Progressive symphonic extreme metal force Tómarúm signed with Vesperian, the beginning of what promises to be an exciting new chapter!
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Lithuanian up-and-coming metal outfit Black Spikes shared another new single and video with ‘MOTINA’ last week, a track from their upcoming album ‘Ydos’, to be released in August via Napalm Records!
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BAEST announces fellow Aarhus metal outfit Deadnate as special guests on their upcoming Europe Fall “Colossal tour 2026”, bringing together 2 Danish bands to showcase what their country has to offer for the next generation of heavy music!
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Swedish progressive metalcore outfit Allt unleashed their new aggressive single and video ‘Omertà’, another taste from their upcoming album ‘Ataraxia’ out next month with Century Media Records! Catch them live this summer at plenty of European festivals, including Tuska next week!
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Canadian progressive metal innovaters Protest the Hero have returned and announced their upcoming album ‘Within’, set for release next month and unveiled the newsingle ‘Mouthpiece’!
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While the first edition was still going strong last Saturday, Ankea Festival was already looking ahead and announced the first 7 names for next year’s edition with Igorrr, Alcest, Kalandra, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Long Distance Calling, Vulkan and Karmanjakah! Limited early bird tickets available now!
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Finnish progressive metal band Oddland announced their new album ‘Unilluminate To Illuminate’ to be out in August via Frontiers Music and shared another single with ‘Soar’!
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Green Carnation shared a video for ‘Loneliness Untold, Loneliness Unfold’, the raw ballad from recently released album ‘A Dark Poem, Part II: Sanguis’, out now with Season of Mist! Go see their show this weekend at Ankea Festival, one of only a few this summer!
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Ahead of their European tour, A Perfect Circle reemerged with their new single ‘Starless’, out now everywhere!
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Progressive metalcore band Oathbound channel a deeply-personal reality about touring with the music video for the track ‘Set Adrift’ from their latest album ‘Colors in Grey’, released with Eclipse Records!
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Interviews
From almost quitting music to signing with Napalm Records and conquering their first European tour, Black Spikes have entered a remarkable new chapter.
We caught up with the entire band in Helsinki on the final night of their tour with Butcher Babies and Infected Rain to talk about their breakthrough, representing metal at Lithuania’s M.A.M.A. Awards and why they are determined to keep singing in Lithuanian.
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Jinjer are bringing their full headline production back to Europe in 2026. We spoke with Eugene Abdukhanov about Duél, the special tour lineup, and reconnecting with fans after years away.
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SOEN’s Joel Ekelöf and Martín López talk about contrast, confidence, and pushing their sound further than ever on upcoming album ‘Reliance’ (out January 16 via Silver Linings). From crushing heaviness to pure ballads — this one goes deep.
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Finnish extreme metal act Vanguardian are ready to unleash their debut full-length ‘III: Inhumanity’ (out October 22nd via Inverse Records) — a ferocious, human take on dystopian science fiction. We caught up with Markus and Mikko to talk about the album’s story, the balance between chaos and cohesion, and why imperfection makes their music truly alive.
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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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Back in 2023, when Leprous was last in Helsinki, we met up with Simen from Leprous to have a fun chat about touring, his highlights when being on tour and supporting your local live and cultural scene!
Since they’re playing in Finland again this coming week, we wanted to share this fun little bit from our archives, so enjoy and don’t miss out on their shows!
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A chat with Pressure Points about how they’re happy with the new line-up of the band and their brand-new album ‘The Island’, released on Art Gates Records last Friday. Make sure you catch them live at one of their future dates, like for instance the Kaamos Cruise in September!
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A chat with Johannes from Avatar on the new album ‘Dance Devil Dance’ on why this is the best album of them as of yet, how they did things somewhat different and tried to approach everything in such a way that they thought people could dance to even blast beats and why now was the time for them to self-release the album.
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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!
An old chat with Olly and Mike from Monuments we dug up from our archives because it was just too much fun to keep it from you!
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It’s finally there! The week of the very first edition of Ankea Festival! If you’re still somehow on the fence on why you should get yourself a ticket and come join us in Tampere this weekend, here are 8 reasons that hopefully will convince you!
This weekend is the highlight for us and many among us in Belgium with the 2025 edition of Alcatraz Festival, but if you still haven’t decided to go, here are 10 reasons why we believe you should just go ahead and go get you some tickets still… What are you looking forward to the most for this year’s edition?
After a great first day at Tuska 2025, these are the 8 bands you should see today on day two with Wind Rose, Charlotte Wessels, JILUKA, Eihwar, Royal Sorrow, Orbit Culture, Slaughter To Prevail and thrown!
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!
The first day of the second edition of Hellsinki Metal Festival is filled with an impressive line-up of extreme metal bands, topped off with the musical exelence that is the headliner of tonight. Our editorial team picked out 8 bands that they think you definitely shouldn’t miss out on with Wolfheart, Gutalax, Massacre, Deicide, Terrorizer, Triumph of Death plays Hellhammer, Heaven Shall Burn and Avantasia! What bands are you really looking forward to today? Let us know in the comments!
With about a week to go, we put together 10 reasons why we think you should consider to still get yourself a ticket for Alcatraz 2024 and join in with the fun! With a stellar line-up, including some of the best the Belgian scene has to offer and a great organization trying to improve your festival experience year after year, it’s promising to be one hell of a weekend again!
The second day of Tuska 2024 will get at least as exciting as the day before, we highly recommend you don’t sit out on the shows of Ankor, VOLA, Solence, St. Aurora, Make Them Suffer, I Am Your God, Bring Me The Horizon and The Abbey!
Tomorrow it’s again that time of the year: 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 if any are available still! Going from a great line-up, to Tuska KVLT, Tuska Expo expanding further and simply an amazing atmosphere! See you there!
After the team sent in their top lists at the end of last year, and calculating the results, we got to an interesting “albums of the year 2023” list featuring releases from Marduk, Kludde, Blink-182, Blackbraid, Orbit Culture, Gloryhammer, Ne Obliviscaris, Hypno5e, Periphery, Dying Fetus, Obituary, Avatar, Svalbard, VV and Sleep Token! Do you agree with any of these? What did you have in your top list?
While we are still regularly looking back at what 2023 brought us, we of course also need to look forward. So here is the first edition of our 2024 series of articles where we bring the editorial team’s most anticipated releases with Escuela Grind, Green Day, The Empire Strikes, Saxon, Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes, Static-X, The Gems, Lucifer, Manticora and Hiraes in January!
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