Finnish DnB princess Nenerchy is returning to the club stages for the rest of the year on her “Bailarina Club Tour”! Don’t miss out on one hell of a party!
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News Posts
Last week, HOKKA shared the anthemic new single ‘Vampire’, featuring Samy Elbanna and Jussi 69, a perfect addition to your Halloween playlists, out now with Nuclear Blast!
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Finnish doom metal pioneers Spiritus Mortis are celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2027 and announced to start of the year with their new album ‘No Human Contact’, to be released with Svart Records and unveiled a first single with ‘The Hairy Tree’!
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Finnish alternative metal outfit SARA announced their new album ‘Í heiminum’ to be out in January 2027 and unveiled the first single ‘Harhailija’!
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Finnish post-metal newcomers SEES shared their lead single ‘Tähden Varjo’ from their upcoming debut album ‘Suoja’, out in November via Agonia Records!
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Finnish project Hyljätyt, featuring members of Stam1na, Wolfheart, Kasvoton and Ratface, unleashed the new single and video ‘Vihollinen’, from their upcoming second album ‘Kadotus’, out on September 25!
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Finnish alt-metallers Stråle unveiled the next step in their progression with the new single ‘Out Of The Loop’, out now everywhere via Frontiers Music!
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Blind Channel is back with ‘Stars We See’, the next single and video from the upcoming album ‘Painstream’, out in October via Century Media Records!
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German label Reaper Entertainment announced to be celebrating its 10th anniversary with a 2-day “Reaper Fest” at the legendary Tavastia Club in Helsinki next year with already confirmed bands Wolfheart, April Art, Parasite Inc, Hammer King and Suotana on the line-up!
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Last week, Taiwanese metal outfit Chthonic and Finnish artist Mariska unveiled their surprising collaboration on the track ‘Näin Määrättiin’, combining the tragedies from both countries’ history into a hauntingly beautiful extreme metal song!
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Interviews
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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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.
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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!
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A chat with Bloodred Hourglass about their pretty amazing year thus far, and the new album ‘How’s the Heart?’, how they’re not afraid of trying out any ideas or leaving things out when a song calls for it, and how they’ve stepped up their game yet again with this record.
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A chat with Jukka from Omnium Gatherum about their recent US tour, how they got their new EP ‘Slasher’ together with the first track featuring their new guitarist and a cover of the famous 80s song ‘Maniac’, a hint at new music that is in the works and upcoming festival shows and European tour with Paradise Lost, Primordial and Harakiri For The Sky.
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Album Reviews
Finnish post-punk revivalists Grave Pleasures have released their new record ‘Plagueboys’ with Century Media Records a couple of weeks ago. A celebration of bleak early goth as if it were a lost record from the eighties, while still being remarkably upbeat and danceable.
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Finnish black metal quartet Ondfødt has refined its craft on the fourth album “Det Österbottniska Mörkre”. The songs are packed full of tremolos and blistering tempos, showcasing an outstanding songwriting talent from these Finns. Set for release via Black Lion Records on May 26th.
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The debut offering “The Ravening” of the Finnish symphonic black metal project Argenthorns shows the unique flair from the sole composer Lord Vrăjitor (Warmoon Lord). The album presents the imaginative and creative art of baroque symphonic black metal that aligns with bands like Bal-Sagoth, Limbonic Art, and Tartaros, released via Avantgarde Music.
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With ‘Anno 1696’, Insomnium created a new refreshing album that shows a different kind of style than what they have released of late. It became a raw, blackened and fierce release that really embodies the dark part of history that it’s based on. Out this Friday via Century Media Records!
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With “Aamongandr” Satanic Warmaster retains its status in Finnish and European black metal, every nuance of the following eight tracks makes the new album close to a masterwork. The sheer brilliance of the effective riffs and the stellar production, and the addition of the orchestration will make you behold the greatness of the composition. Released via Werewolf Records.
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After Volume 1 of ‘Acoustic Adventures’ came out in January via Atomic Fire Records, its follow up wasn’t far behind. Volume 2 focuses more on the faster tunes in Sonata Arctica’s catalogue, but is just as filled with tender emotions.
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‘Rise’ is a pretty average album. It’s been executed fine, but it can’t hold up to the pretty high standard The Rasmus has set in the past. The songs are very catchy but not that much more. That “something” that made The Rasmus great is just mostly missing on this record. Out since today via Playground Music, what do you think of it?
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8 years after the near perfect ‘The Year is One’, one of the longest running Finnish doom acts Spiritus Mortis has returned with a new lineup and a fifth album ‘The Great Seal’, easing down a bit on the heavy doom riffery and replacing it with simply epic sounding heavy metal. Out on Svart Records since last Friday.
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Brymirs new masterpiece ‘Voices in the Sky’ is unleashed to the world via Napalm Records. If you like the band’s previous releases, you will absolutely love this one. it’s bigger, better and even more epic than ever before.
