BEAST IN BLACK: North American Tour 2027

Beast In Black is a Finnish band that was founded in 2015 by guitarist and songwriter Anton Kabanen after he left his former band Battle Beast earlier in the same year. Like Battle Beast, the band's name is a tribute to the Japanese manga and anime series Berserk. Thend signed with the Nuclear Blast label and released the first album, Berserker in November 3, 2017. On February 7, 2018 it was announced that Atte Palokangas will replace Sami Hänninen as the permanent drummer. On March 21, 2018 it was announced that Beast In Black will be opening for Nightwish on their European portion of their Decades: World Tour of 2018.

Gloryhammer is an Anglo-Swiss symphonic power metal band founded by keyboard player Christopher Bowes, vocalist of the band Alestorm. Each member of the band represents a character in the story concept. The band appears on-stage in armour and costumes. Gloryhammer released their debut album Tales from the Kingdom of Fife through Napalm Records in March 2013. On 25th September 2015 Gloryhammer released their second studio album titled Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards with which the band entered the official album charts in several countries, followed by tours with bands such as Stratovarius, Blind Guardian and Hammerfall.