In Helsinki and still looking for something to do this weekend? Don’t hesitate and start your festival season early by going to Desert Hel 2024 that has a stellar line-up with Finnish bands Heezer, Orbiter, Polymoon, Kairon; IRSE!, Dome Runner, Skyjoggers, Mansion and Maan Tomu and excellent visitors from abroad with Italian doom rockers on the rise Messa and stoner rock legends Truckfighters! If that doesn’t convince you enough, be sure to read more details on why we think you should go!

Danish death metal heavy weights Illdisposed announced their new studio album ‘In Chambers Of Sonic Disgust’ to be released in June via Massacre Records and are streaming a first single with ‘Spitting Your Pain’!

New Orleans metal revelation Cane Hill brings in a new era by unleashing 2 new songs via Out of Line Music/Rough Trade: ‘The Midnight Sun’ and ‘Ecstasy In Grief’!

Brazilian death metal supergroup The Troops Of Doom unleashed first video single ‘Chapels Of The Unholy’, a track from the upcoming ‘A Mass To The Grotesque’ album set for release at the end of May via Alma Mater Records!

Italian symphonic metal band Rossometile shared their new single and video ‘Gehenna’, the title track of their upcoming seventh album, set for release in May!

Canadian heavy metal legends Anvil announced their new studio album ‘One And Only’ to be released in June via AFM Records and unleashed a first killer track with ‘Feed Your Fantasy’!

Kerry King unleashed the new single and first music video ‘Residue’, a track from the upcoming debut ‘From Hell I Rise’ of his new project, set for release in May via Reigning Phoenix Music!

New Zealand death metal luminaries Ulcerate continued their unstoppable forward momentum with second track ‘To Flow Through Ashen Hearts’ from the upcoming ‘Cutting the Throat of God’ release, set for a June date via Debemur Morti Productions!

Finnish/Australian collective The Eternal are back with the video single ‘Deathlike Silence’, a track from their upcoming album ‘Skinwalker’ set for release in June via Reigning Phoenix Music!

Dutch death metal institution Severe Torture dances with death on ‘Torn From the Jaws of Death’, single and title track from their upcoming new album, set for release in June via Season of Mist!