US heavy metal psych force Book of Wyrms signed with Argonauta Records for the release of their upcoming album ‘Megacelestial’!
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Finnish modern heavy metal force Crimson Day signed to Wormholedeath for the release of their highly anticipated new album ‘Dark Dimension’!
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Legendary metal band Venom just announced their new album ‘Into Oblivion’ to be out in May with Noise Records/BMG and unvelied a first single with ‘Lay Down Your Soul’!
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Meet The Ghoulstars! Finnish horror punks signed with Season of Mist to start invading the land of the living beyond their own swamps and bogs!
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Following the release of ‘Cult of the Serpent Sun’ with Season of Mist last year, San Francisco blackened heavy metal force NITE are bringing their metal attack to the European shores with a tour in April!
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Last week, the Tuska 2026 line-up was completed with the last 3 confirmed bands: Japanese heavy metal icons Loudness, Finnish melodeath heroes Warmen and Leeds alternative rock/metal outfit Caskets!
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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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Iconic heavy metal supergroup Down dropped a special cover of Dr. John’s ‘Right Place, Wrong Time’ in celebration of Mardi Gras! Get your funk on!
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Modern power metal rising force INDUCTION have unleashed their new studio album ‘LOVE KILLS!’, out now via Reigning Phoenix Music. The record marks the band’s most focused and mature chapter yet, sharpening their blend of heavy, hook‑driven power metal with a strong emotional core. Confident, clear in direction, and sonically bold, entering a new era. And to celebrate they dropped a striking new video for ‘Strangers To Love’, featuring Clémentine Delauney fo Visions of Atlantis!
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German heavy metal outfit Generation Steel is starting a whole new chapter with a new album, new musicians, new label with Fireflash Records and new booking agency!
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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.
Castle Rat brought their “Old World Realms Tour” to Helsinki’s On the Rocks, joined by local doom disciples Mansion. A night of theatrical heavy metal, ritualistic soundscapes, and raw energy opening a portal to an amazing fantasy world!
Nahka Agency brought a great blend of Finnish metal to Tampere’s Tavara-Asema on Friday May 16th with Amoral, Shade Empire and Voidfallen. Unfortunately the turn up wasn’t anywhere near to as much as it should have been for such a night of quality metal music.
The 13th (local) edition of Full Moon gave us 3 Belgian bands: party cover band Crazy Copy Cats, System Of A Down tribute band Toxicity and heavy rock and rollers Promise Down (who you also can catch at Alcatraz festival this summer)!
New Wave Of Finnish Heavy Metal organised a Vappu after party with Crimson Day, Everlore and Neverfade at Maanalainen in Tampere. An overall fun event full of heavy music discoveries.
Opeth released an absolutely brilliant new album with ‘The Last Will And Testament’ last year, and now they brought it to the stage all over Europe. And we in Helsinki were honored to be the first stop of the tour back in February, getting a first taste of their new work live. And with Grand Magus to warm us up, this was a brilliant night for the (metal) music lovers among us! An event by Fullsteam Agency
At the end of March it was time for a fantastic rock and metal opera in Stuttgart’s Schleyerhalle, Tobias Sammet’s multi musician project Avantasia held court. A fantasy stage layout built the base for a 3-hour spectacle that was packed with a long line of guest vocalists.
Indian metal straight from New Delhi, India to Trix Antwerp, Belgium: Bloodywood with their ‘Return of The Singh’ tour! And with support from Calva Louise and Demonic Resurrection it was a great night of amazing vibes and music!
THUNDERMOTHER’s ‘Dirty & Divine Tour 2025’ brought together an almost 100% female rock night. Together with COBRA SPELL and VULVARINE a great night of classic heavy and hard rock is traveling around Europe and we got to see them in Stuttgart on the first leg of the tour. The tour will go on with the second leg, kicking off on 21 March 2025. Get your tix soon, it might sell out fast.
Unleash the Archers on tour in Europe with their latest album ‘Phantoma’, released last year with Napalm Records, dropped by in Kortrijk, Belgium to deliver an excellent power/heavy metal night supported by Striker and Seven Kingdoms!
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