News Posts

Metalcore supergroup Alleviate shared a music video for the new single ‘Better’, out now via Arising Empire. A track serving as an inspiring call to action for us to face our fears and chase our dreams!

syk signed to Season of Mist ahead of the release of their new and fourth album ‘eartHFlesh’! Stay tuned for further updates and first new tracks!

TesseracT announced new album ‘War Of Being’ to be released in September via Kscope and unleashed the incredible title track as a first taste! And if that’s not enough, they’ve slapped us in the face with a massive world tour starting this October in the US!

Saudi Arabia based one-man prog metal unit Dusk unveiled the 1st single ‘Lethal Perspectives’ featuring Aron Harris from Solemn Vision, a track from the upcoming ‘Spectrums’ album!

Danish up-and-comers of CABAL unleashed the absolutely banging track ‘Magno Inferitus’, featuring Fit For An Autopsy’s Joe Bad!

New Finnish festival Hellsinki Metal Horizons added 7 more names to what promises to be a mind-bending experience!

Twelve Foot Ninja released the video that goes along with the ‘Over and Out’ track ft. Tatiana Shmayluk from Jinjer! You’ll never look at Vegemite the same again!

Something to excited about: Jinjer has finally revealed details about their 4th album and released a brand new first track and video with ‘Vortex’!

Monuments release their 2nd track ever featuring vocalist Andy Cizek and the glorious return of drummer Mike Malyan. Get ready to get heavy!

Cabal releases a brand new video for the re-recorded track ‘Innocent Blood’, featuring Jason Evans of Ingested!

Gig Reports

Tesseract came, saw, and absolutely conquered with a mesmerizing and mindblowing set of music at Tavastia in Helsinki, and with them they brought Unprocessed and The Callous Daoboys for a night of proggy delights!

Back in March, Leprous dropped by Vanha Ylioppilastalo in Helsinki on their “Aphelion European Tour” and swept us away with a night of exceptional music, supported by Monuments and Kalandra.

The Mighty Meshuggah showed us that the grey foxes hasn’t lost their tricks. The godfathers of djent are still an exceptional band.

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!

Monuments came back to Finland after seven long years, so we just had to be there to enjoy the proggy metalcore greats from the UK!

Leprous shined as a diamond during their passage at the Biebob together with their friends of Agent Fresco, Alithia and Astrosaur. Our reporter enjoyed it and now you can enjoy it too.

Periphery kicked some serious ass at the Trix Club in Antwerp. Our GRIMM reporter tells you all about it

Photo Reports

The UK progressive metallers Tesseract were touring around Europe to present their latest release ‘War of Being’, bringing a visual and musical delight to a packed Tavastia in Helsinki! With them, they brought the German proggers of Unprocessed and US mathcore up-and-comers of The Callous Daoboys!

The Technikum venue in Munich was completely filled with musicians and aspiring musicians, to welcome the virtuosity and weight of Animals As Leaders, who came very well accompanied by the Swedes Allt last week!

Leprous always stand for an exceptional live show and musical experience. Add to that Monuments and Kalandra, and we were in for a fantastic night at Helsinki’s Vanha Ylioppilastalo!

The biggest Metal Circus on the planet came through Munich and did some damage. The Swedish Avatar are tricky, and brought with them Veil of Maya and Kassogtha for a banger of a show at the Neue Theaterfabrik!

The North-American metalcore stars Atreyu and modern metallers on the rise Jinjer warmed up for Bullet for My Valentine at Zenith in Munich, Germany!

Pictures of the second day of Knotfest Finland that topped everything of the day before on all levels with kings of metal Slipknot, joined by bands like Shiraz Lane, Tesseract, Stoned Statues, Cradle of Filth, Medeia, Bring Me The Horizon, and Moon Shot!

Danish prog outfit VOLA came to a stage nearby to play their new music and brought along their friends of Port Noir and Atlas!

The 3rd and last day of Tuska 2019 was a good moment to chill out a bit, but still had some impressive artists!

Arch Enemy played a near sold out show in 013 in Tilburg, if you didn’t get to be there, this was our impression!

Previews

The first edition of brand-new festival Hellsinki Metal Festival is quickly approaching and they’ve constantly been sharing more details and updates. So it was about time to gather what we already know about the fest in a preview…