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Category: Previews
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27-09-2008 Indica
Venue: Tavastia, Helsinki (Finland) By: Nina Mende The last show before I’d leave Helsinki for two weeks was taking place at Tavastia: Indica was playing there tonight. I saw a music video of them once on the Suosikki DVD. The fairy like style and the fairy like music somehow got me, so as I saw…
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26-09-2008 Hellcity Punks
Supports: Dead By Gun, Stereojunks!; Venue: Semifinal, Helsinki (Finland) By: Nina Mende It became sort of a tradition by now seeing Stereojunks whenever I’m in town. And they always play at Semifinal. So where they tonight. Along with Dead By Gun who played first and Hellcity Punks who played last. Dead By Gun came from…
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26-09-2008 Poets of the Fall
Venue: Virgin Oil, Helsinki (Finland) By: Nina Mende Another sold out show I attended. This time at Virgin Oil and this time Poets of the Fall. Poets of the Fall are a rock band from Helsinki, Finland that was founded by Marko and Olli in 2003.They have three albums released so far and all have…
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Carmen Gray – Welcome To Grayland
Releasedate: 10.09.2008; Label: Sony BMG By: Nina Mende Even though “Carmen Gray” signed a recording contract with Sony/BMG in the spring 2005 and released their debut album, “The Portrait of Carmen Gray,” September 2006, the group itself has been around much longer than that. Three of its members, Lappe, JJ and Pete, have played together…
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Battlelore – The Last Alliance
Releasedate: 26-09-2008; Label: Napalm Records By: Elvira Visser With “The Last Alliance” the Finns of Battlelore return once again to the stories of J.R.R Tolkien and his legendary Middle Earth. The band was founded back in 1999 when Jyri and Mikki joined forces. After some line up changes in the past years they released their…
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The Rasmus – Black Roses
Releasedate: 26-09-2008; Label: Universal / Playgrounds By: Nina Mende The Rasmus, after three years they have now and finally released their new album „Black Roses“. Their 7th album in 14 years of band history into which I don’t have to get into any further, do I? Their biggest hits were “F-f-f-f-falling” and “In The Shadows”,…
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Dead By Gun – Pulse
Releasedate: 24-09-2008; Label:Hype Records By: Nina Mende Dead by Gun is a Finnish punk rock band founded in 2001. This band is straight forward and says what they think. They now have their second album released.
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25-09-2008 Carmen Gray
Supports: Rogue Angel; Venue: On The Rocks, Helsinki (Finland) By: Nina Mende A Thursday night at On The Rocks in Helsinki. Like in every other country weekdays shows are not as crowded as weekend ones. So it happened that On The Rocks was not too crowded in the end. It was full, no doubt, but…
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25-09-2008 Stam1na
Supports: FM 2000; Venue: Nosturi, Helsinki (Finland) By: Nina Mende The side effect of being in Helsinki is seeing good shows. So it happened that the very week I was there Stam1na was playing at Nosturi. Opening act was FM2000. Long queues in front of Nosturi and the big signs telling “Sold Out!” could already…
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Artas – The Healing
Releasedate: 26-09-2008; Label: Napalm Records By: Elvira Visser In 2006 an Austrian band was founded, members came from different bands who played different genres and styles. When cooperating they founded Staub & Schatten. The different backgrounds from the band members delivered to the sound of ARTAS. In 2007 the band signed with Napalm Records and…
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One Step Beyond – Beyond Good And Evil
Releasedate: 29-09-2008 By: Sabine van Gameren The Australian death metal band One Step Beyond had their first release in 1999, about two years after they formed the band. Three years later their debut full length “Life Imitates Art” saw lights and anno 2008 the band releases “Beyond Good And Evil”.