One of Finland’s frontrunners of the modern rock scene, Shiraz Lane, has announced to make a return to their former label Frontiers Music for the release of their upcoming new album! Get ready for the first single ‘Dangerous’ on February 26th, and catch them at a select amount of shows including an appearance at the very last Wildfest in Belgium!
News Posts
Finnish modern metal outfit Without Warning unleashed their electronic metal take on the Muse classic hit ‘Time Is Running Out’, released with Inverse Records!
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Finnish metal unit I Am Your God released their new single and music video ‘Death Row’ via Out Of Line Music and announced their upcoming new album ‘Δ’ with pre-orders starting this coming Monday!
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It’s really going to be quite the year for Finnish alternative metal band Luna Kills! Not only are they releasing their new full-length album ‘DEATHMATCH’ on SharpTone Records in April, they just announced a very first European tour, ready to take the world by storm!
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Finnish black/thrash metal institution Urn is set to release their new album ‘Demon Steel’ via Osmose Productions at the end of March and are revealing a first track in the beginning of next month!
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Finnish pagan atmospheric black metal artist Vermilia has unveiled a new video for her latest single ‘Veresi’, a track from her upcoming album ‘Karsikko’, set for release next week Friday February 14!
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Finland’s melancholic goth doomsters Hanging Garden shared the new single ‘The First Sunrise’, a track from their upcoming EP ‘The Unending’, set for release in March with Agonia Records!
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Tony Kakko’s new project Himmelkraft unvelied another piece of the enigma with the second single ‘Paika’, featuring Johanna Kurkela and JP Leppäluoto! The self-titled debut album is set for release in March via Reaper Entertainment!
Finnish metalcore stars Balance Breach are getting closer to releasing their new album ‘Save Our Souls’ with Out of Line Music in March and shared their latest single ‘Strangers In Crime’ featuring Melissa Bruschi of Hand Of Juno on guest vocals!
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Finnish pop metal outfit Memoremains delivers a full-blood party song with ‘Stand Up’, the perfect song to take a little break and let everything go!
People in Finland, make sure you catch them live supporting Enemy Inside in a couple of months!
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Gig Reports
Imperial Triumphant came to Helsinki, Finland to get our minds blown with support from the Finnish prog death act Devenial Verdict!
The rockers of The Sounds finally came back to Finland to rock the house and party with their fans and it was simply a blast!
Kaelan Mikla was back in Finland to bewitch us with their mesmerizing and enchanting music and performances.
After 5 long years, Canadian rock ‘n’ roll machine Danko Jones finally came back to the legendary Finnish rock club Tavastia!
Igorrr finally landed with his circus of madness on the Finnish shores and simply blew everyone there away! Simply memorable!
A report on a captivating night with the ever impressive Author & Punisher in the industrial district of Helsinki…
Insomnium finally got to do their Finnish tour with Finntroll and we were at the very first stop in Helsinki!
Eivør made it back to Finnish soil to put us under a spell with her gorgeous music and vocals at the legendary Tavastia club in Helsinki!
A great night of industrial, aggrotech and EBM in Helsinki with Nachtmahr, Freakangel and Miseria Ultima where we were taken by the beat!
After an impressive release last year, VOLA came to our neighborhood to bring their intricate music live, with the support of Port Noir and Atlas!
Photo Reports
Pictures of the second night of the 2024 edition of Desert Hel, with Dome Runner, Mansion, Maan Tomu and Truckfighters!
Pictures of the first night of the 2024 edition of Desert Hel, with Heezer, Orbiter, Polymoon, Kaire; IRSE! and Messa!
Orbit Culture came, saw and blew us away at Vanha Ylioppilastalo in Helsinki, Finland! And with the support of their country mates of Bite Down, we got a showcase of the promising new music coming from Sweden!
An alternative way to celebrate Easter weekend with Rytmihäiriö and Finntroll at their stop at Tavastia in Helsinki on the “Jesus är död, nu ska vi dricka” tour!
Turmion Kätilöt came to Tampere’s Pakkahuone for a big Easter party. Along came Japanese black metal legends Sigh and Finnish melodeath doomsters Marianas Rest. An event by Nem Agency and Tullikamari Tampere.
Sami Yaffa has worn multiple hats in various different bands such as Hanoi Rocks, Pelle Miljoona OY, New York Dolls, The Hellacopters, just to name a few but now in his 60s he is still going stronger than ever! This legendary bassist just released his second solo album in his illustrious career titled “Satan’s Helpers, Warlazer Eyes & The Money Pig Circus” and brought the album in its entirety to a packed Tavastia in Helsinki!
At the beginning of March, Amaranthe, Dragonforce and Infected Rain brought quite the spectacle to thousands of fans gathered in Helsinki’s Black Box Jäähalli venue!
A great night of modern metal and metalcore with Polaris, Silent Planet, Thornhill and Paledusk!
Back in February on a cold Sunday evening, things in Tavastia got quite hot when a massive horror show took over with Wednesday 13 playing old Murderdolls tunes in the memory of Joey Jordison, culminating in with the headliner act, British extreme metal legends Cradle Of Filth.
On Friday 15.03.2024 Sonata Arctica started off their “Clear Cold Beyond” tour at Pakkahuone in Tampere together with Temple Balls as support. The show was organized by Grey Beard and TuskaLive.
Album Reviews
From the land of the thousand lakes comes Sunken’s debut album’ ‘From Slow Sleep Like Death’, a gloomy collection of classic death doom, full of morose melodies.
With new elements and looking back at early successes, Ensiferum created a new epic in their career and will be looked at as one of their best for sure!
Finland’s Mustasuo deliver an intense and quite memorable experience with their second full-length record, ‘Katharsis’.
The popular black metal group Belzebubs, who we know from the web series following their daily lives, finally release a proper album into the world!
Dawn Of Solace is back after 14 years with a masterfully written and performed doomy album. It’s a stunningly beautiful piece of music.
‘Verisaarna’ is wrought with various elements that are borrowed from the second wave of black metal, through which Kryptamok brings its own version of it.
In the world of Lordi, the band has been around for half a century already, resulting in this fictional compilation album with songs from every decade!
Finnish thrash metal youngsters of Lost Society are back with a brand new release and it offers absolutely ‘No Absolution’! Check it out!
Babylonfall releasing their debut “Collapse”. A melodic death metal piece of art with some doom metal influences
Turmion Kätilöt is back with yet another release. Let it be a warning for you: they intend to go global with ‘Global Warning’!
