News Posts

Still about 10 months to go, Alcatraz has announced the first 50 confirmed acts for the 2024 edition of one of Belgium’s greatest rock and metal fests!

Middle Eastern folk/prog metal outfit Myrath finally announced their upcoming new album ‘Karma’ to be released in February 2024 via earMUSIC and share their first single ‘Heroes’!

The iconic Vintersorg signs to Hammerheart Records for the release of new music, and brings along the Dimbild project as well!

Power Celtic metallers Skiltron announced their new album ‘Bruadarach’ to be released in December via Trollzorn Records and unveiled a first track with ‘As We Fight’!

German melodic metal outfit Silent Revenants have just released the new single ‘Siren’, a track from their upcoming album ‘The Withering Of The Blue Flower’, set for release next month via Wormholedeath!

Folk metal band Vansind unleash first single ‘Grib Til Våben’ off their upcoming debut album ‘Mørket’, set for release in November via Mighty Music! Get ready to pick up your sword and respond to the call to arms!

Primordial unveils ‘Pilgrimage to the World’s End’, another track from their upcoming album ‘How It Ends’, set for release on September 29 via Metal Blade Records!

Iconic pagan metallers Primordial announced new album ‘How It Ends’ to be coming our way next month via Metal Blade Records and unleashed a first single!

Last week, Atomic Fire Records announced to have signed the togolese metal outfit Arka’n Asrafokor to spread their unique brand of heavy metal throughout the world! A debut album should come out early next year!

Finnish blackened folk metal band Kouta is set to unleash its intense and captivating live performances loose on Eastern Europe next month! Make sure you don’t miss out!

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

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

Aktarum

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!

Pictures of the first day of Finland’s SaariHelvetti festival held in Tampere in 2021! With a whole slab of quality Finnish metal bands from start to finish!

The pictures of the first day of SaariHelvetti, one of the only festivals in Finland during the summer of 2020! Check it out!

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