Tag: finnish metal
Interview with Finntroll – “Finding yourself and confronting the other side...
After a long creative process, FINNTROLL is finally ready to present their new album, "Vredesvävd" on 18 September 2020 through Century Media Records. We...
Interview with Humavoid — “Our band is driven by curiosity.”
On 21 August 2020, HUMAVOID is releasing their debut album, "Lidless." We met up with vocalist/keytarist Suvimarja Halmetoja and guitarist Niko Kalliojärvi to talk...
REVIEW: Silentium – Motiva
The last time we heard of Finnish Gothic metal band SILENTIUM was in 2008 with the release of their fifth studio album, “Amortean.” After...
Interview with True Cult Club – “It’s safe to say you...
One thing is sure, the fresh rock act TRVE CVLT CLVB has a lot of twists planned for us. The band recently released their...
FEATURED SINGLE: Dyecrest – Winterblood (Musicalypse Archive)
If the name DYECREST is new to you, you may at least know their vocalist, Mikael Salo, from other bands like EVERFROST, METAL DE FACTO, or THY ROW....
7.8.2020 Dark Sarah @ On the Rocks, Helsinki
If you've ever been to a jazz club, you probably know that the atmosphere is very special and something completely different to a rock...
REVIEW: Medicated – Descension
When I pressed play to check out MEDICATED’s album, “Descension,” my initial impression was of pure power. From the first second, the five-piece band...
REVIEW: Noituma – Tervahautu
I've had NOITUMA's latest studio effort, "Tervahautu," released on 25 February 2020, on repeat lately and I figured I might as well share my thoughts...
(2000) Nightwish – Wishmaster: Anniversary Special
Rivers of ink have flowed covering the fascinating topic that is NIGHTWISH and their brand of symphonic power metal that took the world by...
REVIEW: Mercury Circle – EP: The Dawn of Vitriol
Metal as a genre has existed for approximately half a century and even though a lot of bands have accepted that almost everything has...
REVIEW: Humavoid – Lidless
While Finland is mostly known for its variety of melodic death metal acts, new winds are on the horizon. An example of that is...
REVIEW: Wake Up Frankie – EP: Green is the New Black
WAKE UP FRANKIE may not be familiar to you, but in the Helsinki metal scene, these groove/thrash metal newcomers have been dominating many stages...
FEATURED SINGLE: Trve Cvlt Clvb – Empty Alley
When I was a teenager and started listening to metal actively, there were two camps of metalheads: the so-called posers and those who were...
Interview with IA — “Shamanism is the root of all spirituality...
The Helsinki-based shamanic metal outfit, IA, released their spectacular debut album, ”initIAtion,” just recently, in June 2020. We had the pleasure to have a...
FEATURED SINGLE: Keoma – Gaia
Finnish progressive metal band KEOMA has recently released a new single, “Gaia.” This song serves a double purpose – to get fans excited about...
REVIEW: Limos – EP: Tales of the White Eye
It seems that Finland is a hotbed for new and exciting melodic death metal bands. Apart from the already established names like INSOMNIUM, AMORPHIS,...
REVIEW: Burning Serpent – EP: Burning Serpent
Playing an acoustic guitar is the ultimate zen exercise in precision and songwriting. When you strip away the distortion, by-pass the effects, and swap...
FEATURED SINGLE: Mercury Circle – The Beauty of Agony
MERCURY CIRCLE is a brand new project by Jaani Peuhu, known for ICONOCRASH and SWALLOW THE SUN. The band is releasing an EP, "The...
REVIEW: Ensiferum – Thalassic
When it comes to folk-inspired melodic death metal, Finnish ENSIFERUM raises the banner up high over the metal hordes. With their latest lineup change...
FEATURED SINGLE: Humavoid – Aluminum Rain
Finland is mostly known for its melodic death metal, folk, and symphonic metal bands. Progressive metal, however, is still often unexplored territory, but luckily,...