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Arising from what was then still a dark cloud in 2015, Heroes Don't Ask Why rose to existence in Kokkola and is our next...

SaariHelvetti, a metal festival run by the Tampere-based Nem Agency and arranged this year for the third time, intrigued me with its concept and...

SaariHelvetti festival at Viikinsaari in Tampere, August 2017. Read the festival report here. Saturday Photos by Janne PuronenMusicalypse, 2017OV: 5391

CRIMFALL has been fairly quiet since their 2011 album, "The Writ of Sword," with the odd tour date here-and-there. Now it seems they're back with...

For some reason, it has been hugely difficult to get excited about new or new-ish metal bands over the last few years. While my...

HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY performing at Elmun Baari in the lower half of Nosturi in Helsinki, August 2017, with EVIL DRIVE as support. Evil...

Finnish band As I May release the first single "Hero" of their upcoming album. The new album is being released in 2018 by Fast Factory...

Jolly Roger Festival 2017 at Arena in Vienna. Underside Epsilon Hirsch Effekt Belphegor Trivium Amon Amarth Photos by Maria SawickaMusicalypse, 2017OV: 6701

Finnish band Hamartia from Tampere hands a very powerful debut EP "Ílios" with a lot of depth, which they released in July 2016. The...

Northern Finland is home to a new genre: Melancholic metal. What is that, you may ask? A genre used to describe the music Finnish...

Meet Junktone, established in 2016 in Tampere. Put 5 experienced players together in a band who bring a mixture of metal, '90s Seattle grunge,...

Finnish black metal band and winner of Wacken Metal Battle: From The Void have released their brutal music video "Man Created God". From the Void is...

Sauna Classic in Tampere was introduced as a successor to the late Sauna Open Air and celebrated for the first time on July 28-29th,...

Sauna Classic Garden Party Festival taking place at Eteläpuisto (South Park) in Tampere, July 2017. Day 1 Day 2 Photos by Lene L.Musicalypse, 2017OV: 6118

In spite of having just been here twice last summer, the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS decided to return to Finland once again this year....

For the second year in a row, we made the trip to Central Finland to see what the good people at John Smith Festival...

John Smith Festival 2017 at the Peurunka resort in Laukaa. Day 1 Day 2 Extra Photos by Lene L.Musicalypse, 2017OV: 6893

This album showed up in the mail a few weeks ago, and has been sitting on my desk ever since. I've never heard of...

Chester Bennington (41) lead singer of Linkin Park, has been found dead by a employee on Thursday in his house. The death is been...

ACID KING performing at Kuudes Linja in Helsinki, July 2017, with ALBINÖ RHINO and WOODRUE as support. Albinö Rhino Woodrue Acid King Photos by Marco ManziMusicalypse, 2017OV:...