UK modern metal quartet Skarlett Riot returned with a brand-new single ‘Luminate’ last week, a track from their upcoming new album ‘Caelestia’, set for release in October via Despotz Records!
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Gaerea is making their presence felt on the world of extreme metal with their latest captivating single and video ‘Unknown’, another track from their highly anticipated album ‘Coma’, set for release in October via Season of Mist!
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GORE. signed with Spinefarm Records and to celebrate joining the gloval roster of the label, they shared the captivating single and video ‘Babylon’!
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Ice-cold Finnish modern metal band Arctis announced their self-titled debut album to be out via Napalm Records in November, and shared their very first single ever with ‘I’ll Give You Hell’! Make sure you catch them on tour in support of Apocalyptica’s Europe tour later this year!
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While the summer is about to be wrapping up, we can already look ahead towards the summer of 2025, especially after Tuska just announced the first 16 confirmed acts for next year’s edition with Electric Callboy, Powerwolf, Nothing More, Orbit Culture, Kim Dracula, Korpiklaani, Marko Hietala, Tarja, Charlotte Wessels, thrown, Eihwar, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Blood Command, Arion and Tyrantti and the first announced headliner with Lorna Shore!
What do you think? What bands are you still hoping for?
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Earlier this month, it was announced that Spinefarm signed the up-and-coming modern metal band Deadlands to their roster, who unleashed the new single and video ‘VILLAIN’ to kick off the new partnership hard!
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Modern metal stars on the rise Enemy Inside presented a music video for their new empowering single ‘Sayonara’, out via Reigning Phoenix Music! Catch them live next year on their Europe tour, you won’t want to miss out on this!
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Oceans of Slumber remake ‘Wicked Game’ and unveiled their take to the world with a music video, a track from their upcoming new album ‘Where Gods Fear to Speak’, set for release in September via Season of Mist!
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April Art share the title track of upcoming album ‘Rodeo’ with an explosive video! The album is set for release via Reaper Entertainment in October, mark it in your calendar!
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Metal quintet For The Fallen Dreams released a remix version of the song ‘Searching’, a track taken from their latest self-titled album, released via Arising Empire!
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The first Tuska 2023 day is here! In a handful of hours the gates will open and 3 days of heavy music will begin! Besides the headliners and some big names, we’ve picked out about 10 bands and artists we believe you should give a shot while you’re at Tuska this weekend with Vended, Kouta, Foreseen and Miseria Ultima today, A.A. Williams, Orbit Culture, Dirt and Nakkeknækker tomorrow, and Vermilia and URNE on Sunday!
February has some great releases again, and we’re looking forward to albums from artists like Memoriam, In Flames, Paramore, dEUS, Mordkaul, Ulthar, Avatar, The Abbey, Insomnium, Host, Gorillaz and Heidevolk!
2023 starts off with quite the bang with new releases from VV, Anti-Flag, Imperium Dekadenz, Turmion Kätilöt, Katatonia, Kiberspassk, …and Oceans, Obituary, Suasion, Dropout Kings and Vėlių Namai!
Week 37 brought us a bunch of wholesome, heavy and unique songs and videos from bands like Dust In Mind, SKYND, Lorna shore, Starbenders, In Flames, Vévaki, King Dude, Sahg and Electric Callboy. Go check them out if you haven’t yet!
Another week with amazing releases, check out the 13 singles that caught our attention with Rue Vox, Enter Shikari, …And Oceans, Aphyxion, Dirty Shirt, For I Am King, Hoaxed, Seas On The Moon, Stake, Suicide Silence, VV, Demeted and Tallah!
Things are getting ramped up now that the summer period is at its end! Great releases are coming out soon and it showed in the past week with new singles from Slipknot, Gaerea, Alien Weaponry, Brymir, Orbit Culture, Suasion ft. Steffi Pacson and The Callous Daoboys that amazed us!
A small grab of what we are looking forward to the most of the many exceptional releases coming our way during May 2022!
Finland produces amazing music by the tons every year, and 2021 wasn’t any different. This is a selection of 12 releases by bands we believe might become big pretty soon!
February 2022 is yet again brimming with great releases, here’s a small selection of our most anticipated ones!
Putting all the favorites of our team of writers and photographers together, we’ve come to a really diverse and interesting overall AOTY list!
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Earlier this year, 3 excellent Belgian bands rocked our venue Asgaard with their music. One for one bands you should check out, with hardcore/deathcore from Despite Us, modern metal from Noord and pummeling death metal from Catharsis! An event presented to us by Fly Productions!
Vended came to show that they’re their own entity, ready to push the metal scene into the next wave of popularity, with the help of The Gloom In The Corner and Profiler!
Orbit Culture came, saw and blew us away at Vanha Ylioppilastalo in Helsinki, Finland! And with the support of their country mates of Bite Down, we got a showcase of the promising new music coming from Sweden!
A couple of weeks ago, Ektomorf brought their ‘Vivid Black Over Europe Tour 2024’ to the South of Heaven venue in Bilzen, Belgium, and supported by Inmate, Serpents and Tag My Heart brought the house down!
At the beginning of March, Amaranthe, Dragonforce and Infected Rain brought quite the spectacle to thousands of fans gathered in Helsinki’s Black Box Jäähalli venue!
With mind-blowing energy and pure anticipation, Esprit D’air blew the roof off Northumbria University with Diamond Black supporting!
It’s spring and the year kicks off with a metalcore highlight: Electric Callboy is on the ‘Tekkno World Tour 2024’, and we caught them at the Schleyerhalle venue in Stuttgart, Germany. In tow, the German sextet brought along the band Coldrain from Japan and Nothing More from the United States. They are setting ablaze the largest stages in Europe before heading on to the US, Canada, and a selection of summer festivals, don’t miss out!
An assault bus passed through Munich, and inside it were the Americans of Lionheart, Suicide Silence, Kublai Khan and Paleface Swiss, who simply wrung all the sweat out of those present in the larger room of the Backstage club.
Avatar dropped by the legendary Helsinki venue Tavastia on their “The Great Metal Circus 2024” tour, bringing their visual spectacle and theatrics properly to Finland. With them they brought the US metallers of Æther Realm, really blowing up the night!
Last week, Cyhra, together with NeonFly, started off their short Finland tour at Tampere’s YO-Talo with a blast of a show organised by Nem Agency.
