Finnish melodic metal masters Sonata Arctica have embarked on their extensive “Nordic Power Metal Titans 2023” European tour with Stratovarius and Induction, and shared a first brand new digital single with ‘First In Line’!
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News Posts
Finnish symphonic metal legends Stratovarius share another single ‘Firefly’ from their upcoming new album ‘Survive’, out next month on earMUSIC!
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Previews
The first edition of brand-new festival Hellsinki Metal Festival is quickly approaching and they’ve constantly been sharing more details and updates. So it was about time to gather what we already know about the fest in a preview…
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Tuska is finally back again! The Helsinki center metal and rock festival is shaping up to be quite the epic and glorious return!
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If you are still looking for a great summer destination, here are 10 festivals that might make Finland the ideal place to go for you with #Horizon23, Rockfest, Tuhdimmat Tahdit, Nummirock, Tuska, John Smith Festival, SaariHelvetti, Dark River Festival, Hellsinki Metal Festival and Flow Festival!
Interviews
A chat with Bruno and Hannes about their 2022 highlights, the upcoming new album ‘Shadowfall’ (out on January 20 via Reaper Entertainment) and what their stage outfits are all about (or not about)!
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We had a really cool and relaxed talk with Janne Wirman from Children of Bodom at the end of the European leg of their anniversary tour!
Photo Reports
TuskaLive as per usual gave us yet another nice show with the up-and-comers of Silver Bullet and Finnish legends Stratovarius at Pakkahuone in Tampere last Friday!
Pictures of the last day of Tuska 2022 with Sonata Arctica, Devin Townsend, Stratovarius, Kreator and Jinjer!
Day 2 of John Smith Frozen with among others Amorphis, Stratovarius and Rotting Christ was just as much of a pleasure to be at as day 1. See the gallery here.
Festival Reports
Tuska Sunday brought us legends like Sonata Arctica, Stratovarius and Kreator, a delightful show by Devin Townsend, a bombshell dropped by Jinjer and the perfect closer with Deftones!
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We went to the second day of the first ever edition of the Metal Crane festival in Helsinki, to be smashed by melodic death metal and wallowing in depression through post-black metal!
