Gig Reports

August 30 20224 was like an unholy pilgrim for any and all metalheads around Finland (and even beyond) when Beherit, one of the most revered Finnish black metal bands of all time, played one of their rare live shows at Ääniwalli in Helsinki. The greatest black metal concert our reporter has ever witnessed.

A couple of months ago, the French vikings of Skáld came to put a spell on everyone that showed up at Ääniwalli with their Nordic folk and turned the night into one to remember. Support came from the hurdy-gurdy maestro Guilhem Desq, an event by All Things Live Finland.

A report on a captivating night with the ever impressive Author & Punisher in the industrial district of Helsinki…

Old school D-beat hardcore instigators Discharge came back to Finland for a night during which they almost literally brought the house down!

The Swedish vikings of Amon Amarth brought their Berserker around the world, and with them their countrymates of Arch Enemy and Hypocrisy!

Amenra put down yet another exceptional show in Helsinki, as we have come to expect from this band!

Photo Reports

1349 and Kampfar joined forces to invade Europe with their Norwegian black metal onslaught and brought along the Danes of Afsky, and we caught them at their stop at Ääniwalli in Helsinki for a much needed black metal fix at the start of our week!

When a legend like John Lydon comes to a venue near you with his almost as legendary band Public Image Ltd., you know you can’t miss out! And so did our photographer when they took over the stage at Ääniwalli in Helsinki with the support of local hardcore punk heroes Bob Malmström!

A couple of months ago, All Things Live Finland brought the French Nordic folk collective Skáld to the Finnish shores with support from hurdy-gurdy virtuoso Guilhem Desq to celebrate music inspired by the past, brought to the now at Ääniwalli in Helsinki.

Pictures of the second day of Hellsinki Industrial Festival 2022 with Ruoska, Antibody, Agonoize, Nestruction, Gothminister, Moris Blak and Centhron!

Pictures of the 1st day of a festival weekend filled with beats and dancing at Hellsinki Industrial Festival 2022 with Dev Mod, Siva Six, King Satan, Freakangel, Mechanical Vein, Faderhead, System Noire and suicide commando!

Pictures of the second day of Hellsinki Metal Horizons 2022, expanding everyone’s minds with musical experiments including Keoma, Assemble The Chariots, Humavoid, Vildhjarta, Enragement, Celeste, …and Oceans and Decapitated!

Pictures of an exciting first day of Hellsinki Metal Horizons 2022 with Oddland, Vulture Industries, Manticora, Humanity’s Last Breath, MyGrain and SHINING!

Pictures of a night filled with hard beats and heavy music from Author & Punisher, Eggvn and Pedigree in Helsinki!

Pictures of a fantastic 2nd day at Hellsinki Industrial 2021 with Freak Injection, SynthAttack, State of the Union, Ashbury Heights and Covenant!

The pictures of the 1st day of Hellsinki Industrial Festival 2021 with acts like Hocico, Biomechanimal, Alien Vampires, Priest and Matthew Creed!

Lists

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, starting with Cult of Darkness today, Helsinki Techfest, and HKI SKEPU FEST VI this month still, Pakanafesterit in October, Hellsinki Industrial Festival and Melancholy Mass Festivals in November, and John Smith Rock Frozen in December! And for the beer and music lovers, several Masis Beer & Metal events spread over the next couple of months all over Finland! Go get your tickets now!

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!

If you’re in the neighborhood of Helsinki, you like some proper hard beats and you don’t know what to do yet… in case you missed this completely and need convincing still, check out why we think you should go to Hellsinki Industrial Festival this weekend!

Festival Reports

The second day of Hellsinki Industrial Festival 2022 was yet another party that went on till well into the night with Ruoska, Antibody, Agonoize, Nestruction, Gothminister, Moris Blak and Centhron!

The first night of Hellsinki Industrial Festival 2022 was absolutely killer with Div Mod, Siva Six, King Satan, Freakangel, Mechanical Vein, Faderhead, System Noire, and the glorious return of industrial icon Suicide Commando!

The 2nd day of Hellsinki Metal Horizons cranked up the intensity even more than ever before with Keoma, Assemble the Chariots, Humavoid, Celeste, Enragement, Vildhjarta, …And Oceans and Decapitated!

The first full day of Hellsinki Metal Horizons 2022 delivered on plenty of proggy, intense and simply weird stuff with Oddland, Vulture Industries, Manticora, Humanity’s Last Breath, MyGrain and Shining!

The report of the 2nd day of Hellsinki Industrial 2021 with amazing performances that will be remembered for a while still.

Report of the 1st day of Hellsinki Industrial Festival 2021 with Hocico, Priest, Alien Vampires, Biomechanimal and Matthew Creed!