Tales From The Underground
Tales From The Underground
Artist: Azatoth Country: Finland Label: Extremely Rotten Productions Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2026 The Finnish Death Metal band Azatoth has come a long way. The band was formed by musicians who were around 14 and 15…
Artist: Rapid Country: Finland Label: Dying Victims Productions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 After a handful of short players, Finnish band Rapid have finally released their debut album after being around for over ten years. Anyone who has followed…
Artist: Hail Conjurer Country: Finland Label: Bestial Burst / Crypt Of The Wizard / Into Endless Chaos Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 This Finnish one-man band is certainly not one where you have to wait long for new…
Artist: Archgoat Country: Finland Label: Debemur Morti Productions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 I’ll have to admit that I was somewhat surprised to find out that it’s already five years ago since Archgoat released their previous full-length album ‘Worship…
Artist: Vināyakas Country: Finland Label: Wolfkult Religion Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2026 A couple of key musicians that become the face of a genre: that certainly can be said for a country like Finland, with iconic musicians like Shatraug, Werwolf…
Artist: Flame Country: Finland Label: Primitive Reaction Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 Flame fans are always called upon to be patient. This Finnish band isn’t exactly known for its brisk pace of work; there are usually many years between the few releases…
When I first encountered Mausoleum Gate, it was with the release of their ‘Obsessed By Metal’ 7“ EP. I saw it in the Iron Bonehead Records shop and picked it up out of curiosity – back then, 7” singles were…
Artist: Kurjuus Country: Finland Label: Self-Released Formats: CDR Year: 2026 ‘Uneen Eksynyt’ is already the second full-length release that the prolific Finnish one-man band Kurjuus has unleashed on us this year. Yet in almost every conceivable respect, this release is…
Artist: Moonfall / Cult Of Eibon Country: Finland / Freece Label: Medieval Prophecy Records Formats: Split LP / Split CD Year: 2026 Although the brief text accompanying this split mentions that it follows in the tradition of classic, cult split…
Artist: Necro Ritus Country: Finland Label: Wolfkult Religion Formats: Demo tape Year: 2026 ‘Born by Evil Blood’ combines the ‘Beast Unleashed’ and ‘Temple of Fornication’ demos, the first two Necro Ritus releases, onto one Cassette. This band was spawned in…
Artist: Chamber Of Unlight Country: Finland Label: Werewolf Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 That a new Chamber of Unlight album was inbound comes as no surprise, as the band already teased a new track in 2023 in the…
Artist: Sadistic Evil Country: Finland Label: Wolfkult Religion Formats: Demo tape Year: 2026 Sadistic Evil is one of the many outlets of Behemoth, a gentleman that has made his mark on Finnish Black Metal since 1991 in bands such as…
Artist: Witchcraft / BlackStream Country: Finland / Italy Label: WolfKult Religion Formats: Split 12” LP Year: 2026 Capping off a set of Witchcraft releases on WolfKult Religion is ‘House of Sacrilege’, a split release that was already launched in January…
Artist: Kerkerengel Country: Finland Label: Wizard’s Hat Publications Formats: Cassette tape Year: 2026 It’s been a year since the latest Warmoon Lord record surfaced, but main man Lord Vrăjitor did not waste time since to revisit one of his more…
Artist: Kalmankantaja Country: Finland Label: Wolfspell Records Formats: CD Year: 2026 Recent years have marked a rather diverse soundscape for Kalmankantaja, continuously enriching their atmospheric Black Metal discography with ever-expanding escapades towards Doom Metal territories. But while that always felt…
Artist: Primordial Gate Country: Finland Label: Forest Gloom Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 Primordial Gate is a new solo-project by Yöpyöveli, who has gained a bit of traction in the underground Black Metal scene with his other project Bronze Hall, but is also active…
Artist: Talvi Country: Finland Label: Forest Gloom Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 From Finnish, “Talvi” translates to “Winter”, a very befitting name for a band from Finland, a country known for its harsh winter. Therefore it shouldn’t come as a surprise that there’s two bands…
