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!
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News Posts
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!
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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!
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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’!
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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!
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Earlier this month, Amorphis unleashed the track ‘Crowned In Crimson’, with frontman Tomi Joutsen singing with his daughter Iida, and the theme song for the upcoming Finnish epic movie ‘Son Of Revenge – The Story Of Kalevala’!
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Finnish melodic metal band Stråle shared their take on The Weeknd hit ‘Blinding Lights’ with a video. The track can also be found on their recently released EP ‘Reformation’, out with Frontiers Music!
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Finnish power metal powerhouse Metal De Facto presents ‘Across The Milky Way’, the first single from their highly anticipated new album ‘The Land Of The Rising Sun – Part 2’, set for release in March 2026 via Reaper Entertainment!
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A new chapter of epic doom metal is about to begin with Finnish supergroup The Solitude announcing their debut album ‘The Sound of Absent Life’ to be released in April 2026 with Reaper Entertainment, unveiling the cover artwork!
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Finnish progressive metal collective Frozen Factory strikes back with a blistering new single and music video ‘Get More Stupid’, another track from their highly anticipated album ‘Apocalypse Inc.’, set for release in January 2026 with Wormholedeath!
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Photo Reports
W.A.S.P. delivered one of their most electrifying performances our photographer has experienced to date at Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, marking the 40th anniversary of their self-titled debut with the ALBUM ONE ALIVE world tour.
We got to see a glimpse of Witch Fever, Bush and Volbeat when they came to Tampere’s Nokia Arena as the stop in Finland of the ‘Greatest Of All Tours’ tour! An event by Live Nation Finland.
An evening of atmosphere and emotion at Kulttuuritalo. Eivør, with Ásgeir as special guest and Elinborg opening the night, delivered a powerful and intimate European tour stop in Helsinki.
On this day, we partied like it was 1994, when punk rock legends The Offspring brought their massive rock ‘n’ roll show to a sold-out Helsinki Ice Hall during their “Supercharged Worldwide European tour” with special guests Simple Plan.
Melodic death metal heavyweights ARCH ENEMY are conquering Europe with their explosive “European Blood Dynasty tour”, and it’s nothing short of a musical crusade. To complete the total metal mayhem nights they have company from GATECREEPER (USA), ELUVEITIE (Switzerland) and AMORPHIS (Finland).
Who says Mondays have to be dull? Pendulum brought high energy, massive sound, and even metalheads to the dancefloor in Helsinki! Together with ALT BLK ERA, they made everyone forget the start of the week!
A visual journey through the musical performances on the big stage at Pakanafestarit 2025 featuring The Gallow’s Dance, Ilkka Heinonen, Värttinä, Kallomäki, Havukruunu, and Ínkar. From tradition and ritual to overwhelming intensity, these moments capture the powerful musical heart of the festival.
Happoradio are currently on a concert hall tour through Finland and we managed to see them during their sold out gig at Tampere-Talo on the 27th of September. An event by Soldout Management.
A couple of weeks ago, we managed to catch Visions of Atlantis on their very first headlining show in Finland at Tampere’s Olympia-Kortteli together with local support Dark Sarah. A great pirate party by TuskaLive.
On Sunday the 14th of September we found ourselves at Tampere’s Tavara-Asema yet again, to see Marko Hietala’s ‘Roses from the Deep’ tour with support of Leverage.
Interviews
We met up with Dante, Gian and Pavel from the Mexican metal outfit Anima Tempo while they were in Finland and talked about their present European tour, which also will take them to our own venue Asgaard in Belgium, their unique take on their music, trying to find some new approaches every time both in recordings and live, how they love the energy from the European crowds and what they’re working on of new music and concept!
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We sat down with Jessie and Eleni of Ankor after their show at this year’s Tuska Festival, the last stop of a crazy weekend that took them to 3 different countries in 3 days, and had a short chat about their busy summer, the way they like to release new music and how 2024 really seems to be a big year for the band.
Yesterday, they announced a major European tour for 2025 which will take them to most countries of the continent. You won’t want to miss out on that, tickets are available starting tomorrow!
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We sat down with vocalist Sini and guitarist Joni from Crimson Sun to talk about their new album ‘Sorrowbreaker’, out today, and how they did things a bit differently, resulting in a “lighter” album in the sense of somewhat breaking with the sorrow and shining a bright light, encouraging you to stop and enjoy life! Be sure to check out this great new album if you’re looking for some nice melodic heavy metal with a modern touch!
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We had a chat with Jussi and Pasi from Where’s My Bible about their latest album ‘Kave’ (out now via Inverse Records) and the new direction they took their music and lyrics with this one, adding new instruments, vibes, vocal delivery and themes into a new chapter for the band!
