If you like intense, highly energetic live shows with perfect musicianship and songwriting, powerful vocals, a spectacular scenery, fire, force and fun, Finnish metal stars BATTLE BEAST are your perfect choice. Recorded and filmed at a sold-out Helsinki Ice Hall in January 2023, this live version of ‘Wings Of Light‘ is stellar and whets your appetite for more shows and the upcoming first live album release on April 11th. The new live album Circus Of Doom – Live In Helsinki 2023 filmed & recorded at Helsinki Ice Hall in front of 3.000 ecstatic fans will be released on April 11th via Nuclear Blast Records. BATTLE BEAST´s european tour starts with a bang on October 17th with their biggest German headline show to date at Hamburg’s Inselpark Arena, the tour will keep the band on the road until mid-December. To complete the bill with melodic metal superiority, DOMINUM will join the tour as their special guest and Sweden’s rising power metal force MAJESTICA as their opening act. All tourdates are listed below.
Bass player Eero Sipilä quotes excited: ”Wings of Light was always one of the highlights to perform on the Circus of Doom tour, and this recording from Helsinki really is really the ultimate way to experience the song. Crank it up and make sure your neighbours get to enjoy it too!”
Pre-Order Circus Of Doom – Live In Helsinki 2023 here: https://battlebeast.bfan.link/circus-of-doom-live
Watch the new live video for ‘Wings Of Light (Live In Helsinki 2023)‘ here: https://youtu.be/SBj8ppqeyr8
Stream ‘Wings Of Light (Live In Helsinki 2023)‘ here: https://battlebeast.bfan.link/wings-of-light-live
Tourdates:
17-Oct-25 Germany, Hamburg – Inselpark Arena
18-Oct-25 Germany, Berlin – Huxleys Neue Welt
19-Oct-25 Netherlands, Den Bosch – The Rock Circus
21-Oct-25 England, Birmingham – O2 Institute
22-Oct-25 England, Manchester – O2 Ritz
23-Oct-25 England, Bristol – O2 Academy
24-Oct-25 England, London – O2 Shepherd´s Bush Empire
25-Oct-25 France, Paris – Elysee Montmartre
26-Oct-25 France, Toulouse – Bikini Toulouse
28-Oct-25 Spain, Madrid – Sala La Riviera
29-Oct-25 Spain, Barcelona – Sala Apolo
30-Oct-25 France, Lyon – Transbordeur
31-Oct-25 Germany, Filderstadt – FILharmonie
01-Nov-25 Germany, Wiesbaden – Schlachthof
02-Nov-25 Belgium, Antwerp – Trix
04-Nov-25 Germany, Hannover – Capitol
05-Nov-25 Denmark, Roskilde – Gimle
06-Nov-25 Sweden, Huskvarna – Folkets Park
07-Nov-25 Sweden, Gothenburg – Trädgårn
08-Nov-25 Sweden, Stockholm – Fryshuset Arenan
09-Nov-25 Norway, Oslo – Rockefeller Music Hall
28-Nov-25 Germany, Leipzig – Felsenkeller – Ballsaal
29-Nov-25 Germany, Nuremberg, Löwensaal
30-Nov-25 Austria, Vienna – Arena Wien
01-Dec-25 Slovakia, Bratislava – Majestic Music Club
02-Dec-25 Hungary, Budapest – Barba Negra Red Stage
03-Dec-25 Slovenia, Ljubljana – Cvetlicarna d.o.o.
05-Dec-25 Germany, Munich – TonHalle
06-Dec-25 Switzerland, Pratteln – Z7 Konzertfabrik
07-Dec-25 Italy, Trezzo sull’Adda – Live Club
09-Dec-25 Switzerland, Lausanne – Metropole
10-Dec-25 Germany, Saarbrücken – Garage
12-Dec-25 Germany, Oberhausen – Turbinenhalle
13-Dec-25 Czech Republic, Zlin – Sports Hall Datart
14-Dec-25 Poland, Warsaw – Progresja
About BATTLE BEAST:
Close to two decades into their career, with six records, 300M+ streams, four consecutive number #1 albums, and the strongest line-up the Finnish symphonic heavy metal group ever had, it’s about time BATTLE BEAST release a proper live album. Now, Circus Of Doom – Live in Helsinki 2023 finally comes out via Nuclear Blast Records on April 11th, 2025 as digital album and Limited Edition CD plus Blu-ray Digipak.
Offering 117 minutes of playing time, 15 songs, a stunning 24-page booklet showing the band’s impressive stage and performance in a series of photos by Jaakko Manninen, and artwork by Jan Yrlund, Circus Of Doom – Live in Helsinki 2023 is a triumphant testimony to BATTLE BEAST’s one of a kind adventurous and monumental music. Recorded in the Helsinki Ice Hall on January 27, 2023, mixed by the band’s “keytarist” Janne Björkroth and mastered at the legendary Finnvox by Mika Jussila, this massive live package is a highlight for every dedicated fan out there and perfectly captures the ambitious dystopian carnival show BATTLE BEAST put up during their past touring cycle. And rest assured that Noora, Janne, Joona, Juuso, Eero and Pyry are already preparing an even more exciting new chapter for their fantastic tale that will hit you straight to the heart and take you beyond the burning skies.
BATTLE BEAST is:
Noora Louhimo | vocals
Eero Sipilä | bass
Joona Björkroth | guitars
Juuso Soinio | guitars
Janne Björkroth | keyboards
Pyry Vikki | drums