Finnish heavy metal

At the end of the day, if you’ve heard an Amorphis album – especially a latterday Amorphis album – before, then you know what you’re in for on Under the Red Cloud almost d

It is clear right from the first listen that Burning Point's Burning Point is not the kind of album that will wilt to an afterthought in the vast genre o

Dark Sarah, as the project’s informative press blurb informs me,  is the new project from Heidi Parviainen (formerly of Amberian Dawn).

What’s your favourite era of Nightwish? Are you a Tarja person? Too much of an ice queen for you?

This is the album I have been looking forward to all year, in fact since Ensiferum first announced the initial details of this, their sixth full length studio album.

“We are totally at the opposite ends of the world right now Carrie!

Powermad Finns Battle Beast are back and, it has to be said, sounding better than ever. Unholy Savior is their third full-length effort and, after the disappointment of se

Finns Amberian Dawn make all the right moves on Magic Forest, which by my calculations is their sixth full length offering since forming in in 2006.

“Attention! Attention! The world has become infected with high levels of alcohol!”

Lovely. Ten tracks, ten fully formed, stinking slabs of furious thrash, yet clocking in at under twenty five minutes. This is what I like to hear.