Three of the thirteen acts announced are not playing a set so much as an album, and Edguy lead the first names for Hellsinki Metal Festival 2027.
The festival runs on 6 and 7 August 2027 at the Helsinki Ice Hall area, known locally as Nordis. Venom, in the form of founding members Mantas and Abaddon, will play a set billed as 45 Years of Black Metal. Arcturus will build an exclusive performance around Aspera Hiems Symfonia. Ensiferum will play an Early Years set with Jari Mäenpää, the singer and guitarist who left to form Wintersun, and the band have only two Finnish shows planned for the whole of summer 2027.
The rest of the thirteen: Dark Funeral, Rotting Christ, Nile, Akercocke, who play live rarely, the French synthwave artist Perturbator, Bloodred Hourglass, Norther, Havukruunu and Noiduin.
Ownership of the festival has passed to Ext Ventures Oy, which also now holds the Hellsinki Metal Cruise, Nordic Metal Cruise and Rock The Waves, and already runs John Smith Rock Festival. Promoter Toni Törrönen says more announcements are coming and that the programme will keep the same approach.