In the beginning, 2021 was the year of new hopes but in the end it turned into a huge disaster again which made people pessimistic regarding the future. We, as a band also had our hard times like all fellow sufferers too but at least we had the chance to release a new album. This gained some hype around us and brought us the fake feeling of good old times. So we:... See more
- Had four summer festival shows which counts a huge number of gigs for a year nowadays
- Released ”Moonlight Rendezvous” the first music video of ’Dark Connection’ album which gained its first one million views on Youtube in less than 2 weeks after the release
- Released "One Night In Tokyo" the second music video of ’Dark Connection’ album which is our first pixel animated video
- Released "Hardcore" the third music video of ’Dark Connection’ album which couldn’t reach fans in great numbers on Youtube (with new regulations) because of its explicit content
- Released our 3rd full length album ’Dark Connection’
- Got platinum award for the great sales of ‘Berserker’ album, and Gold award for the great sales of ‘From Hell With Love’ album
- Launched a video game based on our pixel animated music video, in the style of the original arcade games
- Reached great positions with the new album on international charts (No.1 in Finland)
- Have been nominated for EMMA award, which is the Finnish Grammy; decision comes in February 2022
- Won the “Best Music Video of the Month” competition at Top Shorts festival with ”Moonlight Rendezvous” music video
- Signed merchandising deal with BRAVADO
- Announced our first headline tour in the USA for 2022 spring, which is our first ever tour over there too
- Announced an USA tour with Nightwish which will happen right after our USA headline tour
- Announced an EU arena tour with Nightwish for 2022 autumn
- Announced many big festival shows for 2022 summer, almost always for main stages or/and in headlining position
We couldn't imagine how this year could be worse than 2020 was and in the end only the new album release saved our negative feelings! To top our sorrows up, Kentaro Miura, the author of Berserk series passed away too. He had the biggest influence on Beast In Black so we dedicated our new album to him.
Our motto changed for this new situation:
“Stay strong as a beast and fight like a storm till we meet again and never give up your dreams!”
A couple of years ago, something special happened. The lovely Santa himself and his sweet Elf Girls paid a visit to a Beast In Black show to spread some magical Christmas mood. There is no better day to share this crazy (mad and insane?) memory than today on Christmas Eve.
Right before the tour with Nightwish in the USA we will do a four-week-long headlining run over there! This will be Beast In Black's first ever tour in the USA!
Special guests: Seven Kingdoms and Striker
04.07.2022 🇺🇸 ORLANDO, FL - The Haven
04.08.2022 🇺🇸 TAMPA, FL - Orpheum... See more
04.09.2022 🇺🇸 ATLANTA, GA - The Masqurerade
04.11.2022 🇺🇸 DALLAS, TX - Amplified Live
04.12.2022 🇺🇸 SAN ANTONIO, TX - The Rock Box
04.14.2022 🇺🇸 MESA, AZ - Nile Theater
04.15.2022 🇺🇸 ANAHEIM, CA - The Parish
04.16.2022 🇺🇸 SANTA CRUZ, CA - The Atrium at Catalyst
04.18.2022 🇺🇸 PORTLAND, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
04.19.2022 🇺🇸 SEATTLE, WA - El Corazon
04.20.2022 🇨🇦 VANCOUVER, BC - The Rickshaw
04.22.2022 🇨🇦 CALGARY, AB - Dickens
04.23.2022 🇨🇦 EDMONTON, AB - Starlite Room
04.25.2022 🇺🇸 SALT LAKE CITY, UT - Metro
04.26.2022 🇺🇸 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - The Black Sheep
04.27.2022 🇺🇸 LAWRENCE, KS - Granada Theater
04.29.2022 🇺🇸 MINNEAPOLIS, MN - The Fine Line
04.30.2022 🇺🇸 JOLIET, IL - The Forge
05.01.2022 🇺🇸 CLEVELAND, OH - Beachland Ballroom
05.02.2022 🇺🇸 DETROIT, MI - El Club
With a heavy heart we inform you, we pushed it until there was the smallest chance to make our November/December tour happen, but the new regulations in some countries made it impossible. ... See more
02.03.2022 🇸🇪 STOCKHOLM - Fållan
03.03.2022 🇸🇪 GOTHENBURG - Trädgårn
06.03.2022 🇳🇱 TILBURG - 013
07.03.2022 🇩🇪 OBERHAUSEN - Turbinenhalle
09.03.2022 🇫🇮 JYVASKYLA - Lutakko
10.03.2022 🇫🇮 TAMPERE - Pakkahuone
11.03.2022 🇫🇮 TURKU - Logomo
12.03.2022 🇫🇮 HELSINKI - Radio Rock Cruise
14.03.2022 🇩🇪 HAMBURG - Gruenspan
15.03.2022 🇩🇪 HANNOVER - Capitol
16.03.2022 🇩🇪 STUTTGART - LKA Longhorn
17.03.2022 🇫🇷 LYON - CCO
19.03.2022 🇨🇿 ZLIN - Masters Of Rock Cafe
20.03.2022 🇭🇺 BUDAPEST - Barba Negra
21.03.2022 🇦🇹 VIENNA - Arena
Your tickets will be valid for these new dates too!
