News Posts

Finnish doom-laden death metal force Marianas Rest have released their new album ‘The Bereaved’ last Friday via Noble Demon and shared a video for the track ‘Again Into The Night’ to celebrate!

Finnish rising black metal force Qwälen unleashed their latest single ‘Kiviä ja luita’ earlier this month, another track from their upcoming album ‘Veri Virtaa Edelleen’, set for release in March via Time To Kill Records!

Finnish hardcore unit Rats Will Feast are releasing their new EP ‘An Evocation’ in April via Time To Kill Records!

Finland’s Lost Society announce their new album ‘Hell Is A State Of Mind’, out in March with Nuclear Blast and unleashed the single and video ‘Blood Diamond’! Catch them on tour right after the album release or this summer at for instance Tuska!

Finnish rock legends The 69 Eyes announced to have joined BLKIIBLK for their next chapter, and unveiled their new track ‘I Survive’ to celebrate, featuring American guitarist Steve Stevens!

Finnish rockers Temple Balls recently unveiled new single ‘Tokyo Love’, a track taken from their upcoming self-titled album, set for release next month via Frontiers Music!

HOKKA unleashes second single ‘Death by Cupid’s Arrow’, out now via Nuclear Blast! Catch them live for the first time in May at Tavastia in Helsinki or this summer at Finnish festivals like for instance Tuska!

Finnish prog outfit Canvas Of Silence unveils their new vocalist Aino Vuorenmaa with the new official video for ‘The Great Unknown’, a new version of the track that was featured on last year’s released debut album ‘As The World Tree Fell’, out with Rockshots Records!

Finnish blackened death metal band Karelian Warcry is set to release their third album this spring with Inverse Records and shared a taste with the single ‘Mielen rutto’!

Finnish melodic death metal act Obscure Fate released their 2nd single ‘Poison Throne’ from upcoming debut album ‘Shades of a Dying World’, set for release in March via Inverse Records!

Photo Reports


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Hip hop legend The Game dropped by Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, Finland to celebrate 20 years of ‘The Documentary’ with his fans. And what a party it was!

The pictures of the Enemy Inside show at On The Rocks in Helsinki, Finland.

Silent Planet came back to Europe with their “Superbloom” headline tour and brought with them Like Moths To Flames, VEXED and Avoid! We caught them in the beginning of February at Korjaamo in Helsinki for a great night of metalcore and alternative metal! Brought to us by TuskaLive!

Last month, both of our home countries met at a great event with some of the top of the underground metal scene like Unhoped, Rapid, Galvanizer and the very first appearance in Finland of the Belgian speed metallers of Bütcher!

Jonne Aaron seemed to radiate joy and happiness throughout his entire performance last week at Tavara-Asema in Tampere, Finland. I wish all artists would enjoy performing as much as he seemed to enjoy this gig.

Ankor has been getting a lot of attention and making new fans this past festival season in Europe, and it clearly got caught by TuskaLive as well, bringing this exciting group back to Helsinki for a completely sold-out and packed night at On The Rocks. And with the addition of special guests Conquer Divide and openers A Dark Reborn, the party was complete!

Last Friday, Stratovarius and Sonata Arctica came to Tampere’s fully packed Tavara-Asema for their “Nordic Power Titans tour 2025”. In addition, they also brought along Arion to warm up the room for them. While the sound wasn’t always quite on point, that didn’t stop the evening from being a great amount of fun. An event by Grey Beard Concerts & Management.

Eluveitie started 2025 with the first leg in Europe of their “ÀNV Rising” tour, with support from Infected Rain and Ad Infinitum, and we saw it was good at one of the first stops at Kulttuuritalo Helsinki back in January! An event by TuskaLive.

TOTO recently played a show at a full Nokia Arena in Tampere together with Christopher Cross, marking the end of their ‘The Dogz Of Oz’ European Tour. The evening delivered a great feeling of nostalgia.

Finnish “disko metal” icons Turmion Kätilöt, together with King Satan, turned Tampere’s Tavara-Asema into a steaming hot party on last week’s Saturday night. An event by Nem Agency.

Interviews

We talked with Aarni and Jaakko from Block Buster about their new album and more!

We had a chat with Normandie about their music, touring and more!

We’ve been a long time fan of the Finnish comic book artist JP Ahonen. Mostly famous for his Belzebubs web series, he has other amazing works like ‘Sing No Evil’ […]

We talked with Espoo, Finland based brewery Fat Lizard Brewing Co. and Children Of Bodom about their collab craftbeer “Lake Bodom pre-prohibition lager”!

We talked with Espoo, Finland based brewery Fat Lizard Brewing Co. and Children Of Bodom about their collab craftbeer “Lake Bodom pre-prohibition lager”!

Industrial mastermind Author & Punisher talks custom-built machines, songwriting evolution, and why genre should never limit creativity.

We had a nice little chat with Sami about Hellfest, his love for France and how the music scene is in his home country Finland…

We had a nice little chat with Sami about Hellfest, his love for France and how the music scene is in his home country Finland…

From viral concept to international festival act — Dark Vader explains how Galactic Empire balances absurdity, musicianship, and fandom while bringing John Williams’ legendary compositions to metal stages worldwide.

Now that Finnish Melodic death metal band Mors Subita released their third full lenght. we couldn’t help but to send them some questions regarding the new album as well as some other stuff. check it out.