TUSKA FESTIVAL 2025: METAL, MADNESS & MOSHPITS – IN HELLSINKI!

If you can hear a low rumble building from the north, don’t worry—it’s not the apocalypse. It’s Tuska. And it’s coming for you.
Mark your calendars, metalheads – Tuska Festival is back and louder than ever. From June 27 to 29, Helsinki’s Suvilahti district will once again transform into the holy ground of headbangers, riff-lovers, and sonic rebels from all corners of the globe. And trust us: this isn’t just another festival. This is Tuska. A three-day metal mayhem, adrenaline, and unapologetic chaos.

Get ready for Tuska Festival 2025 – where distortion meets unity, and riffs reshape reality.

Because this isn’t just a festival.
It’s a statement. It’s a ritual. It’s the loudest family reunion on earth.

Photo: Jesse Kämäräinen – copyright: Tuska

THE LINEUP OF THE DAMNED (AND DIVINE)

This year’s billing is an absolute monster. Whether you’re into deathcore breakdowns, Nordic folk chants, or synth-metal chaos, there’s something here to blow your boots off – the line-up is a raging beast of its own!

Here’s who’s coming to raise hell:

In Flames – Swedish melodic death metal legends bringing the Gothenburg sound back to where it belongs: on fire.
Lorna Shore – blackened deathcore gods whose live shows feel like being summoned by demons – willingly.
Motionless In White, Knocked Loose, Kim Dracula – pure chaos, glitch, goth and groove.
Electric Callboy – chaos meets glitter, Germany’s partycore sensation is back to melt faces and start dance pits.
Powerwolf, Battle Beast, Orbit Culture, Polaris, Slaughter To Prevail, Whitechapel, Nothing More, Wind Rose, Thrown, The Halo Effect – a storm of modern metal diversity, each act loud enough to level cities.
Tarja & Marko Hietala – two iconic ex-Nightwish voices sharing the same weekend. Enough said.
Apocalyptica, Korpiklaani, Insomnium, Turmion Kätilöt, Timo Rautiainen, Mokoma, Horizon Ignited, Jiluka, Imminence, Skynd – from cello-metal to shamanic folk to brutal Finnish moshcore.
…plus underground gold like Enemies Everywhere, Royal Sorrow, Noiduin, Sorretun Voima, Sepulchral Curse, Octoploid, and Tyrantti – this year’s Tuska digs deeper and harder.
Cradle of Filth – Gothic nightmares meet symphonic fury in a theatrical metal ritual you’ll never forget.
…and many more are set to rip the stage. See the full lineup here: tuska.fi

You’ve seen them through our lens. Now go feel them on stage.

Photo: Jesse Kämäräinen – copyright: Tuska

MYTOUCHÉ CONNECTIONS

We’re stoked to highlight those Tuska names we’ve previously featured on MyTouché Blog, through interviews and killer concert shots:

Interview from the past:

Marko Hietala – raw, honest and heavy – like the music he breathes – check out our full-length interview: here

WHY TUSKA IS MORE THAN MUSIC

Tuska is a world. It’s community. It’s attitude. It’s the best kind of culture clash: body paint and bullet belts, spiked boots and smiling faces. It’s people from every corner of the globe bonding over one thing: a deep, soul-rattling love of sound.

Here’s what to expect:
Over 60 bands across 3 days
Local brews, vegan bites, and guilty pleasure snacks
Side shows, panels, merch, art & tattoo corners
Age 18+ welcome – but age doesn’t matter here. Metal is for the young, the old, and the eternally loud.

So if you’ve been craving a festival that actually shakes your soul, this is it. Get your boots, charge your horns, and dive into the pit.

Tuska isn’t just an event. It’s a statement. Are you in?

Tickets & more: tuska.fi