finnish metal

Interview with Bloody Hell

May 11, 2021 Metal-Rules.com UK Team2021 / Interviews

Interview with Bloody Hell – Esa Orjatsalo (guitar) 3rd May 2021 Interview by Andrea Di Stasio Facebook | Spotify Hey and thank you for your time. Please state your name and position in the band. Hi! Thank you for the interview. I’m Esa Orjatsalo and I play guitar in Bloody…

Lost Division – Cuts and Scars

May 1, 2021April 30, 2021 Metal-Rules.com UK TeamAlbum Reviews

Reviewed: May, 2021 Released: 2021, Inverse Records Rating: 2.5/5 Reviewer: Rebecca Bush Founded in Oulu, Finland in 2015, Lost Division released their first single ‘Wish You Were Dead’ in 2018, before swapping singers and beginning their journey to compose their debut album which was recorded back in 2020. Without knowing…

Bloody Hell – The Bloodening

May 1, 2021April 28, 2021 Metal-Rules.com UK TeamAlbum Reviews

Reviewed: May 2021 Released: 2021, Rockshots Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Andrea Di Stasio “Angry young men become grumpy old men” – Bloody Hell breaks their 6 year-long silence, coming back to the heavy metal scene with this unique statement that accompanies their second album “The Bloodening”. What can I say?…

Quick Jabs for February 2021

February 1, 2021January 31, 2021 John HaseltineAlbum Reviews

This is a new monthly section where we will post an assortment of shorter reviews for albums that we have checked out or may have missed out on previously. The reviews are short and to the point, thus the tile “Quick Jabs”. Tantivy – Eyes Of The Night January 15th,…

Korpiklaani – Jylha

February 1, 2021January 31, 2021 John HaseltineAlbum Reviews

February 2021 February 5th, 2021 / Nuclear Blast Records Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Without a doubt, when the name Korpiklaani comes up in a conversation or print, we all know them as the Finnish masters of folk metal. They do it well and like no others…

Finnish thrashers Prestige inks deal with Massacre Rec

December 9, 2020 Arto LehtinenHeavy Metal / Metal News / Thrash Metal

The Finnish thrash metallers PRESTIGE, feat vocalist/bassist Aku Kytölä, guitarists Jan “Örkki” Yrlund(Imperia, Satyrian, ex-Ancient Rites and ex-Lacrimosa) & Ari Karppinen and drummer Matti “Matson” Johansson (ex- Korpiklaani ), will release a new digital single entitled “Exit” on the 15th of December. The single can be pre-ordered and -saved from…

Interview with SATAN’S FALL

December 2, 2020 Metal-Rules.com UK TeamInterviews

Interview by Jack Merry www.facebook.com/SatansFall satansfall.bandcamp.com www.hrrecords.de www.facebook.com/hrrecords We were lucky enough to have a chat with Miika Kokko and Tomi Mäenpää of Finnish heavy metal band SATAN’S FALL about their brand new debut album ‘Final Day,’ the ongoing global pandemic, what TV they’ve been enjoying, and everything else in-between!

N.N.S (National Napalm Syndicate) – the old school thrash metal from Finland

November 14, 2020November 14, 2020 Arto LehtinenHeavy Metal

INTERVIEW WITH THE FINNISH THRASH METAL N.N.S (National Napalm Syndicate) / NIKO KARPPINEN & JUKKA KYRÖ N.N.S known as National Napalm Syndicate being is the first generation band of the Finnish thrash metal scene from the ’80s. The band has undergone up and down hills and been on hiatus. In…

Agarwaen – Dottore I

March 1, 2020March 1, 2020 Metal-Rules.com UK TeamAlbum Reviews

Review Date: March, 2020 Released: 2020 Rating: 3.5/5 Review by: Pete Mutant Agarwaen is a project spearheaded by Pauli “Vryko” Hodju which was born from an older band which was joined by Janne Suhonen called Shathanas back in 2005. This Shathanas band had one focus which was ‘Christmas Black Metal’ …