Maryland’s alt-metal catalysts Savage Hands trace the scars on their new single ‘Bruise’, out now via Oxide Music!
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April Art recently unveiled their next single ‘Bulletproof’ from upcoming studio album ‘Red’, set for release in October via Reaper Entertainment, including a rather bloody and unfortunate music video!
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After 1,5 years of silence, the popular Finnish modern metal outfit Blind Channel is back with new music! They shared the new singles ‘Diana’ and ‘No Encores In A Swan Song’ from their upcoming album ‘Painstream’ that will be released in October with Century Media Records!
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Australian heavy music trailblazers Northlane are set to release their new album ‘Anemoia’ in October and recently shared their latest single ‘CUT_it’! We’re heading towards Helsinki tonight to see their last show of their summer tour in Europe, maybe see you there!
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Modern rock and metal artist Katerina Nicole recently shared her new single ‘Left Behind’ with a NSFW video!
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President shared a video for their new single ‘dark heaven’, a track from their upcoming debut full-length album ‘BLOOD OF YOUR EMPIRE’, to be released in September with Atlantic Records!
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GHØSTKID enter their next chapter with a new, still to be unveiled line-up, and unleashed new single ‘IVORY’ from their upcoming album ‘FOLLOW THE WHITE RABBIT’, out in October with Century Media Records!
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Kid Bookie just unleashed his ferocious new single ‘H.A.T.E.’, properly hitting us with that classic trap metal sound, and a track from his upcoming album ‘Cheaper Than Therapy II’, out in October via FLG Records!
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Heavy music disruptor Showing Teeth shares her venomous new single ‘Bad Exchanges’, a taste of her much-anticipated debut EP ‘A Fate Worse Than Loneliness’, set for release in September via Republic Records and Spinefarm!
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Esoterik unveiled their new single ‘No Absolutes’, another captivating track teetering between spiritual awakening and human volatility!
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Photo Reports
Lord of the Lost, together with Ad Infinitum, came to Tampere’s Tavara-Asema in the beginning of last week as part of their “Tovr Noir” Europe tour. An Event by TuskaLive and Grey Beard.
We almost forgot to post this one… as we do every year, we ask our photographers to pick their best and most favorite captures of the past year, and 2025 brought acts like Borknagar, Doro, Machine Head, Ne Obliviscaris, Room 13, Vola, Infected Rain, Luna Kills, Kickin Valentina, Art Nation, SatchVai Band, Arkona, Kreator, Cro-Mags, Bury Tomorrow, Electric Callboy, BTL and Ankor in front of Tom V.M.’s camera!
In the beginning of the month, Butcher Babies hosted an electrifying show at Piere’s in Fort Wayne, Indiana along with Lylvc and Remember Me! Catch Butcher Babies live on their co-headline tour with Infected Rain in Europe right now!
Three of the biggest names in modern metal joined forces with Amaranthe, Epica and Charlotte Wessels on the “Arcane Dimensions Tour” and made a stop in Helsinki, Finland!
An impromptu pop-up show popped off at Piere’s in Ft Wayne, Indiana last month with Shallow Side, Above Snakes and The Kickbacks!
A night of energy, emotion, and explosive performances at Kulttuuritalo. Relive grandson’s Helsinki stop on the INERTIA Tour 2026, with support from Rioghan, in our latest photo report!
Kim Dracula is back in Finland! Such a damn fun show it was! After seeing them killing it at Tuska last summer, it was about time for a proper club show. And with support from VOWWS, it was quite the diverse night of music at Ääniwalli!
The circus came to Helsinki! Avatar brought the “In The Airwaves 2026” tour to Kulttuuritalo with support from Alien Weaponry and Agabas, and we captured the chaos, theatrics and energy in our new photo report!
