News Posts

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?

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

Gates to Hell signed to Nuclear Blast to spread their blend of modern death metal with the hardcore spirit throughout the world, and celebrate with the new single ‘Resurrected’!

Talk about supporting the music scene during these hard times! Knotfest announces the online Pulse of the Maggots festival spotlighting emerging artists!

Photo Reports

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!

Orbit Culture

“Descending into madness EU/UK Tour 2024” is Orbit Culture’s first European headliner tour ever and we caught them at their impressive stop in Antwerp, Belgium, with support from Defects!

The second night of John Smith Rock Frozen 2023 was pretty epic with some of the best of the Finnish scene with Red Eleven, Kiuas, Finntroll, Turmion Kätilöt and headliners Amorphis! Throw on top of that the Swedish up-and-comers of Orbit Culture, and you know it was good!

Pictures of A.A. Williams, Orbit Culture, Finntroll, Marko Hietala and Butcher Babies taking over the tent stage and Inferno stage on the second day of Tuska 2023!

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!

Festival Reports

Report of the second day of Tuska 2023 with A.A. Williams, Turmion Kätilöt, Orbit Culture, Clutch, Finntroll, Motionless In White, Marko Hietala, In Flames, Nakkeknækker, Butcher Babies and Ville Valo!

Lists

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!

Only a bit over a week until Tuska weekend is upon us! If you weren’t convinced yet you needed to go, here are 9 reasons we believe should be enough motivation! Going from a great line-up, to Tuska KVLT, and the biggest Tuska Expo ever, this is one for the books!

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!