News Posts

Brutal death metal rising stars Stabbing unleashed the pummeling title track from their upcoming album ‘Eon Of Obscenity’, which is set for release in January 2026 with Century Media!

Tuska just delivered an early Christmas gift by confirming 13 more names for the 2026 lineup with acts like Pain, D-A-D, Gatecreeper, The Funeral Portrait, aurorawave and of course a bunch of Finnish names again like Swallow The Sun, Survivors Zero, Kallomäki and more!

For those who missed it, Finntroll and …And Oceans frontman Mathias “Vreth” Lillmåns released his retrospective album ‘Remains’ at the end of last month! Covering 3 decades of his personal growth as a musican and vocalist, this is a great little piece of metal history to dig into!

Finnish death metal band Wounded In Forest unleashed their debut EP ‘Antihuman Artist’ yesterday via Inverse Records!

American death metal unit Malefic Throne reveals new track & lyric video ‘Athirst for Dissonance’ in anticipation of their debut album ‘The Conquering Darkness’ out next week via Agonia Records!

Worm signed to Century Media Records for the release of their new album ‘Necropalace’ in February 2026 and revealed the short film for the title track, taking us back to the obscure symphonic black metal tapes from the 90s and horror from the same era!

Dutch concept driven death metal band Black Rabbit is releasing a new EP ‘Warren Of Necrosis’ in December and unveiled the single ‘Initium Finis’ with an official music video as a teaser!

Last Friday, 1914 released their latest album ‘Viribus Unitis’ with Napalm Records and shared one last crushing single before with ‘1918 Pt 3: ADE (A Duty to Escape)’ featuring Aaron Stainthorpe and with an animated video!

Texas brutal death metal outfit Stabbing announce new album ‘Eon of Obscenity’ to be out in January 2026 via Century Media Records and unleash video single ‘Inhuman Torture Chamber’ as a first devastating taste of the pummeling that is to come!

Italian symphonic death metal outfit Genus Ordinis Dei unleashed their brand-new single ‘East of Eden’, the opening act of their upcoming concept album and opera ‘The Land East of Eden’ set for releasey in January 2026!

Gig Reports

From early ignition to full-scale eruption, Neckbreakker set the spark, Comeback Kid tore the room wide open, and Gojira turned a sold-out Zénith de Lille into something truly monumental. Innovation, intensity, and absolute commitment, this was Gojira on home soil at full force.

At the beginning of this month, Belgian metal supergroup Coffin Feeder set up shop in the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels and nearly destroyed the Club room, with the help of local support from Horrible!

Report of a killer night of extreme metal with co-headliners Benighted and Baest with special guest Coffin Feeder!

With Turmion Kätilöt you always get an amazing disko metal party and with supporting acts Japanese black metal outfit Sigh and the Finnish melancholics of Marianas Rest we got quite the diverse musical evening at Pakkahuone in Tampere, Finland to start a long Easter weekend! An event organized by Nem Agency.

Gig report of Turmion Kätilöt with Sigh and Marianas Rest in Pakkahuone on March 28th 2024 in Tampere (Finland), organized by Nem Agency.

Gig report of Turmion Kätilöt with Sigh and Marianas Rest in Pakkahuone on March 28th 2024 in Tampere (Finland), organized by Nem Agency.

Amorphis managed to captivate our reporter once again when attending to their stop at Pakkahuone in Tampere on their “Halo Finland 2023 Tour”, a wonderful night hosted by TuskaLive and Greybeard Concerts & Management.

The French symphonic melodic death metal outfit Aephanemer came to On The Rocks, saw a wild crowd and conquered everyone’s hearts! Here’s for hoping that they get to come back to Finland some time really soon! And local up-and-comers Numento definitely got us warmed up properly for the main event!

Nervosa came to On The Rocks in Helsinki to prove to us all that they are still a force to be reckoned with, even though the band is in yet another new iteration at the moment. With Prika on vocals, they sound as solid as ever, and killed it. Local heavy metal heroes Satan’s Fall were special guests and warmed us up nicely for the good old thrashing we were getting later.

Trivium and Heaven Shall Burn came to Finland to tear it up at Kulttuuritalo Helsinki, but not before Obituary and Malevolence softened up the crowd with some killer sets! An event by Live Nation Finland.

The kickoff of the European tour of Kataklysm came in a package of some old school Canadian death metal mixed with the Swedish melodic death metal of Soilwork topped with a sauce of the progressive antics of Wilderun. Quite a lot of variation which satisfied a lot of people. Make sure you catch this tour whenever it comes to a venue near you!

Amon Amarth and Machine Head came, saw and delivered! The ‘Vikings & Lionhearts tour’ made a stop in Helsinki, Finland and set the room on fire, quite literally… Support came from Swedish melodeath supergroup The Halo Effect.

Album Reviews

The latest full-length album “Gateway” of Montreal’s death metal formation Phobocosm conjure an eldritch and cavernous style of death metal. Out via Dark Descent Records since November 28th.

The fourth studio album “Viribus Unitis” of the Ukrainian war brigade 1914 continues with the conceptual theme of World War I. 1914 integrate powerful elements of blackened death, doom, and atmospheric textures. Out since November 14th, via Napalm Records.

Costa Rican death doom outfit Perishing delivers a prime example of guttural death doom on their debut ‘Malicious Acropolis Unveiled’. Out via Transcending Obscurity.

Melbourne based death metal brutes Vile Apparition return with the highly anticipated sophomore album ‘Malignity’. The quartet offers a classic aggressive delivery of Australia’s vile and monstrous death metal profanity. Out via Dark Descent Records and Me Saco Un Ojo Records since October 10th.

“Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration” is dark and crushingly heavy, and stands as a milestone in the band’s discography. Hooded Menace delivers a top performance and songwriting prowess in its most majestic and grandiose form. Out via Season of Mist on October 3rd.

“Ascension” somehow fulfills what “Obsidian” might have lacked; it’s another worthy entry in the band’s growing discography and redefines the modern gothic doom metal that is on par with other veterans like My Dying Bride. Out via Nuclear Blast Records since yesterday, September 19th.

Third studio album “Pain Effulgence” of Boston, Massachusetts death doom quartet Innumerable Forms is a crushing iteration of the classic sound of British and Finnish melancholic bands. Out now via Profound Lore Records since August 22nd.

Grand Cadaver’s ‘The Rot Beneath’ is what you get when a bunch of veterans from the Swedish death metal scene celebrate their love for the old school. Out via Majestic Mountain Records.

Unleashed on its fifteenth studio album “Fire Upon Your Lands” offers top-notch precision, raw aggression and raw ferocity of its Viking themed death metal style. Out now via Napalm Records since August 15th.

Helsinki-based death metal four-piece Malformed unleashes a solid and brutal record with ‘Confinement of Flesh”, tailored to meet the cadaverous old school style of Finnish bands. Out via Dark Descent Records.