Blade Runner music video is out!

We returned to Damien Dausch, the ‘king of live video recordings’, to shoot a new music video for the opening track of our latest album, Dark Connection. His unparalleled skills place the watcher in the front row, and even on stage, while we play the explosive track ‘Blade Runner’.

Happy New Year!

2022 started in the shadow of the pandemic. International tours still got postponed, however, more and more domestic shows could happen with some restrictions and with limited audience. And the world slowly started to open up and bands could continue living their dreams. After all, this year brought a lot to the table for us, especially in visiting some new countries and continents. ... See more We:

- Embarked on a mini tour in Finland for the first live presentations of ’Dark Connection’ album.
- Did our first North American tour with 17 headline shows and with 11 supporting shows for Nightwish.
- Had 16 summer shows at big festivals like Summer Breeze, Masters Of Rock, and Rockharz - all with main stage performances.
- Had our first Latin American tour with two headline shows and six supporting shows for Nightwish.
- Bravado, our official merchandising company, launched a Beast In Black artist shop for North American territory! https://beastinblackstore.com/.
- For the one-year anniversary of Kentaro Miura’s death, we released "BROKEN SURVIVORS", the first lyric video of ’Dark Connection’ album.
- Won the “Metal of the Year” category at the 2022 Finnish EMMA-Gaala.
- Announced the three times postponed Dark Connection European Tour for 2023. 44 shows in 22 countries with Firewind as special guests.

- Announced a special event to present ’Dark Connection’ album in Japan. After New Year’s Eve we didn’t really dare to think of such a great and complete year for the band and we just hope those dreary times will never come back anymore.
We again changed our motto and actually we are going back to the motto which we used after founding the band: “The Beast is back!”
The Beast is back, stronger than ever and in 2023 we will spread our wings even wider to tame some new lands where we have never been before. So next year will be about massive touring around the world. More tours will be announced soon.

With respect and love to our persistent fans who didn’t forget us during the Covid mayhem
Atte, Kasperi, Mate, Anton, Yannis

15.05.2023 🇯🇵 TOKYO, Shibuya Club Quattro
16.05.2023 🇯🇵 TOKYO, Shinjuku Blaze

JAPAN! The Beast is coming to you for Two Nights in Tokyo, a very special run of live performances in May 2023.

Firewind will be supporting us on our Dark Connection European Tour 2023!
"We are honored to have Firewind, such a legendary band, on this long tour with us, not forgetting about the fact that they are Greek, as is our lead singer, Yannis!
We will do 44 shows together across Europe, reaching cities and countries we have never played in before. It will be one hell of an adventure!”

We've officially launched a Beast In Black TikTok page today!

Beast In Black and Contra Promotion are thrilled to announce the Dark Connection Tour 2023, a headlining run across Europe!
"After many postponed tours and hope for better times, we are happy to finally announce a headlining European tour to present our new album, Dark Connection! ... See more As we promised, all tickets purchased for the postponed dates are valid for the new shows, too. Come join the Beasts for some pure fun and joy as we slay over Europe!"

