Finnish death/doom mastodons Hooded Menace reawaken classic horror on new single ‘Pale Masquerade’ another track from their upcoming album ‘Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration’, set for release in October via Season of Mist!
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Finnish melodeath icons Omnium Gatherum released their latest single ‘My Pain’, another track from their upcoming album ‘May The Bridges We Burn Light The Way’, set for release in November with Century Media Records!
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Finnish death metal outfit Plague Vessel sign with Memento Mori and are preparing to release their debut album with their new label in 2026!
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Finnish prog outfit Canvas of Silence shared their new single ‘One With The Wind’, a second track revealed of their upcoming debut album ‘As The World Tree Fell’, set for release in October via Rockshots Records!
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The legendary Finnish metal band Soulgrind is back after 15 years with new music under the form of their tenth album ‘Ad Pulchram Mortem’, set for release with Inverse Records and a first single and video ‘Jylhä metsämies’!
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Finnish thrash metal juggernauts Bloodride return with the lyric video for ‘King of Pain’, a track from their new album ‘Deafening’, out now through Wormholedeath!
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Finnish metal icons Amorphis recently shared the new single ‘Dancing Shadow’ in anticipation of their upcoming new album ‘Borderland’, out next month via Reigning Phoenix Music! Catch them live this Fall in Europe with Arch Enemy or in the Summer of 2026 at the many festivals they’re already confirmed for, including Alcatraz Festival and Brutal Assault!
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Finnish melodic death metal masters Mors Principium Est launch new video and single ‘Summoning The Dark’ in anticipation of their upcoming new album ‘Darkness Invisible’ out next month via Perception!
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Finnish death metal unit Abhorrence honours the Great Old Ones of death metal and unleashed the single and video ‘Old Age, Sickness and Death Metal’ as a tribute to Possessed and the 40th anniversary of the album that started it all: ‘Seven Churches’!
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Finnish death doom mastodons Hooded Menace are casting their music in ghoulish new light on their upcoming new album ‘Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration’, set for release in October with Season of Mist and shared its lead single ‘Portrait Without a Face’!
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Photo Reports
Pictures of the “Rise from the North” tour striking down in Helsinki, Finland with In Flames, Arch Enemy and Soilwork bringing some of the best the world of melodic death metal has to offer!
With their 5th album ‘Attracted To Danger’, THE NEW ROSES are currently on tour in Europe. With MOONSHOT from Finland as the support act, the German rockers are thrilling the masses. At their gig in Stuttgart, we had the pleasure of witnessing this amazing rock performance.
Vola’s ‘Friend of a Phantom’ tour passed through Finland last week and hit Tampere’s Pakkahuone on Tuesday November 5th. It was a filled with emotion, not only from Vola, but also the support acts Feather Mountain and Charlotte Wessels. This almost overwhelming rollercoaster ride of emotions was brought to us by TuskaLive.
Within Temptation dropped by in Helsinki on their “Bleed Out tour 2024” that is taking over arenas all over Europe and treated us to a visual and musical spectacle like only they can deliver. With them they brought guest artists to do some songs with them and support band Annisokay!
The pictures of an amazing night with the headlining show from Future Palace at On The Rocks in Helsinki, with the support from Our Promise and Revnoir!
The last weekend of October, Apulanta played two glorious shows at Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland in front of a huge crowd of fans, and joined by Lahtis Sinfonia Orchestra. A show that somehow felt simultaneously simplistic and very grand, with a well-thought-out light show and setlist featuring rarely played tracks live!
Pictures of the captivating performances of Noiduin, Kallomäki, Valkeat, the fire ritual and several dark fusion dance groups at this year’s Pakanafestarit in Finland!
Smash Into Pieces were back in Finland a while back, and we got to see their show at Tampere’s Pakkahuone, where they played in front of a full house alongside Cyan Kicks. A wonderful night of good music and atmosphere, hosted by Live Nation Finland.
