Finnish festival Tuhdimmat Tahdit recently announced some more names for their 2026 line-up with HOKKA, Stam1na and Danko Jones joining an already diverse and exciting roster!
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News Posts
Lamb of God is releasing their new album ‘Into Oblivion’ with Epic Records and Century Media Records in March and shared the title track as a single! Catch them live in Europe this summer with appearances at festivals like Wacken and Alcatraz!
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Avatar expanded their already impressive touring schedule for the next couple of years by adding a Spring 2026 headline tour of North America in April and May, bringing along Fleshgod Apocalypse and Frozen Soul!
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Full House Brew Crew started the new year hyping up their upcoming album with the release of their new single ‘The Tear’! ‘Glasgow Grin’ is set to be out next month via ROAR!
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Groove metal outfit Devilz By Definition released a video for their latest and second single ‘Angel Warfare’ of the upcoming album ‘Devilz Knight’, set for release in June 2026 via SelfMadeRecords LLC!
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Lamb of God recently shared their latest new single ‘Parasocial Christ’, out with Century Media Records! See them live next year on their Spring 2026 North American tour or at one of the many European summer festivals they’ve been invited to like Wacken, Alcatraz, Dynamo Metalfest and more!
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Full House Brew Crew unleashes new video single ‘Free Fall’, another single from the upcoming album ‘Glasgow Grin’, set for release in February 2026 via ROAR – A Division of Reigning Phoenix Music!
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Urne recently unveiled the single ‘The Spirit, Alive’, another track from their upcoming studio album ‘Setting Fire To The Sky’, set for release in January 2026 via Spinefarm!
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Lamb Of God just shared an electrifying live video for their latest single ‘Sepsis’, recorded at Aftershock Festival where they debuted the track in front of tens of thousands of fans!
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Soulfly delivered their tribally fueled thirteenth album ‘Chama’ via Nuclear Blast last week and unleashed a video for the track ‘No Pain = No Power’ to celebrate! We can’t wait to see them at Alcatraz Festival next summer!
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Photo Reports
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!
Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Dyscordia, Orden Ogan, Beast In Black, Feuerschwanz, Channel Zero, Saxon and Amon Amarth!
Orbit Culture came, saw and blew us away at Vanha Ylioppilastalo in Helsinki, Finland! And with the support of their country mates of Bite Down, we got a showcase of the promising new music coming from Sweden!
Avatar dropped by the legendary Helsinki venue Tavastia on their “The Great Metal Circus 2024” tour, bringing their visual spectacle and theatrics properly to Finland. With them they brought the US metallers of Æther Realm, really blowing up the night!
A chaotic fuelled blood rampage. That’s what Malevolence released upon Newcastle. Together with Rough Justice and Pain of Truth they laid down absolute destruction at the University Students Union!
Album Reviews
Get ready to groove, shout and bang your head with the latest release by Awakening Sun! Oh, and don’t forget about a couple of good circle pits!
Burn The Priest is back! No, don’t worry: Lamb of God didn’t just recently quit. Don’t expect new work, just covers of the music that inspired these guys to make the music they do now.
Start your engines, ladies and gentlemen: nothing`s off limits for Welsh ragga rock / metal pioneers Skindred and their seventh album Big Tings! Roaring and pounding, big sounding, groovy as hell !!!
Featuring current and past members of Kamelot, King Diamond and Arcanium, Sault deliver high-energy heavy metal sound with a debut album ‘Seeds of Power.’
Cane Hill was almost “Too Far Gone”, but they managed to get their stuff in order and delivered a great piece of raw and focused modern metal!
The popular metal outfit Trivium is back with album number 8 “The Sin and the Sentence” to prove that they’re the epitome of modern metal!
The Cavalera brothers are at it again! And how… they absolutely destroy anyone who says that they’re not relevant anymore in the modern metal scene with “Psychosis”!
The Antwerp-based BARK is back with a brand new album full of speed and brutality: Like Humans Do.
The debut release of “supergroup” River Black will blast you with groovy guitar riffs and grab you by the balls with their raw hardcore energy and attitude!
Finnish solo artist and multi-instrumentalist Jay Ray has finally released his debut album! Sit back, close your eyes and be impressed by his creations…
Interviews
Watch the video interview we had with Samy Elbanna from Lost Society about their new upcoming album ‘No Absolution’!
A conversation with Joonas and Jyri from Oceanhoarse about their European tour supporting Marko Hietala from Nightwish!
During their passage on Alcatraz we had an nice chat with Tommy Victor from Prong about his long term career and even some words on Danzig.
Iris of Spoil Engine talking all about their new album ‘Renaissance Noire’ and more!
Joonas and Jyri of Oceanhoarse told us why we all need to be at their own festival ‘Hoarsefest’… it includes a pretty good price to win!
A talk with Joonas and Jyri from Oceanhoarse about the release of their EP ‘Voluntary Bends’!
We got the chance to talk to Lena from Infected Rain about their new album ‘Endorphin’
Jungle Rot’s Dave Matrise shares his views on the metal scene, tour life and their latest self-titled album.
Jungle Rot’s Dave Matrise shares his views on the metal scene, tour life and their latest self-titled album.
An interview with Alien Weaponry a band of young lions straight from New Zealand playing their first show ever at Wacken!
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