Tuska 2026 first artists announced: Bring Me The Horizon, Bad Omens, and 13 other heavy metal acts

Here we go – the Tuska Festival, to be held in Suvilahti, Helsinki, on June 26–28, 2026, has announced the first performers for next summer. Two headliners will be announced right away: 

Bring Me The Horizon from Sheffield, England, rightfully claims one of the headliner spots at Tuska 2026. BMTH, which started out as a deathcore band in 2004, now leans more toward alternative metal with electronic and pop influences.

Bring Me The Horizon has carved out its own niche in modern metal and is one of the most influential and pioneering bands in its genre. The 2024 album “POST HUMAN: NeX GEn” took BMTH‘s already skyrocketing international popularity to even greater heights, and the band’s fan base continues to grow, one continent-shaking gig at a time.

Bring Me The Horizon‘s performance at Tuska last summer was a mind-blowing experience, and with the band currently at perhaps the peak of their career, it’s worth holding on to your metaphorical and literal hats!

You asked for it, and here it is: Bad Omens is one of the headliners at Tuska 2026. The band had to cancel their European tour last summer, including their eagerly awaited Tuska gig, so this has been a long time coming!

American metalcore sensation Bad Omens is definitely one of the hottest names in modern heavy music right now. Formed in 2015, the band mixes heavy expression, poignant melodies, and an uncompromisingly stylish, dark aesthetic. It’s a combination that appeals to many.

On their 2022 breakthrough album, “The Death of Peace of Mind”, Bad Omens introduced a new kind of electronic depth and darkness, and the title track went viral on social media, resulting in an explosive growth in the band’s global fan base. Frontman Noah Sebastian’s multidimensional voice is the musical core of Bad Omens. The band’s art is simultaneously extremely visual, captivating, and stunningly personal.

Other Tuska 2026 performers announced so far include American metalcore band The Plot In You, experimental and psychedelic death metal band Blood Incantation, American prog metal pioneers Queensrÿche, Texas-based Kublai Khan TX from Texas, who draw on the metal hardcore tradition of the 90s and deliver an extremely heavy sound, Malevolence from England, who play traditional metalcore, Soilwork from Gothenburg, one of the pioneers of melodic death metal, Rivers of Nihil from the US, who play ultra-technical death metal, Ensiferum from Finland, who spice up their melodic death metal with folk metal influences, Bloodred Hourglass from Mikkeli, Finland, who are at the forefront of Finnish metal, Majestica from Sweden, the heralds of symphonic power metal, Melrose Avenue from Australia, the metalcore phenomenon, The Callous Daoboys from Atlanta, who serve up a genre-bending combination of mathcore, nu metal, and chaotic emo from Atlanta, and Danish band Neckbreakker, who carve out old-school death metal with a modern twist.

The artists’ performance dates will be announced later. More information about the program will be published later this year. 

Tickets:

Tuska 2026 3-day tickets and VIP 3-day tickets are now available through Tuska’s official ticket partners, Tiketti and Lippu.fi.

Other ticket categories will go on sale later.

Three-day tickets starting at €239.00

VIP three-day tickets starting at €379.00

The age limit for Tuska is 18 years.

TUSKA June 26–28, 2026

Helsinki, Suvilahti

TUSKA Festival 2026 VIP tickets are now on sale. As in previous years, the VIP area will be located in the iconic Suvilahti steel bell. VIP tickets are only available as 3-day tickets. The VIP ticket includes:

Tuska 2026 VIP pass, lanyard, and wristband

Your own wristband exchange point at Red

Your own entrance lane at the festival gate

Access to the VIP area in the Gasometer inside the festival area, with plenty of covered dining and bar space

Your own cloakroom, toilets, and bars

Meals in the VIP area on each day of the festival. More information about dining and the menu will be published later.

Visibility of the main stage for a limited number of people from the terrace built in front of the VIP area.

An already purchased basic ticket can be upgraded to a VIP ticket at the same ticket shop where the ticket was purchased.