Here is an exercise that I always do on the aftermath of every ESC. I compare in my mind if the entry from each country was better or worse than last year. I know that this is sort of irrelevant since every single year in Eurovision involves always a different team working towards one common goal - which is winning. So the evolution of a country's participation in the contest isn't really considered, or at least doesn't follow a pattern (like you see with solo artists or bands). Regardless of this, I think this is an interesting exercise so I…

Wed 31 Dec – Uudenvuoden Nahkamiekka

Plenty were the options around Helsinki for spending New Year's Eve at a concert. The one with the most appealing line-up took place at Nosturi under the name "Uudenvuoden Nahkamiekka". The line-up consisted mostly of folk metal bands, but not only. This was a two nights event so good endurance was to be demanded in case both nights were to be attended. I believe the weather got really cold and chilly exactly on same night as the event took place, so waiting in the endless queue wasn't exactly enjoyable - but expected anyway. The…

Mon 29 Dec – Hell Done 08/09

Through the next days I'll be posting my personal reviews I've written of the events I've attended during these last few months, now that I've regained access to a fully operational computer again. Please note that these were written during the week they happened, so they're not so up to date anymore. Videos will be added to these, as well as the former reviews I already posted back then during the course of this or the upcoming week(s) - now you'll have to settle just for the pictures.

Hell..it's done. The first and…

Stolen from some towelhead. Plenty of time to be killed.

Favourite death metal band: Atrocity.

Favourite black metal band: Burzum.

Favourite thrash metal band: Metallica if they still count? If not, Sodom.

Favourite power metal band: Sonata Arctica have some alright stuff.

Favourite doom metal band: Totenmond.

Favourite Gothic Metal band: Don't really consider gothic a musical genre, rather something superficial connected to fashion/visuals. But erm, uhm, I'll say Paradise Lost for the sake of not leaving this one blank.

Favourite "other" metal band: Rammstein.

Favourite song: I'm having a The Smiths sort of musical period all over again. So,…

Fri 26 Dec – Jouluräyhä

After the holidays, nothing like a gig to spice life up following this dull, cheesy and ever-so-repetitive season that we're still in. One of the cheapest ticket prices I ever experienced in Finland allied to a quite popular rock band playing at (what I still personally consider) the best venue in Finland didn't convince as many people as I'd expect though. They named this event "Periteinen jouluräyhä" but not even the rather original name bought it's way into people's pockets. Whatever! Seriously their loss, since a very entertaining night took place.

Before the first band…

Sat 20 Dec – Graveyard Party

So, the Graveyard Party. It was indeed an event worthy of it's name, not that it took place on a cemetery or anything, but rather due to the endless ammount of music served for one evening. Precisely 5h30m of non-stop music, mostly electronica and industrial metal, although I personally experienced one hour lesss than the total since the floor I was in (Graveyard) only had it's first act scheduled to 10pm, while the other floor (I assume much more, or totally electronica themed) had music being played since the opening of the doors. So…

Sat 29 Nov – Kotiteollisuus, Kometa

A solid gig was the biggest expectation to hold for one of the most popular finnish metal bands, Kotiteollisuus. And the experienced trio hailing from Lappeenranta certainly didn't let anyone down.

First of all, a rather lenghty (yes, 30 minutes is indeed always too much time for those born with impatient charachter) waiting time outside what's personaly for me still the best venue in Helsinki, the emblematic Nosturi. The architechtural beauty of the box-shaped building by the Baltic Sea was enough of distracting compensation to oneself for (confessingly) arriving rather early.

Once into the…

…yes, probably there shall be other parts to follow to much of the dismay of those unfortunate enough to be interested in reading my journal entries occasionaly - since August 2008 is still a child itself and more nights like these are certainly on the rise.

This time around it's a survey related to my top 30 bands according to last.fm charts. I won't disclose the person I'm copying the structure of this survey from - I believe such person has already enough proofs in her posession to screw me in a judicial way. Hopefully such person's eyes won't cross…

Wow, it's been nearly 2 years since my last journal update around here in last.fm. I think it's about time I do something about it now then, since I have some time to kill. I've spotted some interesting ideas at the last.fm journal page of my friend Porpentina and since they're not protected by copyright I'll "steal" some those precious ideas! Ok, so this one goes like:

Name your top 15 artists

Come up with a set list for them to make you perfect gig

The first 8 artists get a 5 song set list

The next 4 artists get…

As it's visible there has been a lack of will and time to update my journal entries around here lately and I don't think I'll be keeping on doing so either. 2007 will be a year of change for me, teh good ol' internet days were good while they lasted but it's around this time of one person's life that the need to bring other priorites overcomes this addicting little world. So this change will probably reflect on my charts in a matter of a few weeks. I'll keep on updating the charts around this last entry then, instead of…