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GRIMM wishes you a fearless and epic New Year – and cheers to 10 years

As one year ends and another begins, we want to say thank you.
To everyone who read, shared, supported, showed up and believed in what we do: you made 2025 unforgettable.

2026 is extra special: 10 years of the GRIMM online publication in the form you know it to be today. And 10 years ago that we visited our first Tuska Festival! What a ride it has been!

To celebrate we will be looking back in some special articles, digging deep in our history and archives, while continuing to build what comes next.

Here’s to the next chapter.
Here’s to ten years and to everything still waiting to unfold.

01/01/2026/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull

Tuska adds 13 more confirmed names to its 2026 lineup

Alternative Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Folk, Folk Metal, Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Industrial Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Nordic Folk, Post-Hardcore

Tuska just delivered an early Christmas gift by confirming 13 more names for the 2026 lineup with acts like Pain, D-A-D, Gatecreeper, The Funeral Portrait, aurorawave and of course a bunch of Finnish names again like Swallow The Sun, Survivors Zero, Kallomäki and more!

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11/12/2025/1 Comment/by Vaim Hull

Tuska announces Megadeth as the third headliner + more confirmed names

Alternative Metal, Deathcore, Extreme metal, Groove Metal, Hardcore, Heavy Metal, Metalcore, Metallic Hardcore, Modern Metal, Thrash Metal

Tuska is bringing Megadeth to its 2026 line-up as the headliner for the Friday and adds 13 more bands to the line-up with Trivium, P.O.D., Stam1na, Lost Society, Paleface Swiss, Return To Dust, The Browning, Dogma, Slope, 802, Allt, Atlas and Kneel Before The Death! All ticket classes are available right now!

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10/10/2025/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull

Tuska announces the first 16 confirmed acts for the 2025 edition, including one of the headliners!

Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Dark Folk, Experimental metal, Folk, Folk Metal, Groove Metal, Hardcore, Heavy Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Metallic Hardcore, Modern Metal, Nordic Folk, Power Metal

While the summer is about to be wrapping up, we can already look ahead towards the summer of 2025, especially after Tuska just announced the first 16 confirmed acts for next year’s edition with Electric Callboy, Powerwolf, Nothing More, Orbit Culture, Kim Dracula, Korpiklaani, Marko Hietala, Tarja, Charlotte Wessels, thrown, Eihwar, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Blood Command, Arion and Tyrantti and the first announced headliner with Lorna Shore!

What do you think? What bands are you still hoping for?

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27/08/2024/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull

Tuska has confirmed 16 more names for the 2024 edition with Stratovarius, HEALTH, Lord Of The Lost, Eivør, Elvenking, Devourment, St. Aurora, Assemble the Chariots, I AM YOUR GOD, Swansong, Krypta, Sadistic Drive, Prestige, Putro In Black, SICK URGE and Dome Runner! Get your tickets now before the price increase in a couple of weeks!

What bands are you happy with this time? And what bands are you still hoping for?

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30/01/2024/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull

Tuska unveiled the first batch of names for the 2024 edition!

Alternative Metal, Folk Metal, Groove Metal, Metalcore, Modern Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal

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?

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30/08/2023/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull

Tuska Utopia combines a travel show with metal music – a brand new way to experience Finland

Heavy Metal, Industrial, News, Power Metal, Symphonic Metal

One of Finland’s biggest metal events and organizers, is bringing a whole new experience to the live stream table with “Tuska Utopia”!

09/11/2020/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull

Tuska announced a new slab of names for the 2020 edition!

Black Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Industrial, Metalcore, Modern Metal, News, Sludge Metal, Stoner Rock, Synth

Tuska unleashed a bunch of names for 2020!

16/10/2019/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull

Tuska announces the Friday headliner and 2 more names for 2019!

Black Metal, Death Metal, Folk, Hardcore, News, Progressive, Rock

A headliner and 2 more bands are announced for Tuska 2019!

