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The Swedish pop metal magnates of AMARANTHE are back again with another hard-pop album through Nuclear Blast Records soon. I've been trying to decide...

On September 25th, 2014, following the release of their 2014 studio album, "Space Police: Defenders of the Crown," EDGUY made an appearance in Helsinki’s...

Several decades ago, tight pants, wild hair, and kinky lyrics may have made you think about good old bands like DEF LEPPARD and AEROSMITH....

Unioni-Festivaali was a newcomer to Finland in the fall of 2014. This was a 2-day Friday/Saturday festival that fell on September 19th & 20th,...

After following a multitude of albums that were all very highly rated, you'd think it would be hard for Taylor Davis to impress me....

The 17th annual Tuska Open Air Metal Festival kicked off at the Suvilahti industrial site again on the 27th of July, 2014. There were...

The coldest Finnish midsummer in 30 years, a bunch of good bands, and hundreds of crazy metalheads in the woods. What happened, why and...

Nummirock Festival in Kauhajoki, 2014. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Extras Photos by Lene L.Musicalypse, 2014OV: 12,574

For nearly a decade, the Finnish metal festival season in Tampere was opened by Sauna Open Air, but after the festival went bankrupt in...

Here's Musicalypse's recovered gallery from South Park 2014!

When you think of a rock/metal opera, or a concept album, you know that no one does it better than Arjen Lucassen's AYREON (unless...

In a quasi-repeat performance of the show from December 12th, 2013, local Finnish bands TURISAS and ENSIFERUM paired up once more for a show...

After the release of their fourth studio album, "Connect," SICK PUPPIES headed out on a European tour, making their first-ever visit to Helsinki on...

Finnish fans of classical music and heavy cellos have recently been enjoying APOCALYPTICA’s local tour featuring the AVANTI! CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. The show on March...

Devin Townsend is known for many bands: Steve Vai, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, the DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND, the DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, as well as a...

DREAM THEATER’s Along for the Ride Tour started in January 2014 and, as well as supporting their recent self-titled album, has also been in...

The former KIUAS vocalist, Ilja Jalkanen, has given up on the metal world and decided to stick to something he’s more passionate about –...

FINNTROLL headlining Rytmikorjaamo in Seinäjoki, February 2014. Finntroll Photos by Lene L.Musicalypse, 2014OV: 4662

SONATA ARCTICA, a Finnish power metal favorite, decided to do a local tour before the release of their upcoming album, "Pariah’s Child." This tour...

ICED EARTH was one of the first metal bands I was introduced to, back when I was a scrawny teenage girl trying to figure...