Gig Reports
Bizkit Park is selling out shows throughout the country and is going on tour through Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands as well. Tonight, they brought Mantah with them to open the sold out show in Wilde Westen in Kortrijk.
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After an earlier attempt by Gaerea in April last year to take over a stage in Finland, and an exceptional new album released last year as well with ‘Mirage’, we were really excited to finally catch these black metal stars on the rise on a stage near us. At the beginning of February the time was finally there, and we were clearly not the only ones that had been looking forward to seeing this Portuguese outfit live, since On The Rocks was completely sold out. With the addition of local black metal act Venenum Dei, it promised to be an intense evening and one for the books of hosts Nem Agency and Loose Mind Productions.
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When one of my all-time favorite modern metal bands shows up at a venue near me, like Trivium, I simply need to be there. And them bringing along the German metalcore legends Heaven Shall Burn as co-headliners, the death metal mastodon that is Obituary and Malevolence, the UK hardcore band that has become one of my favorite recent discoveries as openers, only solidified me need to be there. At a pretty much sold out Culture House in Helsinki, we were in for a great night of metal in one of Helsinki’s nicest venues…
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Well this is quite a diverse line up! From the progressive music of Wilderun , who were on the road to support their release Epigone, to the more melodic death metal oriented Soilwork , who were supporting their Övergivenheten album, and the old school death metal of Kataklysm , also in support of their 2020 release Unconquered, this kickoff gig of their European tour has the full potential to become quite interesting.
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A lot of bands of the 90s seem to relive their youth these days. This is also the case for the groove metallers of Life Of Agony who are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their masterpiece debut album River Runs Red. Their old time friends of Prong accompanied them on the road together with the female fronted band Tarah Who? That this was going to be an evening to remember was written in the stars.
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It’s a fact: the first concert of 2023, at least for me, has happened. And what a banger to start with. Alestorm playing in a small venue that fit about 1500 people, you don’t see that very often. And when you do, you take your pirate hat and sword and party with them!
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With Battle Beast’s Helsinki Icehall show, this was the 3rd Finnish band that I got to see at that venue that was playing their biggest show yet. Every time was a celebration of what the bands were about, and I expected no less of this ‘The Circus Is Coming To Town’ stop in Helsinki. Curious for what we were about to see and experience, we set out to the hockey arena to see one of Finland’s more popular bands play an epic show with support from the special guests Ensiferum and Kiuas!
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If you’re any bit familiar with the Finnish metal scene, you will have come across Turmion Kätilöt at one point. The industrial metal outfit, or “disko metal” as they call it themselves, has been very prominently around the past couple of decades and has grown to be one of the biggest and most popular bands within their own country. Just before the pandemic properly hit, they released ‘Global Warning’, their first album with Nuclear Blast and their attempt to break through outside of Finland. But then the live industry got screwed royally and the planned big arena show at Jäähalli in Helsinki to kick off their campaign to take over the world got put to a screeching halt. But now finally the “midwives of ruin” are back home, ready to show what the real Turmion Kätilöt circus is like at their biggest show ever. And timed just perfectly with the release of their 10th album ‘Omen X’, we were ready to kick off 2023 with the party of the year!
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Twice cancelled because of Covid this show finally goes ahead, to quote from one of Dropkick Murphys’ songs “It’s been a long time coming”. Was it worth the wait? Hell yes!
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Since their participation in Eurovision, the Finnish violent pop revelation Blind Channel has been soaring more than ever. So to end their pretty fantastic year in style, they had a Blind Channel cruise and a couple of arena shows. We were at the arena show at Jäähalli in Helsinki where a headline show for these guys was pretty monumental since that venue is the place to be for some of the biggest names in rock and metal to bring their music to the masses…
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