Live Reports
NILE w/ EMBRYO & MELECHESH – Nosturi, Helsinki, 30.03.2016 (suomeksi)
Maaliskuun lähestyessä loppuaan Nosturissa oli tarjolla odotettu toisinto viiden vuoden takaa, kun etnisemmän raskaan musiikin airuet, yhdysvaltalainen Nile sekä nykyisin Alankomaista ponnistava Melechesh valloittivat...
NILE w/ EMBRYO & MELECHESH – Nosturi, Helsinki, 30.03.2016 (English)
As March was drawing to an end, the messengers of ethnic extreme music, Nile and Melechesh, returned to Nosturi along with the warm-up act...
ROTTEN SOUND w/ CRUSTOFER, KOHTI TUHOA, FEASTEM, & TRYER – Nosturi, Helsinki, 24.03.2016 (suomeksi)
Kiirastorstaina 24.3. Nosturi tarjoili messevän annoksen grindcorea ja tiukkaa punkkia viiden bändin voimin. Hintaa koko lystille kertyi ainostaan 15 euroa, mitä voidaan pitää nykyisten...
ROTTEN SOUND w/ CRUSTOFER, KOHTI TUHOA, FEASTEM, & TRYER – Nosturi, Helsinki, 24.03.2016 (English)
On Thursday, March 24th, Nosturi provided a hefty dose of domestic grindcore and punk: not less than five bands for – in my opinion...
SANNI – Pakkahuone, Tampere, 26.03.2016
If you look at the Finnish pop scene right now, you’re bound to come across more than a few female singers. While most of...
THE USED – Tavastia, Helsinki, 09-10.03.2016
It's been a crazy 15 years since the self-titled album by The Used first came out, and the boys are ready to celebrate! The...
SUNRISE AVENUE ft. WONDERLAND ORCHESTRA – Jäähalli (Ice Hall), Helsinki, 05.03.2016
What better way to spend a Saturday night than watching live music? Finnish pop-rock band Sunrise Avenue kicked off their European tour with the...
METALORGY – Nosturi, Helsinki 13.02.2016
The eighth annual Metalorgy was held this year as a three-day tour. In addition to Helsinki, where the event has traditionally been held, the...
STEVEN WILSON – Pakkahuone, Tampere 11.02.2016 (English)
Not even a year has passed since progressive rock’s Renaissance man, Steven Wilson, last played in Helsinki. However, he recently paid another visit to...
STEVEN WILSON – Pakkahuone, Tampere 11.02.2016 (suomeksi)
Progressiivisen rockin renessanssimies Steven Wilsonin edellisestä Helsingin-keikasta ei ole kulunut edes vuotta, mutta hiljattain hän teki uuden vierailun Suomeen. Tällä kertaa hän soitti kaksi...
ENSIFERUM (acoustic) – Nosturi, Helsinki, 30.01.2016
One can say with certainty that metal bands doing all-acoustic tours are a rare sight. However, the Finnish Viking-folk metal act, Ensiferum, recently did...
PSYCHEWORK w/ ARION – Lutakko, Jyväskylä, 15.01.2016
The beginning of a new year is always a great time to start out with something new, be it a new hobby or a...
SWALLOW THE SUN – Klubi, Tampere, 08.01.2016
The Finnish death/doom masters, Swallow the Sun, released a brilliant mammoth of an album, Songs from the North I, II, & III by the...
RASKASTA JOULUA – Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo, 18.12.2015
There’s nothing that says “Merry Christmas” more than seeing a bunch of heavy metal singers on stage singing Christmas carols, right? The Raskasta Joulua...
CHILDREN OF BODOM w/ MEDEIA & ENSIFERUM – Paviljonki, Jyväskylä, 11.12.2015
After touring around Asia and Europe for two and a half months Children of Bodom finally brought their I Worship Chaos World Tour back...
MOKOMA – Klubi, Tampere, 05.12.2015
December is a traditionally busy season for Christmas office parties. One of Finland’s metal sweethearts, Mokoma, decided to arrange a special Christmas party of...
ELUVEITIE w/ ITHILIEN & SKÁLMÖLD – Nosturi, Helsinki, 02.12.2015
It has been entirely too long since Eluveitie has played a club show in Finland. Though the occasional festival has brought them back to...
APOCALYPTICA – The Circus, Helsinki, 21.11.2015
It’s been 6 months already since Apocalyptica released Shadowmaker, and after a long wait, they finally brought their Shadowmaker Tour to their home country!...