Some of the shows could not be replaced and the tickets will be refunded at your ticket sales point!
Dark Connection reached super good positions on international charts!
Thank you for still supporting bands with buying their albums, it's a great help for everyone of us indeed!
What could be better than spending one night in Tokyo? That’s right, nothing!
Join us in our new video game inspired by the most epic beat ‘em up games of all times and help us fight our way through the futuristic dreamscapes of mesmerizing and exciting Tokyo.
If you’re with us, you better buckle up for a manic ride on the savage Beast!... See more
Check out what the developer Claudio Cimini says about it:
“The Beast In Black – One Night In Tokyo game has been created within a month of hard work and development in collaboration with Brillantina Moretti for the visual design. My idea is always to create something that gives a feeling of an original arcade video game, in this case, a beat 'em up kind of style such as Streets of Rage, Final Fight and more with some clear reference to it. All sprites, assets, animations and development were made by us trying to replicate the look and play-ability of these masterpieces adapting them to the style of the BIB music video. The result is new version of a classic arcade game that hopefully gives you the right vibe and mood to listen to this awesome track and watch the video. It has been an honor for us to have worked on this project, thank you!"
Welcome to the next century. Dark connections and prohibited pleasures is the name of this ultimate game, a reality within reality. Some things are just too irresistible not to taste, even when it's your own life that is at stake.... See more
Time has come to reveal the naked truth and face the judgment. What you're about to witness is the result of an unapologetic and unforgiving vision inspired by the mind bending works of Hajime Sorayama and raw cyberpunk animes of the 90's, namely, 'AD Police Files: The Phantom Woman'.
For your pleasure, or your slight, we present you: 'HARDCORE'!
01. Blade Runner
02. Bella Donna
03. Highway To Mars
04. Hardcore
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05. One Night In Tokyo
06. Moonlight Rendezvous
07. Revengeance Machine
08. Dark New World
09. To The Last Drop Of Blood
10. Broken Survivors
11. My Dystopia
12. Battle Hymn (Manowar cover)
13. They Don't Care About Us (Michael Jackson cover)
Almost exactly 2 years after the announcement of our first tour in North America which never happened due to Covid19, we are now happy to inform you we will be sharing the stage with Nightwish in the spring of 2022 over there! ... See more
04.05.2022 🇨🇦 TORONTO – History
06.05.2022 🇨🇦 MONTREAL – M-Telus... See more
07.05.2022 🇺🇸 LOWELL – Tsongas Center
08.05.2022 🇺🇸 NEW YORK – Terminal 5
10.05.2022 🇺🇸 SILVER SPRING – The Fillmore
12.05.2022 🇺🇸 CHICAGO – Radius
13.05.2022 🇺🇸 ST. PAUL – The Fillmore
15.05.2022 🇺🇸 DENVER – Mission Ballroom
18.05.2022 🇺🇸 SAN FRANCISCO – The Warfield
20.05.2022 🇺🇸 LOS ANGELES – The Wiltern
21.05.2022 🇺🇸 LOS ANGELES – The Wiltern
What could be better than spending one night in Tokyo? That’s right, nothing. If this hyper uplifting and max powered heavy metal hybrid of italo disco and eurobeat doesn’t get you electrified and flying through the futuristic dreamscapes of mesmerizing and exciting Tokyo, then you’re just not crazy, mad and insane enough for a journey where only Beast In Black can take you. If you’re with us, you better buckle up for a manic ride on the savage Beast!
Moonlight Rendezvous is a massive dark cyberpunk love story that marks a brave new turn in Beast In Black’s journey. It felt like a mission impossible to capsulize a story worth a full length feature film into six minutes without making it feel like a trailer, and still make total sense when you put all the pieces together.... See more But as always, the bigger the challenge the more it feeds our ambition and excitement, hence we knew we must do this! That’s the way of the Beast. And we all can easily agree that no one was as driven as our multi-talented director Katri Ilona Koppanen, who didn’t only make an extraordinary video for Beast In Black which we couldn’t be more proud of, but also her brilliant debut as a director.
We are happy to announce that we will release our new album Dark Connection on October 29th via Nuclear Blast, and to reveal the amazing album cover artwork by talented Roman Ismailov!... See more
"Enter cyberpunk. Flying cars, sprawling metropolis, valleys of neon lights, emotionless killers, gynoids, femmes fatales, shadowy characters, lethal lust, forbidden passion, love larger than life, space travel... All this and much more is what 'Dark Connection' holds within. Such cyberpunk animes as Armitage III, Cyber City Oedo 808, AD Police, Battle Angel Alita and Bubblegum Crisis have essentially served as sources of inspiration, as well as the immortal classic film by Ridley Scott; Blade Runner. And as always, a Beast In Black album wouldn't be a Beast In Black album without a heavy impact of Berserk, the manga and anime creation of Kentaro Miura. Sadly, the beloved author passed away while we were still making this album. Thus, 'Dark Connection' is dedicated to Kentaro Miura."
