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!
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?
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
Modern metal frontrunners Ad Infinitum are set to release their new album ‘Abyss’ via Napalm Records in October and unleashed a new video single with ‘My Halo’! Catch them live at a handful of festivals this summer, like SaariHelvetti in Finland, and on tour in Europe later this year as support for Kamelot or in the beginning of 2024 as support for Eluveitie!
Spanish metal outfit SynlakrosS released earlier this month their video single ‘Bunnies And Bows’, a banger of a track from their upcoming album ‘Mental Parasites’, set for release in October!
After recently signing with Reigning Phoenix Music, modern metal outfit Enemy Inside released their new single ‘What We Used To Be’! Catch them next weekend at Qstock in Finland or on their European tour early 2025!
Our Benelux and France head of accreditation and most active photographer in that region, Tom VM, made his own selection of favorite pictures he took in 2023, including some new stuff that wasn’t shared on our site before with Biohazard, Bleed From Within, Brutal Sphincter, Brutus, Electric Callboy, Michael Schenker Group, Sepultura, Arion, Blackrain, Overdrivers, Avatar, Winery Dogs, Charlotte Wessels, Devin Townsend, Dream Theater, Extreme, Ghost, Michael Angelo Batio, Arch Enemy, Doodseskader, Halestorm, I Prevail, Powerwolf and SKYND!
We set the hard task for our photographers to choose the best 30 pictures that they have shot in 2023 out of possibly thousands of captures, and here is the result of Tom Treuten’s selection with Butcher Babies, Fateful Finality, Fear Factory, Thundermother, Hypocrisy, Spiritbox, Behemoth, Dog Eat Dog, The Cult, Skillet, Agnostic Front, Scorpions, May The Silence Fail, Cannibal Corpse, Ataraxy, Dark Funeral, Goldmann, Solstafir, Ingested, Antiheld, Lansdowne, Völkerball (Rammstein Tribute), Fettes Brot, Danko Jones, Royal Republic, Team Tot, and Mindead!
Lord of the Lost wrapped up their year with a mini tour in Finland, that ended with a sold out gig at Olympia-kortteli in Tampere, with as support Rain Diary and Gothminister. An event by TuskaLive and Grey Beard Concerts & Management that served as the perfect last show in 2023 for our photographer!
Close to the end of the year 2023 there was an event that has left headbangers around the world in ecstatic anticipation—the Fear Factory ‘DisrupTour 2023’. This monumental tour brings together a powerhouse line-up featuring the ferocious Butcher Babies, Ignea and Ghosts of Atlantis. As these bands join forces, they promise to deliver an unforgettable experience for metal enthusiasts, showcasing a diverse range of styles within the genre.
Smash Into Pieces have become quite the force to be reckoned with in the heavy music scene and together with Cyhra, they set Tavastia in Helsinki ablaze a couple of months ago!
A hot and sweaty night in the Halle room of the Backstage club in Munich. Fear Factory are back in a big way, and they were joined by Butcher Babies, Ignea and Ghosts of Atlantis, bringing quite the package with the “Disruptour” all over Europe!
The pictures of a wild night with Mors Subita, Shereign and I Am Your God at On The Rocks in Helsinki!
Pictures of the massive Stam1na show at the Ice Hockey Hall in Helsinki with special guests Diablo, Corroded and Dear Mother!
We caught the renown German metalcore outfit Annisokay killing it at the Backstage venue in Munich, with the support of 2 promising bands with Fixation and To Kill Achilles!
Catharsis at it’s finest, join Shinedown, Papa Roach and Spiritbox for a night you won’t forget. Welcome to the Revolutions Live Tour.
