Hellsinki Metal Festival

Name: Hellsinki Metal Festival
Start: 2026-08-07T13:00:00+03:00
End: 2026-08-08T23:59:00+03:00
Location: Helsingin jäähalli I

Fri, 7 Aug 2026 · 13:00 — Sat, 8 Aug 23:59 ✨ New

Helsingin jäähalli I, Helsinki

136-305€

festival party outdoor

Hellsinki Metal Festival — Helsingin jäähalli I, Helsinki

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Hellsinki Metal Festival brings together leading names in domestic and international metal over two days at the outdoor area of Helsingin jäähall on Nordis.

On Friday 7.8., the stage features Accept, Blackbraid, Black Label Society, Bloodbath, Brymir, Carcass, Carpenter Brut, Cryptopsy, Horizon Ignited, Ikinä, Mawiza, Omnium Gatherum, Sanguisugabogg, Unleashed, Vreid and Wormwood.

On Saturday 8.8., performing are Assemble The Chariots, Cyan Kicks, Eluveitie, Horna, Iotunn, Kalmah, Misphyrming, Misphyrming & Nergal performing Behemoth's Sventevith, Numento, Opeth, Orly, Paradise Lost, Sepulchral Curse, The Kovenant, Triptykon performing Celtic Frost and Tungsten.

Tickets 136-305 € from Ticketmaster. K-18.

About the festival: Hellsinki Metal Festival

4th edition

edition number

16 000

visitors in 2025 (record)

stages

2023

founded

Good to know

Runs 2 days: Fri 7 Aug - Sat 8 Aug 2026
1-day ticket from 139 EUR, 2-day standard from 199 EUR, 2-day R.I.P. (VIP) from 279 EUR
Tickets sold via Ticketmaster, Tiketti and Lippu.fi
Age limit: 18+
Re-entry allowed (except during the final hour of each day)
No camping on site - book a Helsinki hotel in advance
3 stages (2 outdoor, 1 indoor inside the ice hall)
Arrive by public transport or on foot - parking is very limited

What's new

2026-04
The full day-by-day schedule was published in late April 2026, with all ticket types on sale; single-day tickets start at 134.50 EUR.
2026-03
The final lineup wave was announced in early March 2026, completing the bill with acts including Carcass, Cryptopsy, Unleashed, and Mawiza - the festival's most geographically distant booking to date.
2026-03
For 2026 the festival announced an expanded craft brewery selection and a new tattoo area called Inkferno inside the Brutal Bazaar.
2025-11
The first artists for the 2026 edition were announced in November 2025, headlined by Opeth, Accept, and Black Label Society.

Line-up

Blackbraid
Carpenter Brut
Mawiza
Omnium Gatherum
Sanguisugabogg
Unleashed
Vreid
Wormwood
Assemble The Chariots
Cyan Kicks
Eluveitie
Horna
Iotunn
Kalmah
Misphyrming
Nergal
Numento
Orly
Sepulchral Curse
The Kovenant
Triptykon
Tungsten

About: Accept

Fifty years on, the Solingen heavy metal veterans show no sign of slowing down - Wolf Hoffmann's guitar still drives the same steel-plated sound that influenced a generation of metal bands. Their 2026 anniversary album Teutonic Titans brings together 50 guest musicians to reimagine the classics.

1M+

Spotify monthly listeners (reported early 2024)

Peak position on German Albums Chart (Too Mean to Die, 2021)

Studio albums released

Guest musicians on anniversary album Teutonic Titans 1976-2026

What's new

2026-04
Accept announced the anniversary album Teutonic Titans 1976-2026, featuring 19 reimagined classics with 50 guest musicians including Kirk Hammett, Rob Halford and Tobias Forge, due September 4, 2026 via Napalm Records.
2026-04
Accept's 2026 European tour schedule includes a festival appearance at Hellsinki Metalfest in Helsinki on August 7, as well as dates in Gothenburg, Stockholm, Paris and other cities.
2025-09
Guitarist Uwe Lulis departed Accept in September 2025, following the band's Humanoid album cycle.