We are all immensely saddened and devastated by your untimely passing. It feels like the Eclipse has descended upon us. In my journey, as a person and as an artist, your influence has been beyond great, it has resonated in the deepest parts of my humanity. ... See moreThe story of Beast In Black would not have even commenced without Berserk, your immortal creation.
But now, with even more conviction, we will do our best in honoring your memory by never ceasing to create songs about Berserk. You will be greatly missed. Rest in peace and arigato. -Anton
”Throughout my life, the moments, and people who have defined me… they have all been illuminated by sparks.” - Guts
Hard to recall any good moments in 2020 from the band’s perspective.
However, it could have been worse, like for all those bands which released their new album in spring when this nightmare just started.... See more They didn’t get the chance to present it to their fans or to gather new ones with it. Or others had to stop their tour in the middle of it when clubs closed down. So we were on the lucky side if we look at this side of the coin.
For this year we planned to record the 3rd Beast In Black album, maybe even to release it if we are fast enough with the production. We planned to have our first tour in the USA, our first shows in Mexico and some festivals in headlining position for the first time.
We understood invisible powers rule the world nowadays which made us to change our motto to fit it better to the recent situation: “We are made of metal and nothing can kill us!”
So once it is possible, we are back to you with a kickass new album and with magical live shows around the world! Take it as a promise ;)
We are very happy to inform you about our cooperation with Bravado, which is one of the biggest merchandising companies in the world!
You can find our latest merch & music in our new store from now on!
Not easy to say any wise words in these dark times so just let us silently announce our upcoming European Tour for November/December 2021!
Although it's still far away, we hope that everybody who reads these lines now will be able to attend the shows in his/her best health!
That's our wish for 2021!
Atte Palokangas became official Tama Artist today!
Atte commented:
"I've never owned a Tama drum kit, so I've always been more or less secretly in love with Tama stuff. Finally I'm out of the closet! Officially a Tama artist! It feels like returning home, home that I never even had!"
2019 was a magical year that brought some huge milestones in our lives, we:
- Released "DIE BY THE BLADE" the first lyric video of ‘From Hell With Love’ album which quickly turned into one of our most successful lyric videos on Youtube... See more
- Released our 2nd full length album 'From Hell With Love'
- Released the 2nd official music video "FROM HELL WITH LOVE" from the self-titled album
- Finished our first headline tour which reached 7 countries and 21 out of 31 shows were SOLD OUT
- Went back to Japan to play several shows, but first time as a headliner
- Hit the stages of the biggest summer festivals like Sweden Rock, Graspop, Bang Your Head, Summer Breeze etc.
- Played our first North-American show at Heavy Montreal festival, Montreal, Canada
- Did our first shows in Russia straight as a headliner
- Have been nominated for Music Moves Europe Talent Awards; decision comes in January 2020
- Did our first tour in the UK as a special guest for Gloryhammer. 6 out of 8 shows were SOLD OUT
- Finished the 2nd leg of our first headline tour which this time reached 12 countries and 8 out of 19 shows were SOLD OUT
- Released "CRY OUT FOR A HERO" live music video from the new album
- Atte signed endorsement deal with Sihi cymbals
- Have been nominated for EMMA Gaala in "Best Metal Album" category
- Reached 10 million views on Youtube for "BORN AGAIN" lyric video in exactly 2 years
- Got our first golden record for the Finnish sales of 'Berserker' album
- Played our first Arena show for 4500 fans with stage decoration and pyro in Icehall Arena, Helsinki, Finland
- Announced our performance at Wacken Open Air festival in 2020
- Announced a short arena tour in Russia as special guests for Nightwish in May 2020
- Announced our first tour in the North-American continent including 30 shows as special guests for Hammerfall on their “Dominion" tour in the autumn of 2020
- Announced our first concert in Mexico at Dominion festival, Mexico City in May 2020
- Announced some big festival shows for 2020 summer and more announcements are constantly on their way…
To be honest, we couldn't exactly imagine how to top our previous year, but by the looks of it, we somehow managed to do it in every possible aspect!
The motto is unchanged:
As long as you are with us, we can get stronger and stronger year by year!
In 2020 we will leave our footprints in some untamed lands and spread our wings as widely as we can, to reach as many fans as it’s just humanly possible. We have already started the preparations for the 3rd Beast In Black album. If everything goes according to the plans, we can proudly release it by the end of the year.
Looks like 2020 certainly promises adventures, so: let’s enjoy the ride together!
Thanks for your support people! Rock on, cheers!
Atte, Kasperi, Mate, Anton, Yannis
We truly can't thank you enough for this magical night. Now we now how it feels to play in front of 4500 true fans!
This night was definitely a milestone in the history of Beast In Black, and now with your great support we are ready to face the new challenges and adventures!
Atte Palokangas announces cooperation with Sihi cymbals!
"It was a long wait but finally had my cymbal set up with Kaaos, Kaski and Sysi series cymbals. These things are just beautiful, musical and fit perfectly to my playing style! I've only good things to say about Centent cymbals, they do awesome stuff as well. But this was just something that was meant to happen. Check these cymbals out! You won't regret!"
During our recent From Hell With Love tour, Damien of Dust In Mind came to us and offered to record our show in Strasbourg in order to make a live footage out of it.