Catch them live tonight at On The Rocks in Helsinki as support for the anniversary show of …and Oceans!
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We sat down with Onni and Kevin from Assemble the Chariots at Tuska 2024 to talk about their new album ‘Unyielding Night’ (set for release on July 19th via Seek and Strike), how this is the start of a whole universe they’re creating, with the sound they’ve always envisioned for the band from the beginning. And we came back from the talk with 2 things ingrained in our heads: listen to the album from start to finish, and make sure you make it to the release show at On The Rocks in Helsinki where they’ll play the album in its whole for what sounds like a unique experience…
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Last year, we met up with Mikko and Juho of Valkeat shortly before the release of their 2nd full-length album ‘Fireborn’ (released via Reaper Entertainment) to talk about how things came together and how they have a mission to create modern folk metal incorporating the kantele and being inspired by Finnish legends and poetry.
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Back in 2023, when Leprous was last in Helsinki, we met up with Simen from Leprous to have a fun chat about touring, his highlights when being on tour and supporting your local live and cultural scene!
Since they’re playing in Finland again this coming week, we wanted to share this fun little bit from our archives, so enjoy and don’t miss out on their shows!
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We sat down with Esa from Metal De Facto to talk about how things have been going for the band since their first album, their new album ‘Land of the Rising Sun part 1’ (out since today via Rockshots Records), why they went for the Japanese culture as the theme and their hopes and plans for the future of the band!
They’re playing a release show tonight in Tampere and tomorrow in Helsinki, be there and contribute in making power metal great again!
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We sat down with the Finnish rockers of The Empire Strikes to have a chat about their new album ‘Motell Scandinavia’, how come it took so long to get it out, what the idea is behind the title and some nice background bits about how some of the songs came together! Catch them live at their release show in Helsinki tonight or Spain and Germany later this year!
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We talked with June and Eemeli from Mors Subita about their new album ‘Origin of Fire’ (released recently via Out of Line Music) and how taking more time to record and working with Tue Madsen for the mixing and mastering resulted in a more organic, full sound that was aggressive with a touch of old school heavy riffing.
And we laugh about their drummer possibly regretting asking for a song with blastbeats and a fan knowing the lyrics of a new song better than Eemeli at one of their recent shows…
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Gig Reports
“The Great Metal Circus 2024” landed in Helsinki, where Avatar turned being at Tavastia that night into something absolutely spectacular and memorable! And the support Æther Realm came all the way from the US to Finland for the very first time, doing a great job at warming up the crowd!
Modern metal outfit CyHra came to present their latest album ‘The Vertigo Trigger’ to their Finnish fans starting with a show at Yo-Talo in Tampere, with support band Neonfly, turning the night into a celebration of good music and community!
2023 was the year when you could say that Demolition 23. are back, and they are here to show what a true punk rock ‘n’ roll show is. This unit only released one album in 1994 with a lot of critical acclaim, achieving legendary status that still stays almost 30 years later, and they destroyed Tavastia in Helsinki back in October!
André Linman together with Johnny Nordström and Tuomo Unkuri performed some of their favourite Christmas songs at Vaasas Trefaldighetskyrkan earlier this month. From pop classics to church chorales, there was surely something for every taste.
Amorphis managed to captivate our reporter once again when attending to their stop at Pakkahuone in Tampere on their “Halo Finland 2023 Tour”, a wonderful night hosted by TuskaLive and Greybeard Concerts & Management.
To celebrate their 20th anniversary, Poets of the Fall went on tour through Europe and we caught them on the last stop in Tampere at the Pakkahuone venue to start the last month of the year in style. And went on an emotional journey through the history of the band with them.
A couple of weeks ago, Apocalyptica brought the amazing experience of ‘Matka Mieleen – Kaamoksen Sellot’ to Tampere’s Tuomiokirkko, an experience our reporter won’t be forgetting any time soon!
A report of the captivating performance piece that was the theatrical black metal show of Witch Club Satan!
Last month, we got to go to the very last stop of the Polish black metal collective Batushka “Black Pilgrimage tour 2023” at Vanha Ylioppilastalo in Helsinki, with the good company of Arkona, Aeternam and Varang Nord!
Earlier this year, Hexvessel released their new album ‘Polar Veil’ via Svart Records, taking the psychedelic folk rock towards the black metal origins of their leader Mat “Khvost” McNerney. And to celebrate the release, they did a few release shows in Finland, of which we got to enjoy the captivating Helsinki show in Kuudes Linja, with support from Unfyros.
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