27.01.2023 🇵🇹 LISBON, Lisboa ao Vivo
29.01.2023 🇪🇸 MADRID, Mon
30.01.2023 🇪🇸 MURCIA, Garaje
31.01.2023 🇪🇸 BARCELONA, Salamandra
02.02.2023 🇪🇸 BILBAO, Stage Live
04.02.2023 🇫🇷 LYON, CCO
05.02.2023 🇫🇷 PARIS, Cigale
06.02.2023 🇫🇷 STRASBOURG, La Laiterie
07.02.2023 🇫🇷 GRENOBLE, L Ilyade
08.02.2023 🇮🇹 MILAN, Live Club
10.02.2023 🇨🇭 PRATTELN, Z7
11.02.2023 🇩🇪 MUNICH, Tonhalle
13.02.2023 🇦🇹 VIENNA, Arena
14.02.2023 🇩🇪 STUTTGART, LKA Longhorn
15.02.2023 🇩🇪 OBERHAUSEN, Turbinenhalle
16.02.2023 🇳🇱 HAARLEM, Patronaat
18.02.2023 🇧🇪 LIEGE, Reflektor
19.02.2023 🇧🇪 ANTWERP, Trix
20.02.2023 🇬🇧 LONDON, Islington Assembly Hall
21.02.2023 🇬🇧 BIRMINGHAM, O2 Institute 2
22.02.2023 🇬🇧 BRISTOL, The Fleece
23.02.2023 🇬🇧 MANCHESTER, Rebellion
24.02.2023 🇬🇧 GLASGOW, Cathouse
25.02.2023 🇮🇪 DUBLIN, Whelans
28.02.2023 🇩🇪 FRANKFURT, Batschkapp
01.03.2023 🇩🇪 HANNOVER, Capitol
02.03.2023 🇩🇰 COPENHAGEN, Amager Bio
03.03.2023 🇩🇪 HAMBURG, Gruenspan
04.03.2023 🇸🇪 MALMÖ, KB
05.03.2023 🇸🇪 STOCKHOLM, Fryshuset Klubben
06.03.2023 🇳🇴 OSLO, Vulkan Arena
07.03.2023 🇸🇪 GOTHENBURG, Trädgårn
09.03.2023 🇩🇪 BERLIN, Huxleys
10.03.2023 🇩🇪 LEIPZIG, Felsenkeller
11.03.2023 🇨🇿 ZLIN, Masters of Rock Café
12.03.2023 🇭🇺 BUDAPEST, Barba Negra
14.03.2023 🇵🇱 KRAKOW, Studio
15.03.2023 🇵🇱 WARSAW, Progresja
16.03.2023 🇸🇰 BRATISLAVA, Majestic Music Club
18.03.2023 🇷🇴 CLUJ-NAPOCA, Form Space
19.03.2023 🇷🇴 BUCAREST, Quantic Club
20.03.2023 🇧🇬 SOFIA, Hristo Botev Hall
21.03.2023 🇬🇷 THESSALONIKI, Principal Club Theater
22.03.2023 🇬🇷 ATHENS, Gagarin 205

Argentina and Chile! We've added two special evenings to our Latin American tour with Nightwish!
These are gonna be our first headlining shows over there.

13.10.2022 🇧🇷 RIO DE JANEIRO, Vivo Rio
14.10.2022 🇧🇷 SÃO PAULO, Espaço Unimed
15.10.2022 🇦🇷 BUENOS AIRES, El Teatrito (headline show)
16.10.2022 🇦🇷 BUENOS AIRES, Luna Park
18.10.2022 🇨🇱 SANTIAGO, Sala RBX (headline show)
19.10.2022 🇨🇱 SANTIAGO, Teatro Caupolican
22.10.2022 🇲🇽 MEXICO CITY, Palacio De Los Deportes
23.10.2022 🇲🇽 GUADALAJARA, Teatro Diana

Our summer festival season starts today!
16 shows in 7 different countries.

10.06.2022 🇪🇸 ZAMORA - Z! Live Rock Fest
30.06.2022 🇫🇮 SEINÄJOKI - Provinssi Festival
01.07.2022 🇫🇮 HELSINKI - Tuska Open Air
06.07.2022 🇩🇪 BALLENSTEDT - Rockharz... See more
07.07.2022 🇫🇮 TAMPERE - Sauna Open Air
08.07.2022 🇨🇿 VIZOVICE - Masters Of Rock
15.07.2022 🇫🇮 JOENSUU - Ilosaarirock
16.07.2022 🇫🇮 NIVALA - Uikon Taikaa
29.07.2022 🇫🇮 OULU - Qstock
05.08.2022 🇨🇭 BRIENZ - Brienzersee
06.08.2022 🇫🇮 JÄMSÄ - Himos Metal Festival
16.08.2022 🇫🇷 ORANGE - Orange Metalic Festival
18.08.2022 🇩🇪 DINKELSBÜHL - Summer Breeze Open Air
21.08.2022 🇨🇭 VALLAMAND - Rock The Lakes
27.08.2022 🇮🇹 MILAN – San Siro Stadium
10.09.2022 🇫🇮 HELSINKI - Radio Rock Cruise

Hardcore music video was chosen for the Berlin Music Video Awards in the Silver Screenings selection among other excellent videos. It will be screened at the festival on the 9th of June.
BMVA is one of the most well-known music video festivals, so we truly feel honoured to be part of it this year.
Here you can take a peek at the making of this video!

