News Posts

Finnish metal band Black .44 released their 2nd single and video ‘The Kingdom’ of upcoming album ‘Bloodlines’, set for release next month via Inverse Records!

Finnish atmospheric black metal project Vermilia shares her new single ‘Veresi’, another taste of her upcoming album ‘Karsikko’, set for release next month!

Majestic Mountain Records’ roster is getting another great Finnish band richer with the signing of the stoner rockers of Kaiser! To celebrate they unleashed the single ‘Brotha’, out now everywhere!

Helsinki-based alt-rock band Wrecking Lizzy shared the melancholic Christmas single ‘Christmas Lights’, out now!

Finnish old school death metal project Aedes has set the release date for their debut mini-album ‘Odious Imprecation’ via Blood Harvest while they are working on a full album!

Finnish melodic death metal band Dimman released their 3rd single and video ‘The Acrimony’ from the upcoming 2nd album ‘Consciousness’, set for release in February 2025 via Inverse Records!

Finnish progressive metal band Joviac is set to release their 3rd studio album ‘Autofiction Pt. 1 – Shards’ in 2025 via Inverse Records and shared a first single and video with ‘Shine’!

Finland’s degraded fiends Scumripper are finally back with their highly anticipated second album ‘For a Few Fixes More’, set for release in February 2025 via Dying Victims Productions and Headsplit Records, and shared a teaser medley to get you totally excited!

Finnish progressive heavy metal band Mastord released their second single from their upcoming third album with ‘Kaarne’ (out via Inverse Records), a deep kaleidoscope of rhythm, sound and words, blending the multifaceted nature of progressive music.

Finnish melodic death metal outfit Voidfallen have dropped their new single ‘Branding of Souls’, a heavy-hitting track from their upcoming new album ‘The Rituals of Resilience’, set for an early 2025 release via Noble Demon!

Interviews

A video interview with Mr. Lordi about the reception and concept of their latest release “Killection”! Check it out!

A video interview with Samy Elbanna from Lost Society about Nosturi, the uprising of the new generation and the (Finnish) music scene.

MC Raaka Pee and Shag-U from Turmion Kätilöt talk about their music, meeting Mike Patton, booze, laser pussies, disco balls and strong beats…

A talk with the complete Crimson Sun about their music, shows and latest release ‘Fates’! Check it out!

A video interview with vocalist Arde from Temple Balls about touring with Sonata Arctica and the upcoming tour with Shiraz Lane and Block Buster.

A video interview with Hannes Kett from Shiraz Lane about the past, the present and the future! Check out the full conversation!

Watch the video interview we had with Samy Elbanna from Lost Society about their new upcoming album ‘No Absolution’!

A short and fun talk with Samy Elbanna from Lost Society at Tuska 2019 about playing live, their first single for ‘No Absolution’ and some more tricky questions!

A last short part of us talking with Oceanhoarse, this time about the music scene, merch, metal booze and their trip to Japan! Check it out!

A conversation with Joonas and Jyri from Oceanhoarse about their European tour supporting Marko Hietala from Nightwish!

Album Reviews

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!

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.

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’!

Hexvessel have pulled a new set of songs from their sleeves for the new album ‘Kindred’. The best magical forest folk from Finland you can find…

Finnish outfit Norrhem has crafted a remarkable combination of melodic black/folk metal with their release ‘Koitos’!

Santa Cruz is back with a new line-up and a new sound. You can read the review of ‘Katharsis’ here.

Wheel brings you a sound that is very much inspired by Tool, but with a great personality and great songwriting skills!

Gig Reports

The last show of the metal institute that is Children of Bodom took place in Helsinki and we just had to be there to witness it!

Finnish rock’n’roll band The Empire Strikes released their new album ‘Charm’ and celebrated that with a release show!

It’s been about a year since I last saw Children Of Bodom, perfect timing for another show by them!

Rock ‘n’ roll, good vibes and good music… Camu and his friends brought the house down!

A night of Finnish melodic death metal to celebrate the upcoming release of Bloodred Hourglass!

Brymir presented their brand new album in front of an excited crowd in Helsinki, with support from Oceanhoarse and I Revolt!

Dark Vision at On The Rocks: a night of gloomy post-punk and Gothic inspired bands on a cold March night!

Finnish prog metal band Wheel came to present their new release ‘Moving Backwards’ live and showed us the greatness that they bring forth musically!

The Beast In Black is back ‘From Hell With Love’ and set the stage, venue and every single fan ablaze!