News Posts

Tuska unleashed the first batch of bands for the 2024 line-up and it seems they put their chips strongly on modern metal/metalcore with Bring Me The Horizon, Bloodred Hourglass, Bury Tomorrow, Make Them Suffer, Infected Rain and Fixation, proggy music with Opeth, Vola, Voyager and Riverside, and power metal with Alestorm, Angus McSix and Brothers Of Metal. And of course, festival regulars Amorphis and Stam1na belong to the party as well!

What do you think of the line-up already? Who do you hope to be added still?

Slipknot had to reschedule their 2021 Finland show, so they decided to take it up a notch by bringing the whole Knotfest circus to the country in 2022 with some amazing acts!

Rockfest announced 5 more bands for their 2019 edition!

Photo Reports

Pictures of the massive Stam1na show at the Ice Hockey Hall in Helsinki with special guests Diablo, Corroded and Dear Mother!

The second day of Rockfest 2023, the Red Stage by Soundi was the place to be for stellar performances by Von Hertzen Brothers, Escape The Faith, Testament and Stam1na.

Pictures of day 1 of Knotfest Finland with Bloodred Hourglass, Stam1na, Sara, Arch Enemy, Lähiöbotox, Lamb of God, Huora, and Nightwish

Pictures of the 2nd day of Rock in the City Kerava 2022 with Stam1na, Melrose, Uriah Heep, Accept, Cyan Kicks and Deep Purple.

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!

Pictures of the 2nd day of Tuska 2023 with Oranssi Pazuzu, Reckless Love, VLTIMAS, Stam1na, Blind Channel, Amorphis, Baroness and Mercyful Fate.

Pictures of the amazing second day of Tuska 2019 with the last show of Slayer on Finnish shores as headliners!

Since last year Finland is yet another big rock and metal event richer. The Rock Fest immediately caught the attention of people all over the country and far beyond those borders with big names like Rammstein and Evanescence gracing the line-up. Despite quite a few obvious flaws and bugs in the organisation, it was an overwhelming succes […]

Lists

The summer festival season is over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of exciting fests happening over the next couple of months this autumn/winter in Finland with Helsinki Techfest and Kaamos Metal Cruise already this weekend, HKI SKEPU FEST V, Lost In Music, Steelchaos, Hellsinki Industrial Festival 2023, Fall Fest 2023, Black Box Mikkeli, Melancholy Mass Festival 2023 and Unholy Winter Fest!

In case you weren’t convinced yet and are still debating if you want to get tickets still last minute, check out the 5 reasons why we think you should go for it…

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!

After endless debating the list is done with one clear winner!

Festival Reports

The 2nd day brought us massive shows of Oranssi Pazuzu, Reckless Love, Vltimas, Stam1na, Blind Channel, Amorphis, Baroness and Mercyless Fate!

A second day of Tuska with adjustments to the earlier problems and a last Finnish show of thrash metal legends Slayer!

Only the 2nd edition of The Rock Fest in Finland and we were in for one hell of a massive event!

The first edition of a festival that is aiming for the stars! With a lot of good but also a lot of bad happening…

What’s it like to be at a festival in the land of metal, Finland?!