News Posts

Tech death outfit Allegaeon is set to enter the studio to record their seventh full-length with original vocalist Ezra Haynes! Catch them on the road with Decapitated, SepticFlesh and Kataklysm on the “Cancer Culture Over North America Tour 2024”!

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!

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Finnish melancholic melodeath outfit Decrowned is streaming their new single ‘Stonewing’, another track from their upcoming debut full-length ‘Persona Non Grata’ out in February via Rockshots Records!

Swedish modern metal 4-piece Eyes Wide Open shared their new single ‘Watch You Bleed’, out now via Arising Empire! Catch them on tour soon with a headlining tour starting this weekend and supporting Scar Symmetry on their Finnish tour in March!

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’!

In anticipation of tomorrow’s release of their new album ‘Dormant’ (via Napalm Records), Hiraes shared a music video for the title track!

Finnish melodeath outfit Re-Armed unleashed a first taste of an upcoming new album with the apocalyptic metal anthem ‘Lost and Cast Off’!

Finnish melodic death metal band Beyond The Hate released new single ‘Black Within’, featuring Katri from Numento on guest vocals and another track from their upcoming debut album ‘Darkest Times’, set for release in March via Inverse Records!

Century Media Records welcomes Sweden’s modern metal standard-bearers, Orbit Culture, to their roster for their foreseeable future in a worldwide deal!

German one-man extreme metal project Far Beyond signed to Prosthetic Records, announced new album ‘The End of My Road’ to be released next month, and shared a first single with ‘From the Stars and the Crescent Moon’!

Photo Reports

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Avatar’s ‘Dance Devil Dance’ 2023 tour brought the circus back to Tilburg’s 013 Poppodium, supported by Veil of Maya and Kassogtha.

Brymir and Master Events put up yet another great show, this time at Torvi, Lahti in Finland. This show won us over with its close, intimate and sweaty atmosphere.

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Rising stars in the melodeath realms, Aephanemer is touring, and we visited them on their stop at The Black Lab in Wasquehal, France. Warm up act were black folk metallists Sorcières.

Swedish melodeath legends In Flames filled Jäähalli in Helsinki with a massive crowd, along with fellow melodeath instigators At The Gates and up-and-comers Imminence and Orbit Culture to warm us up!

Amorphis came to show why they are one of Finland’s favorites and with them the folk metal legends Eluveitie ripped up the stage at Jäähalli in Helsinki, right after Dark Tranquillity and Nailed To Obscurity warmed up the crowd!

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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!

Steelchaos is always a fantastic event to get to take pictures at, especially with on day 1 shows from Satan’s Fall, Malicious, Flame, Barathrum, Belphegor and Sacramentum!

Swedish melodeath masters Arch Enemy and Polish blackened metal occultists Behemoth are on their European Siege Tour 2022 with special guest Carcass and warm up act Unto Others. While last night they played a killer show at a sold-out Jäähalli in Helsinki, we caught the show earlier at their stop in the Netherlands!

Machine Head and Amon Amarth are well on their way on their conquest of Europe with “The Vikings & Lionhearts Tour 2022”! This time we caught them in Vorst Nationaal, Brussels, of course again with warming up by The Halo Effect.

Master Events organised yet another great show of Brymir, with I Am Your God as support. We had a great time at Suisto Club for their first show in Hämeenlinna.