Tour

HelsinkiKopervikGothenburgStockholmPilsenDesselClissonBarcelonaIstanbulSofiaWolverhamptonLondonNewarkLeipzigLingenParis

Tracks

Balls to the Wall1983 signature anthem, Accept's only US gold-certified album title track

Fast as a Shark1982 track widely cited as a forerunner of speed and thrash metal

Metal Hearttitle track of the landmark 1985 album, one of the band's biggest European hits

Blood of the Nations2010 comeback album that charted across Europe and relaunched the band's career

Humanoidtitle track of the 2024 studio album, the band's 17th

Recent shows

About: Opeth

Formed in Stockholm in 1990, Opeth have spent three decades building a catalogue that moves freely between crushing death metal and delicate acoustic prog - always on their own terms. Their 2024 concept album The Last Will & Testament brought back Åkerfeldt's signature growls and drew some of the strongest reviews of the band's career.

1M+

Spotify monthly listeners (milestone announced Dec 2024)

500M+

Cross-platform streams

1M+

Albums sold

Studio albums released (1995-2024)

What's new

2025-09
Opeth announced a February 2026 North American tour with Katatonia as support, billed as 'The Last Will and Testament North American Tour Part 2'.
2024-11
The Last Will & Testament was released on November 22, 2024 via Reigning Phoenix Music / Moderbolaget, receiving widespread critical acclaim.
2024-12
Opeth celebrated surpassing 1 million monthly listeners on Spotify following the release of The Last Will & Testament.

Tour

HelsinkiStockholmOsloCopenhagenHamburgCologneBristolLondonBirminghamManchesterGlasgowClissonBolognaHalifaxDublinUtrecht

Tracks

Blackwater ParkTitle track from the 2001 landmark album, widely regarded as the band's defining work

Ghost of PerditionLead single from Ghost Reveries (2005), one of the band's most-streamed tracks

The Drapery FallsFan favourite from Blackwater Park, blending clean and growled vocals with acoustic passages

WindowpaneCentrepiece of the all-clean-vocal album Damnation (2003); hit 30M+ Spotify streams

§1Lead single from The Last Will & Testament (2024), marking the return of Åkerfeldt's death-metal growls

Recent shows

Jun 19, 2026 Mainstage 02, Clisson (FR)
Jun 11, 2026 IFEZA - Institución Ferial de Zamora, Zamora (ES)
Feb 25, 2026 Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre, Vancouver (CA)

About: Paradise Lost

Pioneers of gothic doom metal with over three decades on stage, Paradise Lost return in 2025 with their 17th studio album Ascension - their heaviest and most ambitious work in years.

382K

Spotify monthly listeners

2M+

Albums sold worldwide (as of 2005)

18.7M+

Spotify streams - top track 'Small Town Boy'

Studio albums released

What's new

2025-09
Paradise Lost released their 17th studio album Ascension on 19 September 2025 via Nuclear Blast, produced by Gregor Mackintosh.
2025-10
The 'Ascension Of Europe Tour 2025' kicked off in Manchester on 9 October 2025, with Italian band Messa as direct support.
2025-05
Paradise Lost announced a European autumn 2025 tour with Messa, running from Manchester (Oct 9) to Antwerp (Nov 6), taking in Paris, Vienna, Budapest and more.

Tour

ManchesterWolverhamptonNewcastleGlasgowNottinghamBristolSouthamptonLondonLilleParisLyonCologneLuxembourgViennaBudapestAntwerp

Tracks

Gothic1991 album that defined the death-doom/gothic metal subgenre

Draconian Times1995 breakthrough album, over 500,000 copies sold worldwide

Icon1993 classic, re-recorded in full for its 30th anniversary in 2023

Small Town Boymost-streamed track on Spotify, 18.7M+ streams

Ascension17th studio album, released September 2025 via Nuclear Blast

Recent shows

Jul 1, 2026 Flugplatz Ballenstedt, Ballenstedt (DE)
Jun 27, 2026 Knežev Arsenal, Kragujevac (RS)
Jun 26, 2026 Festivalový areál, Spalene Porici

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