News Posts

“Thrash Grass” outfit The Native Howl dropped the captivating new single and video ‘Mercy’ via Sumerian Records, featuring the ever impressive Lzzy Hale from Halestorm on guest vocals!

Greek occult doom/heavy metal outfit Saturday Night Satan shared the video single ‘Devil in Disguise’, a track from their upcoming debut album ‘All Things Black’, set for release at the end of this month via Made of Stone Recordings! Fans of artists like Ghost, Lucifer or Witchcraft may want to pay attention!

Walk into the ocean with Icelandic metal outfit Drungi’s new single ‘Alda’, a track from their upcoming debut album ‘Hamfarir Hugans’! Fans of Sólstafir, Skálmöld and Gojira may want to pay heed!

UK heavy metal titans Balance Of Power are back with new band members and a brand-new album 2 decades after their last album! ‘Fresh From The Abyss’ is set for release in April via Massacre Records, with the single ‘Abyss’ out right now!

Horror punk metal outfit Zombeast is back! They are returning with new album ‘Heart Of Darkness’, set for release via Massacre Records and Fiend Force Records, and shared a first single just recently with ‘Red Ripper’.

India’s heavy metal frontrunners Kryptos unleash the title track of their upcoming album ‘Decimator’, set for release in July via AFM Records!

German heavy metallers Stormhunter unleashed their ‘Vagabond’ single, a track from their upcoming much-anticipated album ‘Best Before: Death’, set for release on March 21st via MDD Records!

Mighty German heavy metal/power metal unit Hammer King are striking again with their new single ‘The Devil Will I Do’, a track from their upcoming new album ‘König und Kaiser’, set for release via Napalm Records on March 22nd!

German heavy metal hellions Vulture to release their fourth album ‘Sentinels’ via Metal Blade and shared the single ‘Unhallowed & Forgotten’!

Sum 41 shared their latest single ‘Waiting On A Twist Of Fate’, another track from their upcoming final album ‘Heaven :x: Hell’, set for release next month via Rise Records, right when they’ll have wrapped up the first leg in Asia of their very last “Tour Of The Setting Sum” tour!

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Album Reviews

This is a really cool heavy metal/ rock ‘n roll album by Gygax. It has different vibes to it. There is a very active solo guitar, which sounds cool, but can be a bit too much as well.

Idle Hands’ ‘Mana’ is a goth rroch/heavy metal masterpiece that strikes more than one emotional chord.

Germany’s take on Speed and thrash metal doesn’t need any introduction. Ghastly Waves & Battered Graves is a pure speed metal album as there is a solid improvement in the musical talent.

Another gem in the modern heavy rock scene. Soto’s “Origami” has it all !!

Heavy metal rules! And the Burning Witches are keeping the fire hot and blazing!

Sabaton tells the story of “The Great War” in 11 powerful tracks!

Grand Magus’ “Wolf God” is an excellent album and in my opinion this might be their best effort to date.

If Icarus Could Fly is another strong follow up to the band’s previous album, Haunt has legitimately contrived and persuasively managed to create their own sound without being musically close to any other band.

Photo Reports

US power metal legendary band Kamelot came, saw and conquered all of our hearts at Vanha Ylioppilastalo in Helsinki, with the help of Myrath, Eleine and League of Distortion back at the end of March!

An amazing evening of singing and screaming along to the Dutch songs of the metal Belgian sensation Fleddy Melculy at the VIERNULVIER venue in Ghent. Support came from their friends of Tusky.

The legendary W.A.S.P. hit the stage at a sold out Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki during their world tour celebrating 40 years of uncompromising heavy metal. The anticipation of the Helsinki crowd was through the roof already from opening act Crazy Lixx!

Cottrell

Liège-based sludge metal outfit Cottrell’s first show in Flanders in our very own Asgaard venue showed a whole lot of potential!

Fozzy is saving the world by bringing their rock ‘n’ roll to stages all around! We caught them at their sold out show at The King of Clubs in Columbus, OH where they kicked ass with the support of Seventh Day Slumber and The Nocturnal Affair!

The biggest Metal Circus on the planet came through Munich and did some damage. The Swedish Avatar are tricky, and brought with them Veil of Maya and Kassogtha for a banger of a show at the Neue Theaterfabrik!

Trivium and Heaven Shall Burn resulted in an amazing night of modern heavy metal at Kulttuuritalo Helsinki with the help of Obituary and Malevolence!

Battle Beast turned Tamperes Pakkahuone into a circus when they came to town for their ‘The Circus is coming to Town’ tour. They also brought along One Desire, and together they delivered an evening packed of good music (and people). A production by Master Events.

Battle Beast showed what a great heavy metal show is like at Jäähalli Helsinki a good week ago with the support of their special guests Ensiferum and Kiuas! A production by Master Events.

At the end of December, we managed to catch the shows of Shereign, Dirt and of course Oceanhoarse at the second edition of Hoarsefest at On The Rocks in Helsinki!