TURISAS w/ BARREN EARTH – Tavastia, Helsinki, 14.11.2015
Regardless of the album or tour, Turisas has been one of our go-to bands for when we want to see a great live performance!...
NIGHTWISH – Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo, 13.11.2015
It’s been just over 3 months since Nightwish played their earth-shattering show at Ratina Stadium in Tampere. They’ve been touring all over since then...
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE – Jäähalli (Ice Hall) Black Box, Helsinki, 12.11.2015
We can’t believe how long it’s been since we’ve seen Bullet for My Valentine! Fortunately, their Venom European Tour brought them recently through Helsinki...
AMORPHIS – Pakkahuone, Tampere, 22.10.2015 (suomeksi)
Amorphiksen uusi levy Under the Red Cloud julkaistiin syyskuun alussa ja sai positiivisen vastaanoton Musicalypsessa, joten albumin kiertueesta raportoiminen oli luonnollista jatkumoa. 22. lokakuuta...
AMORPHIS – Pakkahuone, Tampere, 22.10.2015 (English)
The new Amorphis album Under the Red Cloud came out at the beginning of September and received universal acclaim over here at Musicalypse, so...
TURMION KÄTILÖT – Virgin Oil Co., Helsinki, 17.10.2015
Turmion Kätilöt, the Midwives of Destruction, have been on our list of bands to see since we caught them at Tuska 2014. Since their...
MÅNS ZELMERLOW – The Circus, Helsinki, 17.10.2015
Europe found a new sweetheart when Sweden’s 2015 Eurovision Song Contest representative, Måns Zelmerlöw, won in May with his upbeat and catchy song, “Heroes.”...
PARADISE LOST – The Circus, Helsinki, 13.10.2015 (English)
British Gothic metal pioneers, Paradise Lost, are no stranger to Finland, having played in Helsinki for the first time on the Shades of God...
PARADISE LOST – The Circus, Helsinki, 13.10.2015 (suomeksi)
Brittiläinen goottimetallin edelläkävijä Paradise Lost on tuttu vieras Suomessa, sillä se soitti Helsingissä ensi kertaa jo Shades of God -kiertueella vuonna 1992. Vajaa vuosi...
IN FLAMES – Pakkahuone, Tampere, 13.10.2015
We’d all been wondering where In Flames’ 2015 tour came from. They had already toured their last album, Siren Charms, here last year, and...
ENTWINE – Finlandia-talo, Lahti, 10.10.2015
It’s been 6 years since we’ve heard much of anything from Entwine, and suddenly they’re back! However, with a new album that’s definitely a...
ELASTINEN (ELA-SHOW) – Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, 09.10.2015
Twice in 5 months! We caught Elastinen’s vappu show back on May 1st, and now he’s back and has upgraded from The Circus to...
KORPIKLAANI – Virgin Oil Co., Helsinki, 09.10.2015
Though Musicalypse has been to plenty of Korpiklaani shows over the years as fans, we’ve never seen them in a club to document what...
OPETH – Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki, 06.10.2015 (suomeksi)
Viime vuoden marraskuussa Opeth ilmoitti soittavansa 25-vuotisjuhlakeikan Lontoossa lokakuussa 2015. Opethin edelliseen juhlakiertueeseen (Evolution XX vuonna 2010) sisältyi vain noin kädellisen verran päivämääriä, enkä...
OPETH – Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki, 06.10.2015 (English)
Last November, Opeth announced that they would play a 25th anniversary show in London in October 2015. Opeth’s previous anniversary tour (Evolution XX in...
KAMELOT – The Circus, Helsinki, 03.10.2015
What’s hotter than a Swedish firefighter? How about a Swedish firefighter that sings in an awesome metal band! Kamelot returned once again to Helsinki,...
THE THEATER EQUATION – Nieuwe Luxor Theater, Rotterdam, 19.09.2015
Those of you who listen to metal operas may have heard about Arjen Anthony Lucassen’s stage production of Ayreon’s 2004 album, The Human Equation....
ARION w/ SIMULACRUM – On the Rocks, Helsinki, 17.09.2015
It’s been months since Finnish melodic metal band Arion played a headlining show in Helsinki, but since their recent vocalist change-over was announced, it...
SANTA CRUZ w/ SHIRAZ LANE – Tavastia, Helsinki, 05.09.2015
A storm’s brewing and the new wave of hard rock is becoming a tsunami that’s originating in Finland! Relative newcomers, Santa Cruz and Shiraz...
