Tuska just delivered an early Christmas gift by confirming 13 more names for the 2026 lineup with acts like Pain, D-A-D, Gatecreeper, The Funeral Portrait, aurorawave and of course a bunch of Finnish names again like Swallow The Sun, Survivors Zero, Kallomäki and more!
Ancient Settlers has released a video for ‘Die Around Me’, taken from their recently released EP ‘Autumnus (Revisited)’, out via Scarlet Records!
Finnish metal festival institution Nummirock is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2026 and announced the first 12 names with Satyricon, Moonsorrow, Rise of the Northstar, Omnium Gatherum (also celebrating their anniversary), Immortal Disfigurement, Uada, and more!
For those who missed it, Finntroll and …And Oceans frontman Mathias “Vreth” Lillmåns released his retrospective album ‘Remains’ at the end of last month! Covering 3 decades of his personal growth as a musican and vocalist, this is a great little piece of metal history to dig into!
Helsinki-based progressive melodic death metal band Numento unleashed their new single ‘Wrath’ from the upcoming EP, set for release with Inverse Records soon!
Finnish doom-laden death metal force Marianas Rest shared the new video single ‘Diamonds in the Rough’, featuring Okko Solanterä from Horizon Ignited, and another track from their upcoming album ‘The Bereaved’, set for release in January 2026 via Noble Demon!
Finland’s melodic dark metal masters Soulfallen returned after 13 years of silence with the new single ‘Thousandfold’, a track from their long-awaited upcoming fourth album, set to be released next year with Inverse Records!
Spanish melodic death metal outfit Bloodhunter are ready to take over the world by signing with ROAR – A Division of Reigning Phoenix Music!
Sylosis revealed the first details of their upcoming seventh studio album ‘The New Flesh’, set for release in February 2026 via Nuclear Blast Records and dropped the crushing title track! Catch them live in Europe on their “The New Flesh Tour” early 2026!
Portuguese melodic death metal force Moonshade unveiled their latest single, an epic and emotionally charged cover of Stromae & Pomme’s ‘Ma Meilleure Ennemie’! The track will also be featured on their upcoming EP ‘Angels, Blood and Enemies’, set for release in February 2026!
The French band Aephanemer dropped by On The Rocks in Helsinki to turn the heat up and make a pretty much crammed venue go wild to their symphonic/melodic death metal tunes! Support came from locals Numento.
The outdoor stage on the 2nd day of Steelfest XI was the place for explosive and often high velocity performances by Tsatthoggua, Sex Messiah, Grenadier, Witchtrap, Kalmankantaja and Behexen!
The Black Dahlia Murder is touring the US right now, and we were lucky enough to catch them, and Terror, at The Neptune Theater in Seattle last week for what turned out being a very memorable night!
We got to enjoy yet another show of Brymir and Kaunis Kuolematon a couple of Friday’s ago at Tampere’s YO-Talo. An event was organized by Nem Agency and Master Events.
The biggest Metal Circus on the planet came through Munich and did some damage. The Swedish Avatar are tricky, and brought with them Veil of Maya and Kassogtha for a banger of a show at the Neue Theaterfabrik!
Insomnium came, saw and conquered at their ‘Anno 1696’ release shows at a sold out Tavastia, and so did The Abbey with their captivating doom music!
Avatar’s ‘Dance Devil Dance’ 2023 tour brought the circus back to Tilburg’s 013 Poppodium, supported by Veil of Maya and Kassogtha.
Brymir and Master Events put up yet another great show, this time at Torvi, Lahti in Finland. This show won us over with its close, intimate and sweaty atmosphere.
Rising stars in the melodeath realms, Aephanemer is touring, and we visited them on their stop at The Black Lab in Wasquehal, France. Warm up act were black folk metallists Sorcières.
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!
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