Artist: Black Rock Country: Finland Label: Planet Of Judgement Records Formats: CD Year: 2026 Behind this band, with the rather uninspiring name Black Rock, lies a duo who, in this line-up, have been regularly unleashing their primitive-style Black Metal upon the world since 2012. Although…
Artist: AntiHuman Industries Country: Finland Label: W.T.C. Productions Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 Behind the moniker of AntiHuman Industries is a line-up that would make the average adorer of the Finnish Black Metal scene salivate. On vocals we find…
Artist: Morgal Country: Finland Label: Werewolf Records Formats: LP / Cassette tape / CD Year: 2026 I thoroughly enjoyed the over the top ferocity and speed on Morgal’s ‘Nightmare Lord’, the band’s debut full-length released in 2021 on Werewolf Records.…
Artist: Veitsi Country: Finland Label: River Valley Cult Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 Anyone who regularly visits these pages has likely come across Veitsi before. Not counting the other projects and bands associated with Veitsi, this is already the seventh time we’ve dedicated a few…
Artist: Doedsvangr Country: Norway / Finland / France Label: Soulseller Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 Gehenna, Mayhem, Sargeist, Horna, Tsjuder, Nordjevel and Aosoth: it’s just a fraction of the impressive resume of bands that the members of Doedsvangr…
Artist: Diabolical Vengeance Country: Finland Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Demo Year: 2026 I don’t know who lies behind the pseudonyms Pyromaniak and Decimator, but together they form the new Finnish duo that, under the name Diabolical Vengeance, is making its mark on the slowly…
Artist: Kerzenlicht / Kirous Country: Finland Label: Signal Rex Formats: Split CD Year: 2026 Manifesting themselves as a prominent new home for Finnish Black Metal, Signal Rex once agains brings two bands from the land of the thousand lakes together.…
Artist: Sorgetid / The True Werwolf Country: Finland Label: Narbentage Produktionen Formats: Split 10″ EP / Split Tape Year: 2026 Under the title “We Spit On The Flower Of Life”, two Finnish Black Metal bands pay tribute to transience and melancholy. And…
Artist: Mephistophelian Altar Country: Finland Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Demo Year: 2025 On the very last day of 2025, this new Finnish occult sounding Black Metal band self-released this demo in digital form. For certain reasons, I held off on…
Artist: Sokeus Country: Finland Label: Breath Of Pestilence Formats: CD Year: 2026 With a number of new releases already in the bag, both with Veitsi and Krucifixion Woods, it’s now time for new material from M.K.’s Sokeus. ‘Ekpyrosis’, released in…
Artist: Abbashaitan Country: Finland Label: Consumed By The Flames Productions Formats: CD Year: 2026 When I reviewed the ‘Sorceritual’-demo tape from last year I already wrote that the previous two demos slipped under my radar when they were released in…
Artist: Black Cum Country: Finland Label: Unpure Records Formats: Cassette Tape Year: 2026 With Black Cum, Niko “Behemoth” Thomasson (known for his work in and relation with such acts as Cursed Penetrator, Aske, Necro Ritus, Sadistic Evil and Azazel) explores the most foul regions…
Artist: DET Country: Finland Label: Cruel Gates Records / Dying Victims Productions / Headsplit Records Formats: LP / Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2025 While DET is not quite a very appealing name for a band, it stands for “Destructive…
Artist: Cadaveric Incubator / Cardiac Arrest Country: Finland / USA Label: Extremely Rotten Productions Formats: Split 7″ EP Year: 2026 To mark their joint European tour, Extremely Rotten Productions is releasing this split 7″ EP on which both bands perform two songs each, which, to…
Artist: Sammas’ Equinox Country: Finland Label: Breath of Pestilence Formats: CD Year: 2025 ‘Pohjanheimo’ is the second album by Sammas’ Equinox, a band from Finland that amongst others harbours members of Blood Red Fog, Moon Oracle, Caestus and Nécropole (live).…
Artist: Nachtgnawer Country: Finland Label: Purity Through Fire Formats: CD EP Year: 2026 Nachtgnawer managed to heavily impress me so far, both with their ‘Eternal Curse of the Blood’ Demo and ‘Unholy Vampyric Supremacy’ collaboration EP with Wulfseer. There are…
