Last Monday, TuskaLive and Grey Beard Concerts & Management brought the carnival to town. To be precise, the Swedish band Avatar and along with them Æther Realm from the USA. Avatar played a very fun show at Olympia-Kortteli in Tampere, including magic tricks, balloons and of course some good old heavy metal.

Australian dark folk/blackgaze project Suldusk shared the new single ‘Crystalline’ with a gripping new video, another track from the upcoming ‘Anthesis’ album, set for release in the beginning of March via Napalm Records!

French black/death metal band Necrowretch returns with another blasphemous album. Their fifth album “Swords of Dajjal” is fast and hellish and arguably the band’s best offering to date, out since last Friday via Season of Mist.

Finnish melodic death metallers Voidfallen have released their new single ‘Tread With The Ghosts’ with a cinematic video, an intense song from their upcoming album to be released later this year via Noble Demon!

At the end of January, Battle Beast and Merta came through Tampere’s Pakkahuone for a powerful sold out show presented by Tuhdimmat Tahdit and Master Events.

Dutch avant-garde death metal act The Monolith Deathcult are presenting their upcoming album ‘The Demon Who Makes Trophies Of Men’, set for release in April via Human Detonator Records, by unleashing the title track!

Finnish alternative metal outfit Stråle released their new single ‘Close Is Not Enough’, a taste of their upcoming album that is to be released later this year via FDA Records. Catch them live in Finland or at the end of the year on the Motocultor Across Europe Tour with Orphaned Land, Dirty Shirt, Royal Rage and Ring Of Gyges!

While they’re setting the UK ablaze at sold-out shows all over, Malevolence shared a live video of their emotionally charged song ‘Higher Place’, featuring special guests Espera from Sleep Token!

Kerry King is back! After plenty of speculation, he finally announced his debut solo album ‘From Hell I Rise’, set for release in May via Reigning Phoenix Music, unveiled his band members and shared a first single with ‘Idle Hands’!

Faroese death/doom outfit Hamferð to release ‘Men Guðs hond er sterk’ album in March via Metal Blade Records and share a first single with ‘Ábær’!