Tunisian progressive metal band Myrath are back with their stunning new single ‘Until The End’, featuring Amaranthe’s Elize Ryd, and are announcing their new album ‘Wilderness of Mirrors’ to be released in March 2026 via earMUSIC!
Links
News Posts
Charlotte Wessels shared the new single ‘Backup Plan’ featuring Asger Mygind from VOLA, part of her recently released deluxe edition of ‘The Obsession’ to celebrate its 1 year anniversary, out with Napalm Records! Catch her live in Europe next year as support for the Epica/Amaranthe “Arcane Dimensions Tour”!
Links
Swedish melodic metal supergroup Cyhra are continuing to take the metal world by storm by recently releasing another new single ‘Mark Of My Sins’, out via Reigning Phoenix Music!
Links
Tampere, Finland-based festival Tuhdimmat Tahdit completed the 2025 line-up with the addition of legendary power metal band Blind Guardian as headliner for the Saturday, plus Amaranthe, Lordi, Michael Monroe, Turmion Kätilöt, Moon Shot and Black Devils! Get your tickets now!
Links
Amaranthe released their new album ‘The Catalyst’ today via Nuclear Blast and unleashed a video for the title track to celebrate! Catch them on tour in Europe with Dragonforce and Infected Rain right now!
Links
Amaranthe, one of Sweden’s most influential modern metal bands, kicks off 2024 with the crushing pop metal song ‘Re-Vision’, the 4th single from their upcoming album ‘The Catalyst’, set for release next month via Nuclear Blast!
Links
Dragonforce unveiled an alternate version of their recent single ‘Doomsday Party’, featuring Elize Ryd from Amaranthe on vocals, a perfect preparation for their upcoming co-headline Europe tour! And a track from the upcoming album ‘Warp Speed Warriors’, set for release in March 2024 via Napalm Records!
Links
The popular Swedish band Amaranthe unleashed another catchy single with ‘Outer Dimensions’, a track from their upcoming album ‘The Catalyst’, set for release via Nuclear Blast in February 2024! Which is also the month they start their extensive European co-headline tour with Dragonforce!
Links
Swedish modern metal powerhouse Amaranthe unleashed the new single ‘Insatiable’, another track from their upcoming album ‘The Catalyst’, set for release in February 2024 via Nuclear Blast! Catch them live at John Smith Frozen this December or on their co-headline Europe tour with Dragonforce next year!
Links
Amaranthe introduces their new vocalist Mikael Sehlin to the world with the brand-new single and video ‘Damnation Flame’!
Links
Photo Reports
We, yet again, had a blast enjoying this year’s edition of Tuhdimmat Tahdit, which brought Finntroll, Kilpi, Mustasch, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Lordi, Amaranthe and HammerFall to Tampere’s Eteläpuisto on the first day!
In Tom VM’s favorite pictures of the year shows off his captures of bands like Amorphis, Beyond the Black, Bury Tomorrow, Dimmu Borgir, Infected Rain, Lost Society, Opeth, Tarot, Vola, Zeal and Ardor, Amaranthe, Ankor, Beast in Black, Charlotte Wessels, Dark Tranquillity, Dear Mother, Draconian, Dragonforce, Epica, Europe, Feuerschwanz, Gene Simmons Band, Jinjer, Marco Mendoza, Moonspell, Saxon, Testament, Vandenberg and Luna Kills, of which some pictures have never before seen on our site!
We caught Amaranthe and Dragonforce on their co-headline European tour at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium, with special guest Infected Rain for a night of high energy metal music!
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!
Metal bands on the rise Amaranthe and Beyond The Black have been on a co-headline tour through Europe with support from Butcher Babies and Ad Infinitum. And we were at their stop at Trix in Antwerp, Belgium to celebrate these talented men and women!
Sabaton came all the way from Sweden with their theatrics and pyrotechnics to almost literally set Antwerps biggest venue on fire and brought Amaranthe and Apocalyptica to heat things up even more.
The first day of Rockfest madness was one to remember, with the very first European Slipknot show in years! Check the pics here!
Since last year Finland is yet another big rock and metal event richer. The Rock Fest immediately caught the attention of people all over the country and far beyond those borders with big names like Rammstein and Evanescence gracing the line-up. Despite quite a few obvious flaws and bugs in the organisation, it was an overwhelming succes […]
The debut show of Cyhra was quite the event and support bands Eyes Wide Open & Ember Falls made it even more interesting!
Come and check out the awesome pictures we have of the ever cool Celts from Eluveitie and the modern metallists of Amaranthe!
Lists
If you are still looking for a great summer destination, here are 12 festivals that might make Finland the ideal place to go for you this year with Sonic Rites this weekend, Rockfest, Tuhdimmat Tahdit, Nummirock, Tuska, John Smith Festival, SaariHelvetti, Dark River Festival, Hellsinki Metal Festival, the CoolHead Live concert series, Sastamalan Torijuhlat and Hevipäivät!
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 with Helsinki Techfest and Kaamos Metal Cruise already this weekend, HKI SKEPU FEST V, Lost In Music, Steelchaos, Hellsinki Industrial Festival 2023, Fall Fest 2023, Black Box Mikkeli, Melancholy Mass Festival 2023 and Unholy Winter Fest!
It wasn’t all bad in 2020. Although it seemed like that sometimes. An example are these awesome albums that were released this year. The bands couldn’t tour, but I’m sure they will the first moment they can. Enjoy!
A list of albums of the year 2018 that mostly seems to revolve around energy and emotions, check it out!
Festival Reports
One of our writers went to Graspop Metal Meeting this year, and wrote down some of her favorite experiences of day 1 with Amaranthe, Bury Tomorrow, Kerry King, Babymetal and Alice Cooper!
Links
The first day of Rockfest madness was one to remember, with the very first European Slipknot show in years!
Only the 2nd edition of The Rock Fest in Finland and we were in for one hell of a massive event!
Gig Reports
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!
One of our reporters got to fulfill her dream to see a show at the legendary Palladium on Time Square while she was in New York City and caught great shows from Dragonforce, Amaranthe, Nanowar of Steel and Edge of Paradise ripping it up, turning the night into a celebration of heavy metal!
Sabaton’s The Great Tour has come to burn the place down in Het Sportpaleis in Belgium. They were all too happy to perform their songs in the country where it all happend. Support of Amaranthe and Apocalyptica
Eluveitie, Amaranthe and The Charm The Fury took the stage in the trix, leaving behind a night with mixed feelings.
Heavy metal? Hard rock? It doesn’t matter, as long as it’s heavy and grooves… Headbanger’s Balls Fest 2017 was again a great party!
