Finnish space and psych rock trio Skyjoggers revealed the details of their upcoming new album ‘12021 : Post-Electric Apocalypse’, set for release in May with Supernatural Cat Recordings, and shared a first track with ‘Tessæil’!
News Posts
Finnish death metallers Morbific shared the new track ‘Crusading Necrotization’, the second one revealed from the highly anticipated upcoming third album ‘Bloom of the Abnormal Flesh’, set for release in April on Memento Mori and Me Saco Un Ojo Records!
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Wolfheart announced the “Draconian Darkness Over Europe 2025” tour for this Fall, taking their winter metal to places all over Europe, promising their longest sets ever!
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Finnish hard rockers Lordi have returned with their 19th release ‘Limited Deadition’ via Reigning Phoenix music last Friday and shared a lyric video for the song ‘Fangoria’ to celebrate!
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Finnish black-doom deviants Moonfall shared the new track ‘Ode to the Ritual Hills’, the second one to be revealed and title track of their upcoming long-awaited debut album set for release in April via Iron Bonehead Productions!
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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Finnish sludge metal powerhouse Demonic Death Judge is back with their fifth full-length album ‘Absolutely Launched’ on April 30th through Suicide Records and recently shared the leading single ’90’s Violence’!
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Finland’s black metal visionaries …and Oceans returned with their second single ‘Prophetical Mercury Implement’, a track from their upcoming album ‘The Regeneration Itinerary’, set for release in May with Season of Mist!
Finnish blackened hardcore outfit Svarta Havet shared their new single ‘Alla Sover’, a track from their upcoming sophomore album ‘Månen Ska Lysa Din Väg’, set for release with Prosthetic Records in May!
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Finland’s alt-metal powerhouse Luna kills shared another single with ‘WAVES’, in anticipation of their upcoming ‘DEATHMATCH’ album, out next month with SharpTone Records!
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Album Reviews
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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Swallow The Sun’s ninth studio album “Shining” mixes all the elements and ingredients of their recent works together, displaying the shifting tides of heaviness and a melodramatic style of gothic doom into again a milestone of excellence for the Finns, out tomorrow via Century Media Records.
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Photo Reports
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.
Eluveitie started 2025 with the first leg in Europe of their “ÀNV Rising” tour, with support from Infected Rain and Ad Infinitum, and we saw it was good at one of the first stops at Kulttuuritalo Helsinki back in January! An event by TuskaLive.
TOTO recently played a show at a full Nokia Arena in Tampere together with Christopher Cross, marking the end of their ‘The Dogz Of Oz’ European Tour. The evening delivered a great feeling of nostalgia.
Finnish “disko metal” icons Turmion Kätilöt, together with King Satan, turned Tampere’s Tavara-Asema into a steaming hot party on last week’s Saturday night. An event by Nem Agency.
Marko Hietala had a special Valentine’s gift for us when he played a sold out show at Olympia-kortteli in Tampere. The show also included appearances from Noora Louhimo and JP Leppäluoto as guest vocals on some of his songs. Thanks Master Events for the access. Always a pleasure to see in a live setting, we’re all too happy to welcome him again on the Tuska stage this summer!
Getting a show packed on a Wednesday isn’t something everyone can do, but for a supergroup like The Halo Effect no problem. Together with Bloodred Hourglass they brought one heck of a hot show to Tampere’s Tavara-Asema a couple of weeks ago. Thanks to Fullsteam Agency for welcoming us to the event!
