Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes are back with new music! last week, they announced their upcoming album ‘Dark Rainbow’ to be released early next year via International Death Cult / AWAL, shared a first track with ‘Man of the Hour’ and announced a Europe/UK, Australian and North-American tour!
Pop punk icons Sum 41 released the new single ‘Landmines’, the first on their recently signed label Rise Records, showing they are going out with a bang!
The summer festival season is over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of exciting fests happening over the next couple of months this autumn/winter in Finland with Helsinki Techfest and Kaamos Metal Cruise already this weekend, HKI SKEPU FEST V, Lost In Music, Steelchaos, Hellsinki Industrial Festival 2023, Fall Fest 2023, Black Box Mikkeli, Melancholy Mass Festival 2023 and Unholy Winter Fest!
Blink-182 came down to Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium, a show that almost didn’t happen, that was definitely worth the wait, and that blew our reporter’s mind! Support came from The Story So Far.
The 3rd day of Graspop Metal Meeting 2023 brought a lot of firsts for our team member there, seeing shows of Architects, Rancid and Pantera, but also some of her favorites like Halestorm, In Flames and of course, the band that is very near and dear to her heart: Parkway Drive!
Punk outfit The Iron Roses announced their self-titled album to be released in October via Iodine Recordings and SBÄM and unleashed a first track with ‘Screaming For A Change’! Get ready for a protest anthem you can dance your heart out to!
A good week ago at Rockfest 2023, shortly before his set at the festival, we met up with Finnish rock ‘n’ roll icon Michael Monroe, where he talked candidly about meeting Vince Neil for the first time, reconnecting with Nikki Sixx, an upcoming Michael Monroe album, the documentary about his life that is coming really soon now, the recent Lords Of The New Church reunion show and more!
Imminence came back to Finland to play an absolutely killer show for a completely sold out On The Rocks in Helsinki, with the support of the Norwegian deathpop maniacs of Blood Command!
If you are still looking for a great summer destination, here are 10 festivals that might make Finland the ideal place to go for you with #Horizon23, Rockfest, Tuhdimmat Tahdit, Nummirock, Tuska, John Smith Festival, SaariHelvetti, Dark River Festival, Hellsinki Metal Festival and Flow Festival!