MACHINAE SUPREMACY – Nosturi, Helsinki, 03.09.2015
Machinae Supremacy, in spite of not having put out an album in over a year, came back to Helsinki exactly 11 months after their...
SONATA ARCTICA – Pakkahuone, Tampere, 22.08.2015
Finnish melodic metal institution Sonata Arctica has been busy touring throughout 2014 and 2015. Since the start of the 15th anniversary tour in January...
DISCO ENSEMBLE – Virgin Oil Co., Helsinki, 22.08.2015
It’s a bit hard to pinpoint what kind of band Disco Ensemble is when their style is a bit alternative, a bit post-hardcore, a...
SOUTH PARK: DREAM THEATER w/ ANATHEMA – Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki, 02.08.2015
Radio City’s South Park -festivaali was held in Tampere for the second time this year, but in spite of its young age, Live Nation...
NIGHTWISH w/ SONATA ARCTICA & CHILDREN OF BODOM – Ratina Stadion, Tampere, 31.07.2015
Could you ever really ask for more in life than a show with three Finnish all-star bands? How about if those bands were Sonata...
ILOSAARIROCK – Laulurinne, Joensuu, 18-19.07.2015
Ilosaarirock Festival is one of Finland’s biggest and oldest festivals, taking place on the second last weekend of July at Laulurinne in Joensuu (northeastern...
SOTKAMON SYKE – Break Sokos Hotel, Vuokatti, 10-11.07.2015
Sotkamon Syke is a newish festival, a mere 5 years old, held in the small sport-central hamlet of Vuokatti in the Kainuu region of...
TUSKA OPEN AIR – Suvilahti, Helsinki, 26-28.06.2015
Tuska Open Air is perhaps Musicalypse’ favorite heavy metal festival, and the one that we never miss. Still going for its 18th year, 2015...
NUMMIROCK – Nummijärvi, Kauhajoki, 18-20.06.2015
Another year, another midsummer, and once again, a one-of-a-kind Nummirock! It is a well known fact among the Nummirock-goers that planning for next year’s...
SOUTH PARK – Eteläpuisto, Tampere, 05-06.06.2015
South Park -festivaali survived its debut year to come back a second time in Eteläpuisto, Tampere, kicking off the summer music season for metal...
BLIND GUARDIAN – Nosturi, Helsinki, 02.06.2015
Blind Guardian made their first club appearance in Finland in 10 years on June 2nd, 2015, which also happened to be their second-ever club...
MYGRAIN w/ PROFANE OMEN – Nosturi, Helsinki, 08.05.2015
Back on April 2nd, 2015, melodic death metal fans were devastated to find out that myGRAIN decided to end their 11-year career, mainly due...
ELASTINEN – The Circus, Helsinki, 01.05.2015
A few months ago, Live Nation announced a collection of upcoming local live acts, including bands like Elastinen. It’s been a long time since...
UNIONI-KIERTUE – The Circus, Helsinki, 25.04.2015
Finntroll recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of their well-loved Nattfödd album and Live Nation saw fit to send them on a local tour with...
THUNDERSTONE & DRAGONFORCE – Nosturi, Helsinki, 09.04.2015
It’s been a busy time for Thunderstone after the reunion with Pasi Rantanen (vocals) and the addition of Atte Palokangas (drums) last year. Now...
THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT (DTP) – The Circus, Helsinki, 22.03.2015
The Devin Townsend Project returned to Helsinki nearly one year after their last show following the release of their latest album, the long-awaited follow-up...
SABATON – The Circus, Helsinki, 19.03.2015
You may recall that the last non-festival Sabaton review we posted was back in 2012 – and that was Amy’s first official review for...
ENSIFERUM – Nosturi, Helsinki, 07.03.2015
Following the release of One Man Army in late February, Ensiferum performed a few album support gigs in their native country. Being one of...
THE GENTLE STORM & ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN – Nosturi, Helsinki, 23.02.2015
Arjen Anthony Lucassen has come out of hiding at last! The mastermind behind Ayreon, Stream of Passion, and a few other bands, joined forces...
BROTHER FIRETRIBE – Virgin Oil Co., Helsinki, 07.02.2015
The beginning of a new year means the beginning of a new concert season! Starting the year off at a smaller-scale show, Musicalypse went...
SONATA ARCTICA w/ ARION – Pakkahuone, Tampere, 15.01.2015
In 2015, melodic power metallers, Sonata Arctica, are continuing their Pariah's Child World Tour that started in spring 2014, and are simultaneously celebrating the...