Our first North American tour successfully ended yesterday.
20 headline shows with some sold out venues and 11 great gigs with Nightwish. We couldn’t have wished for a better start. One thing is for sure now, the Beast will be back in North America!

It’s such an honor for Beast In Black to be named “Metal of the Year” at the 2022 Finnish EMMA-Gaala! We can’t thank you all enough for your endless support!

KENTARO MIURA 1966-2021

Today, it’s been exactly one year since the untimely passing of Kentaro Miura. Here are a few personal thoughts from Anton.
“We all hurt, we all break, we all feel sorrow and profound pain, ... See more for that’s the price of being fragile and delicate. But with this same fragility and delicacy we may open ourselves to kindness, gentleness, joy, understanding, empathy, caring, longing and love. I believe Kentaro Miura knew this very well, as he imbued his characters of Berserk with these qualities, and complex yet accessible emotional depths. He knew how to make hearts beat, and how to make souls resonate, because he could feel it. This is what made Berserk meaningful to me, and undoubtedly to many other devoted admirers as well. Hence we, Beast In Black, aimed to prepare something unique to encapsulate the warmer and gentler side of Kentaro’s humanly vulnerable characters.
With eternal love and respect for Kentaro Miura, we proudly present you: BROKEN SURVIVORS!”

Bravado, our official merchandising company, launched a Beast In Black artist shop for North American territory!

In less than two weeks we are back in Finland to wake you up from the Covid nightmare.
Brand new songs as well as some classics will be in the set!

08.03.2022 🇫🇮 HELSINKI - Tavastia
09.03.2022 🇫🇮 JYVASKYLA - Lutakko
10.03.2022 🇫🇮 TAMPERE - Pakkahuone
11.03.2022 🇫🇮 TURKU – Logomo

We will support Nightwish in Latin America in October 2022!

13.10.2022 🇧🇷 RIO DE JANEIRO, Vivo Rio
14.10.2022 🇧🇷 SÃO PAULO, Espaço Unimed
16.10.2022 🇦🇷 BUENOS AIRES, Luna Park
19.10.2022 🇨🇱 SANTIAGO, Teatro Caupolican
22.10.2022 🇲🇽 MEXICO CITY, Palacio De Los Deportes
23.10.2022 🇲🇽 GUADALAJARA, Teatro Diana

Due to reasons which everybody knows, we are forced to postpone our European tour once again. However, the Finnish dates in March still remain in our calendar; we’ll keep you up to date about these shows.
The postponed European tour will happen in the beginning of 2023, ... See more but the full routing will be announced later. Like always, your tickets are valid for these new dates and we kindly ask you to keep them, at least until we announce the new tour dates!

Happy New Year!

In the beginning, 2021 was the year of new hopes; but in the end, it turned into a huge disaster, which made people pessimistic regarding the future. We as a band also had our hard times, like all fellow sufferers, but at least we had the chance to release a new album. This gained some hype around us and brought us the feeling of “good old times”. So we:... See more

- Had four summer festival shows, which counts for a huge number of yearly gigs nowadays
- Released ”Moonlight Rendezvous”, the first music video of ’Dark Connection’ album, which gained its first one million views on YouTube in less than two weeks after the release
- Released "One Night In Tokyo", the second music video of ’Dark Connection’ album and 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’
- Achieved a 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-Gaala 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 spring 2022, which is our first-ever tour over there
- Announced a 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 summer 2022, 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!”

Heads up!
Atte, Kasperi, Mate, Anton, Yannis

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

Moonlight Rendezvous won the “Best Music Video of the Month” competition at Top Shorts festival!

We will be supporting Nightwish on their European tour in the end of 2022!

