Day one of Tuhdimmat Tahdit in it’s all renewed version gave us Kotiteollisuus, Marko Hietala, Lost Society, Stratovarius, Mokoma, Stam1na and Amorphis. What a great festival that we sure will return to again in the future.
Photo Reports
The year wrapping up means that we’ll be looking back at the amazing things we’ve experienced, and “album of the year” lists. We’d also like to give some attention to our talented concert photographers who go out and cover shows for us. So here is a first in a series of articles where our artists pick their favorite pictures of 2023 with Anna/ScarletMemory Photography who mostly roams around in Tampere, Finland and pictures from bands like Pain, Sólstafir, Eleine, Myrath, Battle Beast, Brymir, Sabaton, Mors Subita, Lordi, Metalite, Shereign, Diablo, Before The Dawn, Wolfheart, Sonata Arctica, Deathstars, Brother Firetribe, Psychework, Apocalyptica, Voidfallen, Poets of the Fall, Amorphis, Lost Society, and Everwave!
Lost Society and Amorphis gave us a little preview last Friday of the upcoming ‘Halo’ European Tour, when they did a show together at Logomo’s Terassikesä in Turku, Finland.
Pictures of Avatar, Lost Society, Jinjer, Arch Enemy and Gojira taking over the main stage on the first day of Tuska 2023!
Lost Society blew the roof off a sold out Tavastia in Helsinki, and brought with them the metalcore upstarts Balance Breach and our favorite alt-rockers Luna Kills!
Pictures of the first day of Tuska 2023 with Eluveitie, Northern Kings, Lost Society, Perturbator, Beast In Black, Red Fang, Carcass and Heilung
Pictures of the second day of SaariHelvetti 2021 with some of Finland’s brightest future in metal and absolute legends!
Pictures of spending some time in a venue with the thrashers of Lost Society at one of those rare gigs nowadays!
What a way to close Nosturi down! The Best Tour Ever Part 1 brought some of the best bands of the Finnish scene to the stage one more time to blow the roof off! The proof is in the pictures…
Pictures of a rainy heavy metal night in the park with headliner Children of Bodom!
Lists
Tomorrow it’s again that time of the year: Tuska weekend is upon us! If somehow you weren’t convinced yet that you need to go, here are 10 reasons we believe should be enough motivation to still get a ticket if any are available still! Going from a great line-up, to Tuska KVLT, Tuska Expo expanding further and simply an amazing atmosphere! See you there!
We enjoyed ourselves plenty at Tuhdimmat Tahdit, so we urge you to check out what we think are good reasons for you to try and make it to this lovely festival in Finland’s prettiest city of Tampere!
Only a bit over a week until Tuska weekend is upon us! If you weren’t convinced yet you needed to go, here are 9 reasons we believe should be enough motivation! Going from a great line-up, to Tuska KVLT, and the biggest Tuska Expo ever, this is one for the books!
The music industry is at it again at full force after the festival season with a massive amount of really cool releases coming out, just look at the number of our most anticipated releases for September have grown into and then we probably could have included more still. With new albums from Blind Guardian, Yungblud, Wolfheart, Slipknot, Starcrawler, Lost Society, The Hu, Vermin Womb, Vermilia, Bloodbath, Slugcrust, Electric Callboy, Innumerable Forms, Tribal Gaze, Gaerea and Graceless, it’ll be quite the month again!
Gig Reports
Lost Society and Amorphis played at Logomos Terassikesä in Turku, Finland last Friday and although there were some issues it was still a very enjoyable show from two great Finnish bands.
Lost Society brought with Balance Breach and Luna Kills a showcase of the future of the Finnish heavy music scene in front of a completely sold out and packed to the brim Tavastia in Helsinki!
The Finnish youngsters of Lost Society thrashed Tavastia up for some relief during these rather difficult pandemic times!
Lost Society released an impressive album with ‘No Absolution’ and they clearly couldn’t wait to play their new songs live… so here is a live stream album release show!
What a way to close Nosturi down! The Best Tour Ever Part 1 brought some of the best bands of the Finnish scene to the stage one more time to blow the roof off!
It’s been about a year since I last saw Children Of Bodom, perfect timing for another show by them!
Festival Reports
Report of the first day of Tuska 2023 with Avatar, Vended, Kouta, Lost Society, While She Sleeps, Jinjer, Imminence, Arch Enemy, Glenn Hughes, Gojira and Miseria Ultima!
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Report of the first day of the comeback of Tuska, the place to be at the beginning of July in Helsinki!
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The 2nd day of SaariHelvetti 2021 brought us again a great combination of up-and-coming and absolutely legendary bands of the Finnish scene, though this time with a big serving of waterworks!
A second day of Tuska with adjustments to the earlier problems and a last Finnish show of thrash metal legends Slayer!
Only the 2nd edition of The Rock Fest in Finland and we were in for one hell of a massive event!
Tuska 2017 promised to be a huge party for metal and rock lovers. With their 20th anniversary they geared up to make it one hell of a celebration…
Previews
Tuska 2023 promises to be quite the exciting edition again with a great line-up with something for everyone, the biggest ever “Tuska Expo” in its history and plenty of other stuff to discover! If you’re planning to go, we listed some info in a nice little preview…
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Tuska is finally back again! The Helsinki center metal and rock festival is shaping up to be quite the epic and glorious return!
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Rockfest is back with a vengeance and a solid line-up that will rock your world for about 3 days in Hyvinkää, Finland!
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Why should you get stuck on an island in Tampere in the beginning of August? SaariHelvetti 2021 is a pretty good reason, but if you need convincing to be done, here are 10 reasons why you should…