PARKWAY DRIVE – The Circus, Helsinki, 26.11.2014
The time seems ripe for Australians to be making their way to the Nordics. On November 26th, 2014, Parkway Drive, a metalcore band from...
THE BEARDS – Debaser Strand, Stockholm, 23.11.2014
Don’t you just love beards? Musicalypse thinks beards are pretty great. In fact, we think they’re so great that when we found out that...
TARJA TURUNEN – Verkatehdas, Hämeenlinna, 20.11.2014
It has been an awfully long time since Finland has seen soprano beauty Tarja Turunen, but prior to her annual Christmas shows throughout smaller...
EDGUY – Tavastia, Helsinki, 25.09.2014
On September 25th, 2014, following the release of their 2014 studio album, Space Police: Defenders of the Crown, Edguy made an appearance in Helsinki’s...
RECKLESS LOVE – Tavastia, Helsinki, 20.09.2014
Several decades ago, tight pants, wild hair, and kinky lyrics may have made you think about good old bands like Def Leppard and Aerosmith....
UNIONI-FESTIVAALI – The Circus, Helsinki, 19-20.20.2014
Unioni-Festivaali was a newcomer to Finland in the fall of 2014. This was a 2-day Friday/Saturday festival that fell on September 19th & 20th,...
TUSKA OPEN AIR – Suvilahti, Helsinki, 27-29.06.2014
The 17th annual Tuska Open Air Metal Festival kicked off at the Suvilahti industrial site again on the 27th of July, 2014. There were...
NUMMIROCK – Nummijärvi, Kauhajoki, 23-25.06.2014
The coldest Finnish midsummer in 30 years, a bunch of good bands, and hundreds of crazy metalheads in the woods. What happened, why and...
SOUTH PARK – Eteläpuisto, Tampere, 06-07.06.2014
For nearly a decade, the Finnish metal festival season in Tampere was opened by Sauna Open Air, but after the festival went bankrupt in...
ENSIFERUM & TURISAS w/ THAUROROD – The Circus, Helsinki, 20.04.2014
In a quasi-repeat performance of the show from December 12th, 2013, local Finnish bands Turisas and Ensiferum paired up once more for a show...
APOCALYPTICA ft. AVANTI! CHAMBER ORCHESTRA – Tampere-talo, Tampere, 22.03.2014
Finnish fans of classical music and heavy cellos have recently been enjoying Apocalyptica’s local tour featuring the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra. The show on March...
THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT (DTP) – The Circus, Helsinki, 14.03.2014
Devin Townsend is known for many bands: Steve Vai, Strapping Young Lad, The Devin Townsend Band, the Devin Townsend Project, and a few others....
WITHIN TEMPTATION – Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, 26.02.2014
Following the January 31st release of their latest album, Hydra, Within Temptation embarked on the Hydra Tour around Europe. The first show on this...
DREAM THEATER – Jäähalli (Ice Hall), Helsinki, 24.02.2014
Dream Theater’s Along for the Ride Tour started in January 2014 and, as well as supporting their recent self-titled album, has also been in...
FINNTROLL – Tavastia, Helsinki, 15.02.2014
Finntroll has been on a tour through Finland since early 2014, starting in Jyväskylä on the 6th and ping-ponging around the country, finishing the...
ILJA JALKANEN – Praha, Helsinki, 13.02.2014
The former Kiuas vocalist, Ilja Jalkanen, has given up on the metal world and decided to stick to something he’s more passionate about –...
SONATA ARCTICA – Tampere-talo, Tampere, 30.01.2014
Sonata Arctica, a Finnish power metal favorite, decided to do a local tour before the release of their upcoming album, Pariah’s Child. This tour...
TURISAS & ENSIFERUM – Nosturi, Helsinki, 07.12.2013
A storm of Viking themes and heavy metal blew through Helsinki’s Nosturi on December 7th, 2013. Finnish bands Ensiferum and Turisas played a sold-out...
SOILWORK – Pakkahuone, Tampere, 29.11.2013
The appropriately titled World Infinity Tour has been sending Soilwork from North America, through the summer festivals, over to Australia, and finally bounced them...
KAMELOT – Pakkahuone, Tampere, 06.11.2013
November 2013 brought Kamelot to Tampere’s Pakkahuone during their Silverthorn Over Europe Tour following the release of the likewise-named album. This was the first...
KIUAS w/ MYGRAIN – Nosturi, Helsinki, 18.10.2013
Those of you who have been keeping up with the latest band news should know that Kiuas has decided to go their separate ways....
