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
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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Finnish heavy metal band Crimson Day released an official lyric video for ‘Dark Dimension’, the title track from their latest album out now via Wormholedeath!
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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 post-metal outfit SEES signed with Agonia Records to release their upcoming debut album ‘Suoja’!
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Finnish metal outfit Crimson Day unveiled their first single and video ‘False Prophet from upcoming album ‘Dark Dimension’, set to be released in May via Wormholedeath!
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Brand-new Finnish festival Ankea Festival completed its first line-up last Friday with the addition of Leprous, Textures, Sylvaine, Royal Sorrow and Demonic Death Judge, continuing to build a highly impressive roster of bands!
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Finnish festival Tuhdimmat Tahdit recently announced some more names for their 2026 line-up with HOKKA, Stam1na and Danko Jones joining an already diverse and exciting roster!
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Finnish metal regiment Barrel launched their first single ‘Scavenger’ from their upcoming debut full-length ‘Triptych’, set for release early 2026!
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A couple of friends of the site are bringing something quite new to Finland with Ankea Festival, to take place next summer in Tampere, giving a space for music that isn’t as much represented at festivals overall with a focus on alternative rock and progressive metal! The first dozen of names confirmed is already pretty impressive with Ihsahn, God Is An Astronaut, Oranssi Pazuzu, Kaelan Mikla, Green Carnation, Circle, A.A. Williams, Bruce Soord, Earthside, Ihlo, Vermilia and Virta!
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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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We caught up with the guys of myGRAIN at SaariHelvetti to have a relaxed chat about their comeback and upcoming album “V”. Check it out!
Photo Reports
The second day of Rokki Raikaa Tampere brought energetic performances from Michael Monroe, Marko Hietala, Steve ‘n’ Seagulls, Lost Society, Turmion Kätilöt, Tarot, Cemetery Skyline and Apocalyptica to the Hakametsä Ice Hall parking lot.
Another day of Ankea, another collection of memorable performances. Check out our Day 2 Factory Stage gallery featuring Royal Sorrow, Bruce Soord, Vermilia, A.A. Williams, Sylvaine and Oranssi Pazuzu! 📸🤘
Day 2 at Ankea brought plenty of atmosphere and progressive sounds to the Ankea Stage. Check out our latest photo report featuring Rioghan, Ihlo, Green Carnation, Textures and Katatonia! 📸🤘
We were there for the first edition of Ankea Festival and captured plenty of memorable moments along the way. Check out our Day 1 gallery of the Ankea Stage performances, featuring Circle, God Is An Astronaut, Ihsahn and Leprous. 📸🤘
Eye of Melian finished up their ‘Forest of Forgetting’ Tour at Tuulensuun Palatsi in Tampere on the 28th of March with a magical show.
Lord of the Lost, together with Ad Infinitum, came to Tampere’s Tavara-Asema in the beginning of last week as part of their “Tovr Noir” Europe tour. An Event by TuskaLive and Grey Beard.
Jinjer, together with Textures and Unprocessed, tore down the sold out Tavara-Asema in Tampere on February 25th when they came trough town for their ‘Duel’ European Tour. An Event by TuskaLive.
Eclipse together with One Desire they played a show at Tampere’s Tavara-Asema at the end of January in front of a small but excited crowd as part of a short Finnish tour!
For My Pain… were touring Finland to celebrate the release of their new album ‘Buried Blue’. We caught up with them at Olympia-Kortelli in Tampere on the 15th of January. An Event by Master Events.
Indica played a special acoustic show at G Livelab Tampere on the 19th of December that left our photographer wanting more.
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