Prog death masters Cynic announced to be part of the upcoming “The Aggressive Progressive Tour” that will take them through Europe and the UK in the good company of Rivers of Nihil, Beyond Creation and Daath! Don’t miss out and get your tickets now!
Danish progressive metal band Danefae released the song ‘Fuglekongen’, the second single from their upcoming new album ‘Trøst’, set for release early 2025!
Finnish metal outfit The Hypothesis celebrates last Friday’s release of their new album ‘Evolve’ via Noble Demon with a video for the powerful single ‘Watch The World Burn With Me’!
Finnish progressive metal band Rioghan is set to release the second studio album ‘Kept‘ on February 14th 2025 via Inverse Records. The first single ‘Edge‘ is unleashed and the stunning music video shot and edited by Aarni Visuals can be seen here: https://youtu.be/SYz0locEGn4 Rioghan comments on the Edge -single: ” ’Edge’ sets the directions to the new album’s […]
Finnish band Royal Sorrow, formerly known as Edge of Haze, signed an international deal with InsideOutMusic and shared the brand-new video single ‘Metrograve’ to celebrate!
Finnish progressive post-metal collective Besra shared a video for the title track of their upcoming EP ‘Equilibrium’, set for release on November 1st via Suicide Records!
Arjen Lucassen announced 5 Ayreon “An Amazing Flight Through Time” shows at the end of 2025 in the 013 venue in the Netherlands to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the project! Tickets are going for sale on October 31st for this unique and exceptional event!
Blackened progressive metal band Dawn Of Ouroboros shared a new music video for the track ‘Cephalopodic Void’, from their latest album ‘Velvet Incandescence’ released last year via Prosthetic Records!
Swedish prog titans Opeth will be releasing their 14th studio album ‘The Last Will & Testament’ on October 11th via Reigning Phoenix Music and just shared a second offering from the record with “§3”!
Fabulae Dramatis releases the new video single ‘The Jungle of Ego’ in anticipation of next week’s release of their new studio album ‘Violenta’ on September 5!
Vola’s ‘Friend of a Phantom’ tour passed through Finland last week and hit Tampere’s Pakkahuone on Tuesday November 5th. It was a filled with emotion, not only from Vola, but also the support acts Feather Mountain and Charlotte Wessels. This almost overwhelming rollercoaster ride of emotions was brought to us by TuskaLive.
Eleine’s show at DVG Club Kortrijk was electrifying, with Ignea’s powerful performance setting the stage. Ignea’s captivating blend of progressive and symphonic metal, combined with Eleine’s dynamic stage presence and infectious energy, created an unforgettable evening for the enthusiastic audience.
Symphony X delivered a spectacular show on the stop at The Black Lab in Wasquehal, France of their European tour with support from Edge of Paradise!
This past summer, Assemble The Chariots released a monumentally epic debut full-length album, a concept album that is the first chapter of a massive world they’re building. And there was only one way to properly celebrate this: by having a release show, playing the album from start to finish live as it’s intended to be listened to. And with the addition of supporting guests acts IA and Lightbearer, it was truly a mind-bending night to remember for a long time! If you want to catch Assemble the Chariots live, this weekend is your shot with their show at Helsinki Techfest this Friday and their first ever arena show with Lost Society in Järvenpää this Saturday!
Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Prison Stage explosive shows from Dyscordia, Orden Ogan, Beast In Black, Feuerschwanz, Channel Zero, Saxon and Amon Amarth!
Pictures of the first day of Alcatraz 2024, with on the Helldorado Stage a serving of punk and hardcore with Funeral Dress, The Casualties, Cro-Mags, Madball and Life of Agony, modern metal from Sylosis and post-metal with The Ocean!
The UK progressive metallers Tesseract were touring around Europe to present their latest release ‘War of Being’, bringing a visual and musical delight to a packed Tavastia in Helsinki! With them, they brought the German proggers of Unprocessed and US mathcore up-and-comers of The Callous Daoboys!
An incredible night of showcasing the mind-bending progressive metal from stellar bands like Persefone, Hypno5e, Stellar Circuits and Lampr3a at our very own venue Asgaard!
A selection of Jonna’s best captures of 2023, with pictures from bands Butcher Babies, Electric Callboy, Ghost, Glenn Hughes, Gojira, In Flames, Lorna Shore, The Hu, Ville Valo, Chamber of Unlight, Asagraum, Monuments, Sodom, Batushka, Blind Guardian, and Apocalyptica!
A selection of Vaim’s best captures of 2023, after a long and grueling process of elimination, with pictures from bands like Battle Beast, Gaerea, Trollheim’s Grott, Avslut, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Amenra, Igorrr, Aesthetic Perfection, HIDE, SKYND, Ice Nine Kills, Utuk Xul, Rancid, Sick Of It All, Stratovarius, Testament, Michael Monroe, Volbeat, Hellacopters, Pensées Nocturnes, Amorphis, Biohazard, Killswitch Engage, Converge, Agnostic Front, Taake, Public Image Ltd, A.A. Williams, Butcher Babies, Clutch, Finntroll, Electric Callboy, Ghost, Gojira, Imperial Triumphant, Lorna shore, The Hu and Urne!
We met up with Dante, Gian and Pavel from the Mexican metal outfit Anima Tempo while they were in Finland and talked about their present European tour, which also will take them to our own venue Asgaard in Belgium, their unique take on their music, trying to find some new approaches every time both in recordings and live, how they love the energy from the European crowds and what they’re working on of new music and concept!
Back in 2023, when Leprous was last in Helsinki, we met up with Simen from Leprous to have a fun chat about touring, his highlights when being on tour and supporting your local live and cultural scene!
Since they’re playing in Finland again this coming week, we wanted to share this fun little bit from our archives, so enjoy and don’t miss out on their shows!
A chat with Pressure Points about how they’re happy with the new line-up of the band and their brand-new album ‘The Island’, released on Art Gates Records last Friday. Make sure you catch them live at one of their future dates, like for instance the Kaamos Cruise in September!
A chat with Johannes from Avatar on the new album ‘Dance Devil Dance’ on why this is the best album of them as of yet, how they did things somewhat different and tried to approach everything in such a way that they thought people could dance to even blast beats and why now was the time for them to self-release the album.
We have a chat with Patrick Walch, the man behind the successful and interesting new label Noble Demon! Check out what he has to say!
An old chat with Olly and Mike from Monuments we dug up from our archives because it was just too much fun to keep it from you!
A chat with the Finnish progressive outfit Wheel about their upcoming sophomore full-length ‘Resident Human’!
A chat with Evergrey’s main man Tom Englund about their latest release ‘Escape Of The Phoenix’!
The video of the talk we had with Wheel about their quick rise in 2019, some of their highlights of the year and what they think of the new Tool album…
We talked with drummer Martin Lopez from Soen about the new album “Lotus” and more!
