Finnish melancolic stars Kaunis Kuolematon announced their new album ‘Kun Valo Minussa Kuoli’ to be released next month with Noble Demon and unveiled first single and video ‘Merta’!
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News Posts
Tuska is bringing Megadeth to its 2026 line-up as the headliner for the Friday and adds 13 more bands to the line-up with Trivium, P.O.D., Stam1na, Lost Society, Paleface Swiss, Return To Dust, The Browning, Dogma, Slope, 802, Allt, Atlas and Kneel Before The Death! All ticket classes are available right now!
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Finnish progressive metal band Humming Whale released the first single ‘Ocular’ from their upcoming debut album ‘Chasing Rabbits’, set for release next month via Inverse Records!
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Finnish heavy psych trio Mount Palatine joined the Argonauta Records family and shared the new single ‘The Sands’ to celebrate the signing!
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Finnish dark folk outfit Ínkar recently shared their new single ‘Meri’ with a captivating video! If you want to have a chance to see them live, go to Pakanafestarit this weekend!
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Finnish Sonic Rites 2026 just got heavier and darker with the newly added Russian Circles, Pelican, OvO and Helsinki’s own Vestal Climax, joining an already stacked lineup!
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Newly confirmed for the Steelfest 2026 line-up: Demonical, Mavorim, Shape of Despair and underground legends Beherit. Last week also brought the exclusive and unique shows of Holocausto and Erzebet to the bill. Deströyer 666 is no longer part of the lineup.
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Finnish rockers Temple Balls announced their return last week with the new single and video ‘There Will Be Blood’, out now via Frontiers Music!
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Finnish melodic death metal icons Omnium Gatherum shared the last single ‘Walking Ghost Phase’ before the release of their new album ‘May The Bridges We Burn Light The Way’ in November via Century Media Records, and announced a Finnish tour for early 2026!
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Finnish neoclassical darkwave outfit KLAShTAL released first single ‘Uncharted Cry’ from upcoming debut album ‘Oblivion Dreams’, set for release in November via Inverse Records!
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Gig Reports
Battle Beast proved with their Jäähalli show in Helsinki that they are one of Finland’s up-and-coming heavy metal greats and can put down one hell of a show, with the support from Ensiferum and Kiuas. A production by Master Events.
Last month, Turmion Kätilöt kicked off 2023 with their biggest production to date at Jäähalli in Helsinki, celebrating both their 2 decades of existence and the release of their 10th album ‘Omen X’ and with the help of Lord of the Lost and Proteus!
Throwback to Normandie finally making it back to Finland to celebrate their 2021 release ‘Dark & Beautiful Secrets’ and blew the roof off On The Rocks with the support from Balance Breach and Delta Enigma.
In Flames crammed the Jäähalli arena in Helsinki full with an energetic, pulsating crowd with the help of country mates At The Gates, Imminence and Orbit Culture, giving the people a taste of both the old and the new in Swedish metal!
Saor amazed us at Tiivistämö in Helsinki a good week ago with their mesmerizing soundscape, very special guests …and Oceans and support from Marrasmieli!
At the end of October, Volbeat impressed the people at the Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland with a rock ‘n’ roll show of epic proportions. With them came Skindred and Bad Wolves for a decent warm-up and party!
Heilung came, saw and conquered the sold out Jäähalli in Helsinki at the end of October, yet another absolutely magical show by a phenomenon in the music scene. And their guests Eivør and Lili Refrain were the perfect people to warm an already excited crowd up even more!
The yearly preclub show for Hellsinki Industrial Festival was yet again filled with some banging artists going from Carnal Machinery and Jessi Frey, to dark electronica artist ESA!
Dead By April brought a true modern metal and metalcore party to Helsinki with the help of UK’s Blood Youth and Finland’s Ember Falls!
Amon Amarth and Machine Head came, saw and delivered! The ‘Vikings & Lionhearts tour’ made a stop in Helsinki, Finland and set the room on fire, quite literally… Support came from Swedish melodeath supergroup The Halo Effect.
Photo Reports
The pictures of the Enemy Inside show at On The Rocks in Helsinki, Finland.
Silent Planet came back to Europe with their “Superbloom” headline tour and brought with them Like Moths To Flames, VEXED and Avoid! We caught them in the beginning of February at Korjaamo in Helsinki for a great night of metalcore and alternative metal! Brought to us by TuskaLive!
Last month, both of our home countries met at a great event with some of the top of the underground metal scene like Unhoped, Rapid, Galvanizer and the very first appearance in Finland of the Belgian speed metallers of Bütcher!
Jonne Aaron seemed to radiate joy and happiness throughout his entire performance last week at Tavara-Asema in Tampere, Finland. I wish all artists would enjoy performing as much as he seemed to enjoy this gig.
Ankor has been getting a lot of attention and making new fans this past festival season in Europe, and it clearly got caught by TuskaLive as well, bringing this exciting group back to Helsinki for a completely sold-out and packed night at On The Rocks. And with the addition of special guests Conquer Divide and openers A Dark Reborn, the party was complete!
Last Friday, Stratovarius and Sonata Arctica came to Tampere’s fully packed Tavara-Asema for their “Nordic Power Titans tour 2025”. In addition, they also brought along Arion to warm up the room for them. While the sound wasn’t always quite on point, that didn’t stop the evening from being a great amount of fun. An event by Grey Beard Concerts & Management.
Eluveitie started 2025 with the first leg in Europe of their “ÀNV Rising” tour, with support from Infected Rain and Ad Infinitum, and we saw it was good at one of the first stops at Kulttuuritalo Helsinki back in January! An event by TuskaLive.
TOTO recently played a show at a full Nokia Arena in Tampere together with Christopher Cross, marking the end of their ‘The Dogz Of Oz’ European Tour. The evening delivered a great feeling of nostalgia.
Finnish “disko metal” icons Turmion Kätilöt, together with King Satan, turned Tampere’s Tavara-Asema into a steaming hot party on last week’s Saturday night. An event by Nem Agency.
Marko Hietala had a special Valentine’s gift for us when he played a sold out show at Olympia-kortteli in Tampere. The show also included appearances from Noora Louhimo and JP Leppäluoto as guest vocals on some of his songs. Thanks Master Events for the access. Always a pleasure to see in a live setting, we’re all too happy to welcome him again on the Tuska stage this summer!
