Finland and Taiwan are joining forces and are gathering Finnish bands like Korpiklaani and Lost Society to join top names from Taiwan with Chthonic, Flesh Juicer, Crescent Lament and Sonia Calico! F:F:F: – Formosa : Finland : Fest is taking place at the end of November in Helsinki and looks like a not to be missed event!
Finnish Cumbeast are back with the album ‘Fairytales Of Filth’ in May, out with Morbid Generation Records and shared the first single ‘Captain Cock’ featuring Sami Perttula from Korpiklaani and John Puig from Phrymerial!
Taiwanese folk metal pioneer NiNi Music unleashed a proper drinking anthem with ‘GAN BEI’ last week, to celebrate the start of the Year of the Dragon! Catch them live on tour with Korpiklaani and Ensiferum through North-America starting next month!
While the summer is about to be wrapping up, we can already look ahead towards the summer of 2025, especially after Tuska just announced the first 16 confirmed acts for next year’s edition with Electric Callboy, Powerwolf, Nothing More, Orbit Culture, Kim Dracula, Korpiklaani, Marko Hietala, Tarja, Charlotte Wessels, thrown, Eihwar, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Blood Command, Arion and Tyrantti and the first announced headliner with Lorna Shore!
What do you think? What bands are you still hoping for?
TrollfesT is celebrating their 20th anniversary, and will be doing so by releasing the compilation album ’20 Years in the wrong lane’! And they celebrated the announcement by releasing their take on Korpiklaani’s ‘Happy Little Boozer’, including a hilarious music video!
Still about 10 months to go, Alcatraz has announced the first 50 confirmed acts for the 2024 edition of one of Belgium’s greatest rock and metal fests!
Folk metal outfit Korpiklaani releases a new single with ‘Sudenmorsian’, their own take on a Powerwolf track!
Finally, Korpiklaani released an actual vodka to go along with one of their most popular party tracks ever! Check out the details here!
Check out another version of Korpiklaani’s ‘Beer, Beer’, this time sung in Dutch by Heidevolk.
Das Oktober Metalfest added 2 more fun bands with Korpiklaani and Nanowar of Steel to make the party even bigger than it already was!
Metal without borders 🤘 Formosa : Fest : Finland 2025 brought together artists and cultures from Finland and Taiwan, featuring Crescent Lament, Flesh Juicer, Lost Society, Chthoni and Korpiklaani, showcasing the power of music to connect cultures!
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 Rock in the City Kerava 2022 with Turmion Kätilöt, Dampf, Brother Firetribe, Lordi and Korpiklaani.
Day 1 of the rejuvenated Sauna Open Air offered a lot of fun with Michael Monroe, Negatiiviset Nuoret, Nestor, Fear of Domination, Stam1na, Eläkeläiset, Alestorm, Korpiklaani, Beast in Black, Turmion Kätilöt and Bullet For My Valentine!
The pictures of a night with good folk metal, supported by some great Finnish metal bands!
We went to check out the sold out Korpiklaani show in Antwerp a couple of weeks ago, check out the photos here!
In less than a week, Tuska weekend is upon us! If somehow you weren’t convinced yet that you need to go, here are 10 reasons we believe should be enough motivation to still get a ticket and join us there!
After 2 years of nothing, Sauna Open Air is back! And how! If you haven’t checked it out yet, here are 6 very convincing reasons why you should try to go!
Korpiklaani is a great example that music is universal. With their 12 studio album ‘Rankarumpu’, they prove again that they’re a great folk metal band that never disappoints. Out on Nuclear Blast Records.
This just shows how powerful music is. This shows why music brings people together. Even though we don’t know what a person is saying, just listening to it and feeling it can spread the message.
The Swedish vikings of Grimner offer you “Vanadrottning”; another serving of heavy folk metal!
