News Posts

Faroe Islands-based metal collective Týr announced the “Battle Ballads North American headlining tour” for next year (tickets available tomorrow) and unveiled the cover art of their upcoming Metal Blades Records album ‘Battle Ballads’!

German medieval metal masters Tanzwut and industrial dark rock/metal act Schattenman joined forces to release the stunning cover version of Udo Lindenberg’s ‘Komet’, released via AFM Records!

Mexican-Canadian band Cabrakaän bring their take on the Mexican classic ‘La Cigarra’, infusing it with their brand of folk metal and with Reed Alton from Osyron on guest vocals! A track from their upcoming album ‘Aztlán’, set for release next month!

Still about 10 months to go, Alcatraz has announced the first 50 confirmed acts for the 2024 edition of one of Belgium’s greatest rock and metal fests!

Middle Eastern folk/prog metal outfit Myrath finally announced their upcoming new album ‘Karma’ to be released in February 2024 via earMUSIC and share their first single ‘Heroes’!

The iconic Vintersorg signs to Hammerheart Records for the release of new music, and brings along the Dimbild project as well!

Power Celtic metallers Skiltron announced their new album ‘Bruadarach’ to be released in December via Trollzorn Records and unveiled a first track with ‘As We Fight’!

German melodic metal outfit Silent Revenants have just released the new single ‘Siren’, a track from their upcoming album ‘The Withering Of The Blue Flower’, set for release next month via Wormholedeath!

Folk metal band Vansind unleash first single ‘Grib Til Våben’ off their upcoming debut album ‘Mørket’, set for release in November via Mighty Music! Get ready to pick up your sword and respond to the call to arms!

Photo Reports

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Co-Headliners Eluveitie and Amorphis shared the stage with special guest Dark Tranquillity and warm-up act Nailed to Obscurity on their European tour and we caught them at l’Aéronef in Lille, France!

Pictures of the first day of Rock in the City Kerava 2022 with Turmion Kätilöt, Dampf, Brother Firetribe, Lordi and Korpiklaani.

Day 1 of the rejuvenated Sauna Open Air offered a lot of fun with Michael Monroe, Negatiiviset Nuoret, Nestor, Fear of Domination, Stam1na, Eläkeläiset, Alestorm, Korpiklaani, Beast in Black, Turmion Kätilöt and Bullet For My Valentine!

Dark Tranquillity and Ensiferum set Helsinki on fire with the help of supporting bands Marianas Rest and Gwendydd! And we were all too excited that concerts like they were before all this misery are happening again in full force! Moshpits, here we come!

Pictures of the first day of Tuska 2023 with Eluveitie, Northern Kings, Lost Society, Perturbator, Beast In Black, Red Fang, Carcass and Heilung

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Celebrating GRIMM’s 9th birtyday, and Lika Bosch’s birthday on Walpurgis night, in Asgaard, Gentbrugge, with a pagan/folk metal party!

Insomnium finally got to do their Finnish tour with Finntroll and we were at the very first stop in Helsinki!

After a long break from live shows …and Oceans finally got back on stage in Tampere last Friday. With them as support were Frosttide and Kuoleman Galleria. See the whole Gallery on our site.

The pictures of a night with Estonian folk metal legends Metsatöll, supported by the Finnish bands Voidfallen & Vetten Äpärät!

Pictures of the first day of Finland’s SaariHelvetti festival held in Tampere in 2021! With a whole slab of quality Finnish metal bands from start to finish!

Gig Reports

Cowboys, vikings and pirates: a night any geek/kid would drool over came to live! Alestorm, Skálmöld and Bootyard Bandits blew the roof off Nosturi!

A night of heart-warmingly happy, crazy and joyeus (folk) metal is just what the doctor prescribed against the gloomy Finnish Winter weather!

On 15/02/2018, together with around 1000 other metalheads, we headed towards a sold out Trix in Antwerp for an evening filled with folk- and paganmetal. Trollfest, arkona and heidevolk were opening for headliner korpiklaani.

Celebrating the release off their latest album, Will to Power (released with Century Media Records),  Arch Enemy went out on tour selling out venues by the hand full. This can be expected when a band like Arch Enemy takes the stage with Jinjer, Tribulation and Wintersun.

Lacuna Coil brought Cellar Darling and a touch of Christmas spirit to Belgium and we were there!

Ensiferum gathered their troops, some wolves and fellow pagans to deliver an evening filled with Finnish pagan inspired metal!

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Ithilien worth the watch and a great warm-up for the always great Dutch pagan metal outfit Heidevolk, celebrating their 15th anniversary!

The heralds of the gods strike down in Helsinki!

The heralds of the gods strike down in Helsinki!

Kilten en kostuums in een uitbundige Trix.