The result he sent to us was way above our expectations.
His video truly shows the real power of the BEAST IN BLACK live performances!
Ibanez endorser Kasperi Heikkinen talks about his new Ibanez LA Custom Shop guitar in this video!
Kasperi comments:
"My first proper electric guitar that I ever had was an Ibanez JEM back in 1994. It was a love-at-first-sight kinda thing and therefore I have been playing Ibanez ever since and never looked back.... See more I've had the privilege to be an Ibanez endorser and collaborate with Levytukku Oy, the importer of Ibanez in Finland, for several years now. I always dreamt of having a custom guitar built for me according to my own quirks and idiosyncrasies and now that dream has finally become reality! This is the ultimate weapon and the perfect beast!"
The autumn edition of "From Hell With Love" tour ended yesterday.
So many emotions captured in 21 days, and we're truly at loss for words!
The crew, the bands, the people, the places... Music makes all that possible!
We're sad to say goodbye to to you but the Beast will stay even hungrier for more and crazier adventures!
The 2nd part of "From Hell With Love" tour kicks off tomorrow with 4 SOLD OUT and 1 upgraded shows already!
We can't wait to meet our dearest fans again and to entertain you for some hours ;)... See more
Special guests for the tour: Myrath
Special guests for Helsinki: Lordi
Long since we've been waiting to announce our first tour in North America and now is the time for that finally!
We will be special guests for Hammerfall for 5 weeks during the fall of 2020.... See more
14.09.2020 🇺🇸 WEST PALM BEACH (FL) – Kelsey Theatre
15.09.2020 🇺🇸 TAMPA (FL) – Orpheum
16.09.2020 🇺🇸 ATLANTA (GA) – The Masquerade
18.09.2020 🇺🇸 SAN ANTONIO (TX) – Rock Box
19.09.2020 🇺🇸 DALLAS (TX) – Trees
20.09.2020 🇺🇸 HOUSTON (TX) – Scout Bar
22.09.2020 🇺🇸 MESA (AZ) – Club Red
23.09.2020 🇺🇸 ANAHEIM (CA) – City National Grove
24.09.2020 🇺🇸 OAKLAND (CA) – Oakland Metro
25.09.2020 🇺🇸 PORTLAND (OR) – Hawthorne Theatre
26.09.2020 🇺🇸 SEATTLE (WA) – El Corazon
27.09.2020 🇨🇦 VANCOUVER (BC) – Rickshaw Theatre
29.09.2020 🇨🇦 CALGARY (AB) – Dickens
30.09.2020 🇨🇦 EDMONTON (AB) – The Starlite Room
02.10.2020 🇺🇸 SALT LAKE CITY (UT) – Liquid Joe’s
03.10.2020 🇺🇸 DENVER (CO) – Hermans Hideaway
05.10.2020 🇺🇸 MINNEAPOLIS (MN) – The Cabooze
06.10.2020 🇺🇸 RACINE (WI) – Rt 20
07.10.2020 🇺🇸 CHICAGO (IL) – Concord Music Hall
08.10.2020 🇺🇸 WESTLAND (MI) – Token Lounge
09.10.2020 🇺🇸 CINCINATTI (OH) – Riverfront Live
10.10.2020 🇺🇸 CLEVELAND (OH) – Agora Ballroom
11.10.2020 🇨🇦 TORONTO (ONT) – MOD Club
12.10.2020 🇨🇦 MONTREAL (QUE) – Corona Theatre
13.10.2020 🇨🇦 QUEBEC (QUE) – Imperial
15.10.2020 🇺🇸 POUGHKEEPSIE (NY) – The Chance
16.10.2020 🇺🇸 WORCESTER (MA) – The Palladium
17.10.2020 🇺🇸 NEW YORK (NY) – The Gramercy Theatre
18.10.2020 🇺🇸 PHILADELPHIA (PA) – Theatre Of Living Arts
19.10.2020 🇺🇸 SILVER SPRING (MD) – The Filmore
Beast In Black have been nominated for Music Moves Europe Talent Awards!
This could prove a great step for the band, especially if we can count on your vote.
Check out the Artists, and if Beast In Black are your thing, don't hesitate to dial in your vote.
This summer was hot again, even hotter than in last year! :)
We had 17 festival appearances and we definitely stepped forward comparing to the previous years. Not in showtimes only but also in the quality of the festivals!... See more
Now we are preparing for our first concerts in Russia as well as for another trip to Japan and after a short UK run with Gloryhammer we start the 2nd part of our "From Hell With Love" tour!
Most of the bands in the beginning of their carrier dream about playing at Wacken but only a few can make it in the end.
We are super happy to be one of these few bands especially after such a short time from the foundation of Beast In Black!
Now, more and more people are being scammed every day online.
We always highly recommend to purchase your tickets to our shows through those websites which we suggest to you!
You can find these links on our official website in the Tour section on the right side or in our Facebook Events!
Learn more by clicking this link: Scam warning!
We are excited to announce you the biggest show ever in Beast In Black's life, so far!