20.11.2022 🇧🇪 ANTWERP - Lotto Arena
21.11.2022 🇬🇧 LONDON - SSE Arena Wembley
22.11.2022 🇬🇧 BIRMINGHAM - Resorts World Arena
23.11.2022 🇮🇪 DUBLIN - 3Arena... See more
25.11.2022 🇩🇪 BERLIN - Max-Schmeling-Halle
27.11.2022 🇳🇱 AMSTERDAM - Ziggo Dome
28.11.2022 🇳🇱 AMSTERDAM - Ziggo Dome
30.11.2022 🇫🇷 PARIS - Accor Arena
01.12.2022 🇩🇪 DUSSELDORF - PSD Bank Dome
02.12.2022 🇱🇺 LUXEMBOURG - Rockhal
04.12.2022 🇦🇹 VIENNA - Stadthalle
05.12.2022 🇩🇪 MUNICH - Olympiahalle
06.12.2022 🇮🇹 MILAN - Lorenzini District
09.12.2022 🇩🇪 FRANKFURT - Festhalle
10.12.2022 🇩🇪 BAMBERG - Brose Arena
12.12.2022 🇩🇪 HAMBURG - Barclays Arena
13.12.2022 🇩🇪 LEIPZIG - Quarterback Immobilien Arena
14.12.2022 🇵🇱 GLIWICE - Arena
16.12.2022 🇨🇭 ZURICH - Hallenstadion
18.12.2022 🇩🇪 STUTTGART - Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
20.12.2022 🇭🇺 BUDAPEST - Sportarena
21.12.2022 🇨🇿 PRAGUE - O2 Arena

Dark Connection tour will be postponed to March 2022!

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!"

Hardcore music video is out!

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'!

Berserker reached PLATINUM status
From Hell With Love reached GOLD status
for their great sales in Finland!

Dark Connection, the 3rd Beast In Black album is out now!

01. Blade Runner
02. Bella Donna
03. Highway To Mars
04. Hardcore ... See more
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)

What`s your current Beast In Black mood?
Check out our brand new face filter to show us your current BIB mood!

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

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One Night In Tokyo music video is out!

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!

Test your Beast In Black / Berserk Manga knowledge in this quiz game and learn how the two are connected to each other!

Moonlight Rendezvous music video is out!

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.

Pre-order of Dark Connection album starts now!

Here is the updated flyer for Dark Connection tour 2021!

Special guests: Mister Mysery
Support: Nestruction

Brand new official band photo has been released today!

From left to right:

Kasperi Heikkinen - guitars
Mate Molnar - bass
Yannis Papadopoulos - vocals
Anton Kabanen - guitars
Atte Palokangas - drums

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."

For 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

Happier New Year!

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 ;)

Meet soon people, meet soon!
Atte, Kasperi, Mate, Anton, Yannis

Berserker album has been released in cassette format too today!

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!

It is not easy to say any wise words in these dark times, so just let us quietly announce our upcoming European Tour for November/December 2021!
Although it's still far away, we hope that everybody who reads this will be able to attend the shows in good health. That is our wish for 2021!

From Hell With Love album has been released in cassette format too today!

Atte Palokangas became an official Tama Artist today!
Atte commented:
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, a home that I never even had!"

Happy New Year!

2019 was a magical year that brought some huge milestones in our lives! We had so many amazing moments:

- Released "DIE BY THE BLADE", the first lyric video on the ‘From Hell With Love’ album, which quickly turned into one of our most successful lyric videos on YouTube... See more
- Released our second full length album, 'From Hell With Love'
- Released the second official music video "FROM HELL WITH LOVE" from the self-titled album
- Finished our first headline tour which reached seven countries, and 21 out of 31 shows were SOLD OUT
- Went back to Japan to play several shows, but for the first time as a headliner
- Hit the stages of the biggest summer festivals like Sweden Rock, Graspop, Bang Your Head, Summer Breeze, and more
- Played our first North American show at Heavy Montreal festival in Montreal, Canada
- Did our first shows in Russia as a headliner
- Have been nominated for Music Moves Europe Talent Awards; the decision comes in January 2020
- Did our first tour in the UK as a special guest for Gloryhammer. Six out of eight shows were SOLD OUT
- Finished the second leg of our first headline tour which this time reached 12 countries and eight out of 19 shows were SOLD OUT
- Released the "CRY OUT FOR A HERO" live music video from the new album
- Atte signed an 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 two years
- Got our first gold record for the Finnish sales of 'Berserker' album
- Played our first Arena show for 4500 fans with stage decoration and pyro in the 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 on 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 third Beast In Black album. If everything goes according to plan, 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

First show in Mexico!

