Finnish extreme metal force Torchia unveiled their next single with ‘Hellmouth’, another track from their upcoming album ‘They Are Born Under Rules of the Darkness’, set for release in May with Rockshots Records!
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News Posts
Finnish melodic metalcore newcomers Lust For Lily kick off a new era with their massive new single and video ‘Deathbeds’, their first new music on new label ‘Ranka Kustannus’!
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Finnish rockers Moon Shot released another new single with ‘Hammer Of Changes’, a second taste of their upcoming album ‘Thunderlust’, out in September via Reaper Entertainment!
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Finnish death-grind provocateurs Sewer Altar are releasing their debut full-length ‘Fever Dreams of Veneance’ this Friday and earlier unveiled another single with ‘Cryonaut Sludge’!
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New Helsinki project Vestal Climax released its first music video for their song ‘Crucifixion’, a track from their recently released EP ‘Biblical Proportions’ out via The Seminary!
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Finnish metal legends Amorphis ignite the festival flame with a cinematic live video for ‘The Lantern’, a track from their latest album! Catch them at tons of festivals in Europe this summer like Tuska, Alcatraz and Brutal Assault!
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Finnish industrial black metallers AntiHuman Industries revealed the new track ‘Lucid Dream’, another taste of their upcoming debut album ‘Accelerated Death Impulse’, set for release at the end of this month via W.T.C. Productions! Also, catch them live at Steelfest in about a month!
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Finnish horror punk outfit The Ghoulstars dug up yet another single with ‘Graverobbers from Outer Space’, this time paying homage to the Ed Wood classic, and a song from their upcoming album ‘The Dark Overlords of the Universe’ out next month via Season of Mist!
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Finnish genre-bending rock/punk/metal outfit Kirke unleash their demons with their latest new single ‘Demoni’, out now everywhere!
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Finnish dark heavy rock outfit Mandy Manala announced their upcoming album ‘Something Wicked’ to be out in May via Argonauta Records and unveiled new single ‘Nocturnal Bites’!
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Interviews
Last year, we met up with the mysterious and intriguing Finnish duo Rabbit Cult, who started a new chapter in their musical journey and told us all about their new path forging cool music blending Finnish with kawaii and alternative rock and metal into a unique and sometimes contradicting mixture.
Catch them on the Nordic Metal Cruise in a couple of weeks!
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We talked with the guys from Rimbacher about their debut album ‘High Hopes on the Rocks’, and how they absolutely love that classic rock sound from the 80s, which is the basis of all the music they make!
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At Tuska 2024, we had a quick chat with Lotta from Luna Kills about their first ever show at the festival, how they’ve been doing since we last talked a couple of years ago, their first tour outside of Finland in support of Dear Mother and hints at what’s next…
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We sat down with Nahka-Sami of the Finnish heavy metal heroes Tyrantti to talk about their epic performance at this year’s Hellsinki Metal Festival, their new album ‘Ihmispyramidi’ and where you’ll be able to find them on a stage the coming year! Tuska 2025 is at least one of the places where you can get your shot of Tyrantti heavy metal madness…
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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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Album Reviews
Finland’s symphonic/melodic black metal outfit Pestilent Hex crafts the traditional sound of Scandinavian black metal on the second full length album “Sorceries of Sanguine & Shadow”, out via Debemur Morti Productions since last week’s Friday.
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The new face of deathcore has arrived. If you thought Lorna Shore is ruling the genre all along, you clearly never heard of the Finnish Enemies Everywhere before. Where Lorna blew you away with a full-length, these guys only need 4 songs with ‘Endless Discord’, out via Ranka Kustannus!
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Busy bee Tuomas Saukkonen returns once more to Wolfheart with his 7th album ‘Draconian Darkness’.Out on Reigning Phoenix Music.
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Swallow The Sun’s ninth studio album “Shining” mixes all the elements and ingredients of their recent works together, displaying the shifting tides of heaviness and a melodramatic style of gothic doom into again a milestone of excellence for the Finns, out tomorrow via Century Media Records.
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4 years in the making and it was worth the wait. Ensiferum does a throw to album of the year where epic, gloomy, atmospheric, and melodic are some of the words to describe this journey that is ‘Winter Storm’, out via Metal Blade Records on October 18!
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The new and highly anticipated eleventh album “Nyx – Hymnejä Yölle” from the Finnish black metal icons Horna is a pure definition of evil. One of this year’s top black metal releases, out via World Terror Committee tomorrow, September 13th!
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Back with a vengeance, Wintersun has risen with a brand-new chapter in the Time sage. ‘Time II’ is finally out now on Nuclear Blast Records.
What do you think? Was it worth the wait? Let us know in the comments!
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Korpiklaani is a great example that music is universal. With their 12 studio album ‘Rankarumpu’, they prove again that they’re a great folk metal band that never disappoints. Out on Nuclear Blast Records.
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Recorded in a contemporary art gallery, Hanging Garden reinvented their signature gothic doom sound into a dreamy, ethereal type of shoegaze on this outstanding live EP ‘Citylight Sessions’, out on Agonia Records this should appeal to both longtime followers of the band and fans of later day Katatonia or even The Gathering.
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With ‘Clear Cold Beyond’ Sonata Arctica are re-visiting their faster and heavier roots and will delight older fans, while possibly surprising some of their more new fans. Out via Atomic Fire Records (Reigning Phoenix Music) since last Friday!
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