Since almost all of the concerts we ever did in Finnland have been SOLD OUT, we agreed to make a big event in the end of 2019 where all of our fans can gather and celebrate with us.... See more
What to celebrate? Many things, just scroll back our news or follow our socials..
But especially we wanna say a big thank to everybody with this show who supported the band to reach this level when we are able to talk about bright future! Aikamoista!
Very special Guest for this special night: LORDI
13.12.2019 🇫🇮 HELSINKI - Icehall (Beast In Black Friday)
From Hell With Love tour continues!
Our first headline tour has just ended and we understood that there is a huge interest in the band all over Europe, not only in those countries which we have visited.... See more
The great success of these 31 shows let us plan a second run for the autumn and expand it to new areas.
For this new journey Myrath come as our special guests to promote their brand new album Shehili!
29.10.2019 🇳🇴 OSLO - Vulkan Arena
30.10.2019 🇸🇪 GOTHENBURG - Trädgår'n
31.10.2019 🇩🇰 COPENHAGEN - Pumpehuset
01.11.2019 🇩🇪 HANOVER - MusikZentrum
02.11.2019 🇩🇪 COLOGNE - Live Music Hall
03.11.2019 🇳🇱 TILBURG - 013
04.11.2019 🇫🇷 PARIS - Élysée Montmartre
06.11.2019 🇫🇷 STRASBOURG - La Laiterie
07.11.2019 🇩🇪 STUTTGART - Im Wizemann (Halle)
08.11.2019 🇩🇪 SCHWEINFURT - Stattbahnhof
09.11.2019 🇩🇪 DRESDEN - Tante JU
11.11.2019 🇵🇱 WROCLAW - Pralnia
12.11.2019 🇨🇿 PRAGUE - MeetFactory
13.11.2019 🇭🇺 BUDAPEST - Barba Negra
15.11.2019 🇦🇹 GRAZ - p.p.c.
16.11.2019 🇸🇰 BRATISLAVA - Atelier Babylon
17.11.2019 🇦🇹 VIENNA - Szene
18.11.2019 🇩🇪 MUNICH - Backstage (Werk)
13.12.2019 🇫🇮 HELSINKI - Icehall
Last weekend our first headline tour had officially come to an end!
31 shows in 7 countries and all were memorable!
21 shows of this 31 were SOLD OUT; sometimes it meant 1500 people!!! It's more above our original expectations...... See more
So thanks for your support guys, it was a very important step in the band's history. Since this tour was such a big success and we couldn't visit many countries, we plan to continue...
We are happy announce our first tour in the UK and Ireland as Special Guest for Gloryhammer!
18.10.2019 🇬🇧 LONDON - Heaven
19.10.2019 🇬🇧 MANCHESTER - Club Academy
20.10.2019 🇬🇧 BRISTOL - SWX... See more
22.10.2019 🇬🇧 BIRMINGHAM - The Mill
23.10.2019 🇬🇧 NOTTINGHAM - Rescue Rooms
24.10.2019 🇮🇪 DUBLIN - Academy
25.10.2019 🇬🇧 GLASGOW - Slay
26.10.2019 🇬🇧 DUNDEE - Church
We prepared something special for our beloved fans for Valentine's Day.
Please welcome our new music video delivered with Love from the deepest pits of Hell!
01. Cry Out For A Hero
02. From Hell With Love
03. Sweet True Lies... See more
04. Repentless
05. Die By The Blade
06. Oceandeep
07. Unlimited Sin
08. True Believer
09. This Is War
10. Heart Of Steel
11. No Surrender
12. Killed By Death (Motörhead cover)
13. No Easy Way Out (Robert Tepper cover)
We proudly present you Die By The Blade lyric video, our 2nd single from the upcoming album From Hell With Love.... See more
Anton states: "Die By The Blade is one of the Berserk manga related songs on the album and apart from its very straightforward song title, the lyrics deal with a deeper issue than it might seem at first glance. Music-wise it's a definite BEAST IN BLACK style heavy metal ear-worm and Yannis's powerful and emotional all-or-nothing type of performance deserves a special mention!"
For us, 2018 was a big step ahead:
- Atte Palokangas officially joined the band on drums
- We SOLD OUT our very first headline shows in Jyvaskyla (Finland, Cap.: 530) and in Helsinki (Finland, Cap.: 900)
- Joined Rhapsody Reunion on their "20th Anniversary Farewell" tour for 5 weeks... See more
- Played a short tour in Japan for the very first time
- Participated in 18 great summer festivals
- During the summer festival season we recorded the 2nd Beast In Black album
- Atte signed endorsement deal with Centent cymbals
- Beast In Black have been nominated for Metal Hammer Awards in "Best Debut Album" category
- Supported Nightwish on their "Decades" arena tour for 6 weeks; played in front of 10 thousand people/show in average
- Reached 10 million views on Youtube for "BLIND AND FROZEN" music video in less than 14 months
- Released our 2nd music video "SWEET TRUE LIES" which gathered 770 thousand views on Youtube in 1 month
- Announced February 8, 2019 as the release date of our 2nd album "From Hell With Love"
- Announced our first European headline tour entitled "From Hell With Love tour" including 30 shows for 2019 spring
- Announced some big festival shows for 2019 summer and many more is coming soon…
Well, that’s what we call big step(s) ahead but the motto is still the same:
As long as you are with us, we are stronger and stronger year by year!
