Finnish powerhouse Bloodred Hourglass are returning with their seventh studio album ‘We Should Be Buried Like This’, out coming October via Out of Line Music! Pre-orders are open right now!
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News Posts
Finnish rockers The Rasmus shared the new track ‘Love Is A Bitch’, a “wildcard” track for the band, from their upcoming new album ‘WEIRDO’, set for release in September via Better Noise Music!
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Melodic death metal icons Mors Principium Est shared with ‘Monuments’ another track from their upcoming highly-anticipated album ‘Darkness Invisible’, set for release in September via Perception Label!
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Royal Sorrow shared a music video for the song ‘Samsara’ recently with InsideOutMusic, just before their very first show at this year’s Tuska! Catch them this autumn on tour through Europe with Leprous and Gåte!
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Finnish blackened sludge outfit Trypanon announce their new album ‘Through the Portal of Flesh to Achieve Divinity’ to be out in September via Time To Kill Records and unleashed a first single with ‘Veiled In Shadows’!
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Melodic metal band Dead End Finland released the new single and music video ‘The Reason’, part of their upcoming sixth studio album to be out later this year via Inverse Records!
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Finnish melodic death metal powerhouse Warmen continue their furious rise with one of their heaviest tracks to date: ‘Nine Lives’! Another track from the upcoming album ‘Band Of Brothers’, set for release in August with Reaper Entertainment!
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Auri is reaching out to touch your soul yet again with the release of their single ‘Museum Of Childhood’, the 2nd track to be unveiled of their highly anticipated upcoming album ‘III – Candles & Beginnings’, out in August with Nuclear Blast!
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Finnish melodic metal band Unén announced the release of their debut album ‘Forever Winter’ in August with Frontiers Music and shared the track ‘Black Heart’! Catch them tonight live at On The Rocks in Helsinki!
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Finnish symphonic metal band Viimeinen Oodi Vapaudelle unveils hauntingly epic new single ‘Ballade of the Arctic Traveller’!
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Album Reviews
Nightwish brings out a compilation album of the past 20 years, yet it’s not just another compilation. Find out here why.
Shiraz’ 2nd is here and it rocks like never before! The next big step for these young guys has been taken…
Are you guys ready for a real folk metal party? Check out on the Finnish band Verikalpa bringing their debut album.
Thaurorod wants you to join them on their journey to the Coast Of Gold. Are you ready to sail with them?
I took them 13 years to release a demo and a single, but here’s the first album!
Finnish death doom masters Hooded Menace return with crushing somberness, travelling to new heights of ultimate despair and grotesque.
Psychedelic rock from Finland that’ll take you on a trip through their weird tales back to the sixties!
Finnish solo artist and multi-instrumentalist Jay Ray has finally released his debut album! Sit back, close your eyes and be impressed by his creations…
Possibly the birth of the next big thing in “vintage rock” is to be found in Finland, check out their groovy, heavy rock now!
The already great doom outfit Clouds gathered some guest vocalists to raise the bar for this year’s doom metal releases, even in all the sadness and sorrow there’s always a silver lining to be found…
Photo Reports
Pictures of the artists on the main stage of the second day of Tuska 2024, with VOLA, Tarot, Stam1na, Amorphis and Bring Me The Horizon!
Pictures of the artists on the Radio City and OPEN AIR II stage of the second day of Tuska 2024, with Ankor, Devourment, Make Them Suffer and Turmion Kätilöt!
Pictures of the artists on the Radio City and OPEN AIR II stage of the first day of Tuska 2024, with I Am The Night, Infected Rain, Suburban Tribe, GHØSTKID and Zeal & Ardor!
Pictures of the artists on the main stage of the first day of Tuska 2024, with Lord of the Lost, Alestorm, Kerry King, Dimmu Borgir and Pendulum!
In the beginning of last week, a sold out On The Rocks in Helsinki truly got warmed up for the upcoming Tuska Festival when the legendary Suburban Tribe played their first show in over 13 years! If you’re at Tuska today, they are a must-see… see you at the Radio City Stage by 19:15!
Apocalyptica came, saw and conquered our hearts with their renditions of even more Metallica songs from their latest album, brought to us in the middle of the chaos that was Metallica weekend in Helsinki!
Pictures of The Darkness at Helsinki’s Kulttuuritalo with the support of Shiraz Lane.
Back in March, we found the popular Danish black metal outfit Afsky teaming up with the just as popular Finns of Havukruunu for a co-headline tour in Finland with the support of Qwälen, bringing one of the most progressively welcoming black metal shows to On The Rocks in Helsinki!
Steve ‘n’ Seagulls came to Tampere’s G Livelab in the beginning of June and united people of all ages with their light-hearted music and bluegrass/country takes on rock and metal classics!
In the beginning of March, we caught the Finnish melodeath band As The Sun Falls playing a show at On The Rocks in Helsinki with the support of Innersphere! We’ll get to welcome As The Sun Falls at our very own Asgaard venue in a couple of weeks, so go have a look what you can expect!
Gig Reports
Crimson Sun and Red Moon Architect came together and played a streaming concert for the whole world to enjoy and show the talent that lives in Finland!
Amorphis couldn’t celebrate their 30th anniversary with their fans as planned, so they decided to at least have a streaming event…
Masters of melancholic melodic death metal, Insomnium, bring their masterpiece ‘Winter’s Gate’ live through a streaming concert and we were there!
The monsters have gathered to play some songs, answer some questions and show you around in their home town. Get ready for Lordi’s live stream event!
Lost Society released an impressive album with ‘No Absolution’ and they clearly couldn’t wait to play their new songs live… so here is a live stream album release show!
By performing ‘Mestarin Kynsi’ in full, Oranssi Pazuzu brought the cosmic soundscapes of their psychedelic and progressive black metal into our living rooms
Swallow The Sun took us on a magical and beautiful ride with their acoustic live show, a truly soothing concert for these times of crisis.
Freakangel is back in the neighborhood, baby! Let’s get those beats cranking and get to that party! Check out the report!
Nervosa came back to Finland and kicked absolute ass at a show that felt as if we were at one of those legendary underground shows people still talk about decades after!
Icon For Hire came back to Finland again after 6 years of absence to bring a night of energetic and emotional rock songs!
