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DARK SARAH performing at On the Rocks in Helsinki, August 2020, with CRIMSON SUN as support. Crimson Sun Dark Sarah Photos by Janne PuronenMusicalypse, 2020OV: 1045

One of the most beautiful things about progressive metal is simply how many forms it can take, from a sound that verges on rock...

On April 24th, 2020, THE DOORS' guitarist Robby Krieger was meant to release his ninth solo album, the first since the 2010s Grammy-nominated "Singularity."...

As a fresh face in the music scene, CORY MARKS may not yet have been picked up by your audio radar. However, if the...

While Finland is mostly known for its variety of melodic death metal acts, new winds are on the horizon. An example of that is...

The world of contemporary prog seems to solidify on bands who either comply to the museum piece values of the 1970s progressive rock or...

Swedish metal circus AVATAR have made people fall in love with them all around the world with their interesting and captivating world and music....

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...

Amidst a pile of semi-recent releases, "Hangoverdose" by BLOWTORCH caught my ear. I'm always up for a good hard rock record and the particularly...

There is something irresistibly fascinating in the way a well-thought-out orchestration brings out the true identity of a song. Electronic dance music and metal,...

Having an extensive history in some of the best hard rock and heavy metal anthems on their plate, legendary rock act DEEP PURPLE recently...

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...

Enigmatic occult visionaries BELZEBUBS are once again poised to conjure something no band has done before: an animated, face-melting 360-degree mini-gig, which the fans will be...

Naantali Sunfest at Kirkkopuisto, Naantali was one of the first and only summer festivals in Finland, 2020. DAY 1 DAY 2 Photos by Sami HinkkanenInstagram -...

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...

Does humor belong in heavy metal music? While some metal and hard-rock artists might give out the impression of being stoic party-poopers with absolutely...

Finnish modern power metal band DYECREST are releasing their new music video. The partially crowdfunded video is made for the acoustic version of the song "Winterblood." The...

Welcome to a new feature of our website: hard-hitting singles of the month. Every month will gather an overview of some of the best...

Joining the Finnish ranks of heavy metal and hard rock, are newcomers TRVE CVLT CLVB, consistent out of familiar faces in the Finnish metal scene: Asim...

An empty spot marked that IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT's upcoming album "Alphaville," released on 31 July 2020 through Century Media Records, was still available for review on...