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!
Ancient Settlers has released a video for ‘Die Around Me’, taken from their recently released EP ‘Autumnus (Revisited)’, out via Scarlet Records!
Finnish metal festival institution Nummirock is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2026 and announced the first 12 names with Satyricon, Moonsorrow, Rise of the Northstar, Omnium Gatherum (also celebrating their anniversary), Immortal Disfigurement, Uada, and more!
For those who missed it, Finntroll and …And Oceans frontman Mathias “Vreth” Lillmåns released his retrospective album ‘Remains’ at the end of last month! Covering 3 decades of his personal growth as a musican and vocalist, this is a great little piece of metal history to dig into!
Helsinki-based progressive melodic death metal band Numento unleashed their new single ‘Wrath’ from the upcoming EP, set for release with Inverse Records soon!
Finnish doom-laden death metal force Marianas Rest shared the new video single ‘Diamonds in the Rough’, featuring Okko Solanterä from Horizon Ignited, and another track from their upcoming album ‘The Bereaved’, set for release in January 2026 via Noble Demon!
Finland’s melodic dark metal masters Soulfallen returned after 13 years of silence with the new single ‘Thousandfold’, a track from their long-awaited upcoming fourth album, set to be released next year with Inverse Records!
Spanish melodic death metal outfit Bloodhunter are ready to take over the world by signing with ROAR – A Division of Reigning Phoenix Music!
Sylosis revealed the first details of their upcoming seventh studio album ‘The New Flesh’, set for release in February 2026 via Nuclear Blast Records and dropped the crushing title track! Catch them live in Europe on their “The New Flesh Tour” early 2026!
Portuguese melodic death metal force Moonshade unveiled their latest single, an epic and emotionally charged cover of Stromae & Pomme’s ‘Ma Meilleure Ennemie’! The track will also be featured on their upcoming EP ‘Angels, Blood and Enemies’, set for release in February 2026!
A selection of Vaim’s best captures of 2023, after a long and grueling process of elimination, with pictures from bands like Battle Beast, Gaerea, Trollheim’s Grott, Avslut, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Amenra, Igorrr, Aesthetic Perfection, HIDE, SKYND, Ice Nine Kills, Utuk Xul, Rancid, Sick Of It All, Stratovarius, Testament, Michael Monroe, Volbeat, Hellacopters, Pensées Nocturnes, Amorphis, Biohazard, Killswitch Engage, Converge, Agnostic Front, Taake, Public Image Ltd, A.A. Williams, Butcher Babies, Clutch, Finntroll, Electric Callboy, Ghost, Gojira, Imperial Triumphant, Lorna shore, The Hu and Urne!
A selection of 30 photos that Helder likes a lot from one of his most productive year considering covering concerts, including captures of Fear Factory, Atreyu, Jinjer, Rolo Tomassi, Stone, The Kooks, Pixies, Wunderhorse, Yours Truly, You Me at Six, Lake Malice, Bloodywood, Epica, Avatar, The 69 Eyes, Nova Twins, Cam Cole, Sabaton, The Lumineers, Grailknights, All For Metal, The Baboon Show, Combichrist, Megaherz, The BossHoss, Cancer Bats, Kvelertak, Fixation, Ignea, and Butcher Babies.
Besides starting the new year properly looking to the future, this month we’re also still looking back at all the awesomeness that 2023 brought us. One of those awsome things was the already 3rd edition of the by Bloodred Hourglass curated festival Black Box Mikkeli. They were able to bring a killer line-up again on the 2nd day of their event with besides a fantastic show by themselves, Insomnium, Gaerea, Balance Breach, I Am Your God and Lastout!
Our Benelux and France head of accreditation and most active photographer in that region, Tom VM, made his own selection of favorite pictures he took in 2023, including some new stuff that wasn’t shared on our site before with Biohazard, Bleed From Within, Brutal Sphincter, Brutus, Electric Callboy, Michael Schenker Group, Sepultura, Arion, Blackrain, Overdrivers, Avatar, Winery Dogs, Charlotte Wessels, Devin Townsend, Dream Theater, Extreme, Ghost, Michael Angelo Batio, Arch Enemy, Doodseskader, Halestorm, I Prevail, Powerwolf and SKYND!
The year wrapping up means that we’ll be looking back at the amazing things we’ve experienced, and “album of the year” lists. We’d also like to give some attention to our talented concert photographers who go out and cover shows for us. So here is a first in a series of articles where our artists pick their favorite pictures of 2023 with Anna/ScarletMemory Photography who mostly roams around in Tampere, Finland and pictures from bands like Pain, Sólstafir, Eleine, Myrath, Battle Beast, Brymir, Sabaton, Mors Subita, Lordi, Metalite, Shereign, Diablo, Before The Dawn, Wolfheart, Sonata Arctica, Deathstars, Brother Firetribe, Psychework, Apocalyptica, Voidfallen, Poets of the Fall, Amorphis, Lost Society, and Everwave!
Pictures of yet another excellent show by the legendary Finnish metal band Amorphis at the gorgeous Kulttuuritalo venue in Helsinki!
Yet another great gig of the Amorphis “Halo Finnish tour” at Tampere’s Pakkahuone last week, in front of an almost full house. An event hosted by TuskaLive.
The second night of John Smith Rock Frozen 2023 was pretty epic with some of the best of the Finnish scene with Red Eleven, Kiuas, Finntroll, Turmion Kätilöt and headliners Amorphis! Throw on top of that the Swedish up-and-comers of Orbit Culture, and you know it was good!
Nem Agency’s Melancholy Mass Festival made Finland’s dark winter nights just a bit better by bringing us Septicflesh, …And Oceans, Vorna, Assemble The Chariots and Voidfallen on the stage in Tampere and Helsinki.
The pictures of a wild night with Mors Subita, Shereign and I Am Your God at On The Rocks in Helsinki!
With ‘I, the Mask’, you can expect the same sound as you are used to from In Flames. In great lines, they didn’t change the formula they use to make songs, through brought back some of that old school ‘Come Clarity’ era sound!
Gorgon may have a different approach to symphonic death metal but from my point of view Elegy shows a fair effort from this band.
A great comeback from Carnal Forge. Hopefully the first of many new albums.
French brutal death metal ensemble Benighted bless us with their new EP Dogs Always Bite Harder Than Their Master.
Obey the TerrorVision! Aborted’s tenth full length album is truly testament to the lasting impression left by both brutality and melody.
Death metal legends Skinless delivers one hell of a portion of “Savagery”!
The pet project of Delain’s guitarist Merel Bechtold, Purest of Pain, finally releases its debut full-length!
At War with Reality was entirely loaded with memorable riffs and fast pacing melodic death metal tracks, yet the latest album is immensely great.
Finnish melodic death metal band Mors Subita is back again with their third full length. 11 crushing tracks that fans of the genre will definitely enjoy.
Dutch melodic death metal outfit Nox Aeterna is back with their third full-length album: ‘Aurora Borealis’, released through their own Studio NightSin!
