News Posts

Finnish melodic metal band Mist Descends releases single ‘Hexagon’, a story about the mysteries of our universe and part of their upcoming EP to be released via Inverse Records next year.

Finnish black metal outfit Hollow Woods set the release date for new album ‘Like Twisted Bones of Fallen Giants’ on February 2nd, via Signal Rex, and unveil a firs track with ‘Burial Fires’!

Finnish blasphemous black metal band Satanic North signed a worldwide record deal with Reaper Entertainment!

Finnish progressive rock masters Von Hertzen Brothers have announced the release of their magical live performance at Tavastia earlier this year, and shared a teaser with a live video for ‘You Don’t Know My Name’!

Finland’s White Death set the release date for their new album ‘Iconoclast’ for December 29th via Werewolf Records and reveal the first tracks!

Finnish rock institution Suburban Tribe is back, and will make a return to the festival stages next summer with John Smith Rock Festival as the firstly announced event!

Industrial doom act Ωblivion Gate announces their third album ‘Thrill Kill Noir’ to be released next year via Inverse Records and unveiled a fist single with the apocalyptic love song ‘Acolyte’!

Finnish Rioghan shared a stunning version of the King Dude track ‘Sweet Death’, a second single from their upcoming EP ‘Covers III’, set for release in December via Inverse Records! If you want to catch them live, this Wednesday they’re having their very first gig at On The Rocks in Helsinki!

Last week, the Finnish melodic modern metal band Weightless World officially unleashed their sophomore full-length album ‘Sleepwalker’ upon the world via Inverse Records! We recommend you to give it a listen!

A couple of days ago, Tuska announced a 2nd batch of confirmed names for the 2024 edition, and they got us even more excited about next summer! With Bad Omens, Zeal & Ardor, Tarot, Sonata Arctica, Warmen, Annisokay, Solence, Beyond The Black, Ankor, Rytmihäiriö, and I Am The Night! Go get your tickets now!

Photo Reports

Earlier this month, Finland’s favorite hard rock monsters Lordi rocked the legendary Tavastia venue playing the first of their last three tour dates of “Lordiversitour” in their native land Finland!

Pictures of the second day of Hellsinki Industrial Festival 2022 with Ruoska, Antibody, Agonoize, Nestruction, Gothminister, Moris Blak and Centhron!

Pictures of the 1st day of a festival weekend filled with beats and dancing at Hellsinki Industrial Festival 2022 with Dev Mod, Siva Six, King Satan, Freakangel, Mechanical Vein, Faderhead, System Noire and suicide commando!

The yearly preclub show for Hellsinki Industrial Festival was yet again filled with some banging artists going from Carnal Machinery and Jessi Frey, to UK dark electronica artist ESA!

Steelchaos day 2 was yet another spectacle, both musically and visually, with shows from Chevalier, Horna, Cadaveric Incubator, Torture Killer, Lord Fist and the epic “Black Metal” anniversary celebration by Venom Inc.!

Steelchaos is always a fantastic event to get to take pictures at, especially with on day 1 shows from Satan’s Fall, Malicious, Flame, Barathrum, Belphegor and Sacramentum!

The packed Yo-Talo in Tampere, Finland was hotter than hell when Reckless Love and Dirt came by to play a show full of energy, rocking the place. Nem Agency organised yet another great show.

Master Events organised yet another great show of Brymir, with I Am Your God as support. We had a great time at Suisto Club for their first show in Hämeenlinna.

We caught Bloodbound on one of their very first shows in Finland, with their support bands Altaria and Captain Black Beard. The shows were organised by Nem Agency.

Pictures of the modern metal and metalcore party brought to Helsinki by Dead By April, Blood Youth and Ember Falls!

Gig Reports

The Belgians are invading Finland! The nuclear assault was lead by speed/thrash metallers Evil Invaders!

Florida based modern metallers Trivium brought some heavy hitters with them under the form of Power Trip and Venom Prison on one of the tours of the year!

Florida based modern metallers Trivium brought some heavy hitters with them under the form of Power Trip and Venom Prison on one of the tours of the year!

Rock ‘n’ roll till we drop on a night where Sweden and Finland comes together under the form of Grande Royale and The Empire Strikes!

After delivering the hard rock album of the year, Shiraz Lane blasted the roof off Nosturi in Helsinki!

Celebrating the release off their latest album, Will to Power (released with Century Media Records),  Arch Enemy went out on tour selling out venues by the hand full. This can be expected when a band like Arch Enemy takes the stage with Jinjer, Tribulation and Wintersun.

Winter and Christmas, a perfect moment to get the cold out of our bones through the biggest industrial metal party of the year! Metal Orgy X-Mas, here we come!

The Saatanan Riehuvat Liekit tour struck Roeselare, giving us one of the best black metal shows I’ve seen in a while…

In Flames & Five Finger Death Punch embark on a massive double headliner European tour and we were there at the very first stop at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki!

Two bands taking us on a mesmerizing journey with an all enveloping soundscape filled with beauty and raw harshness.