Finland’s leather metal maniacs Tyrantti and pro wrestling promotion FCF Wrestling are joining forces in an unprecedented alliance, bringing the hottest summer event in Helsinki with “Lihaa Mattoon!”, an evening filled with live action, beer, hot food and heavy metal!
News Posts
Finnish industrial metal maniacs King Satan released a brand new live video for the track ‘The Carnivalesque of Dark and Light’, featuring Chris Eggvn! Taken from their latest album ‘The Devil’s Evengelion’, released last year via Noble Demon!
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Finnish prog masters of Oddland are thrilled to share their new single and official music video ‘Freefall’, available now via Frontiers Music!
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Finnish bunny metal duo Rabbit Cult releases their new single ‘Bunny Anthem’, catch the boundary-breaking outfit soon at WTF – Capital Of Metal event and Hellsinki Metal Festival!
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Finnish melodic metal band Unén unveiled their new official video ‘Forever Winter’, out via Frontiers Music!
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Finnish Phoboian released their second single ‘The Fall’, making a return to the heavy beauty of operatic metal and grim themes, out with Inverse Records!
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Finnish melodic death metallers As The Sun Falls are set to release new EP ‘Pohjoisen Sydän’ in May via Theogonia Records, an album completely in Finnish of which they shared the track ‘Luonto Ja Sydän’!
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Finnish rocka rollas Rokets are set to release their third album ‘Bad Choices’ in May with Svart Records and shared a 2nd single and video with ‘Overload’!
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Finland’s finest, Svarta Havet are back with another single from their upcoming album ‘Månen ska lysa din väg’, set for release in May via Prosthetic Records. Find the new track ‘Härlig Är Jorden’ showcasing their beautiful yet gloomy black metal tinged post-hardcore!
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Finnish Cumbeast are back with the album ‘Fairytales Of Filth’ in May, out with Morbid Generation Records and shared the first single ‘Captain Cock’ featuring Sami Perttula from Korpiklaani and John Puig from Phrymerial!
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Photo Reports
Canadian black metal giants Spectral Wound took over a sold out On The Rocks in Helsinki during their “BLOOD. MIRE. DEATH. tour”, bringing their unique raw, uncompromising black metal assault with the support from Finland’s own death metal outfit Ashen Tomb! An event by Nem Agency.
Opeth released an absolutely brilliant new album with ‘The Last Will And Testament’ last year, and now they brought it to the stage all over Europe. And we in Helsinki were honored to be the first stop of the tour back in February, getting a first taste of their new work live. And with Grand Magus to warm us up, this was a brilliant night for the (metal) music lovers among us! An event by Fullsteam Agency
Mixing classical music and metal is a well tested concept by now. The Rock Orchestra did a great job when they came to Tampere-Talo on Monday the 7th of April.
Finnish rock up-and-comers Ginger Evil made a proper introduction to Helsinki at the KULT Club with a release show celebrating their debut album released earlier in the year with Frontiers Music, and we saw it was good!
Noora Louhimo Acoustic Experience played a wide variety of songs during their gig at Telakka in Tampere last week. From rock covers, Battle Beast songs over to some of Noora’s own work, the show had something for every taste.
Silent Planet came back to Europe with their “Superbloom” headline tour and brought with them Like Moths To Flames, VEXED and Avoid! We caught them in the beginning of February at Korjaamo in Helsinki for a great night of metalcore and alternative metal! Brought to us by TuskaLive!
Last month, both of our home countries met at a great event with some of the top of the underground metal scene like Unhoped, Rapid, Galvanizer and the very first appearance in Finland of the Belgian speed metallers of Bütcher!
Jonne Aaron seemed to radiate joy and happiness throughout his entire performance last week at Tavara-Asema in Tampere, Finland. I wish all artists would enjoy performing as much as he seemed to enjoy this gig.
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!
Last Friday, Stratovarius and Sonata Arctica came to Tampere’s fully packed Tavara-Asema for their “Nordic Power Titans tour 2025”. In addition, they also brought along Arion to warm up the room for them. While the sound wasn’t always quite on point, that didn’t stop the evening from being a great amount of fun. An event by Grey Beard Concerts & Management.
Album Reviews
In between full lengths, Finnish-Hellenic ensemble Aeonian Sorrow has birthed a new four track EP of resplendent funereal gothic doom. ‘From the Shadows’ is available right now.
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Luna Kills has grown so much over the past years, going from a promising new band in the Finnish music scene to actually right now fulfilling a majority of that promise we saw in them all those years ago. ‘DEATHMATCH’ is their statement towards the world andthey are ready to wipe everyone off the map. Out on April 4th with SharpTone Records.
