Tag: festival report
6.6.2019 RockFest: Kingston Wall & Rainbow @ Hyvinkään Lentokenttä (Musicalypse Archive)
RockFest begins tomorrow, and in what appeared to be a straight-up money-grab, a fourth day was added to the event... which was not included...
19.01.2018 Metal Crane Festival @ Nosturi, Helsinki
Even though myGRAIN ended their activities already in 2015, the band released a new EP “III” with the announcement that the band would do some additional...
09-10.11.2018 Steelchaos @ Nosturi, Helsinki (Musicalypse Archive)
So, STEELCHAOS arrived again with all its extreme metal glory, so it was well and proper to check it out once again. It was...
13.10.2018 Heavy Metal Heart – DAY 2 w/ Suru, Reflection Dies,...
The second day of Heavy Metal Heart festival was organized in Virgin Oil co and had much more bands in prospect. To read the...
12.10.2018 Heavy Metal Heart – DAY 1 w/ Re-Armed, Enthring &...
An official goodbye to summer festivals also opens up the opportunity to visit some indoor festivals. Last year I was surprised by the lineup...
20-21.7.2018 John Smith Festival @ Peurunka, Laukaa (Musicalypse Archive)
It was that time of the year again: to pack our wellies and raincoats and head out to Peurunka Spa Hotel in Laukaa for...
29.06-01.07.2018 Tuska Festival @ Suvilahti, Helsinki (Musicalypse Archive)
Tuska Open Air Festival has cemented itself as one of Helsinki’s most iconic annual events and as such, was a must for any self-respecting...
29.6.2018 – Day 1 – Tuska Open Air @ Suvilahti, Helsinki
For the 21 years Tuska has been one of Finland’s biggest and most beloved metal festivals. Even though I have been living here for...
20-23.6.2018 Nummirock @ Nummijärvi, Kauhajoki (Musicalypse Archive)
Midsummer, along with Christmas, is probably the holiest of annual festivities for us Finns. Celebrated on the shores of Kauhajoki’s lake, Nummijärvi, Nummirock has...
18-19.6.2018 South Park -festivaali @ Eteläpuisto, Tampere (Musicalypse Archive)
South Park -festivaali, held in Eteläpuisto (literally South Park - imaginative) in Tampere, was June 8-9th's gift to festivals. Musicalypse has always had a...
6-9.6.2018 Rockfest @ Lentokentta, Hyvinkää (Musicalypse Archive)
Ozzy Osbourne, JUDAS PRIEST, MEGADETH, Marilyn Manson, AVENGED SEVENFOLD... RockFest promised a lot of classic bands in 2018. It was with some hesitation that...
18-19.05.2018 Steelfest @ Villatehdas, Hyvinkää (Musicalypse Archive)
Since the smaller SteelChaos winter festival last year, Steelfest has been much-anticipated. Held in Hyvinkää's old wool factory, Villatehdas, we jumped on a train and caught...
20.1.2018 Metal Crane Festival @ Nosturi, Helsinki (Musicalypse Archive)
The Tampere-based Nem Agency is on a righteous path. Their artist roster is full of prominent names from Finland as well as abroad, and...
06.01.2018 Svartfest II @ Klubi, Tampere (Musicalypse Archive)
Some of you may be familiar with Svart Records, a Finnish record label that was founded in 2009. Svartfest, then, is the mini-tour of...
10-11.11.2017 Steelchaos @ Nosturi, Helsinki (Musicalypse Archive)
The annual summer festival, Steelfest, is a place for black, thrash, and grunge metallers to get down and dirty. Not satisfied with one festival...
13-14.10.2017 Blow Up vol. 3 @ Korjaamo, Helsinki (Musicalypse Archive)
For several years already, the Helsinki-based production agency, Blow Up That Gramophone, has brought the newer and older relevant names of stoner, sludge, and...
6.8.2017 – METAL DAY – Lokerse Feesten @ Lokeren, Belgium
Belgium in summer... Not only does Belgium have the best beer and chocolate, and are their waffles little drops of heaven, the almost overabundant...
5.8.2017 SaariHelvetti @ Viikinsaari, Tampere (Musicalypse Archive)
SaariHelvetti, a metal festival run by the Tampere-based Nem Agency and arranged this year for the third time, intrigued me with its concept and...
28-29.7.2017 Sauna Classic @ Eteläpuisto, Tampere (Musicalypse Archive)
Sauna Classic in Tampere was introduced as a successor to the late Sauna Open Air and celebrated for the first time on July 28-29th,...
21-22.7.2017 John Smith Festival @ Peurunka, Laukaa (Musicalypse Archive)
For the second year in a row, we made the trip to Central Finland to see what the good people at John Smith Festival...