As a little end of October gift, Ankea Festival has today announced that Cult Of Luna will be the headliner for the event on Saturday, adding to an already massive line-up! Get your tickets now!
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News Posts
Dikajee released her latest new single and video ‘Travel Through Time’, another track shared from her upcoming album ‘The Frame’, set for release next week Friday, November 6th!
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A Perfect Circle unveiled a video for ‘Starless’, featuring the debut live performance of the single, released a couple of weeks ago!
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Ankea Festival just announced 7 more names for the second edition happening in 2027 with Pain of Salvation, Plini, Einar Solberg, Sara, Heretoir, Slow Crush and Noiduin!
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Folk-prog artist and multi-instrumentalist Dikajee released her emotional new single ‘Friar’s Lantern’ featuring KLONE guitarist Guillaume Bernard, from the upcoming album ‘The Frame’, set for release in November!
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Genre-defying instrumental rock innovators Polyphia unveiled the hypnotic new track ‘With Eyes To See’ with an accompanying music video, another song from the upcoming album ‘BE NOT AFRAID’, out in October with Rise Records!
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Norwegian alt pop folk outfit Kalandra shared their second new single ‘Lost in the Dark’ from the upcoming album ‘The Other Side’, set for release in November via By Norse Music! Catch them on tour in Europe early next year or during summer at Ankea Festival!
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Stoned Jesus released their theatrical new single ‘Jackal’, another advanced single from their upcoming album ‘Songs to Moon’, out in October via Season of Mist!
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Progressive alternative rockers Pure Reason Revolution return with their new album ‘Terrifying Angels’, out later this month with InsideOutMusic, and shared their latest single and video ‘Black-Arrow Acrobats’!
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Folk-prog artist Dikajee released her new single ‘Home of the Wind’ with a captivating video. Another track from the upcoming album ‘The Frame’, out in November!
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Interviews
A month after the first-ever Ankea Festival, we sat down with Sami Silvennoinen of Nahka Agency and Ankea Festival to look back at what actually happened once the gates opened.
From the surprisingly smooth festival operation and artists hanging around to watch each other, to the unforgettable moment Sami ended up watching Sylvaine with Bruce Soord, the unexpectedly busy coffee queues, the no-overlap philosophy and the plans already taking shape for 2027 — this is Ankea from the perspective of someone who finally has time to stop and breathe.
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Tomorrow is a big day for SLIFT. Not only does their new album ‘Fantasia’ see its release via Sub Pop Records, they’ll also take the stage at the very first edition of Ankea Festival in Finland. In our interview, Jean Fossat discusses the new record, evolving songs through live performances and how excited they are to be part of the excellent line-up of the Finnish festival.
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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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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 the Finnish progressive outfit Wheel about their upcoming sophomore full-length ‘Resident Human’!
The video of the talk we had with Wheel about their quick rise in 2019, some of their highlights of the year and what they think of the new Tool album…
Nick DiSalvo of Elder about their music: “Maybe it’s just the way I see it, but I feel the music world is still very compartmentalized. You can’t really go out and say “I’m in a rock band””
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