Helsinki-based deathcore outfit Enemies Everywhere are back with ‘Atonement’, their new single unleashed upon the world with Ranka Kustannus right now!
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News Posts
Helsinki based rockers DIRT released their first new single of the year ‘Sunder’, after a long break and are celebrating the release with a show at Kuudes Linja in Helsinki this Saturday!
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New Helsinki project Vestal Climax released its first music video for their song ‘Crucifixion’, a track from their recently released EP ‘Biblical Proportions’ out via The Seminary!
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Helsinki-based modern metal “catwalkcore” duo DualityVile released their debut single ‘Parabellum Bivtch’, introducing themselves to the world!
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Hellsinki Metal Festival has completed its 2026 line-up with the addition of Paradise Lost, Carcass, Cryptopsy, Unleashed, Mawiza, Sanguisugabogg, Omnium Gatherum, Kalmah, Assemble the Chariots, Cyan Kicks, Tungsten, Sepulchral Curse, Orly, Horizon Ignited, Misþyrming, and VREID!
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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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Swedish underground rock label Majestic Mountain Records announced their first label fest in Finland to happen on February 21 at Lepakkomies in Helsinki with Kaiser, Craneium, I Am Low and Mushroom Caravan Overdrive on the line-up!
Tuska just delivered an early Christmas gift by confirming 13 more names for the 2026 lineup with acts like Pain, D-A-D, Gatecreeper, The Funeral Portrait, aurorawave and of course a bunch of Finnish names again like Swallow The Sun, Survivors Zero, Kallomäki and more!
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Finland’s heavy metal outfit Chalice are releasing their highly anticipated 2nd album ‘Divine Spear’ in February 2026 via Dying Victims Productions and already shared the new track ‘Dwell of a Stellar Trance’ as a first taste!
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Helsinki-based progressive melodic death metal band Numento unleashed their new single ‘Wrath’ from the upcoming EP, set for release with Inverse Records soon!
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Photo Reports
From Johanna Kurkela’s captivating performance to the dreamlike atmosphere of Aleksanterin teatteri, Eye of Melian’s Helsinki show felt like entering another world. The stop at the historical venue of the “Forest of Forgetting over Finland 2026” tour was absolutely unique and memorable.
German thrash metal legends Kreator brought their massive “Krushers of the World tour” to Helsinki Ice Hall, celebrating their newest album with what stands as one of their largest stage productions ever seen in Finland. Joining them were Bay Area thrash icons Exodus, British death metal pioneers Carcass and powerviolence outfit Nails, making for an exceptionally stacked bill from top to bottom.
This February, one of the year’s most highly anticipated tours arrived in Helsinki with full force as the “Death Over Europe” tour stormed into a sold-out Kulttuuritalo, bringing with it an absolutely crushing lineup featuring Mayhem, Marduk and Immolation!
A night full of memories, riffs, and pure chaos. The original members of Children of Bodom returned to the stage at Tavastia, with Samy Elbanna stepping in to honor the legacy of Alexi Laiho!
The circus came to Helsinki! Avatar brought the “In The Airwaves 2026” tour to Kulttuuritalo with support from Alien Weaponry and Agabas, and we captured the chaos, theatrics and energy in our new photo report!
Sylosis is currently touring Europe with Revocation, Distant and Life Cycles on “The New Flesh tour”, building anticipation for their upcoming album of the same name! We caught their show at a packed Tavastia in Helsinki and saw it was good!
A show with no brakes. Bloodred Hourglass at Tavastia, celebrating their latest album ‘We Should Be Buried Like This’, with the support of local deathcore heroes Enemies Everywhere.
Back in September at Kuudes Linja in Helsinki, from dark alt-rock intensity to high-energy metalcore, Luna Kills and Balance Breach showed why they’re among Finland’s most promising rising acts.
Melodic power on full display with Aephanemer at a sold out On The Rocks, touring their new album ‘Utopie’, and support from Dark Oath and Valhalore.
Australian metalcore legends Parkway Drive stormed the Helsinki Ice Hall on November 12, bringing their 20th anniversary tour to Finland to celebrate with their fans and with the support of their fellow Aussie’s Thy Art Is Murder and The Amity Affliction!
Interviews
Eight years after our first conversation, we sit down again with Author & Punisher in Helsinki. Tristan Shone talks machines, migration, volunteering and why electronic music should still be played live.
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Banshee just kicked off her very first European tour in Helsinki, and we sat down with her before stepping on stage. From fairy metal and mythology to vulnerability, empowerment, and turning concerts into communal rituals, she talks about bringing her world to Europe properly for the first time.
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French electronic artist SIERRA VEINS brought her dark, atmospheric sound to Helsinki in December for the final show of her 2025 tour. We caught up with her to talk about identity, transforming darkness into strength, why visuals come before the music and how her latest album has come alive on stage!
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Three months after the album release, we caught up with Johannes Eckerström again, the third time in about half a year now. We talk about their touring since we last met, from punk rock chaos on a Caribbean cruise to butchering his first live piano chorus in front of 8,000 people and how thankful he is how much people still care about Avatar.
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Nearly 30 years in, Chthonic still see their music as a journey, one rooted in Taiwanese history, melody, and emotion. Just before a rare live appearance at the cultural exchange event Formosa:Finland:Fest in Helsinki, we spoke with the band about culture, tradition, and letting music speak for itself. Thanks to Ginger Vine Management & PR for setting this up!
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At Tuska 2025, one of the local acts on the KVLT Stage on the last day was The Vantages. Since they have been making quite the name for themselves in the local underground scene, it was about time for us to have a chat with them about their show there, their music, future and what they hope to achieve in the future!
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We sat down with Henkka, guitarist and vocalist of the Finnish heavy metal band Tyrantti, to not only talk about their Tuska show and latest music, but to dive into their upcoming ‘Lihaa mattoon!’ event on July 12 in Helsinki where they are collaborating with FCF Wrestling to put together a highly entertaining evening filled with wrestling and heavy metal!
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At Tuska 2024, we had a quick chat with Lotta from Luna Kills about their first ever show at the festival, how they’ve been doing since we last talked a couple of years ago, their first tour outside of Finland in support of Dear Mother and hints at what’s next…
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We met up with Dante, Gian and Pavel from the Mexican metal outfit Anima Tempo while they were in Finland and talked about their present European tour, which also will take them to our own venue Asgaard in Belgium, their unique take on their music, trying to find some new approaches every time both in recordings and live, how they love the energy from the European crowds and what they’re working on of new music and concept!
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We sat down with Kriss and Aaron of Starbenders right before their headline show at On The Rocks in Helsinki, Finland to talk about their present European tour, their road and struggles of the past decade to get where they are right now and things to be looking forward to, like their brand-new single coming out this Thursday, September 26 with Sumerian Records!
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