Canada’s Dream Heavy sets aim at the 1% with their new single ‘Filthy Rich’, expressing how pissed off people in Canada are about what is going on!
News Posts
Finnish alternative metal legends Waltari released the single ‘Murder Plot’ from their upcoming studio album ‘Nations’ Neurosis’ set for release in May via Metalville Records!
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Belgian alternative rock act #40Something are back with their new single ‘On a Collision Course’, probably their darkest song so far, out now on all popular streaming platforms!
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After last year’s impressive ‘Heavy Jelly’ release by Soft Play, now they announced to be releasing an expanded vision of the album with ‘Heavier Jelly’ in April and unveiled a first single with ‘Slushy’, featuring Kate Nash!
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Alt-rock trailblazers Nova Twins shared the official video for their latest single ‘Soprano’, a track from their highly anticipated third album ‘Parasites & Butterflies’, set for release via Marshall Records!
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Italian metallers Sick N’ Beautiful share their new single and official video ‘Hate Manifesto’, another occult and horror-infused track from their upcoming album ‘Horror Vacui’, set for release in April via BLKIIBLK!
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Alt-rock trailblazers Nova Twins announced their new album ‘Parasites & Butterflies’ to be released in August via Marshall Records, and dropped their electrifying new single ‘Soprano’ in anticipation of their tour supporting Lenny Kravitz in Europe starting tomorrow!
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Tampere, Finland-based festival Tuhdimmat Tahdit completed the 2025 line-up with the addition of legendary power metal band Blind Guardian as headliner for the Saturday, plus Amaranthe, Lordi, Michael Monroe, Turmion Kätilöt, Moon Shot and Black Devils! Get your tickets now!
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Finnish alternative act Cyan Kicks dropped their massive new heavy track ‘Echo’ and announced their debut UK headline tour dates!
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Cinematic hard rockers Edge Of Paradise unleashed their epic sixth album ‘Prophecy’ with Napalm Records yesterday, but earlier this week they already shared the video single ‘Give It To Me (Mind Assassin)’, featuring Ben V. from industrial goth outfit Ludovico Technique!
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Photo Reports
With 30 shows in 17 countries, Ankor’s “Shoganai EU/UK Tour 2025” ended at the DVG Club in Kortrijk, Belgium with support of Conquer Divide and A Dark Reborn, and we of course where there!
Ankor has been getting a lot of attention and making new fans this past festival season in Europe, and it clearly got caught by TuskaLive as well, bringing this exciting group back to Helsinki for a completely sold-out and packed night at On The Rocks. And with the addition of special guests Conquer Divide and openers A Dark Reborn, the party was complete!
ENTER SHIKARI gave a solid proof why they are among the UK top alternative acts with their blend of metal and electronic sounds. They brought an energy loaded live performance with stunning visuals, lights, and sound to Stuttgart’s ‘Im Wizemann’ last December. Musically, providing a cross-section of their musical evolution and craftsmanship, enlightening a fully packed venue. Support was given by locals WAIT OF THE WORLD.
Pop Evil and Bad Wolves joined forces on the “Animal Instinct Tour” touring through the US, bringing along Sierra Pilot and ONI for the ride! We caught them at their Thanksgiving eve show at Pierre’s in Ft. Wayne in Indiana!
The pictures of an amazing night with the headlining show from Future Palace at On The Rocks in Helsinki, with the support from Our Promise and Revnoir!
The last weekend of October, Apulanta played two glorious shows at Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland in front of a huge crowd of fans, and joined by Lahtis Sinfonia Orchestra. A show that somehow felt simultaneously simplistic and very grand, with a well-thought-out light show and setlist featuring rarely played tracks live!
Smash Into Pieces were back in Finland a while back, and we got to see their show at Tampere’s Pakkahuone, where they played in front of a full house alongside Cyan Kicks. A wonderful night of good music and atmosphere, hosted by Live Nation Finland.
In over 25 years of band history, the BEATSTEAKS have released eleven long players, including rock masterpieces like “I Don’t Care As Long As You Sing”, “Hand In Hand,” “Hello Joe,” and “Cut Off The Top.” Simply an invitation to sing along at full volume. At this performance at the LKA Longhorn, the band impressively proved that even after countless concerts and festival appearances, they still belong to the most energetic live bands of our millennium. Support came from International Music.
Covering a wide range of musical genres, STARS IN TOWN 2024 brought a full Friday of indie, alternative, punk, and rock with DONOTS, EDITORS and PLACEBO. Turning the historical Herrenacker in the heart of Schaffhausen old town (Switzerland) into a festival infield. An event with a very special location and flair.
The pictures of Flogging Molly taking over Helsinki with a Celtic punk party to rock the ages!
Interviews
We had a chat with Tomi from Ginger Evil about their self-titled debut album, released with Frontiers Music, and how the songs they’ve made have already gotten them to places and people he never would have expected! Tonight they’re having their official release show in Helsinki, don’t miss out if you’re in the neighborhood!
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Last year, we met up with the mysterious and intriguing Finnish duo Rabbit Cult, who started a new chapter in their musical journey and told us all about their new path forging cool music blending Finnish with kawaii and alternative rock and metal into a unique and sometimes contradicting mixture.
Catch them on the Nordic Metal Cruise in a couple of weeks!
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At Tuska 2024, we had a quick chat with Lotta from Luna Kills about their first ever show at the festival, how they’ve been doing since we last talked a couple of years ago, their first tour outside of Finland in support of Dear Mother and hints at what’s next…
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We sat down with Jessie and Eleni of Ankor after their show at this year’s Tuska Festival, the last stop of a crazy weekend that took them to 3 different countries in 3 days, and had a short chat about their busy summer, the way they like to release new music and how 2024 really seems to be a big year for the band.
Yesterday, they announced a major European tour for 2025 which will take them to most countries of the continent. You won’t want to miss out on that, tickets are available starting tomorrow!
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Last summer, we sat down with Johannes from Avatar for a short chat about how 2023 had been so far after their explosive opening show at Tuska 2023, how he experienced that show, and how he feels like the band is in its best form right now, ready to take over the world!
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Today we’re already sitting down with Fixation again to have a chat about their soon-to-be released new album, but back in February, we already had a short conversation with vocalist Jonas Hansen about touring with Devin Townsend, their music and what he hopes to accomplish with it, some of his personal vocal inspirations, and how he would describe their music using just visuals.
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A chat with Sara Strömmer of Shereign about the release of their debut album “Ghost Diaries”, the themes and artwork of the album, the planned release shows with Dark Sarah and how she would describe the band in images, with a very interesting result!
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Watch the interview we had with the people from the up-and-coming Finnish alternative rock band Luna Kills about the band, their music and the new album!
Watch the chat we had with Vallu and Bini from the Finnish alternative rock outfit Blame Me! about their upcoming new album ‘The Invisible You’!
A video of the chat we had with Ero and Nile of the new Finnish alternative rock outfit St. Aurora about their music and upcoming debut EP ‘They All Remember’!
