For the tenth edition of the Darken the Moon Festival, the organization came up with a lineup that no self-respecting fan of doom metal should want to pass up. Even on a lazy Sunday afternoon in autumn.

End of the year means albums of the year lists, so here is the one we accumulated from what our editorial team likes!

2 days of extreme metal from the crypts of the underground: SteelChaos, you were great yet again!

2 nights of darkness, occult and extreme metal… SteelChaos 2019 was yet again a highly stimulating festival! Check out the awesome pictures here…

2 highly interesting Finnish bands merged into a new entity that will bring a captivating release out in this world in 2019!

Splendidula’s Post Mortem is an album with a mind-boggling variety, from the mesmerizing chants to the earth-shattering heavy tones.

The doom masters are back with original vocalist and a guest appearance of one of the godfathers of metal on their upcoming new album!

The wolves took over the legendary Nosturi venue in Helsinki! Check out the pics of the Wolfheart show here!

Warmth was brought to Nosturi by the Fins of Wolfheart and Brymir! Check out this review about their show from 30th of november in Helsinki, Finland

The best of the doom, sludge, stoner and even industrial scene showed up for one weekend in Helsinki at a wonderful small underground festival. Check out our report!