Beast In Black bring Fear The Beast to the Roseland in February

The Finnish heavy-metal band's first Portland show since 2023 lands at Roseland Theater on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2027, on a North American run with Gloryhammer.

Anton Kabanen skipped a North American tour with Helloween this spring so he could stay home and finish an album. Next February, the band he leads brings that record to Portland.

Beast In Black plays Roseland Theater on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2027, at 8 p.m. Tickets are through eTix. The show was announced Oct. 27, and it's the band's first Portland date since a 2023 night at the Star Theater.

Beast In Black is a Helsinki-based heavy-metal group led by guitarist Anton Kabanen, formerly of Battle Beast. The Portland show is part of a February–March 2027 North American headline tour, announced by Blabbermouth on Oct. 27, with Gloryhammer as support. Portland sits between Sacramento and Seattle on the routing, and the tour also reaches Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Charlotte, Atlanta, Montréal, New York and Worcester.

The record behind it is *Fear The Beast*, which Blabbermouth's announcement called the band's highly anticipated fourth studio album; its single "Lost Children" came out earlier in October. Getting it done took a sacrifice. In April 2026, The Metallist and Metal Insider reported that Kabanen would sit out the band's North American run supporting Helloween to finish the album, which was still in progress.

Kabanen stayed home from a Helloween tour to finish this record. Now he's bringing it here.

The band is already back on the road in Europe; its headline tour there began in London on Oct. 26. The North American leg follows in the new year.

Pairing with Gloryhammer is a reunion of sorts. The two bands have shared bills before, including the "Glory And The Beast" double-headline tour in Europe in 2024, per Nuclear Blast, and Beast In Black supported Gloryhammer on a UK and Ireland tour back in 2019.

Roseland is a step up from the Star Theater. The room holds about 1,400, a size that suits a band built on big hooks and bigger choruses, and it gives a Thursday night crowd room to move. If you caught them at the Star in 2023, expect a bigger stage and a new album's worth of songs.

Tickets are on sale now through eTix. Grab them, then spend the next few months learning the words to "Lost Children."

Sources: BEAST IN BLACK Announces February/March 2027 North American Tour With GLORYHAMMER — Blabbermouth (blabbermouth.net); BEAST IN BLACK's ANTON KABANEN Sits Out North American Tour With HELLOWEEN to Finish New Album — The Metallist (themetallist.com); Beast In Black's Anton Kabanen to miss North American tour with Helloween — Metal Insider (metalinsider.net); Beast in Black announce Glory and the Beast double headline tour 2024 — Nuclear Blast (nuclearblast.com); BEAST IN BLACK Confirmed As Special Guests To GLORYHAMMER On October UK/Ireland Tour — Rock Out Stand Out (rockoutstandout.com); eTix: Beast In Black, Roseland Theater (etix.prf.hn); JamBase: Beast In Black at Roseland Theater (jambase.com)