WTF Capital of Metal showcase – interview with Rabbit Cult

WTF Capital of Metal brings a rock-solid lineup of Finland’s most promising metal artists to Tavastia & Semifinal on 22–23 May 2025. WTF Capital of Metal – Helsinki’s new showcase & conference event focusing on metal and alternative music, will showcase a total of eight Finnish artists to Tavastia and Semifinal as part of its evening program.

Chaoszine interviewed the participating bands and here is what bunny metal fluffle Rabbit Cult shared with us:

How does it feel to be part of this year’s WTF Capital of Metal showcase?

Salla: Like being crowned Queen of the Burrow beneath a full blood moon when the spirits of the ancestral hares whisper: “DESTROY… but cutely.”

Marianne: I felt the Earth thump in 4/4 time when we got the news. It’s like getting blessed by a cosmic thumper god. We’ve also prepared the ceremonial carrot.

What does participating in a showcase event like this mean to you as a band at this point in your career?

Salla: It means the prophecy is unfolding. The one etched into the trees of Terra Feminarum. Our third eye is twitching violently. We were just two fluff-beings in the void, making noise… now the void has a kantele with distortion pedal.

Marianne: Honestly, I think it’s the first time many of these metal fans will witness the Ritual of the Bunnymetal. It’s not _about_ career. It’s about vibrations in the forest.

Have you played a similar showcase event before – in Finland or abroad? If so, how did it impact your journey?

Marianne: We played a show once in a peat bog. No electricity. Just mushrooms, whispering trees and our bunny friends. A moose cried. It was transformative. Does that count?

Salla: There was the one in Tampere, where a guy tried to offer us a record deal using only rune stones and a shamanistic drum. We declined, but took the drum. Going to use it on “Burrowstorm (Kantele Remix).”

Do you feel Finland needs more events like WTF Capital of Metal to support the international growth of metal bands? Why or why not?

Salla: Yes. We must build more sonic warrens. Let the bands gather under strobe-lit auroras. The world needs Finland’s metal like the bunnies need hay.

Marianne: More events mean more chances for bands like us to cast our fuzzy spell. Also, venues with carrot cake in the backstage area. That’s real support.

How important is it for your band to reach international audiences, and what steps are you currently taking toward that goal?

Marianne: We’ve buried dozens of demo tapes in strategic ley lines across Europe. The rabbits will carry the message. Also, we sent our EP to a hare with a USB key.

Salla: We’ve translated our lyrics into Ancient Fluffish. It’s a dialect understood by only the most enlightened of French lops and Swedish arctic hares.

Have you performed outside of Finland already – or do you have concrete plans to do so soon?

Salla: Once, we performed on a drifting iceberg and screamed into the fog of the arctic ocean. Technically international. Spiritually interdimensional.

Marianne: We’re planning a tour via astral projection.


What are your next goals as a band in the near future – new releases, tours, or label deals, perhaps?

Salla: We are working on our next single. It could be an epic piece with a 47-minute kantele solo recorded inside a huge tree. Or a scandal.

Marianne: We’d love to tour forests, and we’re open to labels, but only if they speak Rabbit.

Anything else you’d like to say to the international metal community or industry professionals watching this showcase?

Salla: Dig. Dig deep. Past the surface riffs. Past the polished fur. There is a scream inside every bun. Set it free.

Marianne: And if you see a rabbit in corpsepaint staring at you from a tree stump… don’t blink. Just mosh.