Report & photos by Sophie Roy   DAY 1 – August 26, 2022 After its creation in 2019, Månegarm Open Air finally offered us its 2nd edition. This was scheduled

In August 2021, Swallow the Sun announced their next studio album Moonflowers, would be released on November 19, 2021. They revealed that there would be two separate albums: a classical

Following the release of their 2020 EP Dawn of Vitriol, Finnish Dark Rock band Mercury Circle release their debut album Killing Moons this Friday (October 8, 2021) via Noble Demon

Wardruna’s fifth studio album Kvitravn has reached chart topping, global success and there is no question why, with the way things are in the world. This album provides a much

What’s purple and orange and fun all over? If you guessed death metal, then you’d be right! It’s Desolator – Sermon of Apathy, and it’s really, really good. Well, that’s

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

Report and photos by Serena Solomon A few days of relief from the monotonous, gigless summer. Saarihelvetti 2020 was one of few festivals that luckily were able to stay strong

As advertised, Finland’s Insomnium were set to perform the entirety of Winter’s Gate to hundreds of fans online. Now, Insomnium has had a few brushes of bad luck, beginning with

Anyone that’s met me from 2006 and on has probably heard I’m a big Nightwish fan. I’ve got the tattoos, ticket stubs, concert posters, band tees, flags and every studio

As soon as I heard about MOONSORROW’s ‘Verisäkeet Alive‘ tour, I knew it was going to be a big, epic affair. From previous experiences of catching Finnish bands on homeland

February 21, 2020, Finnish melodic death metallers Insomnium came to Turku, Finland on their “Heart Like A Grave” tour. Support included melodic doom metal band Red Moon Architect and Awake

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

As a band, Tungsten is fairly new to the Swedish melodic metal scene, having only just formed in 2016, but that doesn’t mean they come without experience. Fans of Hammerfall

Ghost played sold out Hartwall Arena in Helsinki on 28.11.2019 as an additional show to their “The Ultimate Tour Named Death” tour accompanied by fellow Swedish melodic death metallers Tribulation

As the decade comes to a close, metal fans will remember all the great releases that had come out in the past ten years. But before we reach 2020, we

Wardruna put on an unforgettable performance at Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, Finland, and we were there to capture it. This was a bit of a different gig, though the venue is

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

INSOMNIUM is one of those bands that hold a very important place in my heart. Their music, both live and recorded, has carried me through some of the most difficult times.

October Tide, a band often associated with Katatonia, from their slow down-tempo depressive melodic doomy sounds, to their catchy chorus lines. October Tide, also a band who has developed into

I had the pleasure of seeing Wardruna’s one and only US show for 2019 at Red Rocks Amphitheater just outside of Denver, Colorado on October 17, 2019. If you’re a