British alternative metallers Neonfly are set to tour Finland with Cyhra this February, visiting Tampere, Helsinki and Oulu on a tour organized by Nem Agency!
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News Posts
Finnish modern metal band Volucrine is releasing their 4th full-length ‘ETNA’ next month via Inverse Records and shared a new single with ‘Riptide’!
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Finnish melancholic metal band Garden of Stone is set to release their debut EP ‘Tides of Decay’ next month via Inverse Records and shared a second single with ‘Idol of Flesh’!
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Finnish black metallers Hollow Woods shared the new track ‘Night Burns Through’ from their upcoming album ‘Like Twisted Bones of Fallen Giants’, set for release in February via Signal Rex!
Sonata Arctica announced a Finnish tour of 8 different stops in March/April 2024 in support of their upcoming new album ‘Clear Cold Beyond’, which is coming out in the beginning of March via Atomic Fire Records.
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Finnish goth band Lamori embraces eerie depths with their new single ‘Ave Valkyria’, a track of their upcoming album ‘NEON BLOOD FIRE’, set for release via Wormholedeath!
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Finnish metal outfit on the rise Where’s My Bible released a new single and music video with ‘Creator of Abyss’, another track from their upcoming new album set for release in 2024 via Inverse Records!
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Finnish dark metal torchbearers counting Hours announced new album ‘The Wishing Tomb’ to be released in February 2024 via Ardua Music and shared a first track with ‘Timeless Ones’!
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While they are preparing their sophomore full-length, Rioghan is treating us on the EP ‘Covers III’ via Inverse Records, and a brand-new music video for their hit track ‘Reflection’ featuring footage of their first ever gig!
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Finnish melodic metal band Abandon All returns already with new material after their debut album ‘Far Away’ being released earlier this year! ‘The Wolf And The Owl’ is the first track (featuring guest vocals by Capri from Amberian Dawn) from their upcoming EP ‘Strong’, set for release in 2024 via Inverse Records!
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Interviews
We talked with Larissa Stupar of Venom Prison about their tour with Trivium, music and her opinion about a bunch of things! Check it out!
A short talk with a clearly tired Ontto from Oranssi Pazuzu about their psychedelic and cosmic take on black metal!
Short interview with Jukka and Markus from Omnium Gatherum about their music and tour!
We had an interesting talk with Ensiferum’s Petri Lindroos about touring, performing… and the upcoming new album ‘Two Paths’!
We talked with John Baizley about his music, new guitarist and dealing with constant pain in the rock ‘n’ roll life.
We had a chat with Brujo himself of the Mexican group of gangsters Brujeria!
We talked with guitarist Tomi from Amorphis about a new album, touring a lot and some music to check out!
We had a long talk with guitarist Teemu about the new album, live set-up, crowdfunding campaign and some of his musical preferences.
A talk with Joel andd Niko about how they’re planning to take on the world with their “violent pop revolution”. Spoiler: it’s not only with their looks…
We talked with vocalist Maja Shining about touring, their music, inspiration and being empowering to women and girls in the music business!
Photo Reports
The French band Aephanemer dropped by On The Rocks in Helsinki to turn the heat up and make a pretty much crammed venue go wild to their symphonic/melodic death metal tunes! Support came from locals Numento.
The outdoor stage on the 2nd day of Steelfest XI was the place for explosive and often high velocity performances by Tsatthoggua, Sex Messiah, Grenadier, Witchtrap, Kalmankantaja and Behexen!
The second day of Steelfest XI delivered another serving of proper dark underground and extreme metal on the indoors stage with performances from Gravespawn, Ymir, Infernal, Totalselfhatred, Ride For Revenge, Gehenna and Carpathian Forest!
The kings of weed metal Bongzilla brought the smoke with them to a packed house at Kuudes Linja in Helsinki, Finland and delivered their usual absolutely crushing wall of sound to a highly anticipating crowd. Support came from the Finnish black metal outfit Frigid Winter.
The first day of Steelfest XI also brought a series of explosive and high energy performances to the outdoor stage with Azazel, Utuk Xul, Nocturnal Sorcery, Loits, Pest and Deströyer 666!
On Ascension day, Steelfest XI brought a great collection of stellar underground bands to the festival’s indoor stage with Coraxul, Nattverd, Hail Conjurer, Sacrilegious Impalement, The Committee, Horna and Marduk on the first day of the 3-day fest!
A bit over a month ago, Aesthetic Perfection dropped by On The Rocks in Helsinki on their “American Psycho Tour”, which is the very last headlining tour of the industrial pop act! Support came from the drum n bass and industrial creatives Mechanical Vein!
Sabaton brought war to Helsinki and tried burning down the sold out Jäähalli with their fire show. They outdid themselves with this grand masterpiece, brought to Finland by TuskaLive and Grey Beard. Babymetal and Lordi both did a great job warming us up for this spectacle.
We got to enjoy yet another show of Brymir and Kaunis Kuolematon a couple of Friday’s ago at Tampere’s YO-Talo. An event was organized by Nem Agency and Master Events.
The ever popular Swedish metalcore outfit Imminence came to blow us away at a completely sold out On The Rocks in Helsinki, with the help of the energy bomb that is Blood Command to set things off!
