Last week, the Finnish melodic modern metal band Weightless World officially unleashed their sophomore full-length album ‘Sleepwalker’ upon the world via Inverse Records! We recommend you to give it a listen!
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A couple of days ago, Tuska announced a 2nd batch of confirmed names for the 2024 edition, and they got us even more excited about next summer! With Bad Omens, Zeal & Ardor, Tarot, Sonata Arctica, Warmen, Annisokay, Solence, Beyond The Black, Ankor, Rytmihäiriö, and I Am The Night! Go get your tickets now!
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Hellsinki Metal Festival, the most exciting new player in the Finnish summer festival season this year, is throwing down the gauntlet with a really exciting first batch of announcements for next year’s edition!
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Finnish blackened death metal band Saasta released the first song and video ‘Sickness’ from their upcoming EP ‘Black | Death | Doom’, set for release via Inverse Records next month!
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Finland’s Vargrav set release date for the new album ‘The Nighthold’ on December 15th, to be released via Werewolf Records, and starting the second era of the project with some new members from legendary acts like Satanic Warmaster and Moonsorrow!
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The Finnish monsters of Lordi announced the first dates of their “Unliving Pictour Show 2024” coming for you all over Europe!
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Finnish extreme metal band i Helvete released the new single ‘Paratiisi’, another track from their upcoming concept album ‘Yksi Yhteinen Yhteiskunta’, set for release via Inverse Records at the end of next month!
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Helsinki-based progressive metal outfit Egres released a new, explosive single ‘Higher Beings’ via Inverse Records, possibly offering a glimpse of their future direction.
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The legendary Finnish melodeath band Children Of Bodom will release their very last album in December via Spinefarm Records with the live album “A Chapter Called Children Of Bodom (Final Show in Helsinki Ice Hall 2019)’, a recording of their farewell show!
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The 69 Eyes are set to haunt Munich’s Backstage venue on New Year’s Eve as the very last show of their “Still Gotta Rock Tour 2023”! And dates for 2024 are already announced…
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Photo Reports
A massive celebration of Turmion Kätilöt’s carreer of several decades long at Helsinki’s Black Box Jäähalli with support from Lord Of The Lost and Proteus!
At the end of December, we managed to catch the shows of Shereign, Dirt and of course Oceanhoarse at the second edition of Hoarsefest at On The Rocks in Helsinki!
The first stop on Katatonia’s and Sólstafirs co-headlineing tour was Pakkahuone in Tampere, Finland with SOM as support act. If you’re still hesitant about getting tickets for a show near you, let these captures convince you!
After years of waiting Pain finally made it back to Finland! We made it to their show at Olympia-Kortteli in Tampere, organised by Nem Agency. Finnish modern metallers Detset also did a great job as their support.
Blind Channel’s biggest show to date was a visual spectacle and everything they’ve worked towards for all these years! With support from Arttu Lindeman, it was a great way to wrap up an amazing year.
A look back at the energetic shows from Normandie, Balance Breach and Delta Enigma at On The Rocks back in December!
One from the archives… back in October we attended to the “Come To Latin America” showcase where competition winner Where’s My Bible and one of the runner ups Luna Kills brought us a night of some good live music at On The Rocks in Helsinki, showing yet again what kind of goodies Finland has to offer musically!
Swedish melodeath legends In Flames filled Jäähalli in Helsinki with a massive crowd, along with fellow melodeath instigators At The Gates and up-and-comers Imminence and Orbit Culture to warm us up!
Amorphis came to show why they are one of Finland’s favorites and with them the folk metal legends Eluveitie ripped up the stage at Jäähalli in Helsinki, right after Dark Tranquillity and Nailed To Obscurity warmed up the crowd!
On December 18th, 2022 Nightwish performed their last German gig of the ‘Human :II: Nature’ tour 2022 at Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart. Together with Turmion Kätilöt and Beast in Black, an all Finland based metal night was going to take place.
Gig Reports
Finnish melodic metal outfit Crimson Sun released their latest album ‘Fates’, What better than a release show in a dark cellar to celebrate?
American mega band Five Finger Death Punch came back to Europe again and we caught them at their first stop in Helsinki with very special guest Megadeth!
Steel Panther set up shop in Helsinki and brought us a kickass night of fun, titties and metal! Heavy metal rules!
What better to fill up a Saturday night than going to see some of the best local bands that Finland has to offer with The Empire Strikes and Temple Balls?
Opeth came to amaze us in Helsinki with a progressive show that had heaps of atmosphere and chill vibes. Not a bad way to spend your Wednesday night!
Old school D-beat hardcore instigators Discharge came back to Finland for a night during which they almost literally brought the house down!
What a way to close Nosturi down! The Best Tour Ever Part 1 brought some of the best bands of the Finnish scene to the stage one more time to blow the roof off!
Devin Townsend, the embodiment of what music is all about made yet another appearance in Finland with the first volume of his Empath tours!
One last night of melodic death metal at Nosturi with Omnium Gatherum, collecting some of the best bands around for a damn good night!
The last show of the metal institute that is Children of Bodom took place in Helsinki and we just had to be there to witness it!
