Finland’s Backbone Management have started their international expansion with the opening of a UK office. To date, the company – formed in 2014 by CEO Panu Piippo and head of management Antti Eriksso ...

Lemi, a southeastern Finnish municipality with a population of only 3,076, wins the Capital of Metal competition, melting hearts in the process. The race ran for most of May and June 2018. Metal bands ...

Finland has been ranked the world's happiest country for the last seven years. The country benefits from high levels of social trust and a strong connection with nature. Finnish culture also has ...

"With the world opening up, it’s time to get excited about life again. To get back to life again,” Corey Taylor previously said of the band's return to the road. "This tour is a long time coming and ...

When we headed to Finland last year to spend a cosy weekend with melancholic death metallers Insomnium, it was a spiritual awakening like no other When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Some towns are known for their berry festivals. Others for their lobsters. In Finland, a small rural community is making waves for something else: a heavy metal legacy. Finland’s long been known as ...

This week, two major rock festivals are vying for audiences in Helsinki, the new Rock the Beach event at Hietaniemi beach and the established heavy-metal festival Tuska at the old Suvilahti power ...

They’re not — they’re singing in Finnish, which is their native tongue. But this hilarious new video for their song “Rabies” — which was apparently made by Joe Barresi, who produced the band’s new ...

I like to think of myself as a pretty open-minded guy — though I don’t think anyone thinks of themselves as proudly closed-minded even if they are — but man, I cannot understand why there are still ...

She won the awards for both the best female soloist and live performer of the year. Her album Seili was also chosen as best album of the year and the best pop-rock release. Seili was also the year’s ...