2019 will show the band’s real strength. All headline tours are always big risks, especially the very first one. Although the ticket pre-sales are surprisingly great so far and some venues are SOLD OUT already, we have to entertain the audience for longer than ever and make them feel hungry for more after the end of the shows. That’s the real challenge now but we are looking forward to it!
Thanks for your support Guys, meet soon, have fun!
Atte, Kasperi, Mate, Anton, Yannis
We were there!!!!!
The adventure ended yesterday. We are very sad at the moment, but on the other hand we are one of the happiest musicians in the world since we got the chance to participate in this marvelous tour!
Huge thanks to everybody who came to see us, and another huge thanks to Nightwish and to the whole crew for treating us so well!
As we promised, we announce more shows of From Hell With Love tour 2019 spring!
We plan to hunt across Finland and show you the real Beast in every corner!
20.02.2019 🇫🇮 TURKU - Apollo
21.02.2019 🇫🇮 JYVÄSKYLÄ - Lutakko... See more
22.02.2019 🇫🇮 TAMPERE - Pakkahuone
23.02.2019 🇫🇮 HELSINKI - The Circus
05.04.2019 🇫🇮 LAUKAA - Laukaanhovi
06.04.2019 🇫🇮 NIVALA - Tuiskula
10.04.2019 🇫🇮 KUOPIO - Henry´s Pub
11.04.2019 🇫🇮 KAJAANI - Rock House Kulma
12.04.2019 🇫🇮 KEMPELE - Zemppi Areena
13.04.2019 🇫🇮 SEINÄJOKI - Rytmikorjaamo
17.04.2019 🇫🇮 KOUVOLA - House Of Rock
18.04.2019 🇫🇮 JOENSUU - Kerubi
19.04.2019 🇫🇮 HÄMEENLINNA - Aulanko Areena
20.04.2019 🇫🇮 LAHTI - Finlandia-klubi
21.04.2019 🇫🇮 HELSINKI - Tavastia
26.04.2019 🇫🇮 VUOKATTI - Naapurivaaran lomakylä
After the huge success of Blind And Frozen, we are excited to present you our 2nd music video Sweet True Lies!
We hope you'll love it as much as the previous one!
Directed by Ville Lipiäinen and shot in Helsinki, Finland on 25 October 2018.
Mate Molnar signed endorsement deal with GV Guitars!
Mate comments:
"After working together with this great Slovakian based company for some years, we decided to create some custom made models for me. Let me introduce you this white beauty, called "Two Devils" which is, after the black "Serpent", my second bass guitar made by GV Guitars."
New dates added to our 1st European headline tour and now the first part of it is completed!
Special Guests in EU: Turmion Kätilöt
Special Guests in Tampere and Helsinki: Shiraz Lane
2nd round of this spring tour will be announced soon!... See more
20.02.2019 🇫🇮 TURKU - Apollo
21.02.2019 🇫🇮 JYVASKYLA - Lutakko
22.02.2019 🇫🇮 TAMPERE - Pakkahuone
23.02.2019 🇫🇮 HELSINKI - The Circus
27.02.2019 🇩🇪 HAMBURG - Markthalle
28.02.2019 🇩🇪 BOCHUM - Zeche
01.03.2019 🇳🇱 AMSTERDAM - Melkweg
02.03.2019 🇧🇪 VOSSELAAR - Biebob
03.03.2019 🇫🇷 PARIS - La Maroquinerie
04.03.2019 🇩🇪 FRANKFURT - Batschkapp
05.03.2019 🇩🇪 SAARBRÜCKEN - Garage
06.03.2019 🇨🇭 PRATTELN - Konzertfabrik Z7
07.03.2019 🇩🇪 NÜRNBERG - Hirsch
08.03.2019 🇩🇪 MÜNCHEN - Backstage
09.03.2019 🇩🇪 STUTTGART - Im Wizemann
10.03.2019 🇩🇪 LEIPZIG - Hellraiser
11.03.2019 🇩🇪 BERLIN - Columbia Theater
29.03.2019 🇸🇪 STOCKHOLM - Fryshuset
30.03.2019 🇸🇪 GOTHENBURG - Sticky Fingers
Can't tell you how excited we are to announce the 1st European headline tour in the band's history!
This tour will be the live presentation of the 2nd Beast In Black album!
Special Guest: Turmion Kätilöt... See more
Some more dates will be announced later!
