Tuska After-Parties 2026

Name: Tuska After-Parties 2026
Start: 2026-06-26T22:00:00+03:00
End: 2026-06-28T23:59:00+03:00
Location: On The Rocks ja Lepakkomies

took place · 26 Jun 2026

On The Rocks ja Lepakkomies, Helsinki

club party

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Tuska's official after-parties run throughout the festival weekend at On The Rocks and Lepakkomies. Tickets are available at the door if spaces remain. Tuska wristbands are checked at the door when purchasing tickets - wristband holders get discounted tickets both in advance and at the door.

ON THE ROCKS
Entry fee 3.80 €. Set times on event day: www.rocks.fi/tapahtumat

Fri 26.6.2026 - Waltari, Kosto, Pittsburgh Sam's Witching Hour Club
Tickets in advance from 13 € / at door 15 €
With Tuska wristband in advance from 7.77 € / at door 10 €

Sat 27.6.2026 - Cumbeast, I, Cursed, Unleash Hell: DJ Larsen1c
Tickets in advance from 13 € / at door 15 €
With Tuska wristband in advance from 7.77 € / at door 10 €

Sun 28.6.2026 - Amberian Dawn (album release), Dark Sarah, Hevidisko DJs Mikke The Flamer & Veneenkansi
Tickets in advance from Tiketti 23 € / at door 25 €
With Tuska wristband in advance from 12 € / at door 15 €

On The Rocks is accessible for people with mobility limitations. The venue has stairs and thresholds, but staff assist with lift access to the basement club. Companions enter free with the same ticket as the person they are assisting. More information: https://www.rocks.fi/info

LEPAKKOMIES
Entry fee 3.00 €. Companions enter free with the same ticket as the person they are assisting.

Fri 26.6.2026 - Emodisko
Tickets in advance from Tiketti 12 € / at door 14 €
With Tuska wristband in advance 9.99 € / at door 12 €

Sat 27.6.2026 - Henri Seger & Viikonloppusoturit DJ's play Iron Maiden
Free entry (entry fee 3 €)

Sun 28.6.2026 - SLÆR plays SLAYER
Tickets in advance from Tiketti 10 € / at door 12 €
With Tuska wristband in advance 7.77 € / at door 10 €

Line-up

Kosto
Pittsburgh Sam's Witching Hour Club
I
Cursed
Unleash Hell
DJ Larsen1c
Mikke The Flamer
Veneenkansi
Emodisko
Henri Seger & Viikonloppusoturit
SLÆR

About: Waltari

Forty years in, Waltari still play by their own rules - metal, rap, electronics and funk tangled together in a live show that rarely goes where you expect. The 2025 album Nations' Neurosis marks a new chapter, and the band is touring it across Finland and Europe.

Studio albums released (1991-2025)

Peak position on Finnish album chart (Big Bang, 1995)

Peak position on Finnish singles chart ('Atmosfear', 1995)

What's new

2025-05
Waltari released their thirteenth studio album Nations' Neurosis on 16 May 2025 via Metalville Records.
2025-03
The band released the single 'Murder Plot' with a music video ahead of the Nations' Neurosis album.
2025-09
Waltari announced a '30 Years of Big Bang' tour with dates in Joensuu, Oulu and Helsinki in September 2025, alongside European festival appearances.

Tour

JoensuuOuluHelsinkiDüsseldorfRüsselsheimFruncéPraha

Tracks

Atmosfear1995 single from Big Bang, peaked at #6 on Finnish charts

The Stage1995 single from Big Bang, reached Finnish top 20

So Fine!1994 collaboration album with Joik group Angelit, landmark crossover release

Big Bang1995 album, #7 on Finnish charts, international breakthrough

Nations' Neurosis2025 studio album, 13th full-length, released via Metalville Records

Recent shows

Jun 26, 2026 On the Rocks, Helsinki (FI)
Mar 20, 2026 Palác Akropolis, Prague
Jan 10, 2026 Kerubi, Joensuu (FI)

About: Amberian Dawn

Founded in Helsinki in 2006, Amberian Dawn pair thundering metal guitars with full orchestral arrangements across ten studio albums. Their ABBA cover 'Lay All Your Love on Me' became a viral hit, and the band now enters a new chapter with Swedish-English vocalist Nicole Willerton and the album 'Temptation's Gates' (June 2026).

9.75M

Spotify streams - 'Lay All Your Love on Me' (ABBA cover)

92.5K

Spotify monthly listeners

2.7M

Spotify streams - 'Valkyries' (2013 version)

91K

Last.fm listeners

What's new

2026-06-26
Amberian Dawn released their eleventh studio album 'Temptation's Gates' via Napalm Records - the first album to feature new vocalist Nicole Willerton.
2026-04-21
The band released the second single from 'Temptation's Gates', titled 'The Vision of Dreaming'.
2026-03-24
Amberian Dawn announced the departure of longtime vocalist Capri Virkkunen and introduced Swedish-English singer Nicole Willerton as her replacement.

Tracks

Lay All Your Love on MeABBA cover, nearly 10M Spotify streams - their most-streamed track

Valkyries2013 re-recorded version, 2.7M Spotify streams

Temptation's Gatestitle track and lead single from the 2026 album, first song with new vocalist Nicole Willerton

River of Tuonidebut album title track (2008), charted in Finland on release

Take a Chance - A Metal Tribute to ABBAfull ABBA tribute album (2022), spawned the band's biggest streaming hit

Recent shows

Jun 28, 2026 On the Rocks, Helsinki (FI)
Sep 24, 2023 Tapper, Tallinn (EE)
Sep 23, 2023 Melnā Piektdiena, Riga (LV)

About: Dark Sarah

Heidi Parviainen's lyric soprano leads this Kerava-born band through five albums of story-driven cinematic metal, each one a chapter in an ongoing fantasy saga released on Napalm Records.

38.7K

Spotify monthly listeners

Studio albums released, all fan-crowdfunded

What's new

2025
Dark Sarah played a headline show at On The Rocks in Helsinki in 2025, one of their rare live appearances.
2024-ongoing
The band is working on their sixth studio album, following up 2023's Attack of Orym.
2023-01
Fifth studio album Attack of Orym was released on 27 January 2023, again fully crowdfunded on Indiegogo.

Tracks

Behind the Black Veildebut album (2015), first part of The Chronicles trilogy

The Golden Moththird album (2018), concluding chapter of The Chronicles trilogy

The Puzzlesecond album (2016), middle part of The Chronicles trilogy

Grimfourth album (2020), opening a new story arc on Napalm Records

Attack of Orymfifth album (2023), continues the Grim storyline with synth-pop and 80s retro influences

Recent shows

Jun 28, 2026 On the Rocks, Helsinki (FI)
Sep 25, 2025 Vaunusali, Helsinki (FI)
Sep 24, 2025 Olympia-kortteli, Tampere (FI)

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