20/12/2018/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull

Tuska confirms Slayer to headline and a bunch of other names for 2019!

Groove Metal, Hardcore, Metalcore, News, Post-rock, Punk, Rock, Symphonic Metal, Thrash Metal

Tuska announces Slayer to headline plus a list of other confirmed names!

11/12/2018/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull

Photo Reports

Anna’s Best of 2025

Extreme metal, Heavy Metal, Horror Punk, Melodic Death Metal, Melodic Metal, Power Metal, Rock, Symphonic Metal

In 2025 Anna/ScarletMemory Photography covered again tons of bands and events both in Finland and Germany with her favorite captures being of shows from Amoral, Apocalyptica, Apulanta, Battle Beast, Blind Guardian, Bloodred Hourglass, Bush, Catch Your Breath, Cemetery Skyline, Cyan Kicks, Finntroll, Hammerfall, In Flames, Indica, Leverage, Lordi, Michael Monroe, Nothing More, Popeda, Powerwolf, Sabaton, Shade Empire, Sonata Arctica, The Legendary Orchestra, The Rock Orchestra, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Toto, Volbeat and Wednesday 13.

26/01/2026/0 Comments/by Anna Brödel

Tuska 2025 – The people & co

Tuska is more than bands… Crowds, atmosphere, wandering souls and a glimpse of SKYND at the Tuska Forum.

07/07/2025/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull and Jonna

Tuska 2025 – Pagans taking over KVLT Stage

Dark Folk, Folk, Nordic Folk, Pagan Folk

Rituals at Tuska. Eihwar and Noiduin brought pagan and Nordic folk energy to the KVLT Stage during Tuska 2025.

06/07/2025/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull

Tuska 2025 Day 3 – Radio City & Nordic Energy Stages

Alternative Metal, Deathcore, Experimental metal, Metalcore

No backdrop, no filter. Kim Dracula, Whitechapel, and Nothing More on the Radio City & Nordic Energy Stages during Tuska Sunday 2025.

05/07/2025/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull and Jonna

Tuska 2025 Day 3 – Karhu Main Stage

Alternative Metal, Classical, Deathcore, Heavy Metal, Metalcore

Tuska Sunday delivered a powerful closing chapter on the main stage. Motionless In White, Apocalyptica, and headliners Lorna Shore brought Tuska 2025 to its finale.

05/07/2025/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull and Jonna

Tuska 2025 Day 2 – Radio City & Nordic Energy Stages

Alternative Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Metallic Hardcore

Tuska day two beyond the main stage with performances by JILUKA, thrown, and The Halo Effect rocking the Radio City and Nordic Energy Stages on Saturday.

04/07/2025/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull and Jonna

Tuska 2025 Day 2 – Karhu Main Stage

Deathcore, Extreme metal, Groove Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Modern Metal, Power Metal

Tuska 2025 day two hit hard on the main stage. Slaughter To Prevail, Orbit Culture, and headliners Powerwolf shaped a powerful Saturday at the festival.

04/07/2025/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull and Jonna

Tuska 2025 Day 1 – Radio City & Nordic Energy Stages

Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Electronic Music, Metalcore, Pop, Synth

Tuska 2025 day one beyond the main stage. Performances by Blood Command, SKYND, Bambie Thug, and Imminence lit up the Radio City and Nordic Energy Stages.

02/07/2025/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull and Jonna

Tuska 2025 Day 1 – Karhu Main Stage

Extreme metal, Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Metallic Hardcore

Tuska 2025 kicked off in full force on the main stage. From Horizon Ignited opening the day to Electric Callboy, Cradle of Filth, Knocked Loose, and headliners In Flames, Friday delivered from start to finish.

