Extreme metal icons Samael are back with their new single and video ‘Hidden Empire’, the second track featured on their upcoming limited 12″ maxi single vinyl, set for release in April via Napalm Records!
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Extreme metal legends Nunslaughter announced their new album ‘Satanic Chaos Legions’ to be out with BLKIIBLK in June and shared the title track as a first single with a music video!
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Blackened death supergroup Gravemass just ignited their reign of brutality by releasing their debut album ‘This Is The Way’ yesterday on Endgame Records!
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A song about the deepest depths of despair – Finnish extreme metal band Saasta releases second single ‘The Envy’ from their upcoming album ‘Cesspool’, set to be out in May with Inverse Records!
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Hellsinki Metal Festival has completed its 2026 line-up with the addition of Paradise Lost, Carcass, Cryptopsy, Unleashed, Mawiza, Sanguisugabogg, Omnium Gatherum, Kalmah, Assemble the Chariots, Cyan Kicks, Tungsten, Sepulchral Curse, Orly, Horizon Ignited, Misþyrming, and VREID!
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Gaerea release new single ‘Nomad’ from their upcoming album ‘Loss’, out in March with Century Media Records!
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Polish extreme metal pioneers Behemoth have unleashed a stunning and fierce new music video for the track ‘Nomen Barbarvm’, from their latest album ‘The Shit Ov God’, in anticipation of touring starting in about a week!
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Greek symphonic extreme metallers W.E.B. unveiled the live video for ‘Dragona’, a track that will be featured on their first ever live album ‘Darkness Alive’, out in February via Metal Blade Records!
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Extreme metal outfit Blood Of Angels release new single ‘The Last Rites’, offering a first lok into their upcoming new album ‘Les Agnst ov Thanatou’, set for release in June!
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New Hampshire experimental extreme metal trio Agenbite Misery have unveiled ‘Circe’, the latest single from their upcoming debut album ‘Remorse of Conscience’, out in a couple of weeks!
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Photo Reports
In 2025 Anna/ScarletMemory Photography covered again tons of bands and events both in Finland and Germany with her favorite captures being of shows from Amoral, Apocalyptica, Apulanta, Battle Beast, Blind Guardian, Bloodred Hourglass, Bush, Catch Your Breath, Cemetery Skyline, Cyan Kicks, Finntroll, Hammerfall, In Flames, Indica, Leverage, Lordi, Michael Monroe, Nothing More, Popeda, Powerwolf, Sabaton, Shade Empire, Sonata Arctica, The Legendary Orchestra, The Rock Orchestra, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Toto, Volbeat and Wednesday 13.
The last stop, and no holding back. Cradle of Filth closed their “Splintered in Winter Tour” in Antwerp, with a crushing set from special guests and death metal legends Suffocation and a striking Belgian debut by the Australian misfits of Mélancolia.
On the European leg of the “Death Above Life world tour”, Orbit Culture made a stop at Trix in Belgium with their special guests Gaerea and openers Atlas. We were there!
Day 3 at Tolminator had it all, chaos, doom, filth, and ritual. Insanity Alert, Ahab, Dopethrone, Wolfbrigade, and Rotting Christ tore up the main stage!
Tolminator isn’t just about the bands. It’s about the people who make it unforgettable. This year, our team (with trainee Nox and resident photographer Tom) captured the heart and soul of the festival: the faces, the chaos, the calm by the Soča river. Check out our photo gallery celebrating the spirit of Tolminator 2025!
The Obscure and Octagon stages delivered some of the most intense sets of Day 1 at Brutal Assault 2025. From the triumphant return of 3 Inches of Blood to the symphonic fury of Fleshgod Apocalypse, the crushing weight of Inter Arma, the haunting doom of Frayle, the occult darkness of Ruïm, and the mind-bending chaos of Oranssi Pazuzu, it was truely a journey through the extremes of heavy music!
Day 1 of Brutal Assault 2025 set the tone right away with a good mix of legends and crushing heaviness. From the epic Viking soundscapes of Skálmöld to the industrial grooves of Static-X, the unrelenting brutality of Dying Fetus, the thrash assault of Kerry King, and the dark rituals of Rotting Christ, the Marshall and Sea Shepherd stages started off the festival properly.
From ritual to symphonic extremity. Afsky, Vermilia and Septicflesh bringing different visions of darkness and extreme metal to the Coolhead Live concert series under a bright summer sky.
Tuska 2025 kicked off in full force on the main stage. From Horizon Ignited opening the day to Electric Callboy, Cradle of Filth, Knocked Loose, and headliners In Flames, Friday delivered from start to finish.
Sun, sweat, and steel… Rockfest 2025 opened in style in Turku. H.E.A.T. brought the fire, Sepultura gave Finland their final bow, and Judas Priest proved once more why they’re the Metal Gods.
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