Schwermetall – Der Film , the first German Hard´N´Heavy documentary, filmed in 2008 + 2009 on 90 Festivals and stages all over Germany, featuring the underground as well as big names (Summer Breeze, Bang Your Head), more than 250 German and international artists and stars, is now hitting the screens. Besides Interviews, Outtakes, Live-Clips and Fanshots you can experience festivals from backstage or VIP areas and find out about different Metal styles: www.schwermetall-der-film.de. Sabaton-Cruise: Who wants more of Metal on a cruise ship should consider this one on December 2, 2010, with Sabaton, Raubtier, Steelwing, Prey, Mary Fay etc, Infos here . The Sorrow competition named HEADBANG & WIN, until Aug 30 details here . Sweden Rock Cruise will be a tribute to Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P.) and will take place on Oct 7, 2010. Details at our tourdates.
It´s always worth to give gigs a try that happen somewhat outside Helsinki center. For example Tikkurila – and you might know this one from travelling to Ankkarock- or Myötätuuli-festival – to be reached by train in about 20 min. The small but cool venue is a renovated factory near the railway station, right next to the river, which makes it quite appealing also outside the summer season. And for Metalfans an additional argument: beer-prices at happy hour...
Hate Fury opened the evening, a bit too loudly, and they had obviously not much live experience yet, but they lured the fans out of the bar in front of the stage. Their song material – a mixture of Old School Thrash and Melodic Death – sounded quite promising, though.
Semtex (Opening Foto) had a bit more to offer, because their cool Stoner Rock/Doom Metal fitted nicely to their rather static stage show. You could not help thinking of Cathedral, Solitude Aeternus or Kyuss, a great groove and powerful soundwall. Only the vocals in the style of COF Dani felt somehow out of place and not powerful enough. A pity, because this band could offer so much more.
Elenium Does singer J live in a room with rubber walls? You could not avoid pondering over this question seeing this stage action... or did he try to compensate for the previous bands? Hyperactive non-stop, Vampire attacks on fellow musicians and close fan-contact, and well, he sang, too... this show would have been nice on a bigger stage, too, and also the sound was OK. And no sign that J, Tuomo Räisänen (bass) and Johannes Salo (keys) presented the new Elenium-Line-Up with drummer Anssi Hallio and the guitarists Ville Leppänen and Lauri Koskenniemi. Totally tight, entertaining, with a lot of groove and a portion of insanity – this is how Progressive Metal can be real fun! I can just recommend to put „See an Elenium Gig“ on your To-Do list.
Elenium-Setlist:
Up The Long Ladder
Eye for A Lie
Eyes Grow Colder
The Escalator
Nameless - Faceless
Human
Challenger Of Gravity
Under The Mug
Caught In A Wheel
