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Meet Pekko Käppi and his Jouhikko

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Od on English, Interview, Tuska

I had some really great opportunities this summer, and I hope you’re not getting bored by me pointing out yet again that I met an outstanding personality. But, shit, they are! Each of them! And each for different reason! So perhaps some might remember the show of Amorphis in late summer 2016 during the Helsinki Festival at Huvilatelta where they performed a unique gig headed: An evening with friends. One of these friends was Pekko Käppi, who is mastering a medieval instrument called jouhikko. The combination of the progressive Amorphis songs with this medieval instrument was no less than perfect…

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“We like it aggressive” – Meeting Post Pulse

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Od on English, Interview, Tuska

Not too long ago I noticed that Antti Karhu, formerly The Man Eating Tree, had a new band, named Post Pulse. I found their just released first album named “Halls of the Damned” and listened to it. It is quite different from The Man Eating Tree, of course. It is aggressive stuff! Straightforward, honest and pure. Interesting. As they listed Helsinki as the band’s base I got in touch. Fun and heavy as hell We’re nobody Love at first sight Folk Metal from The Woods? Metal after Death = Post Pulse This is what I live for Superheroes on my…

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Crossing borders with Eugene from Jinjer

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Od on English, Interview, Nummirock

… but still it can be evil! Dozens of visas in our passports We were completely a DIY band I met Eugene during Nummirock some time after his gig. It was the first time I had seen Jinjer and it was no less than awesome. Power, passion and their pleasure in performance. Tatjana Shmailyuk’s performance is as incredible as her vocal capacities. And the male band members (Eugene Abdukhanov/ bass, Roman Ibramkhalilov/ guitars and Vladislav Ulasevish/ drums) deliver a no less passionate show. Their unique style is to me impossibly described by a genre and that was one thing I…

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The Jam Session in the Head – Meeting Jarkko Lunnas, Damnation Plan

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Od on English, Interview, Tuska

“Rise of the Messenger” “Reality Illusion” “Darker World” “Don’t Talk to Strangers”   During this summer I have met numerous, very impressive musicians. Each of them is impressive in his own fashion. And there is no way to tell one more or less impressive as their achievements are hardly to be compared. Each of these musicians is very passionately in what he is doing. But perhaps none is as devoted to do literally everything as Jarkko is. This is not meant to talk small the contribution of the other band members in particular or any other musician in general.…

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Death is too simple to explain –Intimate interview with Pasi Koskinen/Ajattara

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Od on English, Interview, Nummirock

The biggest moments are the biggest losses It’s like nothing you know Noise that I can never share Finnish men drown their sorrow I had prepared set of questions but the interview took a totally different turn. What happened and how it happened was utterly unexpected and thereby on the other hand exactly what one might have thought, considering the description that Pasi Koskinen has been known to be unpredictable. But let’s go back to the start. Finding no media person I had written to the band directly and after quite some time the manager replied. He would manage to…

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The new Beast (in Black) is about to rise – meeting Anton Kabanen

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Od on English, Interview

The Beast is Born The Beasts in the Mixer The Berserk and the Beast’s Evolution The Beast Whispers and Roars The Beast is Alive and Hungry The Beast Learns to Dance No One Can Stop the Beast Meeting Anton Kabanen was surprising in many ways. He has changed since leaving Battle Beast and as far as I can say for the better. I met a considerate yet confident musician full of plans and apparently not only I do regard him very capable of achieving those goals he set for himself and his new band: Beast in Black. This Beast in…

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Get ‚S-TOOL-ed‘! Ville Laihiala & Kimmo Hiltunen on their new band!

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Od on English, Interview, Nummirock

Meeting S-Tool This is gonna be a killer album! Fed up with corporation music business We’re on this together The arse of the elephant Meeting S-Tool Arranging the meeting with S-Tool was a bit surprising. As I did not find a media contact, I wrote to the band directly. I knew they had read the mail immediately and still nothing happened for weeks. So only short before Nummirock I sent a reminder. “Of course we do it!“ was the reply, very quickly by the way. How could I have doubted? Well never mind, their media folks arranged the details. Waiting…

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Interview with Vorna – a very intimate band portrait

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Od on English, Interview, Nummirock

Intro We just do what we do Introversion in its many forms Patience, precision and a hole in the wall We all love the bass The hawk, the spirit, the cat and … The 7th member, the elephant and Ukko Intro Meeting this band of introvert childhood friends in their Nummirock camp was a very moving experience. Only while doing this script I got aware how deep I dug into their souls and how much trust and faith they granted me in return. Thank you Vorna! Once more the interview and so consequently also this script is a long one.…

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Doing festivals is a love-hate-relationship – Interview with Björn Strid/Soilwork

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Od on English, Interview, Tuska

I met Björn Strid in the back stage oft he Tuska Metal Open Air Festival which is actually not the best place to take an interview. Apparently the organizers are incapable of providing a rather quiet room for interviews. So we sit more or less literally behind the stage with noisy traffic from the road beyond the festival area making it even harder to understand my interviewee. While Björn still complains on the heat of the last weekends, he spent on festivals in continental Europe I am very willing to exchange the rainy cold from Nummirock weather for one of…

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More than just a (metal) band – Interview with Kaunis Kuolematon

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Od on English, Interview, Nummirock

Chapters of the interview: Relieved from death. Death. Death. More than just a metal band Naked on stage Mental Freedom Superheroes and antiheroes What is music? There are good and not so good and actually senseless slots to meet a band for an interview. And perhaps only few hours after their after show party, bleary and perhaps hangovered might easily end in a one way road or chaos. But meeting Kaunis Kuolematon turned out to be just amazing. They granted deep insights into their dynamics and their relationship to their music and lyrics and the crucial role the Finnish language…

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