Humavoid – Lidless
I wouldn’t normally start a review like this but with Humavoid I kinda feel obligated of doing so because in any way is this review going to be an easy
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BEAST IN BLACK + Lordi 13.12.2019 Helsinki Ice Hall, Finland
December 13th 2019 was a surreal day in many ways. Not only it was Friday the 13th but it was also a special kind of Black Friday, it was Beast
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CYHRA – No Halos In Hell
It was year 2017 when Cyhra, this group of super talented musicians, shook the world or at least my world by releasing their debut album “Letters To Myself“. Of course
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CHILDREN OF BODOM – Are We Dead Yet?
November 1st 2019 will be remembered a day when Children Of Bodom, one of the most popular metal bands from Finland suddenly announced the departure of three members. And they
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Kaunis Kuolematon – Life, Love, Loneliness and Death
Guitarist/vocalist Mikko Heikkilä of Kaunis Kuolematon was interviewed by Tero Tolkki and below you can find out what is going on in the Kaunis Kuolematon camp in the fall of
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NorthTale – Welcome To Paradise
Are you worried about the dying art of Power Metal? Well I am or at least I was before NorthTale entered my life. Small flashback here might be in order.
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TUNGSTEN drummer Anders Johansson talks about his sons Nick and Karl “I realized right away that they had talent, even at age of 4”
Anders Johansson is known to many people from his early work with Yngwie J. Malmsteen and HammerFall. Nowadays he plays drums in Manowar and Tungsten, in which his sons Nick
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Timo Tolkki’s Avalon – Return To Eden
Everyone who has listened to melodic metal or power metal knows Timo Tolkki. If not by name but through his songs he made while in Stratovarius. Those songs are still
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BEAST IN BLACK mastermind Anton Kabanen talks about his expectations to new album and tour
We had the pleasure to interview BEAST IN BLACK mastermind Anton Kabanen and he opened up on many things regarding his expectations regarding their forthcoming album “From Hell With Love”
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Profane Omen – Ooka
Depends which sources you believe it’s been 4-5 years since their previous release “Reset“. Either way it’s quite a long time for a band between albums especially considering you need
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South Park 2018 Tampere, Finland
Finland is most likely one of the best country for a metalhead to spend summer in. We literally have festivals that at least feature some metal every weekend + all
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Mokoma – Hengen pitimet
For Finnish audience Mokoma needs no introductions. They have been in the core of the Finnish metal industry for 2 decades and their latest release “Hengen pitimet” is their 10th
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Interview of Tomi Koivusaari (Amorphis/Abhorrence)
Tero Tolkki conducted an audio interview with Tomi Koivusaari of Amorphis and Abhorrence and we had a chance to catch up the latest on Amorphis camp as they had just
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Follow The Cipher – Follow The Cipher
It has been a while that I have seen a band releasing an album saying it’s power metal. But at the same time power metal as a genre is something
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Arch Enemy – Will To Power
When you hear the name Arch Enemy you automatically associate it with beautiful melodies, brutal vocals and fast pace drumming right? It is kind of a weird combo isn’t it?
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Hooded Menace – Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed
Seeing the album cover with figures of darkness almost instantly gave me a warm feeling. Not being familiar with the entire back catalog of Hooded Menace, this surely gave me
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CyHra – Letters To Myself
I need to make a confession right here right now. When I heard Cyhra for the first time I wasn’t aware what band I was listening and I was like
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Katatonia-The Fall Of The Hearts
The album starts with the first track “takeover” which reminds me to the glorious “The Great Cold Distance” time. A soft vocal upon an aggressive drum and guitar, which become
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S-TOOL – TOLERANCE 0
S-Tool released their debut album “Tolerance 0” today September 15th and since I didn’t have a promo I only heard it today from Spotify. Now I am going entirely against
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STAM1NA – VIIMEINEN ATLANTIS
Stam1na…those jolly good fellows from Lemi, Finland are back with their 4th album “Viimeinen Atlantis“. I have always had a very close relation to Stam1na…I remember the first song I
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Wolfheart – Shadow World
As Tuomas Saukkonen, Wolfheart‘s frontman and founder told me once when I ran into him at Tavastia, “Same shit, different band.” He was referring to his previous band, Before The Dawn. While I do
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Nightwish – Endless Forms Most Beautiful
‘Endless Forms Most Beautiful‘ is an album I was almost impatiently waiting for. I was a huge Tarja Turunen fan and after her departure from Nightwish, I wasn’t as excited as
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Shear – Katharsis
Oh boy…now this album is one tough mother. Back in 2012 when Shear released their debut album “Breaking the Stillness” I was already then convinced about their potential. They received
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SYNESTESIA – FEENIKS
Synestesia came from the bushes to me. I had them listed in Metal From Finland but for some reason I never payed that much attention to them. But after reading
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