August.. a month with nothing to do really. There are no concerts in Athens, so let's look back at some other cool things. I have mentioned before Tuska Metal festival in Helsinki. There are many more cool metal festivals in Finland. Just recently there have been some new ones, too.
I also have been to some other festivals in Finland that are not metal-oriented, like Provinssi, Ilosaari, Sararock etc., but there was one festival I went to which is a pure metal festival and it's called Pellavarock. It was situated near Lammi, which is close by Hämeenlinna.
The year was 2004 and we went there by bus, if i remember correctly? There were also some friends of us to hang out with. I must admit that I got crazily drunk on vanilla coke and vodka. The festival lasts only one night and there are two stages as you can see on my pics.
The area was in the middle of a forest with slopes going up a small hill. For a festival this is a perfect setup since everyone can see well. I remember stumbling to the toilet so many times and most likely tripping over roots, since I all of a sudden had a scar above my lip and I had no recollection how it got there.. well well well, those were the days back then, haha!
Why I am telling all of this? There were some great metal bands playing that day but I would lie if I said that I remember much. But yes, there was also a black metal band and that is Moonsorrow. I really should have payed attention back then. Moonsorrow are a great band and I recently really fell in love with them. Their mix of black metal and folk, their epic and in Finnish sung songs are absolutely to my liking. They also covered Non serviam from Rotting Christ and the cover is superb.
The last two pictures are from a pizza place in Lammi and walking through Lammi to get to the house of a friend's friend. We had no place to stay but he so nicely let us stay at his house, even though there were no free beds and we grabbed some sheets and just lay down on the floor. This was quite the adventure and i'm glad there still exist some pictures from that crazy trip.
Pimeyteen joka täällä on
Ei ketään voida valmistaa
- Daedin
I also have been to some other festivals in Finland that are not metal-oriented, like Provinssi, Ilosaari, Sararock etc., but there was one festival I went to which is a pure metal festival and it's called Pellavarock. It was situated near Lammi, which is close by Hämeenlinna.
The year was 2004 and we went there by bus, if i remember correctly? There were also some friends of us to hang out with. I must admit that I got crazily drunk on vanilla coke and vodka. The festival lasts only one night and there are two stages as you can see on my pics.
The area was in the middle of a forest with slopes going up a small hill. For a festival this is a perfect setup since everyone can see well. I remember stumbling to the toilet so many times and most likely tripping over roots, since I all of a sudden had a scar above my lip and I had no recollection how it got there.. well well well, those were the days back then, haha!
Why I am telling all of this? There were some great metal bands playing that day but I would lie if I said that I remember much. But yes, there was also a black metal band and that is Moonsorrow. I really should have payed attention back then. Moonsorrow are a great band and I recently really fell in love with them. Their mix of black metal and folk, their epic and in Finnish sung songs are absolutely to my liking. They also covered Non serviam from Rotting Christ and the cover is superb.
The last two pictures are from a pizza place in Lammi and walking through Lammi to get to the house of a friend's friend. We had no place to stay but he so nicely let us stay at his house, even though there were no free beds and we grabbed some sheets and just lay down on the floor. This was quite the adventure and i'm glad there still exist some pictures from that crazy trip.
Pimeyteen joka täällä on
Ei ketään voida valmistaa
- Daedin