23.02.2019 🇫🇮 HELSINKI - The Circus (other special guest on this event)
27.02.2019 🇩🇪 HAMBURG - Markthalle
28.02.2019 🇩🇪 BOCHUM - Zeche
01.03.2019 🇳🇱 AMSTERDAM - Melkweg
02.03.2019 🇧🇪 VOSSELAAR - Biebob
03.03.2019 🇫🇷 PARIS - La Maroquinerie
04.03.2019 🇩🇪 FRANKFURT - Batschkapp
05.03.2019 🇩🇪 SAARBRÜCKEN - Garage
06.03.2019 🇨🇭 PRATTELN - Konzertfabrik Z7
07.03.2019 🇩🇪 NÜRNBERG - Nürnberg
08.03.2019 🇩🇪 MÜNCHEN - Backstage
09.03.2019 🇩🇪 STUTTGART - Im Wizemann
10.03.2019 🇩🇪 LEIPZIG - Hellraiser
11.03.2019 🇩🇪 BERLIN - Columbia Theater
29.03.2019 🇸🇪 STOCKHOLM - Fryshuset
30.03.2019 🇸🇪 GOTHENBURG - Sticky Fingers
After this great summer we proudly announce you Beast In Black has been nominated for this year's Metal Hammer Awards in "Best Debut Album" category!
The ceremony takes place on Friday, September 14 in Berlin.
This summer was hot, indeed! :)
Unfortunately it ended (with a great concert in Germany) yesterday, but thanks to all of you who came to see us on any shows!
This was our very first real festival season and with 18 shows in total plus your love we felt so strong every night; and it was just perfect!
Atte Palokangas signed endorsement deal with Centent cymbals!
Atte commented:
"So, as some of you might have already noticed that I've changed my cymbals to Centent cymbals.... See more
A little bit more than 2 years I was playing with Impression cymbals but when I had a possibility to try out these Centent cymbals, it was love at the first hit!
Still, I have only the good things to say about Impression and I was really pleased to work with them for more than two years.
But now it's time for new adventures with Centent cymbals.
Can't wait tomorrow to have the first live action with these beauties!"
Thanks to all of you, you made our first headline shows unforgetable!
Both concerts have been SOLD OUT which is more than unbelievable and unexpected...
Hope you enjoyed the shows as much as we did!
We promise you we won't stop but work harder to make you happy with our music and live performance! Take it as a New Year resolution! ;)
Sami stated:
"Ladies and gentlemen, I regret to inform you that I will no longer be able to fulfill my duty as the drummer of Beast In Black.
Due to new circumstances in my life, I'm not able to take part in the upcoming shows nor tours and I feel the band, especially in its early stages, requires a drummer who will be able to give his absolute hundred percent for the band.
In addition to that, as some of you may know, I've had some issues with my left hand, making drumming sometimes extremely difficult and painful. It has something to do with the nerve system, resulting in my left hand going all numb and powerless - much like the tennis elbow. This would constantly make it hard for me to rehearse and eventually slow the band down.
Let me continue by saying there was and will not be any bad blood between me and the rest of the band. I love all the guys in the band and wish them all the best with their future endeavors.
Without further ado, please give a warm welcome for Mr. Atte Palokangas, the new drummer of BIB. He is an absolute BEAST of a drummer and a perfect fit for the band."
Atte commented:
"I'm honored, excited and thankful for this opportunity! I can't wait for the future adventures with the guys!"
For us, 2017 was an unforgettable year:
- We signed with Nuclear Blast Records, the best metal label in the world
- Released our very first music video "BLIND AND FROZEN" which has more than 2,2 million views already in less than 4 months... See more
- Agreed with Till Dawn They Count Ltd in a management deal
- Released our debut album 'Berserker'
- Signed booking deal with Contra Promotion GmbH and Fullsteam Agency
- Went on tour with Wasp although it ended sooner than expected
- Supported Beyond the Black in Germany for 2 weeks; we had nice memories and had a great time together, which made the band's spirit even stronger.
- Announced tons of summer festivals for 2018 and a short Japan run.
- Announced a tour for spring supporting the reunioned Rhapsody...
Well, can we expect better for next year? YES, of course!!!!
As long as you are with us, we are stronger and stronger year by year. 2018 will be a MURDER for us (as our management says)
Some great things are not announced yet, but be sure, we will go everywhere we can to unleash the Beast!
So thanks for your support Guys, meet soon, have fun!
Atte, Kasperi, Mate, Anton, Yannis, Sami
We can’t tell how honoured we are for getting the chance to participate in Rhapsody’s 20th anniversary Farewell tour!
They are the pioneers of the symphonic power metal and influenced a whole generation. Seems to be a great adventure to support them in next spring!
17.02.2018 🇮🇹 Bologna - Zona Roveri
18.02.2018 🇮🇹 Treviso - New age... See more
19.02.2018 🇮🇹 Rome - Orion
20.02.2018 🇮🇹 Milan - Alcatraz
21.02.2018 🇩🇪 Freiburg - Crash
23.02.2018 🇳🇱 Eindhoven - Effenaar
24.02.2018 🇧🇪 Antwerp - Trix
26.02.2018 🇬🇧 London - Islington Academy
28.02.2018 🇳🇱 Leeuwarden - Neushoorn
01.03.2018 🇩🇪 Bochum - Zeche
02.03.2018 🇩🇪 Hamburg - Grünspan
04.03.2018 🇸🇪 Stockholm - Fryshuset
06.03.2018 🇵🇱 Warsaw - Proxima
08.03.2018 🇭🇺 Budapest - Barba Negra Club
09.03.2018 🇨🇿 Zlin - Masters Of Rock Café
10.03.2018 🇸🇰 Zvolen - Rates Sports Hall
11.03.2018 🇩🇪 Regensburg - Eventhall Airport
13.03.2018 🇩🇪 München - Backstage
14.03.2018 🇩🇪 Mannheim - MS Connexion Complex
15.03.2018 🇨🇭 Pratteln - Z7
16.03.2018 🇫🇷 Paris - Trabendo
17.03.2018 🇫🇷 Toulouse - Metronium
18.03.2018 🇪🇸 Barcelona - Razzmatazz 2
20.03.2018 🇪🇸 Madrid - La Riviera
Berserker, the 1st Beast In Black album is out now!
