News Posts

Dark folk artist Kati Rán signs with Svart Records to release her new full-length album ‘SÁLA’ in May!

Swallow the Sun announced to have recorded a new album that will be released in November via Century Media, read all about ‘Moonflowers’ here!

Finnish super group Mercury Circle released yet another song from their upcoming ‘Killing Moons’ album with ‘Black Mirrors’! Check it out!

Finnish “new doom” outfit Mercury Circle shared the first single of their upcoming debut full-length! Check it out for some gorgeous music!

Shores Of Null announce the guests that will be featured on their upcoming ambitious album “Beyond The Shores”!

Finnish “New Doom” outfit Mercury Circle released a brand new video to celebrate their new EP ‘The Dawn of Vitriol’. Check it out!

Noble Demon Records signs yet another promising new Finnish band with Mercury Circle, put together by Jaani Peuhu from Swallow The Sun…

Endless Forms Most Gruesome invokes that classic Finnish melancholic doom sound, but with some special different touches. Check it out!

Ziltoid wants you… to join us at Brutal Assault this year for another progressive mindstorm live!

Yesterdag Aleah Liane Stanbridge passed away after her brave fight with cancer. She was 39 years old. Alot of people might not immediately recognise her name, but she has contributed to various songs of Amorphis and Swallow The Sun since 2009. She also released a solo album in 2007 containing songs which combined folk and gothic […]

Photo Reports

Day 2 of Tuhdimmat Tahdit was just as hot. Carnival Academy, Heavy Metal Perse, Antony Parviainen Trio, Turmion Kätilöt, Metalite, Wolfheart, Shereign, Before the Dawn, Brymir, Mokoma, Swallow the Sun and lastly Battle Beast. Master Events gave us a festival that is certainly worth coming back to.

Swallow the Sun

The co-headline tour of Swallow the Sun and Draconian dropped by Het Entrepot in Bruges with warm-up act Shores of Null to deliver us a healthy dose of doom and gloom!

At the end of May, Swallow the Sun finally came to Tampere on their Moonflower tour. With support of Edge of Haze and Kaunis Koulematon, they gave us a really nice evening at the famous Tullikameri Pakkahuone venue.

Pictures of the first day of Finland’s SaariHelvetti festival held in Tampere in 2021! With a whole slab of quality Finnish metal bands from start to finish!

Lists

Only a bit over a week until Tuska weekend is upon us! If you weren’t convinced yet you needed to go, here are 9 reasons we believe should be enough motivation! Going from a great line-up, to Tuska KVLT, and the biggest Tuska Expo ever, this is one for the books!

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!

An albums of the year list that focuses on quite a few deathcore and metalcore releases, but also has room for some more melancholic affairs.

Samoht’s albums of the year 2019 are as usual a combo of doomy stuff, non-metal and heavy as fuck metal!

Again, 2019 was an incredible year for music. Check out what we think were the albums of the year!