Finnish power metal outfit Gladenfold shared ‘Wardens Of Time’, another single in anticipation of their new album ‘Soulbound’ to be released in February via Reaper Entertainment!
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Finnish theatrical metal band Endless Exam returns with their furious new single ‘Shut Up!’, out now with Inverse Records!
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Finnish gothic outfit Rain Diary shared their new single ‘Naive’ in anticipation of their album ‘Night Church’ to be finally released in March!
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Finnish purveyors of atmospheric heaviness Harms signed to Time To Kill Records for the release of their 2nd full-length ‘Rebirth of the Cold’!
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Finnish High School Dropouts are proving that pop punk is far from dead with their take on Taylor Swift’s ‘Love Story’, out now!
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Finnish band Rioghan are blending modern metal, progressive elements and dark pop atmosphere on new single ‘Chapter III: Teardrop’, another track from the upcoming ‘Frozen’ EP, set for release in April! Catch them live in Finland with I Am Your God or this summer at the first edition of Ankea Festival!
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Finnish melodic death metal powerhouse Omnium Gatherum drops a surprise new single with ‘Moongold’! Catch them on tour in Europe starting next month in support of their latest album ‘May The Bridges We Burn Light The Way’!
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Finnish symphonic metal band Memoira released a new video for their latest single ‘Dollmaker’!
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Recently, Finnish folk/pagan metal artist Vermilia released a video for ‘Karsikko’, the title track of their latest album released last year! Catch the act live in support of Swallow The Sun in a couple of weeks or this spring and summer at plenty of festivals, including the new Finnish event Ankea Festival!
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Finnish heavy metal band Serpent Gates unleashed the single ‘Down the Cross’, taking a swipe at religions, and another track from their upcoming debut album ‘The Veil of Darkness’, set for release next month!
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Album Reviews
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.
Finnish outfit Norrhem has crafted a remarkable combination of melodic black/folk metal with their release ‘Koitos’!
Santa Cruz is back with a new line-up and a new sound. You can read the review of ‘Katharsis’ here.
By one of the many lakes in Finland, Jasmin Saarela, leading lady in psychedelic supernauts Jess & the Ancient ones, has written her first solo record ‘Under the Red Light Shine’. a hauntinly beautiful record full of soul and melancholy.
Wheel brings you a sound that is very much inspired by Tool, but with a great personality and great songwriting skills!
Devil Worshipper takes you on a demented and emotional ride littered with sin and temptation. And Satan, of course Satan!
Photo Reports
New Wave Of Finnish Heavy Metal organised a Vappu after party with Crimson Day, Everlore and Neverfade at Maanalainen in Tampere. An overall fun event full of heavy music discoveries.
Luna Kills blew the roof off On The Rocks in the beginning of April with their release show, celebrating their new album ‘DEATHMATCH’ in style, and with support Lastout to warm up the crowd, it was a great night of promising bands! In just a couple of days, Luna Kills is kickstarting their first ever European headlining tour, don’t miss out!
Heilung is always such an impressive experience, more than just another concert, it’s a ritual every time leaving us energized and exhalted by the flow of energy radiating from this collective. We really didn’t want to miss out on their last tour for awhile and caught them at their very first stop in Helsinki! They brought their good friend Eivør with them to warm up the crowd with her spellbinding voice and music, which is such a darn good match always!
Pictures of an occult night in Helsinki with “The Unholy Trinity tour” striking down and taking over the Ice Halls. And with Behemoth, Satyricon and Rotting Christ we got from the top shelf of extreme metal!
Canadian black metal giants Spectral Wound took over a sold out On The Rocks in Helsinki during their “BLOOD. MIRE. DEATH. tour”, bringing their unique raw, uncompromising black metal assault with the support from Finland’s own death metal outfit Ashen Tomb! An event by Nem Agency.
Opeth released an absolutely brilliant new album with ‘The Last Will And Testament’ last year, and now they brought it to the stage all over Europe. And we in Helsinki were honored to be the first stop of the tour back in February, getting a first taste of their new work live. And with Grand Magus to warm us up, this was a brilliant night for the (metal) music lovers among us! An event by Fullsteam Agency
Mixing classical music and metal is a well tested concept by now. The Rock Orchestra did a great job when they came to Tampere-Talo on Monday the 7th of April.
Finnish rock up-and-comers Ginger Evil made a proper introduction to Helsinki at the KULT Club with a release show celebrating their debut album released earlier in the year with Frontiers Music, and we saw it was good!
Pictures of a sold-out night with melodic metal legends Dark Tranquillity, gothic metal institution Moonspell and German promises Hiraes at Ääniwalli in Helsinki!
Noora Louhimo Acoustic Experience played a wide variety of songs during their gig at Telakka in Tampere last week. From rock covers, Battle Beast songs over to some of Noora’s own work, the show had something for every taste.
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