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!

SaariHelvetti is back! The island of hell brought a line-up with only Finnish bands again and we had no complaints, not one bit!

August proves to be a highly exciting and surprisingly full month for new releases! Here is a small selection of those that are most anticipated by our editorial staff!

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

Superlynx bassist/vocalist Pia Isaksen announces her solo project PIA ISA and the solo debut to be released next year via Argonauta Records!

Yianna Bekris gives an emotional presentation where she brings some of the most poignant and dreamy works of the year.

Finnish death doom masters of Hooded Menace unveiled the third new track ‘Those Who Absorb The Night’ from the upcoming album ‘The Tritonus Bell’!

From the deepest dungeons of Bruges Gateway has crawled out with his first EP in two years, the aptly named ‘Flesh Reborn’