I chatted with Sami Perttula and Jarkko Aaltonen from KORPIKLAANI about many things, their respective instrument choices, touring, festival timeslots, and the soon to be released album, 'Rankarumpu'. Check it out.
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I chatted with Sami Perttula and Jarkko Aaltonen from KORPIKLAANI about many things, their respective instrument choices, touring, festival timeslots, and the soon to be released album, 'Rankarumpu'. Check it out.
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I had another awesome chat with Tony Kakko from Finland's SONATA ARCTICA about many things, voice issues, acoustic shows and the pension plan opportunities, favourite seasons and of course the excellent new album, 'Clear Cold Beyond', which is out now.
Check it out.
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CHURCHES OF STEEL had the 7th instalment on Saturday the 17th of February. For the 3rd year running it was held at the Adelaide UniBar, and once again it was a fantastic day. 12 hours of Metal and great friends. CHURCHES OF STEEL is probably one of the more relaxed festivals but that's not to say it wasn't frantic with Metal. 14 bands entertained the crowd from start to finish.
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Okay, let's talk about how good IN FLAMES and KREATOR were last night at Hindley Street Music Hall In Adelaide. KREATOR and they were better than I remember, better than i expected them to be.
IN FLAMES looked good, they sounded good, the best I've heard them in fact.
Photos through the smoke within.
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A packed house at Lion Arts on a school night to see BLIND GUARDIAN for the first time in Adelaide. The crowd arrived early and was in fine voice for an entertaining night. BLIND GUARDIAN were in fine form to leave us all breathless. I don't think I've ever heard an Adelaide crowd sing like that. Can't wait for next time.
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TYKETTO are heading to Australia as part of GLAMFEST 2024. I had an awesome chat with frontman Danny Vaughn about the band, what they've been doing lately, the upcoming Australian shows, setlists, long haul flights and the serious issue of the effect music has on people. We also touched on his time with WAYSTED, and his other projects.
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HEAVY SA was held January 27th, featuring 24 bands from South Australia (plus a bonus 'jam' band with assorted members). It was another huge event, well organised and well run, held at Lion Arts Factory over 2 stages.
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NEW – This was previously album reviews but wasn’t updated much. I aim to remedy that.