This year the scope of numerous Finnish festivals has lost one among its core ”musts”, the Spinefeast, which became a cruise (see STALKER tourdates). Instead, Helsinki Halloween Festival gained more volume and became an annual regular in one of the city´s biggest venues, the cable factory. Organized for quite high attendance, it ... more/mehr
2007-11-15
Helsinki Metal Meeting 2009
Helsinki
With the new name "Helsinki Metal Meeting" the former FME "Finnish Metal Expo" made it to another round in 2009. In previous years everything was focused on two days in the cable factory in Helsinki´s Ruohonlahti area, this time it was three days and 30 bands spread on 3 venues in different areas. Sounds complicated and stressful, ... more/mehr
2009-02-22
Helsinki Metal Meeting 2010
Helsinki
Global warming??? You rather considered the coming of a new Ice Age when the sixth Helsinki Metal Meeting (former Finnish Metal Expo) took place, at -15 degrees temperatures outside... Still, once again it was a success, 5000 people visited the Cable Factory Helsinki, and Saturday was sold out – but let´s start from the beginning... ... more/mehr
2010-02-26
Helsinki Metal Meeting 2011
Helsinki
A couple of years ago, the annual Finnish Metal Expo was for the first time marketed as an expanded format, dubbed Helsinki Metal Meeting and including various club gigs in addition to the Expo itself. This year there were no additional gigs on Friday and Saturday, but the opening event at Virgin Oil Co. on Thursday night offered ... more/mehr
2011-03-04
Helsinki Metal Meeting 2012
Helsinki
Friday, Feb 17, 2012
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter were the opening act of the 2012 Finnish Metal Expo/ Helsinki Metal Meeting. Interestingly, quite many photographers were already present at this time (17:30 pm) and roughly half of them seemed to be German. I recognized a similar proportion of German speaking fans ... more/mehr