Finnish heavy psych trio Mount Palatine joined the Argonauta Records family and shared the new single ‘The Sands’ to celebrate the signing!
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News Posts
Finnish dark folk outfit Ínkar recently shared their new single ‘Meri’ with a captivating video! If you want to have a chance to see them live, go to Pakanafestarit this weekend!
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Finnish Sonic Rites 2026 just got heavier and darker with the newly added Russian Circles, Pelican, OvO and Helsinki’s own Vestal Climax, joining an already stacked lineup!
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Newly confirmed for the Steelfest 2026 line-up: Demonical, Mavorim, Shape of Despair and underground legends Beherit. Last week also brought the exclusive and unique shows of Holocausto and Erzebet to the bill. Deströyer 666 is no longer part of the lineup.
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Finnish rockers Temple Balls announced their return last week with the new single and video ‘There Will Be Blood’, out now via Frontiers Music!
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Finnish melodic death metal icons Omnium Gatherum shared the last single ‘Walking Ghost Phase’ before the release of their new album ‘May The Bridges We Burn Light The Way’ in November via Century Media Records, and announced a Finnish tour for early 2026!
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Finnish neoclassical darkwave outfit KLAShTAL released first single ‘Uncharted Cry’ from upcoming debut album ‘Oblivion Dreams’, set for release in November via Inverse Records!
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Finnish speed/death cult outfit DET share the new track ‘Catacomb’, a third track revealed from their highly anticipated debut album ‘Destructive elite Terror’, set for release in October via Dying Victims Productions!
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Finnish Hooded Menace released their crushing take on Duran Duran’s classic hit ‘Save a Prayer’, which is featured on their upcoming new album ‘Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration’, set for release in October via Season of Mist!
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Finnish progressive metal band Royal Sorrow released ‘Survival Complex’, the last single and video before their upcoming debut album ‘INNERDEEPS’ will be out next week Friday via InsideOutMusic!
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Gig Reports
A crowded tiny venue lurking somewhere on the side of the legendary Tavastia Club in Helsinki, got filled to the brim to celebrate the release of Blue Eyed Sons’ latest EP!
One hell of an evening full of doom, sludge, stoner and hipsters at BlowUp vol.4 Pre Festival Club, with Dopelord, Zombie Eater and Tombstoned!
A cold evening in February, we were taken on a magical journey with the acoustic set of Myrkur!
The Belgians are invading Finland! The nuclear assault was lead by speed/thrash metallers Evil Invaders!
The Belgians are invading Finland! The nuclear assault was lead by speed/thrash metallers Evil Invaders!
Florida based modern metallers Trivium brought some heavy hitters with them under the form of Power Trip and Venom Prison on one of the tours of the year!
Florida based modern metallers Trivium brought some heavy hitters with them under the form of Power Trip and Venom Prison on one of the tours of the year!
Rock ‘n’ roll till we drop on a night where Sweden and Finland comes together under the form of Grande Royale and The Empire Strikes!
After delivering the hard rock album of the year, Shiraz Lane blasted the roof off Nosturi in Helsinki!
Celebrating the release off their latest album, Will to Power (released with Century Media Records), Arch Enemy went out on tour selling out venues by the hand full. This can be expected when a band like Arch Enemy takes the stage with Jinjer, Tribulation and Wintersun.
Photo Reports
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.
Sami Yaffa has worn multiple hats in various different bands such as Hanoi Rocks, Pelle Miljoona OY, New York Dolls, The Hellacopters, just to name a few but now in his 60s he is still going stronger than ever! This legendary bassist just released his second solo album in his illustrious career titled “Satan’s Helpers, Warlazer Eyes & The Money Pig Circus” and brought the album in its entirety to a packed Tavastia in Helsinki!
At the beginning of March, Amaranthe, Dragonforce and Infected Rain brought quite the spectacle to thousands of fans gathered in Helsinki’s Black Box Jäähalli venue!
A great night of modern metal and metalcore with Polaris, Silent Planet, Thornhill and Paledusk!
Back in February on a cold Sunday evening, things in Tavastia got quite hot when a massive horror show took over with Wednesday 13 playing old Murderdolls tunes in the memory of Joey Jordison, culminating in with the headliner act, British extreme metal legends Cradle Of Filth.
On Friday 15.03.2024 Sonata Arctica started off their “Clear Cold Beyond” tour at Pakkahuone in Tampere together with Temple Balls as support. The show was organized by Grey Beard and TuskaLive.
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