News Posts

Vaim Hull

Tuska shares first batch of names for 2026, spearheaded by the 2 confirmed headliners Bring Me The Horizon and Bad Omens!

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Headlining Tuska 2026 will be Bring Me The Horizon and Bad Omens, backed by a diverse first wave including The Plot In You, Blood Incantation, Queensrÿche, Kublai Khan TX, Malevolence, Soilwork, Rivers of Nihil, Ensiferum, Bloodred Hourglass, Majestica, Melrose Avenue, The Callous Daoboys and Neckbreakker!

We’re already getting excited for another memorable weekend of metal and alternative music in Helsinki! 3-day tickets are already available right now.

Which band are you looking forward to the most? Or still wishing for? Let us know in the comments!

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Vaim Hull

4th Brutal Assault band update with As I Lay Dying, Devin Townsend and Mayhem

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An early Christmas gift from Brutal Assault with the 4th load of names for the 2020 edition!

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Vaim Hull

First headliner and other bands for Brutal Assault 2018 announced!

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The first headliner for Brutal Assault 2018 is known! Together with a few more other bands for the line-up…

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Photo Reports

Emerik Siimessalmi

Blood Incantation (Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki) 21/04/2025

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The undoubted kings of psychedelic death metal of today, Blood Incantation destroyed Kulttuuritalo last April during their “Absolute Elsewhere Tour”.

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Gig Reports

Samoht

Blood Incantation (TRIX, Antwerp)-02/05/2025

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Blood Incantation’s latest album ‘Absolute Elsewhere’ has been heralded by many as the greatest extreme metal record of 2024. And quite justly so. Therefore, one should not pass up the opportunity to witness their cosmic magic with your own eyes and ears. Unsurprisingly, the gig at the Trix has been sold out for months already. With other acts Black Curse, Concrete Winds and Minami Deutsch it was truly an amazing night!

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Album Reviews

Maxen

Blood Incantation – Absolute Elsewhere

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Denver based death metal quartet Blood Incantation takes a porgy direction on its third studio album “Absolute Elsewhere” to convey a rewarding listening experience that can easily be nominated for the best death metal album of the year.

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Maxen

Blood Incantation – Timewave Zero

Blood Incantation on the newest EP bends time and space and offers a deep spiritual odyssey. A very high recommendation for fans of dungeon synth and ambient music.

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Maxen

Stormkeep – Galdrum

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Stormkeep on their debut EP album offers a decent performance for both fans of melodic black metal and dungeon synth daydreamers.

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Samoht

Wayfarer – A Romance with Violence

Buy a ticket on the Iron Horse and see the frontier of the old west in all its violent glory before it finally vanishes for the ‘Hell on Wheels’ that is Wayfarer’s ‘A Romance with Violence’.

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Maxen

Black Curse – The Endless Wound

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Black Curse manages to give each element a deserving focus. War metal, raw metal or primordial death metal: all these musical traits can be applied to what Black Curse has presented on their debut album.

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Maxen

Cosmic Putrefaction – The Horizons Towards Which Splendors Wither

Cosmic Putrefaction is somewhere in between the cosmic orbits of Tomb Mold’s album, ‘Manor of Infinite Forms’ and the semi-progression of Blood Incantation.

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Maxen

Warp Chamber – Implements of Excruciation

Warp Chamber bends time and space and manages to weave a monstrous death metal album.

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Maxen

Blood Incantation – Hidden History of the Human Race

Blood Incantation have definitely created one of the best albums of 2019. ‘Hidden History of the Human Race’ is laden with heavy and proggy death metal riffs, which are testament to the band’s prowess as tech death masters.

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Maxen

Nucleus – Entity

“Entity” is a strange blend of many complicated elements which are compiled on each other. This is a very odd approach to old school death metal.

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