01.05.2020 🇲🇽 MEXICO CITY - Domination MX festival

We really wanna spread the word all over the globe!

From Hell With Love has been nominated in EMMA Gaala's “Best Metal Album” category!

We got our first GOLD RECORD for the great sales of Berserker album in Finland!

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!"

Cry Out For A Hero tour video is out!

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 second leg of our "From Hell With Love" tour kicks off tomorrow with 4 SOLD OUT and one upgraded shows already!
We can't wait to meet our dearest fans again and entertain you for hours with true heavy metal!... See more
Special guests for the tour: Myrath
Special guests for Helsinki: Lordi

29.10.2019 🇳🇴 OSLO - Vulkan Arena
30.10.2019 🇸🇪 GOTHENBURG - Trädgår'n
31.10.2019 🇩🇰 COPENHAGEN - Pumpehuset
01.11.2019 🇩🇪 HANOVER - MusikZentrum (SOLD OUT)
02.11.2019 🇩🇪 COLOGNE - Live Music Hall
03.11.2019 🇳🇱 TILBURG - 013 (SOLD OUT)
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 - Zaklete Rewiry (UPGRADED)
12.11.2019 🇨🇿 PRAGUE - MeetFactory (SOLD OUT)
13.11.2019 🇭🇺 BUDAPEST - Barba Negra (SOLD OUT)
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

We have long been dreaming of announcing our first North American tour, and now is the time!
In the fall of 2020, we will be special guests for Hammerfall, performing 29 gigs in five weeks.... 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

Back to Russia!

And we will have concerts not only in Russia, but also our first shows in Ukraine and Belarus during this short run with Nightwish.

26.05.2020 🇷🇺 ST. PETERSBURG - A2
27.05.2020 🇷🇺 MOSCOW - Crocus City Hall
29.05.2020 🇺🇦 KYIV - Stereoplaza
31.05.2020 🇧🇾 MINSK - Falcon Club

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.

Vote here!

We proudly announce our first concert in the USA!
Let's meet exactly in 1 year!

12.09.2020 🇺🇸 ATLANTA - ProgPower USA

This summer was hot again, even hotter than last year!
We had 17 festival appearances, and we definitely stepped up compared to previous years, not only in showtimes but in festival quality!... See more
Now we are preparing for our first concerts in Russia, as well as another trip to Japan. After a short UK run with Gloryhammer, we’ll start the second part of our "From Hell With Love" tour!

Beast In Black at Wacken Open Air!

Most of the bands in the beginning of their career dream about playing at Wacken, but only a few can make it in the end.
We are thrilled to be one of these few bands especially after such a short time since 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!

The summer festival season starts today for us!

22.05.2019 🇯🇵 OSAKA - Umeda Zeela
24.05.2019 🇯🇵 TOKIO - Akabane ReNY alpha
25.05.2019 🇯🇵 TOKIO - Akabane ReNY alpha
01.06.2019 🇨🇿 PLZEN - Metalfest Open Air... See more
08.06.2019 🇸🇪 SÖLVESBORG - Sweden Rock
22.06.2019 🇧🇪 DESSEL - Graspop Metal Meeting
24.06.2019 🇭🇺 BUDAPEST - Powerwolf concert
28.06.2019 🇫🇮 SEINAJOKI - Provinssi
05.07.2019 🇪🇸 BARCELONA - Rock Fest Barcelona
12.07.2019 🇩🇪 BALINGEN - Bang Your Head
13.07.2019 🇫🇮 JOENSUU - Ilosaarirock
19.07.2019 🇫🇮 UUSIKAUPUNKI - Karjurock
20.07.2019 🇫🇮 TAMPERE - Tammerfest
25.07.2019 🇫🇮 KUOPIO - Kuopio Rock
26.07.2019 🇫🇮 OULU - Qstock
28.07.2019 🇨🇦 MONTREAL - Heavy Montreal
02.08.2019 🇫🇮 PORI - Porispere
03.08.2019 🇸🇰 SNINA - Rock pod Kamenom
09.08.2019 🇪🇸 VILLENA - Leyendas del Rock
16.08.2019 🇩🇪 DINKELSBÜHL - Summer Breeze