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The Turku, Finland-based blackened death metal quintet Sepulchral Curse crafts its niche on the third studio album “Crimson Moon Evocations” out via Dark Descent Records since last month! Catch their show at Tuska Festival this summer, you won’t regret it!
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Havukruunu crafted a diverse piece of work that fits with the pagan themes of the past albums and presenting a sonic medium that connects the band with the ancient tale of ‘Tavastland’. Out this Friday via Svart Records, this is highly recommended for fans of Moonsorrow and the likes! Catch them live with their new album this Friday in Helsinki, at select places in Finland over the coming months, or this summer at Tuska!
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The masters of melancholic doom Dawn of Solace are back, get ready for the melancholic trip of your life on their latest release ‘Affliction Vortex’, out via Noble Demon tomorrow February 14!
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Marko Hietala’s new album ‘Roses from the Deep’ released through Nuclear Blast showcases the amazing skill and the variety that these guys are capable of. From the lyrics and the instrumentation to the mix, everything on this album has been executed masterfully. Catch Marko on his small Finnish release tour starting next week, and this summer at festivals like Tuska!
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Finnish death metal band Ashen Tomb presents a brutal old school record in their debut full length album “Ecstatic Death Reign”. The quintet delivers brutality, grooves and ferocity in the vein of Entombed with death-doom metal vocals drawing elements from Disma, out via Everlasting Spew Records.
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Finland’s symphonic/melodic black metal outfit Pestilent Hex crafts the traditional sound of Scandinavian black metal on the second full length album “Sorceries of Sanguine & Shadow”, out via Debemur Morti Productions since last week’s Friday.
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The new face of deathcore has arrived. If you thought Lorna Shore is ruling the genre all along, you clearly never heard of the Finnish Enemies Everywhere before. Where Lorna blew you away with a full-length, these guys only need 4 songs with ‘Endless Discord’, out via Ranka Kustannus!
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Busy bee Tuomas Saukkonen returns once more to Wolfheart with his 7th album ‘Draconian Darkness’.Out on Reigning Phoenix Music.
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Gig Reports
The Rock Orchestra came into town for a show at Tampere-Talo on the 7th of April, where they played some of the most famous Rock and Metal songs with a classical spin.
What happens when two of the most well known power metal bands of the country tour together as co-headliners? Sold out gigs like the one at Tavara-Asema in Tampere last Friday is what happens. Sonata Arctica and Stratovarius, together with support act Arion, made sure to create an evening to remember. An event by Grey Beard Concerts & Management.
Eluveitie proved to us to be in top form when they dropped by in Helsinki at the end of January on their “ÀNV Rising- Europe pt I” tour with the support of the always energetic Infected Rain and first time visitors Ad Infinitum! An event by TuskaLive.
Toto finished their ‘The Dogz Of Oz Tour’ with special guest Christopher Cross in front of 8500 fans at Tampere’s Nokia Arena in the beginning of March. Two hours full of rock classics.
Apocalyptica passed through Tampere on their “Plays Metallica vol. 2” tour on January 23rd, where they played in the big auditorium of Tampere-Talo. A perfectly produced evening full of energy and fun that we were able to see thanks to Ginger Vine Management & PR.
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.
Raskasta Joulua played one of their acoustic sets in the sold out Kaleva Church in Tampere on Tuesday the 26th of November. The show turned out to provide a very different experience than their usual gigs. The atmosphere of this show was way more emotional and intimate than its heavier counterparts. What a great event by Master Events.
Apulanta joined forces with Lahtis Sinfonia Orchestra for a couple of unforgettable shows by Nelonen Media Live. We made it to the gig on Friday the 25th of October at Tampere’s Nokia arena, and we had such a good time that the 2,5 hours simply flew by!
Smash Into Pieces and Cyan Kicks are taken over the world one gig at a time, steadily increasing their following and crowds. And these bands filling up Tampere’s Pakkahuone for a night of great fun was a testament to the success of both bands!
With Turmion Kätilöt you always get an amazing disko metal party and with supporting acts Japanese black metal outfit Sigh and the Finnish melancholics of Marianas Rest we got quite the diverse musical evening at Pakkahuone in Tampere, Finland to start a long Easter weekend! An event organized by Nem Agency.
Gig report of Turmion Kätilöt with Sigh and Marianas Rest in Pakkahuone on March 28th 2024 in Tampere (Finland), organized by Nem Agency.
Gig report of Turmion Kätilöt with Sigh and Marianas Rest in Pakkahuone on March 28th 2024 in Tampere (Finland), organized by Nem Agency.
