Veteran metal musician Ira Black presented a new era in his career with APOCÆLYPSE, taking center stage as vocalist, songwriter and main creative behind the project, unleashing a first single with ‘INTELL-I-GENTS’!
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DevilDriver unleashed their new single ‘Dead In The Water’, another taste of their upcoming new album ‘Strike and Kill’, out next month via Napalm Records!
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Brazilian metal titans Eminence returned with their crushing new single ‘Silent March’, featuring a guest appearance by Andreas Kisser from Sepultura!
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Chicago metal outfit Repentance announced their upcoming third full-length ‘Retaliate’ to be released with Noble Demon in July and unleashed the crushing title track as a first single!
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Modern groove/thrash metallers Pretext release second single and video ‘Lord of Pain’ from their upcoming album ‘Riot of the Ruined, out in June via Darkside Records!
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Finnish modern groove metal powerhouse Godsize Error (featuring members of Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Red Eleven and Lost Madison) released their new single ‘Where Hope Fails’!
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Cavalera Conspiracy are returning to Europe for a 2026 summer festival run to bring their ‘Chaos A.D.’ to the fans, including a stop at Graspop and many more! There’s also a chance you could catch them at more intimate headliner shows, don’t miss out!
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Devildriver return with their 11th album ‘Strike and Kill’ set for release in July via Napalm Records and unveiled the lead single ‘Dig Your Own Grave’!
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Soulfly unleashed a gritty animated visual for ‘Favela/Dystopia’, one of the tracks of their latest album ‘Chama’, out with Nuclear Blast Records!
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Copenhagen based metallers Pretext announced their debut album’ Riot of the Ruined’ to be out in June via Darkside Records and unveiled the first single ‘Heritage’!
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The first Tuska 2023 day is here! In a handful of hours the gates will open and 3 days of heavy music will begin! Besides the headliners and some big names, we’ve picked out about 10 bands and artists we believe you should give a shot while you’re at Tuska this weekend with Vended, Kouta, Foreseen and Miseria Ultima today, A.A. Williams, Orbit Culture, Dirt and Nakkeknækker tomorrow, and Vermilia and URNE on Sunday!
Our editor-in-chief Vaim’s selection of albums of the year has turned into an eclectic mix that brings both unbridled chaos and extremes while maintaining a level of catchy with releases from bands like Blackbraid, Cabal, Zeal & Ardor, Machine Head, Wolfheart, Wiegedood, Doodseskader, Malevolence, Psychonaut and The Callous Daoboys!
2022 was yet again an exceptional year for music. After putting together the favorite releases of most of our members, we came to our editorial top featuring the latest releases from bands like Wolfheart, Muse, Ghost, Electric Callboy, Kreator, Malevolence, Heilung, Machine Head, Wiegedood, Psychonaut, Lorna Shore, Bad Omens, Sylvaine, Parkway Drive, Lamb Of God, Rammstein and Zeal & Ardor!
Things are getting ramped up now that the summer period is at its end! Great releases are coming out soon and it showed in the past week with new singles from Slipknot, Gaerea, Alien Weaponry, Brymir, Orbit Culture, Suasion ft. Steffi Pacson and The Callous Daoboys that amazed us!
With the end of summer in sight, we came across 10 releases coming out in August that our editorial team has been looking forward to the most.
A small grab of what we are looking forward to the most of the many exceptional releases coming our way during May 2022!
February 2022 is yet again brimming with great releases, here’s a small selection of our most anticipated ones!
Putting all the favorites of our team of writers and photographers together, we’ve come to a really diverse and interesting overall AOTY list!
Not including these records in my top 2020 was just too painful.
As every year, we put the heads together of our editorial team to decide on our collective “Albums of the Year”, check it out!
Photo Reports
We got to see a glimpse of Witch Fever, Bush and Volbeat when they came to Tampere’s Nokia Arena as the stop in Finland of the ‘Greatest Of All Tours’ tour! An event by Live Nation Finland.
Friday night at Black Hawk MC’s Choppershow weekend in Belgium was all about live music, and especially local bands with Poseydon, popular cover band Impact, and most of all Hexa Mera hitting the stage with a farewell show. Their powerful set hit especially hard, knowing the band is stepping away after 15 years: a bittersweet but fitting send-off for a group that’s been so important to our scene and community.
The final day of Alcatraz ended in style 🤘 Fear Factory, Kerry King, Michael Schenker, Dimmu Borgir, and Machine Head took over the Prison Stage. Relive the closing day’s highlights in our latest photo gallery! 📸
Last month, the tribe of Helsinki got to welcome Soulfly at Tavastia. Founded by the legendary Max Cavalera they still sound and are as energetic as ever, and with the fitting addition of Finnish hardcore icons Terveet Kädet as support, it was a great night with fast music!
Tuska 2025 day two hit hard on the main stage. Slaughter To Prevail, Orbit Culture, and headliners Powerwolf shaped a powerful Saturday at the festival.
Sun, sweat, and steel… Rockfest 2025 opened in style in Turku. H.E.A.T. brought the fire, Sepultura gave Finland their final bow, and Judas Priest proved once more why they’re the Metal Gods.
Moon Shot, RØRY, and Stam1na took over Rockfest’s Red Stage and Black Stage with unforgettable performances, and we captured it all.
Rivers of Nihil took over Tavastia in Helsinki a couple of months ago and absolutely blew our minds at the end of our weekend back then with the help of Cynic, Beyond Creation and Dååth!
Pictures of the second day of Hellsinki Metal Festival 2024 with on stage 1 shows from Kreator, Meshuggah, Doro and Blackbraid!
Pictures of the third day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Audrey Horne, Soil, Jinjer, Korpiklaani, Gene Simmons Band and Architects!
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