Hellsinki Metal Festival, which has established itself among the metal community in just two years, announced more of its performers for next summer, and the list is quite convincing to read.
The festival, which will be held as usual in the Helsinki Ice Hall area, will now also feature King Diamond, who enjoy cult status in Finland, the Norwegian black metal band Old Man’s Child, who are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year, the Polish death metal pride Decapitated and the British grindcore giant Napalm Death. The foreign guest lineup is rounded out by Ill Niño, one of the most interesting names in the new wave of American nu metal, Fear Factory, which was founded in Los Angeles in 1989, Scandinavian death metal pioneer Dismember and AngelMaker, who play solid deathcore.
Nordis will also host one of the most interesting performances of the coming summer, when the Blood Fire Death – A Tribute to Quorthon and the music of Bathory gig brings together a special lineup consisting of Watain, Aura Noir and Enslaved, among others. There are also some very famous guests who are still being kept secret. The gigs that will be seen at a few festivals next summer will pay tribute to the musical legacy of the late Thomas “Quorthon” Forsberg. Bathory has also been inducted into the Swedish Music Hall of Fame as one of the few heavy metal musicians.
“The show is based on Quorthon’s vision of what he imagined a Bathory concert would be like if it had ever been brought to live stages – 20 years after his death. Quorthon still sends shivers down our spines and twists our brains with his music,” says Eric Danielsson of Watain, who is the lead vocalist of the lineup arriving in Hellsinki Metal Festival.
Other new acts at next year’s Hellsinki Metal Festival include Luna Kills, Night Shall Drape Us, Qwälen, Decessus and Heavy Metal Perse.
Hellsinki Metal Festival has already released the first lineup of its performers for next year, which includes Hatebreed, Enslaved, Landmvrks, Kanonenfieber, Candlemass, Moonsorrow, Forbidden, Marduk, Me and That Man, Warmen, Sigh, Kiuas, Party Cannon, GosT and Alfahanne.
Hellsinki Metal Festival’s cheaper tickets are still on sale until the end of this year.
Hellsinki Metal Festival 2025
8.-9.8.2025
Helsingin jäähalli/Helsinki Ice Hall
Line-up:
Alfahanne
AngelMaker
Blood Fire Death – A Tribute to Quorthon and the music of Bathory
Candlemass
Decapitated
Decessus
Dismember
Enslaved
Fear Factory
Forbidden
GosT
Hatebreed
Heavy Metal Perse
Ill Niño
Kanonenfieber
King Diamond
Kiuas
Landmvrks
Luna Kills
Marduk
Me and That Man
Moonsorrow
Napalm Death
Night Shall Drape Us
Old Man’s Child
Party Cannon
Qwälen
Sigh
Warmen
Advance tickets are now on sale at Ticketmaster, Lippupiste and Tiketti.
Prices:
* 2-day basic ticket €179
* 2-day R.I.P €249