Shinedown’s Eric Bass announces his debut solo album ‘Eric Bass Presents: I Had A Name’, set for release in February 2025 and shared a first track and video with ‘Mind Control’!
News Posts
GORE. released their EP ‘A Bud That Never Blooms’ via Spinefarm and dropped a video for the track ‘Heaven Is Above Me’ to celebrate!
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Boston based metal act Major Moment released a heartfelt and emotive animated video for the track ‘You’ll Never Know’, out now on all streaming platforms!
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Up-and-coming alt-metal unit Defences presented their new single ‘Breathe It In’ with a visualizer, the last single before the release of their new album ‘Shadowlight’, set for release next month via Long Branch Records!
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Metal powerhouse Slaughter To Prevail released their highly anticipated new single ‘Behelit’ coming with a video with animation from the acclaimed manga series ‘Beserk’!
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Alt-metal act Mallavora unleashed their latest epic single ‘It’s Not Enough’, a single from their upcoming EP ‘Echoes’ which is set to be released next month via Marshall Records and a step towards forging a community where everyone can belong!
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Finnish band Royal Sorrow, formerly known as Edge of Haze, signed an international deal with InsideOutMusic and shared the brand-new video single ‘Metrograve’ to celebrate!
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Bloodywood is back! They announced to have signed with Fearless Records for the next chapter of their career, and unleashed the new single ‘Nu Delhi’, a homage to their home city!
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Some weeks ago, up-and-comers GORE. dropped a video for the track ‘Angels Like You’, another captivating track from their upcoming EP ‘A Bud That Never Blooms’, which will be the first release with their newly signed label Spinefarm! We’ve loved what they’ve released before, and highly recommend you to check it out!
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One of our favorite up-and-coming Finnish bands, Luna Kills, have today announced to have signed with Sharptone Records for the release of their upcoming next album and unleashed the alt-metal bombshell of a track ‘slay ur enemies’ to celebrate!
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Photo Reports
Tuhdimmat Tahdit’s second day with Brother Firetribe, Tarot, Huora, Klamydia, Suburban Tribe, Sonata Arctica and Apulanta was just as much fun as the first day!
In the beginning of last week, a sold out On The Rocks in Helsinki truly got warmed up for the upcoming Tuska Festival when the legendary Suburban Tribe played their first show in over 13 years! If you’re at Tuska today, they are a must-see… see you at the Radio City Stage by 19:15!
Fans were definitely ready to “FACE IT”, the show with Nothing More, Veil Of Maya and Of Virtue, that is! Concert-goers were lined down the sidewalk and around the block in anticipation of the concert at Kemba Live in Columbus, Ohio. And what a fantastic night it became!
Vended came to show that they’re their own entity, ready to push the metal scene into the next wave of popularity, with the help of The Gloom In The Corner and Profiler!
Dear Mother held 4 Dutch club shows to promote the release of their new EP ‘Necessary Darkness’ with the Finnish Luna Kills invited as support for what would be their first shows outside their country, setting the stage for future international endeavors!
At the beginning of March, Amaranthe, Dragonforce and Infected Rain brought quite the spectacle to thousands of fans gathered in Helsinki’s Black Box Jäähalli venue!
A great night of modern metal and metalcore with Polaris, Silent Planet, Thornhill and Paledusk!
The “Back to the 2000s Tour” has been going strong in the US territories, taking people back to the good old days of nu metal and alternative metal/rock and Ozzfest with stellar shows from The Union Underground, SOiL, Ra and Flaw! We caught the stop at Piere’s in Fort Wayne, IN!
With mind-blowing energy and pure anticipation, Esprit D’air blew the roof off Northumbria University with Diamond Black supporting!
Enter Shikari dropped by the Zenith Kulturhalle in Munich, Germany and amazed with an electric show, supported by an explosive Fever 333 and the locals of Blackout Problems opening the night!
Gig Reports
Blind Channel played the biggest show of their career at Helsinki’s Jäähalli at the end of 2022, a culmination not only of the year but of the whole band’s existence! Support came from the lovely Arttu Lindeman.
Throwback to Normandie finally making it back to Finland to celebrate their 2021 release ‘Dark & Beautiful Secrets’ and blew the roof off On The Rocks with the support from Balance Breach and Delta Enigma.
At the “Does This Look All Killer No Filler tour” stop at Vorst Nationaal in Brussels, Cassyette provided us with something new to check out while Simple Plan and Sum 41 provided a true trip though memory lane.
The co-headline tour of Dark Tranquillity and Ensiferum made a stop in Helsinki with support from Marianas Rest and Gwendydd and packed Vanha Ylioppilastalo to the brim for a night of pure and wholesome energy to lift our spirits!
A night to remember! Shaman’s Harvest, Crobot, Any Given Sin and Hell Came Home all killed it with their shows at the Rockstar Lounge in Ft. Wayne, Indiana with each their own signature style and genre!
The report of an amazing night with shows from Breaking Benjamin, Seether, Starset and Lacey Sturm in Fort Wayne, IN!
Nightwish finally get to embark on their ‘Human. :||: Nature.’ World Tour and we were there for the Helsinki show!
We caught Tantric with KrashKarma, This Day Forever and Twenty-Second Dimension at The King of Clubs in Columbus, OH!
After an impressive release last year, VOLA came to our neighborhood to bring their intricate music live, with the support of Port Noir and Atlas!
We had quite a blast at the St. Paddy’s Day Party at The King of Clubs in Columbus, Ohio with great bands, headed by the ever amazing Nonpoint!