We try to spread the word everywhere in the world, and soon that will include Russia for the very first time. We’ll be there in September with two headlining gigs!

06.09.2019 🇷🇺 MOSCOW - Red
07.09.2019 🇷🇺 ST. PETERSBURG - Zal

We are excited to announce the biggest show ever in Beast In Black's history, so far!
Since nearly every concert we’ve played in Finland has been SOLD OUT, we agreed to make a big event in the end of 2019, in which all of our fans can gather and celebrate with us.... See more
What to celebrate? Many things! Just scroll back through our news or follow our social media accounts.
We especially want to thank everybody with this show who supported the band from the beginning; it is a great feeling and a bright future when you’re with us. 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 officially came to an end!
31 shows in seven 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 everyone; it was a very important step in the band's history. Since this tour was such a big success, and there were many countries we didn’t reach this time around, we plan to continue...

We are heading back to Japan in May for three shows, but this time as headliners!

22.05.2019 🇯🇵 OSAKA – Umeda Zeela
24.05.2019 🇯🇵 TOKYO – Akabane ReNY alpha
25.05.2019 🇯🇵 TOKYO – Akabane ReNY alpha

We proudly announce our first concert in North America!

28.07.2019 🇨🇦 MONTREAL – HEAVY MONTRÉAL

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

From Hell With Love 2019 spring tour starts today!
Many SOLD OUT shows already, which is a great success for the band's first ever headline tour!

From Hell With Love music video is out!

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!

From Hell With Love, the second Beast In Black album is out now!

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)

The Die By The Blade lyric video is out!

We proudly present you the Die By The Blade lyric video, our second 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!"

Happy New Year!

For us, 2018 was a big step forward:
- 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 five 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 second 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 six weeks; played in front of 10,000 people/show on average
- Reached 10 million views on Youtube for "BLIND AND FROZEN" music video in less than 14 months
- Released our second music video "SWEET TRUE LIES", which gathered 770,000 views on Youtube in one month
- Announced February 8, 2019 as the release date of our 2nd album "From Hell With Love"
- Announced our first European headlining tour entitled "From Hell With Love tour" including 30 shows for spring 2019
- Announced some big festival shows for 2019 summer and many more is coming soon…

Well, that’s what we call big steps forward, 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 headlining 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 you 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, meet soon, and have fun!
Atte, Kasperi, Mate, Anton, Yannis

We were there!!!!!
The adventure ended yesterday. We are sad at the moment, but on the other hand, we are some 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 even bigger 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

Sweet True Lies music video is out!

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 an 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 to this white beauty called ‘Two Devils’, my second bass guitar made my GV Guitars, which comes after the black ‘Serpent’.”

Friends and fans: let us reveal the second Beast In Black album cover artwork, designed and created by Roman Ismailov!

New dates added have been to our first European headlining tour, and now the first round is complete! Special Guests in EU: Turmion Kätilöt
Special Guests in Tampere and Helsinki: Shiraz Lane
A second 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

A brand-new official band photo has been released today!

From left to right:

Mate Molnar - bass
Atte Palokangas - drums
Yannis Papadopoulos - vocals
Kasperi Heikkinen - guitars
Anton Kabanen - guitars

Can't tell you how excited we are to announce the first European headlining tour in the band's history! This tour will be the live presentation of the second Beast In Black album, “From Hell with Love”.
Special Guest: Turmion Kätilöt... See more
Additional 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 to 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 came to an end, but thanks to everyone who joined us at the shows! This was our first full festival season (18 shows in total) and we felt your love every night.

