Tag Archives: Finland

Another 2017 headbanger arises this week from the Land of a Thousand Metal Bands in the form of Noumena’s fifth album, Myrrys. The album title (meaning “ruckus” or “uproar” in old Finnish), paired with the striking cover art, portend a collection of punishers tinged by the savagery and ferociousness that …

Setlist: Under the Red Cloud Sacrifice Sampo Silver Bride Hopeless Days Skyforger Bad Blood The Smoke Karelia Into Hiding On Rich and Poor My Kantele House of Sleep Encore Death of a King Black Winter Day   Check out Amorphis on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Spotify, and iTunes.

Though originally a Finland-born group, Mors Principium Est has been one of the last few decades’ foremost carriers of the Swedish “Gothenburg sound” of melodic death metal. Though in more recent years the band’s lineup has seen the addition of a few non-Scandinavian members, the pulse-pounding rhythms and razorblade pedal-note …

Respected Euro-power quintet Sonata Arctica have made their way across the pond to tour the states in support of their recently released ninth studio album, appropriately titled The Ninth Hour. Promising a night of headbanging with a touch of epic fantasy, the Finns have brought along melodic metal powerhouse Omnium …

RockFest is a new world-class music festival in Vantaa, Finland. On its first year, the festival has two explosive headliners: Rammstein and Evanescence. The epic line up consist of the top performers both foreign and domestic, such as: Pain, Infected Mushroom Live, Turmion Kätilöt and Stam1na. More performers will be …

Apocalyptica visited the iconic Rock City in Nottingham as part of their tour with new release Shadowmaker, accompanied by vocalist and album collaborator Franky Perez. Their set – a mixture of their famed instrumental work and vocal material – went down a storm at the packed alternative music venue in …

Hailing from Finland, a region at the forefront of symphonic metal, Amberian Dawn follow in the footsteps of genre staples while adding their own charm in their latest studio album Innuendo. Their seventh album as a band, and second original album with vocalist Päivi “Capri” Virkkunen, Innuendo provides listeners with …

Children of Bodom is one of the prototypical bands of the Finnish extreme metal collective. Formed in 1993, the band has long championed some of the distinct sounds of the region’s more extreme musical side. Despite some moderate shifts in tone over their career, as well as the loss of …

Apocalyptica work with vocalist Franky Perez to bring their 8th album.  Will the new vocals match with their classically trained composure, or is this better as an unspoken symphony?