Finnish alt-metal powerhouse Luna Kills are back with their new single ‘LOWER’, out now with Sharptone Records and just in time for them to take over Europe with shows at Wacken, Alcatraz and Summer Breeze this summer, and in fall/winter in support of Future Palace and Vianova!
Finnish psychedelic rock innovators Polymoon released their new single ‘I End, You Begin’, a taste from their upcoming new album ‘Mariposa Magic’, to be released with Vesperian later this year!
While the first edition was still going strong last Saturday, Ankea Festival was already looking ahead and announced the first 7 names for next year’s edition with Igorrr, Alcest, Kalandra, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Long Distance Calling, Vulkan and Karmanjakah! Limited early bird tickets available now!
Finnish progressive metal band Oddland announced their new album ‘Unilluminate To Illuminate’ to be out in August via Frontiers Music and shared another single with ‘Soar’!
Finnish metal force Bloodread Hourglass released their new EP ‘After the Burial’ via Out Of Line Music, closing out the ‘We Should Be Buried Like This’ album cycle and unveiled a captivating video for the track ‘Heartstrings’ featuring blues icon Erja Lyytinen! We’re already looking forward to catching them live again at the end of this month at Tuska Festival!
Finnish post-metal outfit SEES signed with Agonia Records to release their upcoming debut album ‘Suoja’!
Lost Society and HOKKA are joining forces for an explosive co-headlining tour across Finland with the “Miseria Is A State Of Mind” tour this fall! Before that, catch both of them on the Tuska stage at the end of this month!
Lillmåns, known as the vocalist for iconic Finnish bands Finntroll and …and Oceans, recently appeared with a brand-new solo single ‘In Glorious Black and White’, out with Stormbound Records!
Finnish symphonic metal band Amberian Dawn is really letting go on recently released single ‘Unchained’, a first track for the band with growls brought by new vocalist Nicole, and part of their upcoming new album ‘Temptation’s Gates’ out next month via Napalm Records!
Finnish dark heavy rock band Mandy Manala unveiled their new single and video ‘Shoebox’ in anticipation of next week Friday’s release of their new album ‘Something Wicked’ via Argonauta Records!
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!
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!
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…
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.
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!
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!
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!
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…
Last Spring, we sat down with Julius and Matti from I Am Your God to talk about their new album ‘SINister’ (released in May via Out of Line Music), how it shows their growth as a band, what they did differently this time and why the album title is written the way it is.
An extensive and interesting talk with King Aleister Satan, vocalist for the Finnish industrial metal outfit King Satan, about their touring with Deathstars and Gothminister, unveiling a bit about the upcoming 4th album, and his vision behind the “Spiritual Anarchy” concept and on Satanism as a whole!