1349 and Kampfar joined forces to invade Europe with their Norwegian black metal onslaught and brought along the Danes of Afsky, and we caught them at their stop at Ääniwalli in Helsinki for a much needed black metal fix at the start of our week!
GHØSTKID came back to Finland to play an excellent show at Tavastia in Helsinki, and they brought with them Within Destruction and SETYØURSAILS for a splendid night of modern metal and metalcore!
Interviews
The second part of our conversation with Mr. Lordi in which he tells us the story behind ‘Like A Bee To The Honey’ and his future in recording music.
A video interview with Mr. Lordi about the reception and concept of their latest release “Killection”! Check it out!
A video interview with Samy Elbanna from Lost Society about Nosturi, the uprising of the new generation and the (Finnish) music scene.
A video interview with Prika from Nervosa about touring, inspirational guitarists, some of her favorite metal bands and playing at Rock In Rio.
MC Raaka Pee and Shag-U from Turmion Kätilöt talk about their music, meeting Mike Patton, booze, laser pussies, disco balls and strong beats…
A talk with the complete Crimson Sun about their music, shows and latest release ‘Fates’! Check it out!
A video interview with vocalist Arde from Temple Balls about touring with Sonata Arctica and the upcoming tour with Shiraz Lane and Block Buster.
A video interview with Hannes Kett from Shiraz Lane about the past, the present and the future! Check out the full conversation!
Watch the video interview we had with Samy Elbanna from Lost Society about their new upcoming album ‘No Absolution’!
A short and fun talk with Samy Elbanna from Lost Society at Tuska 2019 about playing live, their first single for ‘No Absolution’ and some more tricky questions!
Album Reviews
Finland’s Mustasuo deliver an intense and quite memorable experience with their second full-length record, ‘Katharsis’.
The popular black metal group Belzebubs, who we know from the web series following their daily lives, finally release a proper album into the world!
Dawn Of Solace is back after 14 years with a masterfully written and performed doomy album. It’s a stunningly beautiful piece of music.
‘Verisaarna’ is wrought with various elements that are borrowed from the second wave of black metal, through which Kryptamok brings its own version of it.
In the world of Lordi, the band has been around for half a century already, resulting in this fictional compilation album with songs from every decade!
Finnish thrash metal youngsters of Lost Society are back with a brand new release and it offers absolutely ‘No Absolution’! Check it out!
Babylonfall releasing their debut “Collapse”. A melodic death metal piece of art with some doom metal influences
Turmion Kätilöt is back with yet another release. Let it be a warning for you: they intend to go global with ‘Global Warning’!
Hexvessel have pulled a new set of songs from their sleeves for the new album ‘Kindred’. The best magical forest folk from Finland you can find…
With ‘Alloy’ Svart Records continues its quest to make all of Skepticism’s back catalogue available again.
Gig Reports
Igorrr finally landed with his circus of madness on the Finnish shores and simply blew everyone there away! Simply memorable!
A report on a captivating night with the ever impressive Author & Punisher in the industrial district of Helsinki…
Insomnium finally got to do their Finnish tour with Finntroll and we were at the very first stop in Helsinki!
Eivør made it back to Finnish soil to put us under a spell with her gorgeous music and vocals at the legendary Tavastia club in Helsinki!
A great night of industrial, aggrotech and EBM in Helsinki with Nachtmahr, Freakangel and Miseria Ultima where we were taken by the beat!
After an impressive release last year, VOLA came to our neighborhood to bring their intricate music live, with the support of Port Noir and Atlas!
A welcome reunion with Bloodred Hourglass, MyGrain, Marianas Rest and Balance Breach for the top of the Finnish up-and-coming scene!
Finally, the power metal masters of Beast In Black found a moment and stage to play their new ‘Dark Connection’ music live!
Ginger Vine Management took 3 acts from their roster that they believe are highly promising and the ones to watch in 2022 and put them together on the bill of the same gig!
A wonderful night of rock ‘n’ roll with a new generation of talented musicians keeping the future for the old school sound very much alive!
