// Tuska Festival 2026

TUSKA 2026 PHOTO GALLERY

Exclusive shots from Suvilahti, Helsinki — interviews, stage action and behind-the-scenes moments.

// Arrival

Tuska Festival 2026 official media pass and wristband for Metal Madness Weekly — Media pass secured — ready to cover three days of metal at Suvilahti, Helsinki.Photo: Tomi Perrakoski / Metal Madness Weekly

// Day 1

Ensiferum performing on the Tuska main stage on day one of Tuska Festival 2026 in Helsinki — Ensiferum bringing folk metal fury to the Tuska main stage.Photo: Tomi Perrakoski / Metal Madness Weekly

Pain live on the Tuska main stage at Tuska Festival 2026 in Helsinki — Pain lighting up the main stage with industrial metal anthems.Photo: Tomi Perrakoski / Metal Madness Weekly

Bloodred Hourglass (BRHG) performing under the Tuska tent stage at Tuska Festival 2026 — Bloodred Hourglass tearing through the tent stage in front of a packed crowd.Photo: Tomi Perrakoski / Metal Madness Weekly

Bloodred Hourglass interview backstage at Tuska Festival 2026 with Metal Madness Weekly — Interview of Bloodred Hourglass coming out today from Tuska 2026.Photo: Tomi Perrakoski / Metal Madness Weekly

Skindred performing at Tuska Festival 2026 with the crowd throwing horns under cloudy Helsinki skies — Skindred turning Suvilahti into one massive ragga-metal party.Photo: Tomi Perrakoski / Metal Madness Weekly

// Day 2

Balance Breach opening Day 2 of Tuska Festival 2026 on the Fortum / Nordic Energy main stage in Helsinki — Day 2 kicked off with Balance Breach detonating the main stage under the Helsinki sun.Photo: Tomi Perrakoski / Metal Madness Weekly

Tuska Festival 2026 official media tour gathering at the MEDIA point in Suvilahti, Helsinki — Day 2 — Official media tour briefing at the Tuska MEDIA point before heading backstage.Photo: Tomi Perrakoski / Metal Madness Weekly

Backstage side-stage view of Hokka performing at Tuska Festival 2026 with the Suvilahti gasometer in the background — Day 2 — Side-stage with the media tour watching Hokka command a massive crowd at Suvilahti.Photo: Tomi Perrakoski / Metal Madness Weekly

Swallow the Sun performing at Tuska Festival 2026 under deep blue stage lights in Helsinki — Swallow the Sun covered Tuska in a wall of sorrow and atmosphere.Photo: Tomi Perrakoski / Metal Madness Weekly

Dogma performing live at Tuska Festival 2026 with red lights and a packed crowd — Dogma brought ritual energy and a fierce crowd reaction to Day 2 at Tuska.Photo: Tomi Perrakoski / Metal Madness Weekly

P.O.D. performing on the Tuska main stage during a sunny Day 2 in Helsinki — P.O.D. hit the Tuska main stage with a huge daytime crowd singing along.Photo: Tomi Perrakoski / Metal Madness Weekly

Paleface Swiss performing on the Tuska main stage 2026 with crowd and Nordic Energy barrier — Paleface Swiss bringing crushing Swiss hardcore to the Tuska main stage.Photo: Tomi Perrakoski / Metal Madness Weekly

Rivers of Nihil performing at Tuska Festival 2026 under purple stage lights — Rivers of Nihil delivering progressive death metal under Tuska's purple lights.Photo: Tomi Perrakoski / Metal Madness Weekly

// Interviews

Tomi Perrakoski with members of Dogma backstage at Tuska Festival 2026 after an interview — My Dogma interview is out now on the Metal Madness Weekly podcast.Photo: Metal Madness Weekly

Tomi Perrakoski backstage with Björn Strid of Soilwork after the interview at Tuska Festival 2026 — Soilwork interview with singer Björn Strid — out now on all podcast platforms.Photo: Metal Madness Weekly

// Day 3

Soilwork performing on the Tuska main stage on Day 3 of Tuska Festival 2026 in Helsinki — Soilwork closing Day 3 with melodic death metal mastery on the Tuska main stage.Photo: Tomi Perrakoski / Metal Madness Weekly

Sara performing under purple lights inside the Tuska tent stage on Day 3 of Tuska Festival 2026 — Sara packing out the tent stage with a massive Day 3 crowd at Tuska.Photo: Tomi Perrakoski / Metal Madness Weekly

Tarot performing on the Tuska main stage on Day 3 of Tuska Festival 2026 in Helsinki — Tarot returning to Tuska's main stage with classic Finnish heavy metal.Photo: Tomi Perrakoski / Metal Madness Weekly

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