Fri 23 Sep – Pain, Black Light Discipline

Mmkay. I was not sure wheter go or not, but I decided to go since I would later regret not going. Did not have much money, so didn't buy any beer, only paid to enter. No friends with me this time. Bought Lutakko membership in the same time and got "free pass". Got drunk enough and went to sauna just before got there. Nice feeling etc. I got there just in time when Black Light Discipline started their show. They were ok. Nothing bad to say about their music. In fact, it…

Thu 12 May – Shining, Chthonian

I have two jobs currently. Mainly I work as a web designer in a company and then I'm doing this heavy metal journalism, gig and album reviews, interviews and so on. I had a business trip to Helsinki and I had to woke up at 4.00 when Shining gig ended after 00… and of course I had plenty to drink so I was kinda wasted last night. Not sober when had to change the black clothing to something more proper and head my way to the train… now I'm in train heading back to…

The new hilarious Turmion Kätilöt interview!

Finnish people read here:
http://www.metallimusiikki.net/metallimusiikki/turmion-katilot-finnish-metal-expossa

The rest of you, use google translator :-)

The interview took place in 19. February, 2011, FME 2011, Kaapelitehdas Helsinki.

Fri 18 Feb – Finnish Metal Expo

What to say first? FME / Finnish Metal Expo / Helsinki Metal Meeting was not that exciting experience for me this year as it has been before. Not that many 'awesome' bands, in fact there were more of those I personally was not interested in at all.

Leaving from Jyväskylä, Central Finland to Helsinki, my ride in Friday morning sent a text message "no can do", because of the weather. It was freezing cold, -34 or something and his car did not start or something. I was practically fucked, because I needed the…

Thu 20 Jan – Turisas, Daniel Lioneye

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Oh snap what an awesome night! I was looking forward to see Daniel Lioneye to play Vol II, as I got my name to guest list straight from Linde. I went to Lutakko about 10 pm, when they where supposed to start. It was full in front row, so I asked two girls could they make a space for me as I had come to see Daniel Lioneye mainly, in finnish of course. They said what? and I realized they speak english. So I spoke english for them.

They made a space…

22/11/2009: Swallow the Sun (2), Lutakko
22/11/2009: Soulfallen, Lutakko
22/08/2009: Rotten Sound, Lutakko Liekeissä
22/08/2009: Sotajumala, Lutakko Liekeissä
22/08/2009: Torture Killer, Lutakko Liekeissä
22/08/2009: Axegressor, Lutakko Liekeissä
15/08/2009: Stam1na, Jyväskylärock
15/08/2009: Diablo, Jyväskylärock
15/08/2009: Mokoma, Jyväskylärock
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02/05/2008: Swallow the Sun, Lutakko
22/04/2008: Dark Tranquillity, Lutakko
02/05/2008: Ocean Floor, Lutakko
31/01/2008: Ensiferum (2), Spinefeast at Sea
31/01/2008: Children of Bodom, Spinefeast
31/01/2008: Hanging Garden, Spinefeast
31/01/2008: Warmen, Spinefeast at Sea
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01/11/2007: Dimmu Borgir, The Invaluab
01/11/2007: Amon Amarth, The Invaluable
01/11/2007: Engel,…

Sat 4 Dec – Machinae Supremacy, Kill the Romance, Random Eyes

Whoa. It was such a great night with Random Eyes, Kill the Romance, and Machinae Supremacy. I was a bit drunk - not much, but a bit. Random Eyes was fukkin great. Christian Palin introduced us their new guitarist. I know nothing about him. He played some cheap-ass solo, and it sure was impressive. During the solo I was thinking; would I say it or not. But then I decided that I will.

"OLLI WAS BETTER", I shouted. Did not expect anyone to hear it, but…

Fri 12 Nov – Seventh Wonder, Status Minor

So, this was my first "official" prog rock gig, and I was invited especially via finnish metal web magazine. This is a unofficial first-thoughts-review.

Seventh Wonder is a really respected swedish prog artist, and I was eager to hear them live. The warm up band Status Minor was surpirsingly good as well.

I'm not a fan of either of the bands, but the venue was ok…

The athmosphere heated up when Seventh Wonder took the stage. I had to be in the front row of course, like always. Beside me there was…

Regarding to This journal entry.

Take your top 20 artists. For each of these artists, collect the top 5 similar artists. The resulting number of unique artists is your eclectic score. If the score is small (extreme = 5) your musical preferences are very limited, and if it is large (larger than 80, extreme = 100), then you have an eclectic musical preference. You can compute your own score at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/eclectic.php

My eclectic score is currently

88/100

The 88 related artists for my profile are Adept, All That Remains, Animal Liberation Orchestra, Anthelion, ArthemesiA, At the Gates, Behemoth, Ben…

Sat 28 Aug – Soulfallen + Teardown

Hello. Melodic metal bands Soulfallen and Teardown just performed in Pub Katse (in english: Pub Sight, or Pub Eyes, whatever). And they were awesome. I was a bit late because I had to walk about 4 miles because I had no money for bus. In Jyväskylä (my hometown where bands like Swallow the Sun, Soulfallen, Ghost brigade, Manufacturer's Pride etc. are from) after 11.00 pm it costs double: 2x 3 euros, which is 6 euros in one way, and only 5 km which is about 3-4 miles… fucking stealing! Fuck.…