Beast In Black is a Finnish heavy metal band, which was formed in Helsinki in 2015 by guitarist and songwriter Anton Kabanen.

[4] The band's blend of power metal, 80’s pop, and electronic music,[5] as well as their energetic live performances,[6] have made them pioneers of their genre.

Beast In Black's current lineup consists of founding member and primary songwriter Anton Kabanen, lead vocalist Yannis Papadopoulos, guitarist Kasperi Heikkinen, bassist Mate Molnar, and drummer Atte Palokangas.

[7] Beast In Black's debut studio album Berserker was released in November 2017 and achieved rapid success by getting certified Platinum by the IFPI.

[12] Their lyrics are inspired by topics such as the manga Berserk,[13][14] relationships, literature, dark fantasy, science fiction and societal issues, while the band's mascot, the "Beast",[15][16] regularly appears both in album artworks and in production elements of live shows.

[17][18] Beast In Black was formed in Helsinki in 2015, when Finnish guitarist Anton Kabanen decided to call several musicians with whom he strongly connected over the years for a brand-new, five-piece heavy metal band.

[24] In the early 2010s, Finnish drummer Sami Hänninen's band Brymir shared the same rehearsal facilities with Battle Beast, in which he occasionally met Kabanen.

However, Beast In Black was officially formed on October 7, 2015, when Kabanen, Molnar, Papadopoulos, Heikkinen, and Hänninen met each other in a small pub in Helsinki.

[41] They were the supporting act for Nightwish in front of 8000 people in Espoo Metro Areena, during their Endless Forms Most Beautiful tour, on November 13, 2015 .

He didn't want to hold the band's progression back; therefore, citing health issues and changes in his life circumstances, he announced his departure.

Before the summer festival season, Beast In Black embarked on a short tour in Japan along with Turisas and S-Tool, called "Suomi Feast 2018".

[81] During the tour, they revealed the cover artwork with its title From Hell with Love,[82] and released the album's lead single, "Sweet True Lies",[83] as a music video on November 30, 2018.

[91] The record included a cover version of Motörhead’s "Killed By Death",[92] out of respect for Lemmy Kilmister, who died around the time Beast In Black was founded back in 2015.

[93][94] On February 20, 2019, the band embarked on its first European headlining tour with support from Turmion Kätilöt,[95][96] playing to average crowds of 1,000 people.

[99] The success of these three concerts made them return to Tokyo within four months to play two shows at "Metal Weekend" along with Loudness, HammerFall, and Myrath.

[109] This was the first time the band used massive stage decorations and pyro effects, as well as a huge Beast head prop in front of the drum riser.

[116] At the same time, they revealed its cover artwork as well as its cyberpunk-driven[117][118] lyrical influences like Armitage III, Cyber City Oedo 808, AD Police Files, Battle Angel Alita, Bubblegum Crisis, and Blade Runner.

[123] Katri Ilona Koppanen was involved in the making of all previous Beast In Black music videos, but this was the first time she sat in the director’s chair.

[124][125] After the huge success of "Moonlight Rendezvous", Koppanen directed several other music videos for the group, such as the animated "One Night In Tokyo", the second single from the album, revealed on October 1, 2021.

[126] This heavy metal hybrid of Italo disco and Eurobeat[127] shocked some listeners, but it also helped the band engage with a wider audience.

[125][122] In addition to eleven brand-new songs, the record contained covers of Manowar’s "Battle Hymn" and Michael Jackson's "They Don't Care About Us".

[134] The video was inspired by the works of Hajime Sorayama and a raw cyberpunk anime of the '90s, AD Police Files: The Phantom Woman.

[135] Due to its explicit content, YouTube set an age restriction on it and required authentication before watching it, therefore the views never climbed as high as the band’s other music videos.

On November 8, 2021, in collaboration with Marvin Advergames, Beast In Black released an arcade game called One Night In Tokyo.

[136] It was inspired by the most epic beat ‘em up games like Streets of Rage and Final Fight, adapting them to the style of the "One Night In Tokyo" music video.

[144] On May 6, 2022, for the first anniversary of Kentaro Miura's death, the band released an animated lyric video for a Berserk-related song from Dark Connection, "Broken Survivors".

[149] On January 27, 2023, Beast In Black embarked on their two-month-long "Dark Connection" European tour with Firewind as special guests.

Kabanen introduced the track as a hybrid based on "Berserk" and his own life view and experiences, and he called it the first Super Eurobeast song.

[164] On November 12, 2024, Beast In Black announced they will be very special guests for Helloween on their "40 years" anniversary tour in Europe during the autumn of 2025.

You can go from the softest whisper, the slowest melody and the most ambient kind of a soundscape into fast and aggressive, loud, high-screaming and even growled vocals.