Finnish melancholic metal heavyweights Dawn Of Solace dropped their crushing new track ‘Invitation’, another taste from their upcoming album ‘Affliction Vortex’, out next month via Noble Demon!
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The dynamic Finnish rockers of Moon Shot shared their latest single and music video ‘Broken Bones’, a first track from their EP set for release in April via Reaper Entertainment! Catch them live this weekend in Tampere and Helsinki, or in Germany and Austria over Spring! And if that isn’t enough, they’ll be at festivals in several countries this summer, including Finland’s Rockfest and John Smith Festival!
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Finnish groove/alternative metal band Exision released the third single ‘Haaksirikko’ from their upcoming album ‘Uhreina Ajassa’, set for release next month via Inverse Records!
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Finnish melodic metal outfit Arion signed to Reigning Phoenix Music and announced to be releasing their 4th album ‘The Light That Burns The Sky’ at the end of next month and shared the track ‘Like The Phoenix I Will Rise’ with a fiery music video! Catch them live on their Finnish tour with Stratovarius and Sonata Arctica, European co-headline tour with Brainstorm or this summer at Tuska!
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Finnish rock sensations Ginger Evil unveil their latest single ‘Black Waves’ in anticipation of the release of their debut album ‘The Way It Burns’ via Frontiers Music next month!
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Last week, iconic Finnish vocalist and bassist Marko Hietala unveiled another new track with ‘Rebel of the North’ from the upcoming album ‘Roses from the Deep’, set for release next month via Nuclear Blast Records! Catch him on tour in Finland celebrating the new release or this summer at festivals like Tuska!
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Finnish legends Wolfheart is looking back at an amazing 2024 with a live footage music video for the track ‘Burning Sky’, out via Reigning Phoenix Music!
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Finnish stoner rock titans Kaiser are back with another powerhouse track, sharing 2nd single ‘A Clockwork Green’ from upcoming album ‘2nd Sound’, set for release in March via Majestic Mountain Records!
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Finnish power metal outfit Dragonknight unleashed the single and video ‘Pirates, Bloody Pirates!’, a track from their debut album ‘Legions’, set for release next Friday by Scarlet Records!
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Finnish melodic metal band Unén are excited to share their new single ‘Sky’, out now via Frontiers Music, a first taste of what is to come!
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Photo Reports
Last Monday, TuskaLive and Grey Beard Concerts & Management brought the carnival to town. To be precise, the Swedish band Avatar and along with them Æther Realm from the USA. Avatar played a very fun show at Olympia-Kortteli in Tampere, including magic tricks, balloons and of course some good old heavy metal.
At the end of January, Battle Beast and Merta came through Tampere’s Pakkahuone for a powerful sold out show presented by Tuhdimmat Tahdit and Master Events.
Besides starting the new year properly looking to the future, this month we’re also still looking back at all the awesomeness that 2023 brought us. One of those awsome things was the already 3rd edition of the by Bloodred Hourglass curated festival Black Box Mikkeli. They were able to bring a killer line-up again on the 2nd day of their event with besides a fantastic show by themselves, Insomnium, Gaerea, Balance Breach, I Am Your God and Lastout!
Pictures of yet another excellent show by the legendary Finnish metal band Amorphis at the gorgeous Kulttuuritalo venue in Helsinki!
Welcoming events that try to bring something different and out of the norm to Finland, we went to the second night of the club festival Hellsinki Techfest with Sirkuit Preiker, Khroma, Balance Breach and Hacktivist back in September for some killer music and high energy!
Lord of the Lost wrapped up their year with a mini tour in Finland, that ended with a sold out gig at Olympia-kortteli in Tampere, with as support Rain Diary and Gothminister. An event by TuskaLive and Grey Beard Concerts & Management that served as the perfect last show in 2023 for our photographer!
Without question, the biggest deathcore band in the world, Lorna Shore made their stop at Jäähalli, the biggest venue in Helsinki, bringing their biggest stage production yet to a sold out crowd on their “The Pain Remains EU Tour”, and with them they had Rivers of Nihil, Ingested and Distant, resulting in massive pits from start to finish!
Shereign finished off their year with a gig at Tampere YO-Talo on December 9th, organized by Nem Agency. They brought along Ikinä, Everwave and Lastout to make the night complete with up-and-coming Finnish artists.
Fitting for December we went to see André Linman perform some Christmas songs at Vaasa’s Trefaldighetskyrkan in Finland awhile back!
Yet another great gig of the Amorphis “Halo Finnish tour” at Tampere’s Pakkahuone last week, in front of an almost full house. An event hosted by TuskaLive.
Album Reviews
Trollheims Grott delivered a relentless shotgun blast to the face with their new black metal release “Aligned with the True Death”!
The wolves are back! Finnish epic winter metal outfit Wolfheart brings you another set of their gorgeous creations.
Even after 23 years Skepticism’s debut “Stormcrowfleet” still stands as a monolith of doom.
This just shows how powerful music is. This shows why music brings people together. Even though we don’t know what a person is saying, just listening to it and feeling it can spread the message.
Blue Eyed Sons is something you got to hear, with every new release I hear of them they get better…
The swansong of Alghazanth, a Finnish black metal band that has been around for decades…
One of this generation’s guitar virtuosi, Euge Valovirta, releases his first ever solo album for you to get your rock on!
Aeonian Sorrow brings us a cathartic, soul-crushing album where the boundaries of funeral doom are being pushed by the addition of splendid female vocals!
Finnish melodic death metal band Mors Subita is back again with their third full length. 11 crushing tracks that fans of the genre will definitely enjoy.
