It’s Sunday lunchtime and the punters have crawled out of their beds from across the city of HELLsinki to once again descended on Suvilahti for the final day of this year’s instalment of Tuska Open Air Metal Festival. The carnage of the Saturday night after-parties is evident on the faces …
Read More »Tuska Open Air Festival, Helsinki – Day 1 – Friday 26/06/2015
Back in 2004, I had the pleasure of visiting Finland on vacation. On the night I arrived in the Helsinki hostel, I noticed a larger than normal number of heavy metal fans arriving back after a show. I asked one what gig they were at. The answer.. DIO at TUSKA. …
Read More »Tuska Open Air Festival, Helsinki – Day 2 – Saturday 27/06/2015
It’s an earlier kick-off today at the Tuska Open Air Festival and even though the heavens opened and spilled their disapproval over Helsinki a few hours before the gates opened, it has cleared up and another pleasant day in the concrete cauldron is assured. First up, death metal “open-door supergroup” …
Read More »ABBATH is immortal – live debut at Tuska Open Air – Line up complete
Tuska Open Air 2015, taking place at Suvilahti, Helsinki, Finland during the weekend of June 26th – 28th has announced the final acts for this year’s festival. Immortal front man ABBATH and his new band will make their world premiere at Tuska on Saturday June 27th. Rifling off Immortal classics, ABBATH is a …
Read More »Tuska 2015 adds international cult acts to line up
Tuska Festival taking place in Suvilahti, Helsinki, has managed to book a crop of trailblazing cult acts that have been all over the media the past few days. Taking the stage at this year’s event at Suvilahti will be Mortus (MEX), Crepuscular (MEX), Eternal Dusk (UK), Grey (GER), Yvaeh (MY), Blast (SWE/FIN), …
Read More »Architects and 7 more acts added to Tuska 2015 line up
With the onset of spring and the prospect of a glorious Summer. Finland is readying itself for this year’s Summer festivals. Suomi’s number one metal event Tuska Open Air Festival, has announced more amazing acts to next its already lavish line up. UK metalcore heroes Architects have been confirmed for …
Read More »Sabaton Confirmed to headline Tuska Open Air 2015 and Day Splits announced
Swedish metal crusaders Sabaton have been confirmed as on of the headliners for this year’s instalment of the Tuska Open Air Festival. The day splits have also been announced and are as follows Friday 26.6.2015 SABATON, LAMB OF GOD, EXODUS, KROKODIL, BLUES PILLS, GHOST BRIGADE, ENFORCER, FORESEEN, DEATH TOLL 80K, …
Read More »Exodus, Loudness and 6 more added to Tuska Open Air 2015
Tuska Open Air have just announced 8 new bands including Exodus, Loudness and Krokodil for their line up for 2015. Tuska Open Air takes place 26th – 28th June in Helsinki, Finland. EXODUS, a cornerstone of Bay Area thrash metal, arrives to Tuska with the acclaimed ”Blood In, Blood Out” -album …
Read More »TUSKA 2015 confirms Alice Cooper and 11 other acts
Eleven new bands and a theatre play have just been confirmed for TUSKA 2015 line-up. Pioneer of theatrical rock and one of the heavy metal ancestors ALICE COOPER brings his shock rock circus to Tuska main stage. OPETH is set to show off how to master progressive metal on a wide …
Read More »In Flames join Amorphis, Lamb Of God, and Stratovarius for TUSKA 2015
Gothenburg based IN FLAMES is confirmed to play at Tuska. In 2015 Tuska-festival will be held from 26th to 28th of June at Suvilahti, Helsinki. In Flames is one of the forefathers of death metal and Gothenburg based metal scene. Numerous world tours and 11 studioalbums under their belt the …
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