News Posts

Join Canada’s Forsaken Rite on their epic folk metal quest with their latest single ‘The Storm’!

Finnish folk metal outfit Folkrim shared their new single ‘Suoherran Hovi’, a track from their anticipated new album ‘Embers’, set for release in April via Rockshots Records!

German folk metal sensation Feuerschwanz unleashed ‘The Unholy Grail’, their very first original song written in English, and a track from their upcoming milestone album ‘Warriors’, set for release in May via Napalm Records!

Dark folk/blackgaze outfit Suldusk celebrated the release of their new album ‘Anthesis’ on Napalm Records with the new single and music video ‘Mythical Creatures’!

Faroe Islands viking metal collective Týr is set to release their new album ‘Battle Ballads’ in April via Metal Blade Records and shared a new single with ‘Axes’!

Tuska has confirmed 16 more names for the 2024 edition with Stratovarius, HEALTH, Lord Of The Lost, Eivør, Elvenking, Devourment, St. Aurora, Assemble the Chariots, I AM YOUR GOD, Swansong, Krypta, Sadistic Drive, Prestige, Putro In Black, SICK URGE and Dome Runner! Get your tickets now before the price increase in a couple of weeks!

What bands are you happy with this time? And what bands are you still hoping for?

Melodic death metal and Scottish folk music duo Hand Of Kalliach signed to Prosthetic Records for the release of their upcoming album ‘Corryvreckan’ next month and celebrate with the new single ‘Fell Reigns’!

Southern California’s rogue faction The Dread Crew Of Oddwood returns to the high seas with a fifth dose of their signature sound on the new album ‘Rust & Glory’, released in March and share a first single with ‘Lawful Evil’!

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter release new song ‘Adler Fliegen’, a track from their upcoming EP ‘Die Mutter des Teufels’, to be released as a limited tour edition at the five concerts of the Schrei!nachten tour at the end of this month!

Introducing: Pirate Queen, the all-female pirate metal band that unleashed their debut single ‘Pirates from the Sea’ from their 2024 debut album set for release via Despotz Records!

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Album Reviews

Heidevolk tells the story about Germanic tribes rising up against the Roman empire. Are you wondering too how this battle turned out? Check it out here.

2018 starts with the release of the first album of Leaves’ Eyes with their new singer Elina Siirala. Find out here how that turned out.

Go on a journey with Wolfhorde to the roots of Finnish metal music with the ‘The Great Old Ones’ EP.

Go on a trip with Nordheim riding raptors, drinking beer and plundering, what can go wrong ?

Deep voices singing in harmony, epic beards, riffs you could slice stones with and bagpipes; it’s all there in the Apocalypse Orchestra.

Killing your idols, then reinterpreting them, then loving them again… Eluveitie made us go through quite some emotions with their new album!

The ship has docked and Alestorm has returned! So fill your tankards and tag along for some mighty pirate adventures, for there is no grave but the sea!

The New Wave Of Folk Meta-… Errr, Rock: Cellar Darling and Eluveitie’s legacy.

Vintersorg takes us on a journey back to the roots of their musical journey that started in 1998… but with a little twist!

The wolves are back, time to join the pack or go home with your tail between your legs.

Photo Reports

On a wintry and snowy night in Helsinki, the Scottish atmospheric black outfit Saor blew us away with an amazing show at Tiivistämö with special guests …and Oceans and openers Marrasmieli!

Eluveitie

Co-Headliners Eluveitie and Amorphis shared the stage with special guest Dark Tranquillity and warm-up act Nailed to Obscurity on their European tour and we caught them at l’Aéronef in Lille, France!

Pictures of the first day of Rock in the City Kerava 2022 with Turmion Kätilöt, Dampf, Brother Firetribe, Lordi and Korpiklaani.

Day 1 of the rejuvenated Sauna Open Air offered a lot of fun with Michael Monroe, Negatiiviset Nuoret, Nestor, Fear of Domination, Stam1na, Eläkeläiset, Alestorm, Korpiklaani, Beast in Black, Turmion Kätilöt and Bullet For My Valentine!

Dark Tranquillity and Ensiferum set Helsinki on fire with the help of supporting bands Marianas Rest and Gwendydd! And we were all too excited that concerts like they were before all this misery are happening again in full force! Moshpits, here we come!

Pictures of the first day of Tuska 2023 with Eluveitie, Northern Kings, Lost Society, Perturbator, Beast In Black, Red Fang, Carcass and Heilung

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Celebrating GRIMM’s 9th birtyday, and Lika Bosch’s birthday on Walpurgis night, in Asgaard, Gentbrugge, with a pagan/folk metal party!

Insomnium finally got to do their Finnish tour with Finntroll and we were at the very first stop in Helsinki!

After a long break from live shows …and Oceans finally got back on stage in Tampere last Friday. With them as support were Frosttide and Kuoleman Galleria. See the whole Gallery on our site.

The pictures of a night with Estonian folk metal legends Metsatöll, supported by the Finnish bands Voidfallen & Vetten Äpärät!