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Finnish renowned veterans L.L. (all instruments), and M.M. (Vocals and lyrics) present their symphonic oeuvre under the moniker of Pestilent Hex. Debut album “Ashen Abhorrence” finds its way into the magical hallmarks of melodic/symphonic black metal of the early nineties and was released with Debemur Morti Productions.
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Gig Reports
The French symphonic melodic death metal outfit Aephanemer came to On The Rocks, saw a wild crowd and conquered everyone’s hearts! Here’s for hoping that they get to come back to Finland some time really soon! And local up-and-comers Numento definitely got us warmed up properly for the main event!
Daniel Graves came one last time with Aesthetic Perfection as a headlining band to Finland and took us on a ride through some of the most popular tracks of the band’s history, giving us a night to remember! Support came from Mechanical Vein.
Imminence came back to Finland to play an absolutely killer show for a completely sold out On The Rocks in Helsinki, with the support of the Norwegian deathpop maniacs of Blood Command!
Sabatons ‘Tour To End All Tours’ came finally to an end, but not before also bringing the fire to Finland. With the Support of Lordi and BABYMETAL, they gave us an incredible show at the sold out Jäähalli in Helsinki last week. Thanks to TuskaLive and Grey Beard for bringing them here!
Nervosa came to On The Rocks in Helsinki to prove to us all that they are still a force to be reckoned with, even though the band is in yet another new iteration at the moment. With Prika on vocals, they sound as solid as ever, and killed it. Local heavy metal heroes Satan’s Fall were special guests and warmed us up nicely for the good old thrashing we were getting later.
The amount of intensity and energy that came from Igorrr at the Pakkahuone venue in Finland last month, and with them Amenra and Der Weg Einer Freiheit, was something that was perfect to start off the week! If we still somewhat had the Monday blues, they made sure to absolutely blast it away!
Back in March, Electric Callboy set down one of the parties of the year at Vanha Ylioppilastalo in Helsinki, and did it 2 nights in a row in front of a completely sold out room. We can hardly wait to see these guys kill it again at Tuska Festival and at their headline position at Alcatraz this festival summer! Support came of course of the band to watch, Future Palace!
Back in March, Leprous dropped by Vanha Ylioppilastalo in Helsinki on their “Aphelion European Tour” and swept us away with a night of exceptional music, supported by Monuments and Kalandra.
German folk outfit Faun made it all the way to Finland to turn Helsinki rock club Tavastia in a magical place filled with legendary tales and creatures dancing to their wonderful tunes. With them came the Italian duo Emian to get us in the right mood. So many thanks to TuskaLive for bringing these lovely people there!
Lost Society brought with Balance Breach and Luna Kills a showcase of the future of the Finnish heavy music scene in front of a completely sold out and packed to the brim Tavastia in Helsinki!
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Bloodred Hourglass are currently on their “We Should Be Buried Like This” tour around Finland and came to Tampere’s Tavara-Asema on November 13, where they together with Luna Kills and Shereign delivered a sweaty hot show.
Australian metalcore legends Parkway Drive stormed the Helsinki Ice Hall on November 12, bringing their 20th anniversary tour to Finland to celebrate with their fans and with the support of their fellow Aussie’s Thy Art Is Murder and The Amity Affliction!
Katatonia came to Tampere, Finland on November 11 for an emotional show. Together with Evergrey and Klogr they managed to fill Tavara-Asema even on a cold and rainy Tuesday.
Dark, heavy, and intimate. Lacuna Coil at Tavara-asema in Tampere, with Nonpoint as special guests on the “Sleepless Empire EU/UK Tour”. An event by TuskaLive.
From melodic to feral, the “European Blood Dynasty Tour” rolled through Helsinki. Arch Enemy with Amorphis, Eluveitie and Gatecreeper at Jäähalli.
Nothing More started their “Carnal Nature World Tour” at Tampere’s Tavara-Asema in Finland with an energetic show on November 7th, together with Catch Your Breath and special guests Ankor and Solence!
Electric Callboy turned Jäähalli into a full-on party during their “Tanzneid Europe Tour”. With explosive support sets from Bury Tomorrow and Wargasm (UK), Helsinki was all in from start to finish.
When our two homes meet in doom. Finnish and Belgian doom collide with Counting Hours, Marche Funèbre & Asphodelus at Kuudes Linja, Helsinki.
Back in August, Auri embarked on their very first tour, bringing the magic that is their music to Helsinki at the end of the month, with support from Eye of Melian, a night that didn’t leave anyone there untouched.
Wednesday 13 came through Tampere’s Olympia-kortteli last week for the “Mid Death Crisis” tour, also bringing along Sister for a full night of horror punk and sleaze rock! An event by Fullsteam Agency.
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