01. Beast In Black
02. Blind And Frozen
03. Blood Of A Lion
04. Born Again... See more
05. Zodd The Immortal
06. The Fifth Angel
07. Crazy, Mad, Insane
08. Hell For All Eternity (Bonus Track - DIGI only)
09. Eternal Fire
10. Go To Hell (Bonus Track- DIGI only)
11. End Of The World
12. Ghost In The Rain
The tour is over for Beast In Black!
We did not get the treatment that we were guaranteed, so we are really sorry but we are not able to continue the W.A.S.P. tour.
Anton Kabanen and Kasperi Heikkinen talks about how Beast In Black was formed, what is behind the name and about some actual happenings around the band.
DIGI
01. Beast In Black
02. Blind And Frozen
03. Blood Of A Lion... See more
04. Born Again
05. Zodd The Immortal
06. The Fifth Angel
07. Crazy, Mad, Insane
08. Hell For All Eternity (Bonus Track - DIGI only)
09. Eternal Fire
10. Go To Hell (Bonus Track- DIGI only)
11. End Of The World
12. Ghost In The Rain
LP
Side A
01. Beast In Black
02. Blind And Frozen
03. Blood Of A Lion
04. Born Again
05. Zodd The Immortal
Side B
01. The Fifth Angel
02. Crazy, Mad, Insane
03. Eternal Fire
04. End Of The World
05. Ghost In The Rain
Ladies and gentlemen, we proudly present you our very first music video!
Directed by Ville Lipiäinen and shot in a mystic castle up in the North on 25 March 2017.
The debut album Berserker is set to be released in November 2017 and it continues in the style of Anton's previously composed works which include the first three Battle Beast albums.
And let it be mentioned that one of the essential themes on this debut is a Japanese manga and anime "BERSERK" .... See more
The album cover art deserves a special mention as well, since it marks the return of the collaboration between Anton and Roman Ismailov who was the original illustrator and graphic artist for Battle Beast.
The time is drawing near. The newborn Beast is back with a vengeance, rising from the abyss with fortitude to spew its unrivaled heavy metal fury all over the world!
The Beast is back, the BEAST IN BLACK!
International heavy metallers Beast In Black are ready to strike with might and main!... See more The band with former Battle Beast guitarist Anton Kabanen will release their debut album titled "Berserker", in November. Its cover artwork marks the return of the collaboration between Anton and Roman Ismailov who was the original illustrator and graphic artist for BATTLE BEAST. Additionally the band can proudly announce that they have signed a worldwide record deal with the famous heavy metal powerhouse Nuclear Blast. More info on BEAST IN BLACK's debut album coming soon...!
Anton Kabanen stated:
"Our wildest dreams came true when we made a deal with Nuclear Blast, the biggest and the best heavy metal label in the world! We are thrilled about our debut album release in November and besides the massive anthem-like heavy metal songs we'll promise unforgettable live shows all around the world as we unleash the "Berserker" album!"
The five-piece, Helsinki based heavy metal band BEAST IN BLACK was founded by Anton Kabanen soon after he had parted ways with BATTLE BEAST in 2015. By the end of 2015 the band played their first gig as opening act for NIGHTWISH. The making of "Berserker" was already in progress back then and it was completed in summer 2017. A deal was signed with Nuclear Blast almost immediately after the completion of the album.
"Berserker" continues in the style of Anton's previously composed works which include the first three BATTLE BEAST albums. One of the essential themes on this debut album is the Japanese manga and anime "Berserk".
BEAST IN BLACK are:
Yannis Papadopoulos - vocals
Mate Molnar - bass
Sami Hänninen - drums
Kasperi Heikkinen - guitars
Anton Kabanen - guitars, vocals
Meanwhile, we are working hard on our debut album we got an invitation to the biggest finnish metal event Tuska Festival!
This is planned to be the one and only Beast In Black show this year, so if you wanna see the band in 2016, be there!
We are proud to announce the very first Beast In Black show!
On 13 November 2015 we are going to warm up the stage for the legendary Nightwish in Espoo Arena!
Running order:
18:30 - Doors
20:15 - Beast in Black
21:30 - Nightwish
This weekend we gathered in Helsinki to meet each other for the first time, to have fun and to do some rehearsals for the first Beast In Black show which will happen on the 13th of November 2015.
So we count this weekend, more accurately the 7th of October 2015, the foundation of Beast In Black with the following members:
Yannis Papadopoulos - vocals
Anton Kabanen - guitars
Kasperi Heikkinen - guitars
Mate Molnar - bass
Sami Hänninen - drums
