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Sci-Fi alt-metallers Sick N’ Beautiful are back with their latest single ‘My Wounds’, released via Frontiers Music just in time for their European tour supporting Cradle of Filth and Wednesday 13 that started last Monday! Don’t miss out!

German nu metal band Oceans released their new singles ‘Slave To The Feed’ (featuring MISSTIQ and Josh Collard from Earth Caller) and ‘Breed Consume Die’ and a video for the first single!

Australian metalcore force Alienist announced their debut EP ‘LOVE/HATE’ to be released in March via UNFD and shared the video single ‘Distorted Reflections’!

Melbourne metal outfit Banks Arcade released their new EP ‘DEATH 2’ via UNFD last week and shared a trippy video for their track ‘Roulette’!

Finnish alternative metal outfit Stråle released their new single ‘Close Is Not Enough’, a taste of their upcoming album that is to be released later this year via FDA Records. Catch them live in Finland or at the end of the year on the Motocultor Across Europe Tour with Orphaned Land, Dirty Shirt, Royal Rage and Ring Of Gyges!

Aussie metalcore behemoths Alpha Wolf announced their upcoming brand-new album ‘Half Living Things’, set for release in April via Greyscale Records and SharpTone Records, and shared their explosive new single ‘Sucks 2 Suck’ featuring the legendary Ice-T!

Bad Omens and Poppy join forces on the new single ‘V.A.N’, out now via Sumerian Records right before their joint European tour starts this Saturday in Berlin!

Profiler brings back that sound of the contagious nineties Seattle grunge movement and the explosion of nu metal dominating the 00s and shared the third and last single ‘Operator’ in anticipation of their debut album ‘A Digital Nowhere’ set for release next month via SharpTone Records!

SoCal alt-metal foursome Alien Ant Farm are back after a long musical hibernation with the single ‘So Cold’ and the announcement of their new album ‘~mAntras~’ being released in April independently!

Platinum-selling rock juggernaut P.O.D. has officially announced their upcoming new album ‘Veritas’ to be released in May via Mascot Records and unleashed an absolute anthem with the single ‘I Won’t Bow Down’!

Photo Reports

Welcoming events that try to bring something different and out of the norm to Finland, we went to the second night of the club festival Hellsinki Techfest with Sirkuit Preiker, Khroma, Balance Breach and Hacktivist back in September for some killer music and high energy!

Nonpoint, one of our photographers’ favorite bands to see live, made a stop at The Eclectic Room in Angola, Indiana on their “The Milliion Watts Tour 2023” and with the help of (hed)pe, Sumo Cyco and VRSTY turned the night in an absolute barn burner!

Shereign finished off their year with a gig at Tampere YO-Talo on December 9th, organized by Nem Agency. They brought along Ikinä, Everwave and Lastout to make the night complete with up-and-coming Finnish artists.

The second night of John Smith Rock Frozen 2023 was pretty epic with some of the best of the Finnish scene with Red Eleven, Kiuas, Finntroll, Turmion Kätilöt and headliners Amorphis! Throw on top of that the Swedish up-and-comers of Orbit Culture, and you know it was good!

Close to the end of the year 2023 there was an event that has left headbangers around the world in ecstatic anticipation—the Fear Factory ‘DisrupTour 2023’. This monumental tour brings together a powerhouse line-up featuring the ferocious Butcher Babies, Ignea and Ghosts of Atlantis. As these bands join forces, they promise to deliver an unforgettable experience for metal enthusiasts, showcasing a diverse range of styles within the genre.

The last Wednesday night of November at The Clyde Theatre in Fort Wayne, Indiana was definitely NOT a “Nightmare” or a cause for “Panic” for fans anxiously waiting to catch a stop on the “Blackout Tour” with From Ashes to New, The Word Alive, Catch Your Breath and Ekoh!

Smash Into Pieces have become quite the force to be reckoned with in the heavy music scene and together with Cyhra, they set Tavastia in Helsinki ablaze a couple of months ago!

A hot and sweaty night in the Halle room of the Backstage club in Munich. Fear Factory are back in a big way, and they were joined by Butcher Babies, Ignea and Ghosts of Atlantis, bringing quite the package with the “Disruptour” all over Europe!

The pictures of a wild night with Mors Subita, Shereign and I Am Your God at On The Rocks in Helsinki!

Gig Reports

At the “Does This Look All Killer No Filler tour” stop at Vorst Nationaal in Brussels, Cassyette provided us with something new to check out while Simple Plan and Sum 41 provided a true trip though memory lane.

The co-headline tour of Dark Tranquillity and Ensiferum made a stop in Helsinki with support from Marianas Rest and Gwendydd and packed Vanha Ylioppilastalo to the brim for a night of pure and wholesome energy to lift our spirits!

A night to remember! Shaman’s Harvest, Crobot, Any Given Sin and Hell Came Home all killed it with their shows at the Rockstar Lounge in Ft. Wayne, Indiana with each their own signature style and genre!

The report of an amazing night with shows from Breaking Benjamin, Seether, Starset and Lacey Sturm in Fort Wayne, IN!

Nightwish finally get to embark on their ‘Human. :||: Nature.’ World Tour and we were there for the Helsinki show!

We caught Tantric with KrashKarma, This Day Forever and Twenty-Second Dimension at The King of Clubs in Columbus, OH!

After an impressive release last year, VOLA came to our neighborhood to bring their intricate music live, with the support of Port Noir and Atlas!

We had quite a blast at the St. Paddy’s Day Party at The King of Clubs in Columbus, Ohio with great bands, headed by the ever amazing Nonpoint!

Temple Balls finally gets to play their new music at On The Rocks and brought along the rising youngsters of St. Aurora for their debut show!

A lovely live event with Evanescence, one of those bands that has been around for ages and still cranks out quality music time after time.