland the ideal place to go for you with #Horizon23, Rockfest, Tuhdimmat Tahdit, Nummirock, Tuska, John Smith Festival, SaariHelvetti, Dark River Festival, Hellsinki Metal Festival and Flow Festival!
As the festival summer is quickly approaching, May sees many great releases yet again. Our team of writers put together a nice selection of those they are looking forward to the most this month with Deathstars, Cattle Decapitation, Veil Of Maya, The Dark Side Of The Moon, Ghost, Thulcandra, Frozen Soul, Sleep Token, Henget, Vomitory, Immortal, Kalmah and Legion Of The Damned!
2022 was yet again an exceptional year for music. After putting together the favorite releases of most of our members, we came to our editorial top featuring the latest releases from bands like Wolfheart, Muse, Ghost, Electric Callboy, Kreator, Malevolence, Heilung, Machine Head, Wiegedood, Psychonaut, Lorna Shore, Bad Omens, Sylvaine, Parkway Drive, Lamb Of God, Rammstein and Zeal & Ardor!
February has some great releases again, and we’re looking forward to albums from artists like Memoriam, In Flames, Paramore, dEUS, Mordkaul, Ulthar, Avatar, The Abbey, Insomnium, Host, Gorillaz and Heidevolk!
2023 starts off with quite the bang with new releases from VV, Anti-Flag, Imperium Dekadenz, Turmion Kätilöt, Katatonia, Kiberspassk, …and Oceans, Obituary, Suasion, Dropout Kings and Vėlių Namai!
Another week with amazing releases, check out the 13 singles that caught our attention with Rue Vox, Enter Shikari, …And Oceans, Aphyxion, Dirty Shirt, For I Am King, Hoaxed, Seas On The Moon, Stake, Suicide Silence, VV, Demeted and Tallah!
