News Posts

As Everything Unfolds shared the new single ‘Denial’, another track unveiled of their upcoming new album ‘DID YOU ASK TO BE SET FREE?’, set for release in April with Century Media Records! See them on tour with Future Palace in Europe this October!

Swedish modern power metal force Metalite have signed with Perception – A Division of Reigning Phoenix Music and unleashed the new single ‘Our Time Has Come’ to celebrate!

Modern metalcore powerhouse The Narrator have released their new single ‘Two Lives’, a track from their upcoming album ‘Phosphor’, set for release in May via Nuclear Blast!

Earlier this week, Spiritbox announced their biggest UK & EU headline tour to date to be happening this fall and they’re brining along Jinjer and Dying Wish!

Lamb of God released their new single ‘Blunt Force Blues’, the last track unveiled before the release of their new album ‘Into Oblivion’ in a couple of weeks via Epic Records! See them live this summer in August at a bunch of European festivals, including Wacken and a headline spot at Alcatraz!

International pop metal supergroup Venus 5 unveiled their new single and video ‘March Of The Venus 5’, title track of the upcoming album, set for release in March via Frontiers Music!

Samurai Pizza Cats unveiled their new single ‘T-Rex(plosion)’ featuring Ankor, yet another explosive track from their upcoming album ‘Press Start’, out in March with Century Media Records!

Sylosis have released their career defining record ‘The New Flesh’ via Nuclear Blast yesterday and unveiled an official music video for the track ‘Spared From The Guillotine’ to celebrate!

Modern metal trailblazers Amaranthe recently unleashed their thunderous new single and video ‘Chaos Theory’, getting ready for the next leg of their massive European co-headline tour with Epica!

Recently, Belgian modern metal powerhouse Aeveris released ‘Act I: Roots’ from their highly anticipated new album ‘Imminence’, which will be out in full in May! Catch them live in Belgium this Spring or this Summer’s festival season at for instance Alcatraz festival!

Photo Reports

Rockfest Friday wasn’t just about the main stage. From Dead By April and Awake Again to Jinjer and Cemetery Skyline, the Red and Black Stage delivered intensity, precision, and atmosphere in equal measure.

Luna Kills went on tour through Europe presenting their brand-new album ‘Deathmatch’. We attended their show at Club Hell in Diest, Belgium with support of the Dutch alt-metal act Pacemaker!

Motionless In White came back to Finland back in February for their 2nd show ever in the country and brought out quite some people, filling up Helsinki’s Ice Halls nicely. And with Fit For A King to warm us up, it was an epic night! Next up: MiW’s show at Tuska Festival this summer, we’re hoping to see an epic show with some more of their usual theatrics live!

Luna Kills blew the roof off On The Rocks in the beginning of April with their release show, celebrating their new album ‘DEATHMATCH’ in style, and with support Lastout to warm up the crowd, it was a great night of promising bands! In just a couple of days, Luna Kills is kickstarting their first ever European headlining tour, don’t miss out!

The pictures of the Enemy Inside show at On The Rocks in Helsinki, Finland.

Ankor

With 30 shows in 17 countries, Ankor’s “Shoganai EU/UK Tour 2025” ended at the DVG Club in Kortrijk, Belgium with support of Conquer Divide and A Dark Reborn, and we of course where there!

The German alternative metal band ENEMY INSIDE is on the road to promote their latest studio album, ‘Venom’, out via Reigning Phoenix Music. Accompanying them are LETTERS SENT HOME, completing the line-up for the ‘Venom Europe Tour 2025’ as the support act for the majority of the stops. One of the 18 gigs took place in Stuttgart, in the cosy club atmosphere of ‘Im Wizemann Studio’.

Ankor has been getting a lot of attention and making new fans this past festival season in Europe, and it clearly got caught by TuskaLive as well, bringing this exciting group back to Helsinki for a completely sold-out and packed night at On The Rocks. And with the addition of special guests Conquer Divide and openers A Dark Reborn, the party was complete!

Eluveitie started 2025 with the first leg in Europe of their “ÀNV Rising” tour, with support from Infected Rain and Ad Infinitum, and we saw it was good at one of the first stops at Kulttuuritalo Helsinki back in January! An event by TuskaLive.

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.

Interviews

While being at Helsinki Techfest for their very first show outside Estonia, we met up with the metal band Pridian to talk about an excellent 2024 with some bucketlist shows, but also the major news that they are signed to the Century Media Records roster for their upcoming album!

We sat down with Jessie and Eleni of Ankor after their show at this year’s Tuska Festival, the last stop of a crazy weekend that took them to 3 different countries in 3 days, and had a short chat about their busy summer, the way they like to release new music and how 2024 really seems to be a big year for the band.

Yesterday, they announced a major European tour for 2025 which will take them to most countries of the continent. You won’t want to miss out on that, tickets are available starting tomorrow!

A chat with Bloodred Hourglass about their pretty amazing year thus far, and the new album ‘How’s the Heart?’, how they’re not afraid of trying out any ideas or leaving things out when a song calls for it, and how they’ve stepped up their game yet again with this record.

Today we’re already sitting down with Fixation again to have a chat about their soon-to-be released new album, but back in February, we already had a short conversation with vocalist Jonas Hansen about touring with Devin Townsend, their music and what he hopes to accomplish with it, some of his personal vocal inspirations, and how he would describe their music using just visuals.

A talk with Joonas and Ben from Oceanhoarse about the new album ‘Heads Will Roll’ and how their state of mind was different with the recording of this one, trying to get a more raw and dirty sound to take it even closer to a live feeling than before!

A chat with vocalist Shawter from Dagoba about the new album ‘By Night’ and much more!

Watch the chat we had with vocalist Jarkko from the Finnish melodeath outfit Bloodred Hourglass about their upcoming new album ‘Your Highness’!

Watch the full interview with vocalist Daan Swinnen from the Belgian modern metal outfit Off The Cross about their new album ‘Enjoy It While It Lasts’!

We have a chat with Patrick Walch, the man behind the successful and interesting new label Noble Demon! Check out what he has to say!

Watch the interview with Finnish band Awake Again about their music and the high level of energy they usually crank out in everything they do.