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Warmen are ready for the next step! Their new album ‘Band Of Brothers’ is set for release in August via Reaper Entertainment with a special release show at Summer Breeze Open Air! But also catch them at for instance Hellsinki Metal Festival!

Finnish melodic death metal giants Before The Dawn present another dark and powerful glimpse into their upcoming album ‘Cold Flare Eternal’, set for release in September via Reaper Entertainment, with the new single ‘Fatal Design’! Catch them live this summer at John Smith Rock Festival in Finland or on tour with Wolfheart in September!

Finnish metal force Suotana announced to release ‘Ounas II’ via Reaper Entertainment in August and then embark on a tour through Europe with countrymates Wolfheart and Before the Dawn!

Finnish heavy rock juggernauts Leverage are back and share their new single ‘Tales Of The Night’, from their upcoming new album ‘Gravity’, set for release in June via Frontiers Music!

Finnish rock sensation Moon Shot just returned from their first-ever European headlining out, but are ready to get going again with “The Power over Summer 2025” tour taking them all over the place again with the only Finnish shows being at Rockfest, Tuhdimmat Tahdit and John Smith Rock Festival! Catch them at your favorite festival the coming months!

Finnish metal icon Marko Hietala is set to return to stages across Finland with “Roses From The Deep – Tour Pt. 2” this fall. But if you can’t wait, be sure to catch him live at festivals like Tuska, Wacken and more this summer!

Finnish melodic death/doom metal outfit Shadecrown are poised to release their new album ‘0’ via Inverse Records in July and recently unveiled a second single with ‘Tear-blind’!

Popular Finnish rock outfit The Rasmus declare a new era with their upcoming album ‘Weirdo’, out in September on Better Noise Music and Playground Music, and share their new single ‘Break These Chains’ featuring Blind Channel’s Niko Vilhelm on guest vocals!

Finland’s notorious black metal titans Archgoat took command of the Servants of Chaos festival stage and are now sharing a full video of their ferocious performance! For those who are at Steelfest this weekend, make sure you catch the show of these legends!

Photo Reports

The second day of Steelfest XI delivered another serving of proper dark underground and extreme metal on the indoors stage with performances from Horna with vocalist Corvus, Misþyrming, Krzysztof Drabikowski’s БАТЮШКА, Strid, and Inferno!

The first day of Steelfest XII also brought a series of explosive and high energy performances to the outdoor stage with Unleashed, Aeternus, Hellbutcher, Craft, and Deathchain!

Steelfest XII brought a great collection of stellar underground bands to the festival’s indoor stage with headliner Gorgoroth, the first iteration of Horna with vocalist Nazgul, Antimateria, Commander Agares, Aegrus and Black Altar on the first day of the 3-day fest!

Vended came to show that they’re their own entity, ready to push the metal scene into the next wave of popularity, with the help of The Gloom In The Corner and Profiler!

Blind Channel with support from Lastout and Costee filled up Tampere’s Nokia Arena pretty well on 27th of April for the one Finnish tour date this spring. An event by Extra Large Music and Warner Music Live, adding a massive arena show to wrap things up before they moved on to the USA.

Pictures of the second night of the 2024 edition of Desert Hel, with Dome Runner, Mansion, Maan Tomu and Truckfighters!

Pictures of the first night of the 2024 edition of Desert Hel, with Heezer, Orbiter, Polymoon, Kaire; IRSE! and Messa!

Orbit Culture came, saw and blew us away at Vanha Ylioppilastalo in Helsinki, Finland! And with the support of their country mates of Bite Down, we got a showcase of the promising new music coming from Sweden!

An alternative way to celebrate Easter weekend with Rytmihäiriö and Finntroll at their stop at Tavastia in Helsinki on the “Jesus är död, nu ska vi dricka” tour!

Turmion Kätilöt came to Tampere’s Pakkahuone for a big Easter party. Along came Japanese black metal legends Sigh and Finnish melodeath doomsters Marianas Rest. An event by Nem Agency and Tullikamari Tampere.