Beast In Black drummer Atte Palokangas has 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!"

Let's start the summer festival season!
We will make it hot for you!

After the amazing tour with Rhapsody we proudly announce that we will support Nightwish on their European tour during the autumn!

02.11.2018 🇸🇪 Göteborg - Partille Arena
03.11.2018 🇩🇰 Copenhagen - Valby-Hallen... See more
05.11.2018 🇩🇪 Berlin - Max-Schmeling-Halle
06.11.2018 🇩🇪 Hamburg - Barclaycard Arena
07.11.2018 🇧🇪 Antwerp - Lotto Arena
09.11.2018 🇩🇪 Oberhausen - König Pilsener Arena
10.11.2018 🇫🇷 Paris - AccorHotels Arena
11.11.2018 🇨🇭 Genf - Arena de Geneve
13.11.2018 🇸🇰 Bratislava - Incheba Arena
14.11.2018 🇩🇪 München - Olympiahalle
16.11.2018 🇩🇪 Leipzig - Arena
17.11.2018 🇵🇱 Krakow - Tauron Arena
19.11.2018 🇨🇿 Prague - O2 Arena
20.11.2018 🇭🇺 Budapest - Papp Laszlo Arena
22.11.2018 🇨🇭 Zurich - Hallenstadion
23.11.2018 🇩🇪 Nürnberg - Arena Nürnberger Versicherung
24.11.2018 🇩🇪 Stuttgart - Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
26.11.2018 🇳🇱 Amsterdam - Ziggo Dome
27.11.2018 🇩🇪 Saarbrücken - Saarlandhalle
04.12.2018 🇮🇹 Milano - Mediolanum Forum
05.12.2018 🇩🇪 Frankfurt - Festhalle
08.12.2018 🇬🇧 London - The SSE Arena Wembley
10.12.2018 🇬🇧 Birmingham - Arena
11.12.2018 🇬🇧 Manchester - Arena
14.12.2018 🇫🇮 Turku - Gatorade Center
15.12.2018 🇫🇮 Helsinki - Hartwall Arena

Thanks to all of you, our first headline shows were unforgettable! Both concerts were SOLD OUT, which was unbelievable and unexpected. We hope you enjoyed the shows as much as we did.
We promise to keep working hard to bring you more music and high-energy live performances. Take it as a New Year’s resolution!

Atte Palokangas joins Beast In Black family on drums!
Watch his audition video, and read statements below from both Atte and Sami, our previous drummer.... See more

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!"

Happy New Year!

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
- Signed a management deal with Till Dawn They Count Ltd
- Released our debut album, "Berserker"
- Signed a booking deal with Contra Promotion GmbH and Fullsteam Agency
- Went on tour with W.A.S.P., although it ended sooner than expected
- Supported Beyond the Black in Germany for two 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 reunited 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!

Thanks for your support, friends and fans; have fun, and we’ll meet soon!
Atte, Kasperi, Mate, Anton, Yannis, Sami

The Beast Is Back!

Beast In Black will journey to Japan for the first time!
One of our biggest dreams will come true in May 2018 when we play three shows in Japan.

24.05.2018 🇯🇵 OSAKA - Shinsaibashi Soma
25.05.2018 🇯🇵 NAGOYA - Holiday Next
26.05.2018 🇯🇵 TOKYO - Shinjuku Blaze

The Zodd The Immortal lyric video is out!

Since the holiday season is drawing near, we would like to present you a nice Christmas song for this occasion.

Graphics by Roman Ismailov
Video by Christian Huszar

We proudly announce our first-ever headlining shows!
Both will happen in Finland on the same weekend.

09.02.2018 🇫🇮 JYVASKYLA - Lutakko
10.02.2018 🇫🇮 HELSINKI - Nosturi

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

We proudly announce that BEAST IN BLACK will support Beyond The Black and Kobra And The Lotus in Germany for nine shows in December 2017!

