News Posts

Finnish black metallers Dark Divination revealed the new track ‘Pride of Victory’, the second one unveiled from their highly anticipated debut album ‘Liitto hengen ja veren’, set for release in December via Signal Rex!

Finnish black metal unit Victimarum set release date for debut album ‘Seitsemän soihdun valossa’ on October 11 via Signal Rex and shared a first track with ‘Tulenkantaja’!

Finland’s unholy cult Azazel returned with a surprise fourth studio album ‘Ave Dominus Luciferi’, released last week Friday via Primitive Reaction!

Finnish black metallers Beleth’s Trumpet revealed the new track ‘Triumphant Voice of Beleth’ from upcoming debut album ‘Chapel of Bones’, set for release in July via Dominance of Darkness Records and Korpituli Productions.

Finland’s notorious black metal titans Archgoat took command of the Servants of Chaos festival stage and are now sharing a full video of their ferocious performance! For those who are at Steelfest this weekend, make sure you catch the show of these legends!

Finnish black metal outfit Iku-Turso set the release date for their mini-album ‘Wolfheart’ on June 6 with Purity Through Fire and unleashed a first track with ‘Pagan Beasts’!

Finnish black metal outfit Warmoon Lord set the release date for their upcoming new album ‘Sacrosanct Demonopathy’ to May 25th with Werewolf Records and unveiled a first track with ‘A Hungering Yoke’! Catch them live at Steelfest in about a month for a classic unforgiving black metal show!

Finnish symphonic black metal duo Pestilent Hex unveiled ‘Through Mirrors Beyond’, a second track from their upcoming album ‘Sorceries of Sanguine & Shadow’, set for release via Debemur Morti Productions at the end of this month!

The 13th edition of Steelfest is happening in a bit more than 8 months and over the weekend they announced 30 confirmed names for 2025, with of course a nice selection of the top of the Finnish underground scene and plenty of pretty impressive names again, including some exclusive shows of bands like Absu, Osculum Infame, The True Werwolf, Imprecation, Hellwind & Vritrahn and more! Time to get those tickets, we’d say!

After earlier this year celebrating 30 years of Horna at Steelfest with 3 separate shows each spanning another era of the legendary Finnish black metal outfit, they are now also set to release their highly anticipated 11th album ‘Nyx – Hymnejä Yölle’ in a couple of weeks via W.T.C. Productions!

Album Reviews

Finnish black metal duo White Rune returns with the second enthralling symphonic and melodic album “Eventide on Aurora”. Out since October 31st via Hammer of Hate Records.

The third epic chapter “Sancrosanct Demonopathy” by Finnish black act Warmoon Lord offers symphonic elements of 90s black metal and lives up to the standard of Lord Vrăjitor. Out via Werewolf Records since May 9th. The album is highly recommended for fans of Emperor and Obtained Enslavement. Catch their show at Steelfest this weekend for those who make it, you won’t regret it!

Finnish black metal duo Moonfall delves into the archaic and atmospheric style of early black and dungeon synth. Their full-length album “Odes to the Ritual Hills” was released via Iron Bonehead Productions last week Friday!

Finland’s symphonic/melodic black metal outfit Pestilent Hex crafts the traditional sound of Scandinavian black metal on the second full length album “Sorceries of Sanguine & Shadow”, out via Debemur Morti Productions since last week’s Friday.

The fifth album ‘Death Is Absent’ of the Finnish black metal duo Aethyrick evokes a mesmerizing and atmospheric beauty. Out via Norma Evangelium Diaboli.

The new and highly anticipated eleventh album “Nyx – Hymnejä Yölle” from the Finnish black metal icons Horna is a pure definition of evil. One of this year’s top black metal releases, out via World Terror Committee tomorrow, September 13th!

Finnish symphonic black metal collective Vargrav presents its third opus entitled “The Nigthold”, and resuscitates the principles of symphonic black metal with superior quality, out via Werewolf Records on December 15th.

Finnish melodic black metal stalwarts Moonlight Sorcery paint shimmering landscapes of winter on their first studio album “Horned Lord of The Thorned Castle” which amalgamate the fantasy style of Scandinavian melodies with a sense of fantasy. Out now via Avantgarde Music!

Mastermind V-Khaoz of Vargrav continues to carve his sonic art in the footsteps of the Norwegian masters Emperor, the new EP output “Encircle the Spectral Dimension” emphasizes the majestic art of symphonic black metal. Out via Werewolf Records.

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.