News Posts

For those who somehow have missed the news, and are looking for some gloomy music, a new supergroup arose recently with Cemetery Skyline, featuring members of bands like Dark Tranquillity, Insomnium, Amorphis, The Abbey and more! Their first single ‘Violent Storm’ is out via Century Media Records, and catch their very first show at John Smith Rock Festival this summer!

Still about 10 months to go, Alcatraz has announced the first 50 confirmed acts for the 2024 edition of one of Belgium’s greatest rock and metal fests!

Only a day after the release of their new album ‘Moment’, Dark Tranquillity is playing the full album in a live stream!

Dark Tranquillity are set to return with a new record in November. In the meantime listen to their melodic new single: ‘Identical To None’.

Niklas Sundin releases more details about the upcoming album of his solo project Mitochondrial Sun, including a video of the opening track!

Melodic death metal legends of Dark Tranquillity officially announce their new album “Moment” with a first track revealing!

Reject The Sickness brings you a look into the psyche of youngsters with traumas in a melodic death/thrash metal jacket!

Lists

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!

Some good old familiars and a couple of big surprises made it to the albums of the year 2020 for Glenn!

Photo Reports

Amorphis came to show why they are one of Finland’s favorites and with them the folk metal legends Eluveitie ripped up the stage at Jäähalli in Helsinki, right after Dark Tranquillity and Nailed To Obscurity warmed up the crowd!

Eluveitie

Co-Headliners Eluveitie and Amorphis shared the stage with special guest Dark Tranquillity and warm-up act Nailed to Obscurity on their European tour and we caught them at l’Aéronef in Lille, France!

Dark Tranquillity and Ensiferum set Helsinki on fire with the help of supporting bands Marianas Rest and Gwendydd! And we were all too excited that concerts like they were before all this misery are happening again in full force! Moshpits, here we come!

A night of melodic death metal through our lens!

Gig Reports

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!

The Gothenburg masters of melo-death metal!

Festival Reports

Alcatraz was a blast! A covid-proof, restrictionless, metal-laden blast! Here’s the report of the second of three days of good ol’ festival fun.

GRIMM was present at Hellfest 2019, to enjoy some great shows and report on how of an amazing experience it was, yet again!

Album Reviews

Swedish melodeath veterans Dark Tranquillity are back with their 12th album baptized ‘Moment’ and it’s quite the release!