Newly confirmed for the Steelfest 2026 line-up: Demonical, Mavorim, Shape of Despair and underground legends Beherit. Last week also brought the exclusive and unique shows of Holocausto and Erzebet to the bill. Deströyer 666 is no longer part of the lineup.
Steelfest has announced the first batch of 27 confirmed names for the 2026 edition with again a great mix of cult heavyweights, unique one-time performances and first ever live shows!
The 13th edition of Steelfest is happening in a bit more than 8 months and over the weekend they announced 30 confirmed names for 2025, with of course a nice selection of the top of the Finnish underground scene and plenty of pretty impressive names again, including some exclusive shows of bands like Absu, Osculum Infame, The True Werwolf, Imprecation, Hellwind & Vritrahn and more! Time to get those tickets, we’d say!
With a first batch of 14 names, 2023-s Steelfest XI is promising to be quite the impressive edition again with a solid line-up of the obscure, extreme and underground!
Finnish rock and metal festival unveiled 5 more names for their Summer 2022 edition! Get your tickets as soon as you can!
Rockfest announced a slab of new names for their 2022 edition, fingers crossed that it may happen this time around!
The SteelFest organization announces a brand new Summer festival called SteelHordes to bridge the already way too long gap!
Steelfest just added 6 more great names to their 2020 line-up!
Rockfest announced 5 more bands for their 2019 edition!
HVNK PNKRCK did it again with a bunch or really cool names on next year’s line-up!
The final day of Steelfest Open Air always hits differently. Fatigue, devotion and one last descent into the underground. We picked out 5 performances again that we think you should check out for sure tomorrow on Day 3 in case your energy level isn’t high enough to go see everything, going from Dutch black metal icons Cirith Gorgor, the icy pressence of Imperial Crystalline Entombment, doom and gloom from Shape of Despair, a rare and most likely very emotionally charged performance by Lifelover to extreme metal innovators Tormentor to close the weekend! See you there!
Steelfest officially opens its doors in about 3 hours and let the madness start. Between your first beers and first riffs, take a moment to check our Day 2 must-see bands, going from a first show from industrial black supergroup Antihuman Industries, the return of ukrainian atmospheric black outfit Severoth, the live madness of Concrete Winds, a nightmare-fueled Akhlys and as closer a now already legendary show by underground icons Beherit! Tomorrow will be massive!
Less than 24 hours until Steelfest Open Air begins. First beers, first distortion, first chaos. With a bunch of excellent acts throughout the whole weekend, we like to highlight a handful of performances for every festival day you really shouldn’t miss. With on day 1 festival openers Evil Angel, the return of US black metal duo FIN, a once-in-a-lifetime 40th anniversary show from war metal icons Holocausto, old school Enthroned music with Sabathan and an absolutely relentless end of the day through Revenge — five very different ways to properly start a weekend of underground madness. If you’re going, what are you looking forward to?
It’s looking like Steelfest is going to sell out this year, but if you’re still somehow on the fence if you should go next week or not, here are some solid reasons why you should make the effort this year… If you’re going, why is Steelfest THE event you’re investing your time and money in?
Finland’s summer festival season is stacked again. From underground black metal rituals to lakeside legends and city concerts with global names, we picked 12 events worth your time this summer with Steelfest, Allas Live, Sonic Rites, Ankea, Nummirock, Tuska, CoolHead Live, Dark River Festival, John Smith Rock, Ilosaarirock, Hellsinki Metal Festival and SaariHelvetti
Steelfest manages to impress with their line-up and organization every single year, and this year is no different, even after some recent setbacks! We’re amazed with the line-up that celebrates everything that is underground and extreme yet again, and that’s only a part of the reasons why you should still try to make it to the fest this weekend!
Steelchaos is back! If that is not reason enough to get yourself a ticket still, here are 5 reasons why you should still consider to go this weekend, including the exclusive Finland “Black Metal” 40 years anniversary show of Venom Inc.!
Finnish festival Steelfest is a true celebration of the underground, but it you’re not convinced yet, here are some reasons why you should go
The outdoor stage on the 3rd day of Steelfest XII was the place for explosive and often high velocity performances by Blasphemy, Dødheimsgard, Acherontas, Barathrum and Sarkrista!
Steelfest XII brought a great collection of stellar underground bands to the festival’s indoor stage with headliner Mysticum, the current iteration of Horna with vocalist Spellgoth, Denial of God, White Death, Diocletian and Ifernach on the first day of the 3-day fest
The outdoor stage on the 2nd day of Steelfest XII was the place for explosive and often high velocity performances by Kroda, Infernal War, Ved Buens Ende, Délétère, and Corpsessed!
The second day of Steelfest XI delivered another serving of proper dark underground and extreme metal on the indoors stage with performances from Horna with vocalist Corvus, Misþyrming, Krzysztof Drabikowski’s БАТЮШКА, Strid, and Inferno!
The first day of Steelfest XII also brought a series of explosive and high energy performances to the outdoor stage with Unleashed, Aeternus, Hellbutcher, Craft, and Deathchain!
Steelfest XII brought a great collection of stellar underground bands to the festival’s indoor stage with headliner Gorgoroth, the first iteration of Horna with vocalist Nazgul, Antimateria, Commander Agares, Aegrus and Black Altar on the first day of the 3-day fest!
On the third day of Rockfest 2023, we weren’t able to capture as many bands as on the earlier days due to other responsibilities and some artists not wanting any pictures to be taken, but we still caught the performances by Finnish legends Xysma and Rotten Sound on the Black Stage!
On the third day of Rockfest 2023, we weren’t able to capture as many bands as on the earlier days due to other responsibilities and some artists not wanting any pictures to be taken, but we still caught killer performances on the Red Stage by Soundi by Igorrr, The Hellacopters and Beast In Black!
On the third day of Rockfest 2023, we weren’t able to capture as many bands as on the earlier days due to other responsibilities and some artists not wanting any pictures to be taken, but we still caught epic shows on the main stage by Michael Monroe, and Volbeat!
The second day of Rockfest 2023, the Black Stage brought 3 very different takes on rock music with shows from Crashdiet, Nestor and Cleopatrick.