Artist: Dødmoon Country: Finland Label: Signal Rex Formats: Demo tape / Demo CD Year: 2026 With pulsating pace and rasping vocals Dødmoon kicks off its first release ‘Demø MMXXV’. These Finns mean business with Black Metal in the Scandinavian style.…
Artist: Vargrav Country: Finland Label: Werewolf Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2026 Three years have passed since Vargrav released their third record ‘The Nighthold’. A time in which things have changed. For the band, who went from a fearsome…
Artist: Kurjuus Country: Finland Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Year: 2026 This Finnish one-man Black Metal band was founded around 2017, but it took four years before the first demo could be released. After that, however, there was no stopping him.…
Artist: Priester Country: Finland Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2025 Although many Hard Rock enthusiasts will associate the title ‘Soldier Of Fortune’ with the Deep Purple ballad and closing track of their 1974 album ‘Stormbringer’, it is also the…
Artist: Vulkan Grit Country: Finland Label: Werewolf Records Formats: CD Year: 2025 Since I’ve missed the band’s debut EP from 2023, Vulkan Grit arrived to me pretty much out of the blue with their full-length album. But since the Werewolf…
Artist: Anima Country: Finland Label: Self-released Formats: Digital Demo Year: 2025 I was first drawn to Anima through the release of their debut ‘Yllä Kaikkitietävän Tyhjyyden’, so for the right context I would recommend reading that review first. It was…
Artist: Anima Country: Finland Label: Self-released Formats: Digital Year: 2025 There’s not much to say about Anima, simply because not much is known. The band hails from Finland and consists of a single entity that goes by the name of…
Artist: Veitsi Country: Finland Label: River Valley Cult Formats: Demo Tape Year: 2026 As a fan of Veitsi’s take on the Black Metal genre, I never have to wait too long before there’s new material to wrap my ears around. ‘Fenno-Ugrilainen Yliherruus’, the band’s last…
Artist: Krucifixion Woods Country: Finland Label: River Valley Cult Formats: Cassette Tape Year: 2026 While Veitsi has enough punk vibes going on, I think Krucifixion Woods, one of the other bands of M.K., has a way stronger punk connotation. Honestly,…
Artist: Kêres Country: Finland Label: His Wounds Formats: LP Year: 2025 While Kêres amassed an impressive number of demos in the earliest years of its existence, the last few years main man Atvar has been churning out a respectable number…
Artist: Clandestine Blaze Country: Finland Label: Northern Heritage Formats: LP / CD Year: 2025 Despite the band’s rather modest start with a couple of bit too standard releases, Clandestine Blaze’s rise to underground fame started with 2002’s ‘Fist Of The…
Artist: Flail Country: Finland Label: Gramschap Formats: LP / CD Year: 2024 Despite that the band has existed since 2018, the Finnish Flail was unknown to me up til very recently. With members that are part of Kiira, Celestial Grave…
Artist: Geatkihaukr Country: Finland Label: Out Of The Dungeon Formats: CD Year: 2025 Although the band already released two demo tapes and a 7” EP through Out Of The Dungeon in 2021, 2022 and 2023 respectively, I only ran into…
Artist: Blisterous Country: Finland Label: Extremely Rotten Productions / Headsplit Records Formats: 7″ EP / Cassette EP / CD EP Year: 2025 ‘Grotesque Prosection’ is the debut EP from a new Finnish band that was released on cassette tape, CD and as a nice…
Artist: Cadaveric Incubator / Hemorrhoid Country: Finland / USA Label: Extremely Rotten Productions / Headsplit Records Formats: Split 7″ EP Year: 2025 Split 7” EP’s are basically seen in every style of extreme music, but with their roots in Punk and Hardcore it…
Artist: Gorewinter Country: Finland Label: Werewolf Records Formats: CD Year: 2025 Gorewinter is one of those bands that have been mentioned only once in a while in discussions about the early sparks that ignited the Finnish Black Metal revolution. As long…
Artist: White Rune Country: Finland Label: Hammer Of Hate Records Formats: LP / CD Year: 2025 With another gorgeous cover, it is hard to miss there’s a new White Rune album out. And in the current musical constellation that seems…