Vana shared her latest new single ‘Bleeding Heart’ with a captivating video and inspired by the Lamprocapnos spectabilis flower, out now with Sumerian Records!
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GORE. unveiled their new EP ‘…Then You Cannot Love Me’ to be out early next month via Spinefarm Records and shared the video single ‘Crucified’! Catch them on tour with I Prevail in Europe starting tomorrow, don’t miss out!
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Outlier released their new single and video ‘Graveyard Masterpiece’, out now everywhere via Oxide Records and announced their upcoming tour with Dark Divine and Fire From The Gods!
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Last week, HOKKA shared the anthemic new single ‘Vampire’, featuring Samy Elbanna and Jussi 69, a perfect addition to your Halloween playlists, out now with Nuclear Blast!
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Last week, French heavy music outfit Novelists unleashed their latest new single and video ‘Ravage’, a track that has been catching quite some attention all around the world!
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Australian heavy act Future Static rage about oppression in the world today on their new single ‘Swing’, another track unveiled from their upcoming album ‘Ornaments & Memories’, out in November via Wild Thing Records!
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Finnish alternative metal outfit SARA announced their new album ‘Í heiminum’ to be out in January 2027 and unveiled the first single ‘Harhailija’!
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Danish metal outfit Gradience released their latest album ‘Anomaly’ with Metal Blade Records last Friday and has now shared a video for the track ‘Agony’!
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CONSVMER. shared their latest new single ‘Willenlos’ featuring Dogbite, a last track unveiled before the full album ‘Abgrund’ is out by the end of September with Out of Line Music!
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Modern metal outfit Siamese shared their latest new single ‘nevermore’, another highly relatable song from their recently released album ‘dissolution’, out with Long Branch Records!
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Gig Reports
After almost seven years, Northlane finally returned to Finland last month as the last stop of their European summer tour and they came back stronger than ever! Balance Breach got the night started before the Australian metalcore act turned the venue into a sea of moshpits and crowd surfers.
Electric Callboy keeps on growing and showed it off on the European leg of the “Tanzneid World Tour” with an epic show full of hits and special moments! And with the support of metalcore superstars Bury Tomorrow and alt-metal upstarts Wargasm, it was a great night showing the future of further popularizing heavy music!
Luna Kills has been showing off their new album ‘Deathmatch’ to Europe, and we caught them at their stop in Belgium, at Club Hell in Diest, with the support of Dutch alt-metal upstarts Pacemaker!
Eluveitie proved to us to be in top form when they dropped by in Helsinki at the end of January on their “ÀNV Rising- Europe pt I” tour with the support of the always energetic Infected Rain and first time visitors Ad Infinitum! An event by TuskaLive.
Papa Roach’s Rise of the Roach Tour made a stop in Brussels to set Forest National on fire together with the help of support act Wage War.
Smash Into Pieces and Cyan Kicks are taken over the world one gig at a time, steadily increasing their following and crowds. And these bands filling up Tampere’s Pakkahuone for a night of great fun was a testament to the success of both bands!
With 3 bands being shining lights for (the future of) metal, and all 3 of them having a brand-new album in their pocket, Amaranthe, Dragonforce and Infected Rain turned Black Box Helsinki into a true celebration of heavy music about a month ago!
Cradle of Filth has been showing Europe why they are considered legends of the metal scene and killed it at the stop in Tampere, Finland where we caught their show at a packed Pakkahuone. And with the very special guests Wednesday 13 playing Murderdolls and Sick ‘n Beautiful, it was a night that many won’t forget soon!
Tesseract came, saw, and absolutely conquered with a mesmerizing and mindblowing set of music at Tavastia in Helsinki, and with them they brought Unprocessed and The Callous Daoboys for a night of proggy delights!
After a long wait we finally got a regular Sonata Arctica gig again in Finland as they kicked off their “Arctic Storm Finland tour 2023”. At the end of September, they hit the stage in Tampere’s Pakkahuone, together with Reckless Love and Luna Kills. A great night organised by TuskaLive and Grey Beard Concerts and Management.
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Rising Australian alt-metal stars Northlane brought their European summer tour to a close in Helsinki, ending the run with a final show at Tavastia. With local metalcore outfit Balance Breach joining them for the evening, the historic venue provided the setting for one last night of heavy music before the tour wrapped up!
The smaller stages were anything but quiet on day two! 🔥 He Who Dwells, Alyxx, Forge The Sun, Approaching Autumn and Set It Off, among others kept Upheaval Festival rocking.
From mosh pits and conga lines to hard rock, alt metal and genre-blending performances, the Lookout and Rising Stages had plenty to offer on day one of Upheaval Festival. Relive sets by Kingdom Collapse, Zero 9:36, Normundy and Izzy Reign in our photo report.
Smoke and poor air quality couldn’t stop day one of Upheaval Festival. LANDMVRKS, Story Of The Year, Poppy, and Gojira put on unforgettable shows on the Upheaval Stage!
Another day of Ankea, another collection of memorable performances. Check out our Day 2 Factory Stage gallery featuring Royal Sorrow, Bruce Soord, Vermilia, A.A. Williams, Sylvaine and Oranssi Pazuzu! 📸🤘
Day 2 at Ankea brought plenty of atmosphere and progressive sounds to the Ankea Stage. Check out our latest photo report featuring Rioghan, Ihlo, Green Carnation, Textures and Katatonia! 📸🤘
THE PRETTY WILD fired up the room — HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD blew the roof off. A great night of dynamic performances and a blend of rap-metal, nu-metal and a variety of other styles created a massive excitement. The Im Wizemann venue was sold for a long time already and the room packed up to the last bit of space. After the show was over you did know why!
Genre-bending chaos, huge smiles and absolute mayhem! Knosis and Paledusk turned Kavka Zappa in Antwerp into one unforgettable night.
Saturday at the Clyde Theatre it Smelled Like a Freakshow with Avatar rolling into Fort Wayne with their “Don’t Go In The Forest tour”, bringing along the amazing Italian symphonic death metallers Fleshgod Apocalpyse and Texan death metal grinders Frozen Soul!
The Infected Rain and Butcher Babies co-headline “Mutation Phase in Europe tour” dropped by at DVG Club in Kortrijk for an amazing night of modern metal, supported by Black Spikes!
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