Hellsinki Metal Festival 2026: First Bands Announcement

Finland’s newest and heaviest music festival HELLSINKI METAL FESTIVAL will be back next year 7- 8.8.2026 in the Helsinki Ice Hall (Nordis). The first confirmed artists for the 2026 edition are: Swedish progressive metal band OPETH; German heavy metal legends ACCEPT; American heavy metal group BLACK LABEL SOCIETY; French retro wave artist CARPENTER BRUT; Swiss extreme metal band TRIPTYKON performing CELTIC FROST; Black metal outfit MISTHYRMING & NERGAL perform BEHEMOTH; Norwegian industrial metal band THE KOVENANT; Swedish death metal supergroup BLOODBATH; American black metal squad BLACKBRAID; Finnish black metal group HORNA; Finnish powerhouse IKINÄ & The Choir Of Hecate; Latin American nu metal band ILL NIÑO; Danish progressive metal act IOTUNN; Finnish melodic death metal band BRYMIR; and Swedish atmospheric black metal band WORMWOOD.

Tickets are now on sale through Tiketti, Ticketmaster and Lippu.fi