Photo: Teppo Ristola
What is your belief? This is the question that the Finns Where’s My Bible ask the world. The single “Fenrir”, released a few weeks ago, is a taste of the upcoming album which promises to be more brutal and dark with themes regarding shamanism, Finnish and Nordic mythology as well as the human mind. Before the highly anticipated South American tour, the band played at MonoMassive in Pori and we took the opportunity to discover something more about this very interesting band.
The young Finnish band Stoned Statues recently announced the release of their second album “Guardian” preceded by the single “Not that real”, the album promises to be more progry and heavy. We got to chat with Allu and Jenna before their show at Porispere to find out more about their upcoming album, tours and more.
Photo: Pekka Koret
After the success of the debut album “Confession”, Moon Shot is ready to surprise the world with a heavier and more aggressive album that will see the light in the spring of 2024. We had the opportunity to meet Ville and Jussi before their show at Porispere and talk about their upcoming album, tours and more.
Photo by Marc Sabat, edited by Tuomas Rytkönen
Finnish industrial metal band Turmion Kätilöt released their tenth album “Omen X” last January, which was well received by both the public and the press, and subsequently embarked on their first headlining tour of Europe. Everything is about love as singer Saku “Shag-U” Solin told us during the interview we did before their show at Porispere, where we talked about their latest album, tour, merchandising and much more.
Photo: Johanna Sjövall
Atlases is a Finnish band formed in 2017, after two albums and several lineup changes, the band presents itself to the world with a third album “Between The Day & I” in which it shows the duality of their music with heavy and melodic modern sounds . After a mini-tour in the Baltics, the band introduced itself to its home crowd in Pori, before the gig we had the chance to have a chat with Rasmus Forssel and Jesse Simola to get to know better the band and their music.
Pressure Points is a Finnish progressive metal band founded in 2004, after many lineup changes the band finally found the right balance and on March 17th they released their third studio album “The Island”, which received great reviews. We got to meet with founding members Vili Auvinen and Kari Olli to talk about their latest work, concerts, and future plans.
AvAcia is a band from Turku that plays metal in Finnish.
The trio performed at Ruisrock and the Saaristo Open, among others, and went on their first Eastern European tour in 2018. That same year, they also played the Scarlet Sails festival in front of 55,000 people. The band also achieved competition success after winning the Finnish and Nordic Band Emergenza competition in 2019. The band is well known for their energetic shows. Next May the band will release their second album which promises to be a turning point for the band thanks to more mature sounds and production by the legendary Janne Joutsnniemi (Ensiferum, Stam1na, kiuas). We got to have a chat with the band before their gig in Pori and talk about their upcoming album, music, concerts, and much more.
Bob Malmström define themself the true originators and crowned kings of borgarcore. The Finnish-Swedish band has been spreading its good word around the world for more than ten years, touring in many European countries as well as China and Brazil. Their last EP “Segla Med Satan” was released last November, it combines catchy screams, Swedish pop songs and, of course, middle fingers in every direction. We had the opportunity to meet Carolus Aminoff before their gig in Pori and talk about the band, their music, gigs and much more.
Tomb of Finland is a Finnish melodic death/doom metal band which includes members and ex-members of established names in the Finnish metal scene such as Charon, Kaunis Kuolematon, Cartilage, Vomiturition, Enochian Crescent and Elvenscroll. Their third studio album ‘Across The Barren Fields’ was released in 2022 and received many good reviews. We had the opportunity to meet the band before their first gig of the year in Pori at Meara Klubi and talk about music, concerts, work and much more.
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Photo: Lauri Sillanpää
Heathen Hearts is a Finnish hardcore band formed in 2021, their first 3 songs EP was released last spring, now the band is working on a new EP and is ready to play gigs around Finland. We met Lauri and Juhana before their gig at Meara Klubi in Pori, and talked about their music, gigs and much more.