Another year is over and our photographer Tom Treuten is still doing what he loves most: concert photography. Since October 2021 we’re a home for his photographic work and these are some of his personal highlights of 2025 that he hopes you’ll enjoy them as much as him, with pictures of VULVARINE, STEPFATHER FRED, ANKOR, DONOTS, WOLFMOTHER, THUNDERMOTHER, SKINDRED, TUK SMITH & THE RESTLESS HEARTS, SALTATIO MORTIS, PARKWAY DRIVE, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, MOONSHOT, MEGADETH, KISSIN’ DYNAMITE, HELLOWEEN, ENGST, GATECREEPER, ENEMY INSIDE, DISTURBED, DANKO JONES, BEAST IN BLACK, APRIL ART, EMIL BULLS, ELUVEITIE, AVANTASIA, ARCH ENEMY, AMENRA, NITA STRAUSS, and COBRA SPELL!
Rain, wind, tornado watches… and still a packed Piere’s. Nonpoint brought the “Nu-Metal Nu-Year” to Fort Wayne with Boy Hits Car and Aurorawave and nothing was stopping this crowd. Alive. Kicking. Loud.
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Brutal Assault is a proper celebration of everything that is metal and/or extreme and there is something great to be found at any time of the day! We picked out 8 bands that you should go see on the first day of this year’s edition, with High Parasite, Gutalax, Landmvrks, Blood Fire Death, Slow Crush, Patriarchy, Fear Factory and Drowning Pool, because they’ll be more than worth your time!
As every year is the case, Alcatraz Festival has plenty of space and attention for the local Belgian scene and we’re not the only ones happy about that. On the newly expanded Thursday warm-up night you’ll get to enjoy cover/tribute bands like Mr. Lipstick and the Lost Traces, Motörheads and BelgianQuoBand, the popular thrash/speed metallers of Evil Invaders and a stage filled with more underground like Sister May, Kerker, Stung, Violent Sin and Ancient Rites!
Last day of Tuska 2025 already starting in a couple of hours! We’re really excited to see the epic headliner show of Lorna Shore, but besides them, here are 7 acts that are taking over a stage today you shouldn’t miss out on in our opinion, with Havukruunu, Kim Dracula, Nothing More, Octoploid, Polaris, The Vantages and Noiduin! Who are you looking forward to seeing today if you’re joining us at Tuska?
The gates of Tuska 2025 are opening in about 4 hours, and the first day is going to be a blast with shows of Horizon Ignited, Blood Command, Knocked Loose, SKYND, Enemies Everywhere, Bambie Thug, Tyrantti and Bokassa that we believe you shouldn’t miss out on! What acts of today are you looking forward to the most?
In less than a week, Tuska weekend is upon us! If somehow you weren’t convinced yet that you need to go, here are 10 reasons we believe should be enough motivation to still get a ticket and join us there!
Besides the epic shows of the headliners at this year’s Rockfest, we picked 10 bands that we think you shouldn’t miss out on if you’re going to the festival this weekend, with Moon Shot, Sepultura, RØRY, Awake Again, Bullet For My Valentine, Jinjer, Cemetery Skyline, Demolition 23, GHØSTKID and Black Flag! Who are you looking forward to the most this weekend? See you there!
If you are still looking for a great summer destination, our homecountry of Belgium has some great events to offer, so here are 7 festivals that might make it a great place to go for you this year with the very last Wildfest this weekend, dunk!festival, Graspop Metal Meeting, Litha Fest, Lokerse Feesten, Rock Werchter and Alcatraz!
If you are still looking for a great summer destination, here are 12 festivals that might make Finland the ideal place to go for you this year with Sonic Rites this weekend, Rockfest, Tuhdimmat Tahdit, Nummirock, Tuska, John Smith Festival, SaariHelvetti, Dark River Festival, Hellsinki Metal Festival, the CoolHead Live concert series, Sastamalan Torijuhlat and Hevipäivät!
With about a week to go, we put together 10 reasons why we think you should consider to still get yourself a ticket for Alcatraz 2024 and join in with the fun! With a stellar line-up, including some of the best the Belgian scene has to offer and a great organization trying to improve your festival experience year after year, it’s promising to be one hell of a weekend again!
Tomorrow it’s again that time of the year: Tuska weekend is upon us! If somehow you weren’t convinced yet that you need to go, here are 10 reasons we believe should be enough motivation to still get a ticket if any are available still! Going from a great line-up, to Tuska KVLT, Tuska Expo expanding further and simply an amazing atmosphere! See you there!
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