Royal Sorrow shared a music video for the song ‘Samsara’ recently with InsideOutMusic, just before their very first show at this year’s Tuska! Catch them this autumn on tour through Europe with Leprous and Gåte!
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Lorna Shore offers another taste of their upcoming album with ‘Unbreakable’, the album ‘I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me’ is set for release in September via Century Media Records! We can’t wait to get to hear this amazing track live this weekend at Tuska where they’ll be closing the festival on Sunday!
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Melodeath supergroup The Halo Effect unleashed a powerful cover of the Danzig classic ‘How The Gods Kill’, out with Nuclear Blast, and right in time for the start of their European festival run with this weekend Tuska Festival and later in the summer Brutal Assault!
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Orbit Culture announced their new album ‘Death Above Life’ and unleashed the scathing new single and title track, just in time for their upcoming shows supporting In Flames and at festivals like Graspop and Tuska this month! The album is set for release in October via Century Media Records!
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Slaughter To Prevail announced their biggest headline tour in the UK and Europe yet with “The Grizzly Winter Tour 2026”, bringing along Dying Fetus and Suicide Silence for the ride! But not before they release their new album ‘GRIZZLY’ in July via Sumerian Records and play an exclusive European festival show at Tuska at the end of this month!
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Powerwolf just announced their next live album/DVD/BluRay ‘Wildlive (Live at Olympiahalle)’ to be released next year in March with Napalm Records! But for those who don’t want to wait for the epic live experience that is this band, make sure you catch them on their “Summer Of The Wicked” Europe tour starting today and bringing them to many festivals, including a headline performance at Finland’s Tuska Festival!
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Busy times ahead for the shamanic techno vikings of Eihwar with newly announced shows in support of The Hu’s shows in Germany and France starting next week, and stops at many European festivals this summer like Tuska, Castlefest, Wacken and Midgardsblot among many others! Don’t miss out on this!
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Cradle of Filth revealed a music video for the track ‘Demagoguery’ from their recently released album ‘The Screaming Of The Valkyries’ out with Napalm Records, just before they embark on their summer tour through the UK and EU taking them to festivals like Tuska at the end of this month and wrapping up at the end of July at Tolminator!
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Dragonforce surprise with an alternate version of ‘Burning Heart’ featuring Alissa White-Gluz right before they embark on the “Warp Speed Warriors Final Round – Europe 2025” tour taking them to some of our favorite European festivals like Graspop and Tuska!
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Finnish powerhouse Battle Beast just announced their new album ‘Steelbound’ to be set for release in October via Nuclear Blast and unleashed a video for the title track! Catch them live later this year in Fall on their massive Europe tour, or if you can’t wait that long, come over to Finland for festivals like Rockfest and Tuska where they’ll blow the roof of any stage they take over!
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Interviews
We caught up with Wind Rose frontman Francesco Cavalieri after their explosive set at Tuske 2025 to talk viral fame, festival life, and why their music is more than just memes and mead. Catch their set at Alcatraz Festival this Friday!
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We sat down with SKYND at Tuska about a month ago and had a talk about how they’ve been turning true crime into art, empathy, and community.
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At Tuska 2025, one of the local acts on the KVLT Stage on the last day was The Vantages. Since they have been making quite the name for themselves in the local underground scene, it was about time for us to have a chat with them about their show there, their music, future and what they hope to achieve in the future!
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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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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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We sat down with Nahka-Sami of the Finnish heavy metal heroes Tyrantti to talk about their epic performance at this year’s Hellsinki Metal Festival, their new album ‘Ihmispyramidi’ and where you’ll be able to find them on a stage the coming year! Tuska 2025 is at least one of the places where you can get your shot of Tyrantti heavy metal madness…
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Festival Reports
Tuska Sunday always feels a bit different. More relaxed, a little bittersweet, but no less memorable. We wrapped up the weekend with Kim Dracula, Whitechapel, Motionless In White, Nothing More, Noiduin and a stunning headline performance by Lorna Shore. Read our final festival report now.
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Visual kei madness, Viking dance parties, massive circle pits and a werewolf-led headline spectacle. Day 2 of Tuska 2025 had no shortage of highlights. Read our full report featuring JILUKA, Orbit Culture, Eihwar, Slaughter to Prevail, The Halo Effect, thrown and Powerwolf.
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Rain or shine, Tuska always delivers. Day 1 brought us everything from the emotional weight of Imminence and the brutality of Knocked Loose to the party madness of Electric Callboy and a triumphant headline set from In Flames.
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Photo Reports
Tuska is more than bands… Crowds, atmosphere, wandering souls and a glimpse of SKYND at the Tuska Forum.
Rituals at Tuska. Eihwar and Noiduin brought pagan and Nordic folk energy to the KVLT Stage during Tuska 2025.
No backdrop, no filter. Kim Dracula, Whitechapel, and Nothing More on the Radio City & Nordic Energy Stages during Tuska Sunday 2025.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Marko Hietala had a special Valentine’s gift for us when he played a sold out show at Olympia-kortteli in Tampere. The show also included appearances from Noora Louhimo and JP Leppäluoto as guest vocals on some of his songs. Thanks Master Events for the access. Always a pleasure to see in a live setting, we’re all too happy to welcome him again on the Tuska stage this summer!
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