Bombastic is a word you could describe WS’ music the best if you wanted to put it into one word. That was exactly what the album gives us but it’s not quite what we’ve used of hearing from Jari Mäenpää‘s songwriting pen.
The weather forecast for the final day didn’t look any better than what the previous days had been so we prepared for the worst: snow and slush coming down vertically. Luckily the day dawned just gray and it rained, making the most self-indulgent ones sleeping late and crawling out of their camps only for the […]
My Favorite Nemesis would had started the third day, and the first Main Day when all the stages were in use. The night had been extremely cold and the temperature dropped below 0 Celsius; or at least very close to it. We put on our padded winter pants and thicker coats before venturing towards the […]
The second day dawned earlier and two more stages were opened for the metal hungry audience, leaving only the main one into awaiting for the next days. The weather had also turned uglier and we left our camp with raincoats, just to be safe.
Nummirock was once again quite rainy and chilly, like Juhannus traditionally is like in Finland. We didn’t let that bother because once again we were up for 4 days of heavy weight bands and awesome music. The first day evening was nice enough, the packed tent stage was filled by the first 3 bands and […]
Review by: Juho Karila I’m not sure if anyone can deny that the Italians have a sense of dramatics, let it be Antonio Vivaldi‘s Four Seasons or anything affiliated with Luca Turilli. Rhapsody of Fire doesn’t only let it show by combining opera and neo-classical with metal but their many turns and events have led […]
Review by: Juho Karila My first impression of the Finnish melodeath group Noumena dates back to the days I was still discovering the world of metal and it’s immersive community. I had laid my hands on, now 15 years old Absence (2002) album, which struck me with a force so fierce that I was really […]
Text & photos by: Juho Karila & Laureline Tilkin Crushing the North -tour had to be one of the most anticipated events in Helsinki this spring. Bringing 5 bands, including the Polish legends Vader and the unfortunate Decapitated we can safely tell that we were stoked for the night. We are going to tell you […]
Text & Photos by: Juho Karila It was a night of Folk Metal as the Estonian giant Metsatöll came to celebrate their 18th anniversairy. Not only it was a special show for the band but also personally for me; I had waited many years for a chance to see them live but there had always […]
Text & photos by: Juho Karila As I was walking towards the venue, I was getting excited about the show. I didn’t know much what to expect, due I only know CtF before and I had heard Enthrone the Unborn only by name before. Evil Drive didn’t ring a bell but since the theme was […]