Hi everyone! Just to let you all know that I'm off to Oslo, Norway tomorrow. I'm going to an industrial music festival called KOMA.
It's going to be my first time in Norway so I'm really excited. The line-up is pretty cool too. Sadly two of the bands: Unter Null and Tactical Sekt had to cancel but that won't stop me from enjoying the festival.
Anyway, this means that I'm going to be offline for a few days, from tomorrow until Sunday.
See you when I get back!
Now before I start I just want to mention that... I've just finished writing a long, official, full report on this for Valkyrian Music so I'm sure as fuck not going to write that much on here. What I will say is the following:
Sauna Open Air is a local, Tampere based metal festival held every year since 2004. This year I managed to obtain a press pass granting me free access for the full two days. Sadly this was limited to only one pass per media meaning that my plus one, my husband had to pay 50€ for a one day ticket. He also wanted to see Sabaton who played on the Sunday sadly he simply couldn't justify forking out another 50€ just to see one band.
Fantastic performances by Children of Bodom, Finntroll and oddly enough Nightwish. Finntroll look funny in their costumes but they sure know how to get a mosh-pit going. Nightwish sounds so much better with Floor Jansen as their lead singer. She's great, a really talented singer with one hell of a stage presence. I really hope that she joins the band full time.
Sunday
Hardcore Superstar were ok. Decent rock music which reminded me of Guns'n'Roses. Sabaton never disappoint. It's not the first time that I've seen them and I can guarantee that it won't be the last either. It's just a shame that my husband couldn't be there. Luckily he was able to hear some of it by standing just outside of the stadium.
Overall it was a fun two days worth of festival. It's just a shame that I couldn't get two press passes but such is life.
Photos
Children of Bodom
Finntroll
Nightwish
Sabaton
Mood: Tired Music: Children of Bodom - Bodom After Midnight
J4son-V00rhees, no sign of DJ Farm Chicken sadly. I'm guessing that he's more into electronica than metal. I'll keep an an eye out for him at KOMA festival.
Doh Why is that chicken so distant from his fans? If he is not there, you got to go to Farm fest, also playing farm fest is the Death metal Chicken, Death metal Cat and Death metal Camel
So from industrial to some folk metal! One of the nice things about the Finnish summer is that there's lots of metal festivals. Not just the big ones either... Pelmurock is a one-day, free rock and metal festival taking place in Pirkkala, a small town just outside of Tampere but within short driving distance. I only found out about this event a few days ago and it was not until I discovered that Korpiklaani were playing that my husband and I decided to go.
Being an all day event it started in the early evening and lasted until the early hours of the morning. The entrance to event was free of charge and there was no age limit; I saw some families with young children in there too. There was a catch though, entrance to the bar area cost 5€ and there was drinks and food available from the stalls. Since we arrived by car, alcohol was off limits. We only ended up seeing two of the bands as they looked the most interesting out of the line-up, most of which consisted of local indie rock bands.
Cowerpoint
As the name suggests, this was a cover band. They played an interesting range of metal and rock covers. Some of them were very catchy and really agitated the crowds. The most memorable ones include: Dio's 'Holy Diver', AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell', Twisted Sister's 'We're Not Gonna Take It', 'I wanna be somebody' (with the female singer performing the lead vocals), 'Over The Hills and Far Away' and Manowar's 'Hail and Kill'. They managed to get the audience to sing along to some of the songs. Definitely a good way to start the night and a very fitting warm-up act for Korpiklaani.
Korpiklaani
By the time these guys came on it was already past midnight. Both my husband I have seen them live before but that was many years ago and they have gone through several line-up changes since. At first they played lots of songs from the newest album 'Manala' which I'm not too familiar with. Luckily the latter half of their set consisted of older songs including some of the party hits such as the instrumental 'Pellonpekko', 'Beer Beer', 'Wooden Pints', 'Vodka' and a cover of 'Juodaan Viinaa'. The Korpiklaani mosh-pit is quite a unique sight – there's something special about watching groups of drunken metalheads doing humppa (a Finnish variant of the polka folk dance) and ripaska moves whils head-banging! I stayed clear of the mosh pit but joined in with some of the dancing.
Overall it was a good night. We had fun even without the beer. This kind of metal reminds that summer is here and the festival season is now in full swing.
I'm going to cancel/delete the fundraiser campaign since no one practically donated nothing....
$105 out of $2000? Sad, very sad!
I have put so much into getting this album released, and I've done what I can to finalize the release, but getting absolutely no where with raising the money to do so.
People have a piss poor way of supporting bands or new bands, financially or not, and I cannot even give what those who donated, what they are suppose to, because I do not have enough funds for their perks. I feel hurt, pissed off, and really ashamed of people these days.
So, I'm to the point of saying forget about the release, no questions asked.
So if you really do care about supporting the local music scene, here is your last chance to help me get this release done, and out there.
I know sound really arrogant, but honestly, I'm sick of those who claim they support the music scene or whatever, and show no action with their words. And if people don not like what I say in this post, DO NOT REPLY! Simple as that...
Hi mate, I think i missed something... I think a long time ago I submitted few bucks for a project about a self production of 100cds or something like that...What happened then ? I didn't hear about this fundraiser campain or is always the same ? Update me please and keep it up!
Tao, this is a new campaign, for a much bigger and better release, I am trying to raise at least $2000 for getting the album mastered, CDs, merchandise etc.
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J4son-V00rhees
Why is that chicken so distant from his fans? If he is not there, you got to go to Farm fest, also playing farm fest is the Death metal Chicken, Death metal Cat and Death metal Camel 
I love Finntroll 
and Children Of Bodom is pretty good too. I can't say I'm that much of a Sabaton fan though :S
Sorry to hear that. I contributed and did my best to spread the news. I wish there was more I could do.
I was out of good picks so I kinda'
