Eluveitie proved to us to be in top form when they dropped by in Helsinki at the end of January on their “ÀNV Rising- Europe pt I” tour with the support of the always energetic Infected Rain and first time visitors Ad Infinitum! An event by TuskaLive.

Eluveitie started 2025 with the first leg in Europe of their “ÀNV Rising” tour, with support from Infected Rain and Ad Infinitum, and we saw it was good at one of the first stops at Kulttuuritalo Helsinki back in January! An event by TuskaLive.

Tampere, Finland-based festival Tuhdimmat Tahdit completed the 2025 line-up with the addition of legendary power metal band Blind Guardian as headliner for the Saturday, plus Amaranthe, Lordi, Michael Monroe, Turmion Kätilöt, Moon Shot and Black Devils! Get your tickets now!

Melodic metal outfit Cyhra is back with second single ‘Skin From Bones’ since joining their new label home Reigning Phoenix Music!

Avantasia gives us once again a pearl of an album full of magical stories and adventures. ‘Here Be Dragons’ is out now via Napalm Records! We can’t wait to experience the epicness on the upcoming tour!

Modern metal band Never Obey Again released a video for the track ‘Control’, from their recently released second album ‘Trust’, out on Scarlet Records!

Luna Kills

In Tom VM’s favorite pictures of the year shows off his captures of bands like Amorphis, Beyond the Black, Bury Tomorrow, Dimmu Borgir, Infected Rain, Lost Society, Opeth, Tarot, Vola, Zeal and Ardor, Amaranthe, Ankor, Beast in Black, Charlotte Wessels, Dark Tranquillity, Dear Mother, Draconian, Dragonforce, Epica, Europe, Feuerschwanz, Gene Simmons Band, Jinjer, Marco Mendoza, Moonspell, Saxon, Testament, Vandenberg and Luna Kills, of which some pictures have never before seen on our site!

Finnish pop metal outfit Memoremains delivers a full-blood party song with ‘Stand Up’, the perfect song to take a little break and let everything go!

People in Finland, make sure you catch them live supporting Enemy Inside in a couple of months!

Infected Rain

This year’s “Motocultor across Europe Tour” kickoff show was at Poppodium 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands, headlined by Moldovan favorite Infected Rain and support acts Semblant, Elyose, Miruthan, and Skin On Flesh!

Finnish melodic metal outfit Arion signed to Reigning Phoenix Music and announced to be releasing their 4th album ‘The Light That Burns The Sky’ at the end of next month and shared the track ‘Like The Phoenix I Will Rise’ with a fiery music video! Catch them live on their Finnish tour with Stratovarius and Sonata Arctica, European co-headline tour with Brainstorm or this summer at Tuska!