02/07/2025/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull and Jonna

Tuska warm-up: Suburban Tribe (On The Rocks, Helsinki) – 17/06/2024

Alternative Metal, Metal

In the beginning of last week, a sold out On The Rocks in Helsinki truly got warmed up for the upcoming Tuska Festival when the legendary Suburban Tribe played their first show in over 13 years! If you’re at Tuska today, they are a must-see… see you at the Radio City Stage by 19:15!

28/06/2024/0 Comments/by Emerik Siimessalmi

Interviews

Interview Tyrantti @ Tuska 2025 – “People will get a lot of entertainment for their money!”

We sat down with Henkka, guitarist and vocalist of the Finnish heavy metal band Tyrantti, to not only talk about their Tuska show and latest music, but to dive into their upcoming ‘Lihaa mattoon!’ event on July 12 in Helsinki where they are collaborating with FCF Wrestling to put together a highly entertaining evening filled with wrestling and heavy metal!

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06/07/2025/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull

Interview Noiduin @ Tuska 2025 – “Nowadays, people are allowed to be proud of their own roots and heritage.”

Dark Folk, Folk, Nordic Folk, Pagan Folk

At Tuska this year, we sat down with Jemina and Henri from the Finnish dark folk act Noiduin to talk about how they channel their own country’s folklore, pagan history and ancestors in their music and performances, how tricky it can be to work with traditional, self-build instruments and how they hope people can connect with something deep inside themselves when listening to their music.

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05/07/2025/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull

Interview Ankor – “A weekend to remember for sure!”

Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Modern Metal

We sat down with Jessie and Eleni of Ankor after their show at this year’s Tuska Festival, the last stop of a crazy weekend that took them to 3 different countries in 3 days, and had a short chat about their busy summer, the way they like to release new music and how 2024 really seems to be a big year for the band.

Yesterday, they announced a major European tour for 2025 which will take them to most countries of the continent. You won’t want to miss out on that, tickets are available starting tomorrow!

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24/09/2024/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull

Interview Assemble the Chariots – “Listen to the album from start to finish, do a service to yourself!”

Extreme metal, Symphonic Metal

We sat down with Onni and Kevin from Assemble the Chariots at Tuska 2024 to talk about their new album ‘Unyielding Night’ (set for release on July 19th via Seek and Strike), how this is the start of a whole universe they’re creating, with the sound they’ve always envisioned for the band from the beginning. And we came back from the talk with 2 things ingrained in our heads: listen to the album from start to finish, and make sure you make it to the release show at On The Rocks in Helsinki where they’ll play the album in its whole for what sounds like a unique experience…

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18/07/2024/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull

Interview JP Ahonen – “Buy everything, send money… or no… just Hail Satan”

We’ve been a long time fan of the Finnish comic book artist JP Ahonen. Mostly famous for his Belzebubs web series, he has other amazing works like ‘Sing No Evil’ (read our review of the graphic novel here). With his Belzebubs creation taking off even more with a recently released full-length album by the fictional […]

15/08/2019/0 Comments/by Vaim Hull

Baroness (Tuska 2017)

Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Progressive, Rock, Sludge Metal, Stoner Rock

We talked with John Baizley about his music, new guitarist and dealing with constant pain in the rock ‘n’ roll life.

20/08/2017/by Vaim Hull

Brujeria (Tuska 2017)

Death Metal, Hardcore

We had a chat with Brujo himself of the Mexican group of gangsters Brujeria!

09/08/2017/by Vaim Hull

Amorphis (Tuska 20th Anniversary)

Death Metal, Progressive

We talked with guitarist Tomi from Amorphis about a new album, touring a lot and some music to check out!

01/08/2017/by Vaim Hull

Wintersun (Tuska 2017)

Death Metal, Folk Metal, Heavy Metal, Progressive, Symphonic Metal

We had a long talk with guitarist Teemu about the new album, live set-up, crowdfunding campaign and some of his musical preferences.

20/07/2017/by Vaim Hull

Children of Bodom “20 Years Down & Dirty” interview

Death Metal, Thrash Metal

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!

03/05/2017/by Vaim Hull