Finnish industrial metal masters Turmion Kätilöt announced their highly anticipated next album ‘Resodance’ to be out in October via Nuclear Blast just in time for their massive “Colossal Disco” event in Helsinki the day after! First single ‘Raivotarjonta’ is out now as a first taste!
Finnish melodeath outfit I Am Your God shared their take on the In Flames classic ‘Alias’, part of their upcoming EP ‘Foregods’ set to be released with Out of Line Music!
Finland’s black/thrash metal outfit Flame set the release date for their new album ‘Ignis Draconis Daemonicus’ on September 25th via Primitive Reaction and unveiled a first track with ‘Kaosphere’!
Finnish masters of melancholy Insomnium shared their 2nd single ‘Gleam in the Black’ last week, a track from their upcoming album ‘Netherworlds’, out in October with Century Media Records!
Finnish melancholic metal outfit Segmentia’s new single ‘Nuclear Sun’ pays homage to the power metal era of the 2000s, out now everywhere!
Finnish psychedelic space rock trio Skyjoggers unveiled ‘Ancient Steel, the first single from their upcoming album ‘Frag Nicht Nach Sonnenschein’, out in November with Sound of Liberation Records!
Finnish melodic death metal act Noumena released their new single ‘Tyhjyys’, tracking echoes in the void, and a track from their upcoming album Maanääri, set for release next month.
Finnish prog metallers Oddland unveil their new single ‘Unilluminate’ from upcoming new album ‘Unilluminate To Illuminate’, set for release in August via Frontiers Music!
Finnish melodeath unit Brymir announced their next new album ‘What We Leave Behind’ to be released in October via Napalm Records and unveiled a video for the title track!
Finnish industrial metal misfits King Satan have corrupted a pop institution by turning their madness onto the Britney Spears classic ‘(You Drive Me) Crazy’, releasing their own take on the iconic song!
Amorphis, together with Atlas and Wheel play a hot and crowded show at Tampere’s Tavara-Asema on the 18th of December as a stop of the Finnish leg of their “Borderland tour”!
A show with no brakes. Bloodred Hourglass at Tavastia, celebrating their latest album ‘We Should Be Buried Like This’, with the support of local deathcore heroes Enemies Everywhere.
Popeda played their last gig of 2025 at Tamperes Tavara-Asema on December 13. An evening that wasn’t only fun to watch but exceeded my expectations.
Darkwave and synthwave magic at On The Rocks ✨ Sierra Veins brought her “In The Name Of Blood Tour” to Helsinki, with local favorite Suzi Sabotage setting the mood. Relive the night in our latest photo report!
DANKO JONES was touring Europe to support their 12th studio long player ‘Leo Rising’. A triumphant journey through the venues of the continent, and most places have been sold out. This was true for the Mannheim gig as well, a fully packed concert hall and eagerly anticipating crowd were the perfect ingredients for a memorable night and the classic rock of support Tuk Smith and The Restless Hearts was a perfect tastemaker to get things going!
Back in September at Kuudes Linja in Helsinki, from dark alt-rock intensity to high-energy metalcore, Luna Kills and Balance Breach showed why they’re among Finland’s most promising rising acts.
Battle Beast played a visually stunning show in front of over 5000 fans at Nokia Arena in Tampere on November 21st together with Dynazty as the dedicated warm-up band.
Metal without borders 🤘 Formosa : Fest : Finland 2025 brought together artists and cultures from Finland and Taiwan, featuring Crescent Lament, Flesh Juicer, Lost Society, Chthoni and Korpiklaani, showcasing the power of music to connect cultures!
Melodic power on full display with Aephanemer at a sold out On The Rocks, touring their new album ‘Utopie’, and support from Dark Oath and Valhalore.
Recently, we were treated to a very packed evening of old school heavy metal and rock ‘n’ roll when long-lasting heavy metal titans Alcatrazz accompanied the legendary Girlschool – who have been going strong for 50 years already! Girlschool showed no signs of slowing down and proved to still be a benchmark for a true rock ‘n’ roll band!
An excruciating long and exhausting, but amazing 3rd day of this special and extra long anniversary edition of Steelfest!
The second day of the anniversary edition of Steelfest delivered yet again stellar performance after stellar performance!
The 1st day of the 10th anniversary edition of Steelfest brought us Trve Kvlt music, Finnish black metal legends and international acts with an intensity that was immense, and was only the beginning of a massive 3 days of this that was to come still…
The second day of brand new festival Desert HEL, was another one filled with fuzz, groove and rock ‘n’ roll with some amazing bands!
The second day of SteelHordes 2021 was every bit as impressive and cathartic as the earlier day with stellar acts from the Finnish underground!
The 1st day of the one-off SteelHordes event brought some quality black and death metal from the very fertile Finnish underground!
The 2nd day of SaariHelvetti 2021 brought us again a great combination of up-and-coming and absolutely legendary bands of the Finnish scene, though this time with a big serving of waterworks!
SaariHelvetti is back! The island of hell brought a line-up with only Finnish bands again and we had no complaints, not one bit!
The report of the second day of SaariHelvetti, one of the only festivals in Finland during the summer of 2020. Check it out here!
Report of the first day of SaariHelvetti, one of the only festivals in Finland during the summer of 2020 during the pandemic!
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!
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.
with a killer line-up featuring stellar acts from the underground with Satanic Warmaster, Ævangelist, Archgoat, Trollheims Grott, Heretic, Blood Chalice, Aesthus, Flame, Malicious, Medico Peste, Mörk Gryning and Avslut to celebrate their 10th anniversary!
If you’re in the neighborhood of Helsinki, you like some proper hard beats and you don’t know what to do yet… in case you missed this completely and need convincing still, check out why we think you should go to Hellsinki Industrial Festival this weekend!
Steelchaos is back! If that is not reason enough to get yourself a ticket still, here are 5 reasons why you should still consider to go this weekend, including the exclusive Finland “Black Metal” 40 years anniversary show of Venom Inc.!
In case you weren’t convinced yet and are still debating if you want to get tickets still last minute, check out the 5 reasons why we think you should go for it…
Helsinki’s renown metal festival Tuska is back and approaching fast! Let us tell you why you should be there with 7 reasons we’re pretty excited about the event…
After 2 years of nothing, Sauna Open Air is back! And how! If you haven’t checked it out yet, here are 6 very convincing reasons why you should try to go!
Finnish festival Steelfest is a true celebration of the underground, but it you’re not convinced yet, here are some reasons why you should go
Finland produces amazing music by the tons every year, and 2021 wasn’t any different. This is a selection of 12 releases by bands we believe might become big pretty soon!
As every year, we put the heads together of our editorial team to decide on our collective “Albums of the Year”, check it out!
