Chinese Mongolian metal collective Nine Treasures unveiled their latest new single and video ‘Until Now’, another track from their upcoming album ‘Seeking The Absolute’, set for release later this month via Metal Blade Records!
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News Posts
Equilibrium announced their new studio album ‘Equinox’ to be out next month via Nuclear Blast Records and unleashed the single ‘I’ll Be Thunder’!
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For those who missed it, Fabienne Erni (known from Eluveitie, Illumishade and tons of contributions to other bands) shared her first solo single with ‘Sky’s Breath’ at the end of August, a taste of her upcoming debut album coming in 2026!
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Headlining Tuska 2026 will be Bring Me The Horizon and Bad Omens, backed by a diverse first wave including The Plot In You, Blood Incantation, Queensrÿche, Kublai Khan TX, Malevolence, Soilwork, Rivers of Nihil, Ensiferum, Bloodred Hourglass, Majestica, Melrose Avenue, The Callous Daoboys and Neckbreakker!
We’re already getting excited for another memorable weekend of metal and alternative music in Helsinki! 3-day tickets are already available right now.
Which band are you looking forward to the most? Or still wishing for? Let us know in the comments!
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Folk metal trailblazers Equilibrium returned with their new stand-alone single and video ‘Bloodwood’, out now with Nuclear Blast!
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Nine Treasures recently announced their new album ‘Seeking The Absolute’ to be out via Metal Blade Records in October and shared a first track with ‘Real Dream’!
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Swedish blackened viking metal trio Månegarm are unleashing their much-awaited studio album ‘Edsvuren’ with Napalm Records this Friday and shared the single ‘En blodvittneskrans’ in anticipation!
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Folk/prog metal legends Vintersorg are releasing their new album ‘Vattenkrafternas Spel’ in September via Hammerheart Records and have just unveiled the latest single ‘Störtsjö’!
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Ukraine’s pagan folk metallers Natural Spirit return after a 5 year hiatus with their new single ‘Swamp’, now available on all streaming platforms!
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Australian symphonic folk metal revelation Valhalore recently unleashed a music video for ‘Within The Fire’, a track from their latest album ‘Beyond The Stars’, out with ROAR. But not only that, they are coming for a visit to Europe in support of Aephanemer, bringing them all over the continent, including Finland and our very own venue Asgaard Gentbrugge in Belgium! Don’t miss out on this!
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Photo Reports
A selection of 30 photos that Helder likes a lot from one of his most productive year considering covering concerts, including captures of Fear Factory, Atreyu, Jinjer, Rolo Tomassi, Stone, The Kooks, Pixies, Wunderhorse, Yours Truly, You Me at Six, Lake Malice, Bloodywood, Epica, Avatar, The 69 Eyes, Nova Twins, Cam Cole, Sabaton, The Lumineers, Grailknights, All For Metal, The Baboon Show, Combichrist, Megaherz, The BossHoss, Cancer Bats, Kvelertak, Fixation, Ignea, and Butcher Babies.
The second night of John Smith Rock Frozen 2023 was pretty epic with some of the best of the Finnish scene with Red Eleven, Kiuas, Finntroll, Turmion Kätilöt and headliners Amorphis! Throw on top of that the Swedish up-and-comers of Orbit Culture, and you know it was good!
The Polish black metal institution Batushka brought their unholy sermon to the halls of Helsinki’s Vanha Ylioppilastalo and brought with them the Russian pagans of Arkona, the pretty epic Canadian Aeternam and Latvian vikings of Varang Nord!
Pictures of Lorna Shore, The Hu and Ghost on the last day of yet another great Tuska edition!
Pictures of A.A. Williams, Orbit Culture, Finntroll, Marko Hietala and Butcher Babies taking over the tent stage and Inferno stage on the second day of Tuska 2023!
Pictures of Kouta and Miseria Ultima playing on Tuska 2023’s KVLT stage on day 1!
Metfest 2023 at the Tollwood area in Munich, Germany… a celebration with superheroes, warriors, good music and of course mead, with Feuerschwanz, Fiddler’s Green, Warkings and Grailknights!
Tuhdimmat Tahdit and Master Events brought one very hot festival to Tampere’s Ratinanniemi. It started with Verikalpa and ended with Beast in Black, but we also can’t forget about all the bands in between: Transworld Identity, Prestige, Ensiferum, Bloodred Hourglass, Dynazty, Lordi, Mors Subita, Dead by April and Diablo.
The Scottish pirates of Alestorm docked their pirate ship in Torhout, Belgium. A sold out venue was ready to party with them, fantasy power metallers Gloryhammer, the dwarves of Windrose and fellow pirates Rumahoy.
Battle Beast showed what a great heavy metal show is like at Jäähalli Helsinki a good week ago with the support of their special guests Ensiferum and Kiuas! A production by Master Events.
Album Reviews
Are you guys ready for a real folk metal party? Check out on the Finnish band Verikalpa bringing their debut album.
Orphaned Land brings their sixth studio album which is again a work of art, find out here how that turned out.
Heidevolk tells the story about Germanic tribes rising up against the Roman empire. Are you wondering too how this battle turned out? Check it out here.
2018 starts with the release of the first album of Leaves’ Eyes with their new singer Elina Siirala. Find out here how that turned out.
Go on a journey with Wolfhorde to the roots of Finnish metal music with the ‘The Great Old Ones’ EP.
Go on a trip with Nordheim riding raptors, drinking beer and plundering, what can go wrong ?
Deep voices singing in harmony, epic beards, riffs you could slice stones with and bagpipes; it’s all there in the Apocalypse Orchestra.
Killing your idols, then reinterpreting them, then loving them again… Eluveitie made us go through quite some emotions with their new album!
The ship has docked and Alestorm has returned! So fill your tankards and tag along for some mighty pirate adventures, for there is no grave but the sea!
The New Wave Of Folk Meta-… Errr, Rock: Cellar Darling and Eluveitie’s legacy.
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