German hard rockers Lynx shared the new single and video ‘Trinity of Suns’, the third track revealed of their upcoming album of the same name, set for release in a couple of weeks via Dying Victims Productions!
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Doom outfit The Crypt unleashed ‘Rock Kommander’, featuring Dee Snider, and the theme song of the mobile game of the same name! The track can also be found on an EP with other band originals!
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Pirate Queen is back! Join them while they continue their adventures across the seas of heavy metal and get a first taste of their upcoming album with the single ‘William Kidd’, out with Despotz Records!
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New Jersey heavy metal hellraisers Who On Earth have unleashed new single ‘Any Other Way’ to announce their upcoming album ‘It Takes The Village’ that will be out in May!
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Tarja Turunen announced her new studio album ‘Frisson Noir’ to be out in June via earMUSIC and unveiled a first epic track with ‘At Sea’!
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Finnish metal outfit Crimson Day unveiled their first single and video ‘False Prophet from upcoming album ‘Dark Dimension’, set to be released in May via Wormholedeath!
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Gus G. shares his new single ‘Nothing Can Break Me’ featuring Metal Queen Doro Pesch and another track from his upcoming solo album ‘Steel Burner’, set for release in April!
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Sabaton released their battle-ready new single ‘Yamato’, out now with Better Noise Music and joining forces with multiplayer game World of Warships!
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German metal band Schattenmann have released their new studio album Endgegner via Perception. Alongside the album, the group launched a music video for “Wir sind das Ende der Welt” and started their release tour across Germany and Austria!
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US heavy metal psych force Book of Wyrms signed with Argonauta Records for the release of their upcoming album ‘Megacelestial’!
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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!
Marko Hietala had a special Valentine’s gift for us when he played a sold out show at Olympia-kortteli in Tampere. The show also included appearances from Noora Louhimo and JP Leppäluoto as guest vocals on some of his songs. Thanks Master Events for the access. Always a pleasure to see in a live setting, we’re all too happy to welcome him again on the Tuska stage this summer!
Trivium and Bullet for My Valentine celebrated their breakthrough albums on “The Poisoned Ascendancy Tour” throughout Europe, supported by rising stars Orbit Culture! Those who didn’t go to any stop of this tour really missed out on something! Thanks to FKP Scorpio Belgium for the access!
Eluveitie, Infected Rain and Ad Infinitum came to Tampere’s Tavara-Asema as part of their ‘Ánv Rising Tour pt I’ at the end of January, bringing their great music to one of Finland’s most beautiful cities. An event by TuskaLive.
20 years of HÄMATOM and an anniversary album are good reasons for the band to go on a ’20 Jahre Für Euch’ tour through Germany and celebrate German metal. With them as support are the Berlin rockers from ENGST, who impressed with their mix of rock, punk, and a pinch of pop. The openers in Stuttgart were the punk rockers from FOCUS.
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