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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?

All For Metal just released their powerful second studio album ‘Gods Of Metal (Year Of The Dragon)’ with Reigning Phoenix Music, and celebrated with a monumental and epic music video for the track ‘Year Of The Dragon’!

Powerwolf unleashed their new album ‘Wake Up The Wicked’ last week via Napalm Records and released the thrilling, cinematic music video for the track ‘We Don’t Wanna Be No Saints’ to celebrate!

March to the thunderous new single ‘Across the Rubicon’ from fantasy power metal outfit Siege Perilous, a track from their upcoming EP ‘Creation’s Call’, set for release in August!

Nashville symphonic power metal band Valkyrie’s Fire signed a worldwide deal with Eclipse Records and are set to release their debut EP ‘Ascension’ in November!

Swedish metal vikings Brothers Of Metal revealed with ‘Heavy Metal Viking’ the first song from their upcoming new album ‘Fimbulvinter’, set for release in November via AFM Records! For a proper viking party, catch them this summer at a small selection of European festivals like Tuska this weekend, or on tour through Europe after the release of their album!

German dark power metal band orden Ogan unleashed their powerful new single ‘Conquest’, a track from the upcoming album ‘The Order of Fear’, set for release early July via Reigning Phoenix Music! Catch them live this summer at festivals like Hellfest and Alcatraz or later this year on tour with Feuerschwanz and Dominum!

Symphonic melodic metal overlords Rhapsody Of Fire are celebrating the release of their new album ‘Challenge the Wind’ via AFM Records with a lyric video for closing track ‘Mastered by the Dark’! Catch them this summer at festivals like the amazing John Smith Rock Festival in Finland!

Orden Ogan unveiled their latest single ‘Moon Fire’ with a music video last week, another track from their highly anticipated upcoming new album ‘The Order Of Fear’, set for release in July vie Reigning Phoenix Music!

Orden Ogan unleashed a music video for the title track of their upcoming album ‘The Order Of Fear’, set for release in July via Reigning Phoenix Music, and launched the pre-orders!

Photo Reports

Nem Agency brought Kamelot along with Myrath, Eleine and League of Distortion back to Tampere. The show was not as crowed as maybe expected, but a lot of fun with excellent music of all 4 bands!

Dream Theater

Progressive metal masters Dream Theater are touring the world with their “Top of the World” tour showing they are true masters at what they do. We got to see them at 013 Poppodium in Tilburg, Netherlands with the Finnish progressive/symphonic power metallers of Arion opening!

The Scottish pirates of Alestorm docked their pirate ship in Torhout, Belgium. A sold out venue was ready to party with them, fantasy power metallers Gloryhammer, the dwarves of Windrose and fellow pirates Rumahoy.

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.

On December 18th, 2022 Nightwish performed their last German gig of the ‘Human :II: Nature’ tour 2022 at Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart. Together with Turmion Kätilöt and Beast in Black, an all Finland based metal night was going to take place.

Powerwolf

We caught the power metal feast that is Powerwolf’s Wolfsnächte 2022 tour with support acts Dragonforce and Warkings at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp!

TuskaLive as per usual gave us yet another nice show with the up-and-comers of Silver Bullet and Finnish legends Stratovarius at Pakkahuone in Tampere last Friday!

Pictures of the last day of Tuska 2022 with Sonata Arctica, Devin Townsend, Stratovarius, Kreator and Jinjer!

Pictures of the first day of Tuska 2023 with Eluveitie, Northern Kings, Lost Society, Perturbator, Beast In Black, Red Fang, Carcass and Heilung

Album Reviews

Chris Bay gives a crash course in German rock philosophy…

Letzte Instanz Germans do some storytelling with a warm voice and a tasteful musical environment.

This is one hell of a debut album. It has the classic power metal vibes: fast solo’s solid riffs and great, strong vocals by lead singer David Marquez.

Salt Lake City rockers Visigoth head out for new conquests on their second album.

Iron Savior takes us on an adventurous journey to the past with their new album containing re-recorded songs from their first albums.

Jag Panzer makes a comeback after 4 years with a brand new album. Check out how this experiment of them turned out.

Witherfall Nocturnes and Requiems album cover

A technically accomplished journey into the realms of beauty and despair.

Communic is finally alive again and ready to unleash a new album to the world. we had to wait 6 years for this to happen but it definatly was worth the wait.

Power house Arch Enemy delivers with album number 10 the “Will to Power”, a release that both sounds surprising and like we’ve heard it before…

Power metal legends Blind Guardian celebrate their 30th anniversary with fitting pomp and circumstance showcasing their live reputation with a live album.

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