Browsing: 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…

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…

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…

Jak už určitě stačili pravidelní i náhodní čtenáři Obscura zaznamenat, naše redakce je informovala pravidelně o své účasti na festivalu Nummirock ve Finsku. Redakci se opravdu podařilo získat akreditaci na Nummirock a vyslat svého zástuce. Respektive zástupkyni. Nadaná fotografka a naše externí redaktorka Katja Gessner dostala možnost užívat si jednoho z nejlepších finských festivalů hodně zblízka. Tady je její ohlédnutí za proběhlým festivalem, který přinesl výběr toho nejlepšího z finské metalové scény. „Říkala jsem, že chci posílat reporty každou hodinu nebo tak něco? No, tak to nefunguje. Neustále přebíhám od jedné úžasné kapely ke druhé, abych je mohla fotit, promluvit si s nimi,…

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.…

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…

The festival ended with a range of more than interesting gigs. Yet after another three nights in a row short in sleep and days crowded with information, music and meeting musicians and managers, I was simply too tired to attend everything I had planned. I am quite confident that Mastodon gave an impressive show without my attention. The weather had changed completely. It was warm, still windy and sun shone from a cloudless sky. It felt as if the sun was burning after the last days of rain and dark clouds. Good, old Udo Dirkschneider and his band shred the…

Only two more days left before the gates to one of the most traditional clubs, the Tavastia, in Helsinki open for the Tuska warm up event, the Pre Party. Here we will see Antony Parviainen and his energetic Band Psychework again. And no doubt they will fuel the Helsinki party people as much as they did just a few days ago at Nummirock. Speaking of those bands we will see once more, I am also happy to get a second chance for a Vorna gig. Perhpas just one week ago I had said, what a pitty they just play at…

The final gig of Nummirock 2017 was played by the amazing and fantastic Insomnium.  And what a gig they played. I met them at the check in and the first thing they or more precisely Niilo asked: „What the hell are you doing here?“ relating to me being German and thereby being theoretically able to sit at home in the sun enjoying a hot summer day. But would I want to have missed Nummirock 2017? No! Certainly not. And replying to Niilo I said: „Well enjoying the wonderful Finnish summer and of course the most amazing line up here!“ At…

Moikka from the beautiful lake Nummijärvi, from sunny shores and flimmering heat …. Äh – no. Well, the lake is beautiful. And the sun is at least from time to time visible. And the flimmering heat, well … I haven’t found that yet. Also, travelling here was a bit of an adventure. First my luggage got lost and then also my company. While I found the first mentioned short after midnight at the airport, the other one was delivered by taxi around 2:30 am when I was finally asleep – yet not for long, as I had to pick her…