07.12.2017 🇩🇪 Köln - Essigfabrik... See more
08.12.2017 🇩🇪 Aschaffenburg - Colos Saal
09.12.2017 🇩🇪 Karlsruhe - Substage
11.12.2017 🇩🇪 München - Backstage
12.12.2017 🇩🇪 Leipzig - Hellraiser
14.12.2017 🇩🇪 Hamburg - Markthalle
15.12.2017 🇩🇪 Berlin - SO36
16.12.2017 🇩🇪 Bochum - Matrix
17.12.2017 🇩🇪 Saarbrücken - Garage

Berserker, the first 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 Born Again lyric video is out today!

We prepared with this brand-new lyric video to celebrate the release of our first album, “Berserker”, unleashed today via Nuclear Blast Records!

Video by Christian Huszar

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.

The Beast In Black lyric video is out today!

Graphics by Finnstark Illustration
Video by Christian Huszar

In this video, Roman Ismailov, the graphic artist of our debut album "Berserker" reveals some details and secrets about the cover artwork.
In this video, Roman Ismailov, the graphic artist of our debut album “Berserker”, reveals some details and secrets about the cover artwork.

Anton Kabanen and Kasperi Hekkinen discuss how Beast In Black was formed, inspiration for the name, and some recent happenings with the band.

A big dream came through when we got the final confirmation for supporting WASP on their anniversary Re-Idolized tour!

28.10.2017 🇧🇪 ANTWERP - Trix
29.10.2017 🇫🇷 PARIS - Elysee Montmartre... See more
30.10.2017 🇫🇷 STRASBOURG - La Laiterie
01.11.2017 🇪🇸 PAMPLONA - Auditorio de Burlada
02.11.2017 🇪🇸 MURCIA - Sala Gama
03.11.2017 🇪🇸 MADRID - La Riviera
04.11.2017 🇪🇸 BARCELONA - Razzmatazz
05.11.2017 🇫🇷 LIMOGES - CC John Lennon
07.11.2017 🇫🇷 LYON - Transbordeur
08.11.2017 🇮🇹 BOLOGNA - Estragon
09.11.2017 🇮🇹 MILAN - Live Club
10.11.2017 🇨🇭 LAUSANNE - Les Docs
11.11.2017 🇨🇭 PRATTELN - Z7
12.11.2017 🇳🇱 TILBURG - O13
14.11.2017 🇩🇪 HAMBURG - Markthalle
15.11.2017 🇩🇪 HANNOVER - Capitol
16.11.2017 🇩🇪 SAARBRÜCKEN - Garage
17.11.2017 🇩🇪 OBERHAUSEN - Turbinenhalle
18.11.2017 🇩🇪 GEISELWIND - Music Hall
20.11.2017 🇩🇪 FRANKFURT - Batschkapp
21.11.2017 🇩🇪 STUTTGART - LKA Longhorn
22.11.2017 🇩🇪 MUNICH - Backstage
24.11.2017 🇨🇿 HLUK - Sportshall
25.11.2017 🇵🇱 WARSAW - Progresja
26.11.2017 🇦🇹 VIENNA - Arena

Berserker - Track Listing:

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

The Blind And Frozen music video is out today!

Ladies and gentlemen, we proudly present to you our very first music video!
It was by Ville Lipiäinen and shot in a mystic castle in Northern Finland on 25 March 2017.

We've officially launched a Beast In Black Instagram page today!

Our debut album “Berserker” is set for release in November 2017, and it continues in the style of Anton’s previously composed works, including the first three Battle Beast albums. One of the essential themes on this album 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!

BEAST IN BLACK - sign with Nuclear Blast + debut album "Berserker" due in November!

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

Our debut album got its final touches from Mika Jussila in Finnvox studios!

While working hard on our debut album, we received an invitation to the biggest Finnish metal event, Tuska Festival!
This is currently the only Beast In Black show scheduled for this year, so if you want to see the band on stage in 2016, be there!

We are back in Espoo Arena again to support Sabaton, Stratovarius and Gamma Ray on 19 December 2015!

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

Hoping to see many of you in front of the stage!

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