Finland’s favorite monsters Lordi announced All For Metal and Supreme Unbeing as the support acts for the upcoming European tour “Unliving Pictour Show 2024” that kicks off in a bit over a month!
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News Posts
Finnish melodic metal masters Sonata Arctica unleashed another single with ‘Dark Empath’, a track from their upcoming album ‘Clear Cold Beyond’ set for release via Atomic Fire Records (Reigning Phoenix Music) next month!
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Finnish metalcore superstars One Morning Left released their new single ‘Emerald Dragon’, featuring a guest appearance from Jacke Luhrs of August Burns Red!
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Finnish melodic death metallers Voidfallen have released their new single ‘Tread With The Ghosts’ with a cinematic video, an intense song from their upcoming album to be released later this year via Noble Demon!
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Finnish alternative metal outfit Stråle released their new single ‘Close Is Not Enough’, a taste of their upcoming album that is to be released later this year via FDA Records. Catch them live in Finland or at the end of the year on the Motocultor Across Europe Tour with Orphaned Land, Dirty Shirt, Royal Rage and Ring Of Gyges!
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Finnish thrash metal band Miehala released their second single ‘Into the Void’, from their upcoming EP ‘Sons of Alaheim’, set for release in March via Inverse Records!
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Finnish hardcore flavored groove metal band Cut Wide Open releases their new single ‘Illusions of Dreams’ via Inverse Records!
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New single ‘Blind Hope’ by Finnish melodic metal band Mist Descends is a journey from trust to despair, another track from their upcoming EP, set for release via Inverse Records!
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Finnish post-metal collective Besra reveal a music video for the track ‘Valor’, a track from their latest release ‘Transitions’ out since last September via Suicide Records!
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Listen to the new single ‘God Of Pain’ from Finnish deathcore outfit Enemies Everywhere, out via their new label Ranka Kustannus, and promising an intense experience as their sound is recommended for fans of for instance Lorna Shore!
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Gig Reports
Industrial machine 3teeth finally made it to the Finnish grounds to kick in some teeth! Check out the report!
A night of Satanic doo-wop with Twin Temple and wholesome atmospheric tunes from Hexvessel. What a way to get through the rest of your week!
Finnish melodic metal outfit Crimson Sun released their latest album ‘Fates’, What better than a release show in a dark cellar to celebrate?
American mega band Five Finger Death Punch came back to Europe again and we caught them at their first stop in Helsinki with very special guest Megadeth!
Steel Panther set up shop in Helsinki and brought us a kickass night of fun, titties and metal! Heavy metal rules!
What better to fill up a Saturday night than going to see some of the best local bands that Finland has to offer with The Empire Strikes and Temple Balls?
Opeth came to amaze us in Helsinki with a progressive show that had heaps of atmosphere and chill vibes. Not a bad way to spend your Wednesday night!
Old school D-beat hardcore instigators Discharge came back to Finland for a night during which they almost literally brought the house down!
What a way to close Nosturi down! The Best Tour Ever Part 1 brought some of the best bands of the Finnish scene to the stage one more time to blow the roof off!
Devin Townsend, the embodiment of what music is all about made yet another appearance in Finland with the first volume of his Empath tours!
Photo Reports
On the third day of Rockfest 2023, we weren’t able to capture as many bands as on the earlier days due to other responsibilities and some artists not wanting any pictures to be taken, but we still caught epic shows on the main stage by Michael Monroe, and Volbeat!
The second day of Rockfest 2023, the Black Stage brought 3 very different takes on rock music with shows from Crashdiet, Nestor and Cleopatrick.
The second day of Rockfest 2023, the Red Stage by Soundi was the place to be for stellar performances by Von Hertzen Brothers, Escape The Faith, Testament and Stam1na.
The second day brought quite a rockin’ out to the main stage with national heroes The 69 Eyes and Stratovarius and rock legends Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard.
The French band Aephanemer dropped by On The Rocks in Helsinki to turn the heat up and make a pretty much crammed venue go wild to their symphonic/melodic death metal tunes! Support came from locals Numento.
The outdoor stage on the 2nd day of Steelfest XI was the place for explosive and often high velocity performances by Tsatthoggua, Sex Messiah, Grenadier, Witchtrap, Kalmankantaja and Behexen!
The second day of Steelfest XI delivered another serving of proper dark underground and extreme metal on the indoors stage with performances from Gravespawn, Ymir, Infernal, Totalselfhatred, Ride For Revenge, Gehenna and Carpathian Forest!