URIAH HEEP – The Circus, Helsinki, 02.08.2013
One of the world’s oldest and most influential hard rock/heavy metal bands, Uriah Heep, brought their tour through Helsinki on August 2nd, 2013. A...
TUSKA OPEN AIR – Suvilahti, Helsinki, 28-30.06.2013
The 16th annual Tuska Open Air Metal Festival took place from June 28th-30th, 2013, and was located for the third time running at the...
IRON MAIDEN w/ GHOST, SABATON, & AMORPHIS – Olympiastadion, Helsinki, 20.06.2013
Iron Maiden, one of the world’s all-time most popular heavy metal bands, brought their Maiden England Tour through Olympiastadion in Helsinki on July 20th,...
SAUNA OPEN AIR – Ratina Stadion, Tampere, 08-09.06.2013
It is about time to open the festival season! And is there a better way to start it than to head North to the...
GREAT MASS OVER EUROPE TOUR – Firlej, Wroclaw, 19.05.2013
Septicflesh finally got an opportunity headline a tour, which was all I needed to know when the tour was announced. But when the information...
MESHUGGAH w/ DECAPITATED – Kwadrat, Kraków, 25.04.2013
Meshuggah is not one of those bands you fall in love easily, all at once. Their compositions are not particularly easy to digest and...
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE – The Circus, Helsinki, 16.04.2013
Following the recent release of their latest album, Disarm the Descent, American metalcore band, Killswitch Engage, passed through The Circus in Helsinki on April...
HYPOCRISY w/ ESSENCE – Kwadrat, Kraków 2013
Finally, Hypocrisy made their way to Poland to promote their new release End of Disclosure. Admittedly, being a metal fan in this country is...
EPICA – Nosturi, Helsinki, 30.03.2013
During the tour for their 2012 album, Requiem for the Indifferent, Dutch symphonic metal band, Epica, came through Nosturi, Helsinki, on May 30th, 2013....
HELLISH ROCK TOUR II: HELLOWEEN & GAMMA RAY – The Circus, Helsinki, 29.03.2013
Concert-goers round the world are familiar with the sense of disappointment in going to a concert where the openers can’t begin to keep up...
MANOWAR – The Circus, Helsinki, 16.03.2013
American classic heavy-metallers, Manowar, came through Helsinki as part of their Lords of Steel World Tour (leg 2) on March 16th, 2013. The Circus...
STEVE HARRIS: BRITISH LION – The Circus, Helsinki, 03.03.2013
Steve Harris’ (better known as the bassist from Iron Maiden) solo project came through The Circus in Helsinki on March 3rd, 2013, during the...
THE DARKNESS – The Circus, Helsinki, 20.02.2013
Glam rockers, The Darkness, came through Helsinki on February 20th, 2013, for the first time since Lady Gaga’s Born This Way tour back in...
SABATON – The Circus, Helsinki, 23.11.2012
Heavy power-metal band Sabaton returned to Helsinki for the second time this year on November 23rd, 2012, as part of their Swedish Empire Tour....
THE USED – The Circus, Hesinki 2012
The Used played their first-ever Finnish show at The Circus in Helsinki on November 21st, 2012. With their recent 2012 album, Vulnerable, now on...
TUSKA OPEN AIR – Suvilahti, Helsinki, 29.06-01.07.2012
The scheduled dates for Tuska Open Air are always marked in a metalhead’s calendar and eagerly awaited. In 2012, Tuska took place from June...
NOCTURNAL CULTURE NIGHT – Kulturpark Deutzen, Sachsen, 02-04.09.2011
In 2011 it was the 6th time Nocturnal Culture Night invited everybody to share some Deutzen hospitality, as well as to say goodbye to...
WACKEN OPEN AIR – Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, 04-06.08.2011 (Deutsch)
Wacken, Klappe die 22. mehr von Allem und noch größer! Der Metal Battle war der größte bisher mit 30 teilnehmenden Nationen aus aller Welt...
MACH1 (M1) FESTIVAL – Montabaur, Klobenz, 23-25.06.2011 (Deutsch)
Es ist Freitag, der 24.6. 2011 und wir sind auf dem Weg ins gerade einmal 120km entfernte Montabaur im Westerwald, um mit dem Mach1...
WAVE GOTIK TREFFEN XX – Agra Halle, Leipzig, 09-13.06.2011
In 2011, Wave Gotik Treffen celebrated its 20th anniversary and I doubt you can name too many festivals which have existed for such a...