Kesä6 is a one day event held in Pori at the culture house Annis, with the goal to celebrate the arrive of June with different generes of music. The event is free for everyone and has no age limit. This year on the stage performed Cliff Barnes, Juppe, Salaliitto, Jam-I, Artkills and Block of Flats.
Here are some photos taken by Cristina Gregori.
At the end of May, an event combining running and music was held for the first time in Ulvila. The running race in the morning was a playful obstacle race of about 5 km for teams, in the evening at the Automaatio Areena, both local know-how and a world-class atmosphere were on stage: Two of Us, Syvä Uni, Venkulit, DJ Amanda Harkimo, Moon Shot, The 69 Eyes. Our reporter Cristina was there to take some photos for this gallery.
On May 4th, a free musical event for the whole family and children from all over the world was held at Annis Cultural Center in Pori. The event was organized by the bassist of Play Girls Magazine, Tuikku Asikainen, for her 70th birthday. In addition to music, the day featured an exhibition of photos taken by the talented Tuikko, activities for children and food cooked by her husband. The proceeds from the donations went to Unicef. The following performed on stage: Vesa Rasikko, the Pori Civic College band led by Kide Leppäpohja, Starry Eyes, Play Girls Magazine, Mara (from Mara Balls) and JetBlack.
Here some photos taken by Cristina Gregori.
Illumishade opened up the night with their own brand of Melodic/Groove/Prog Metal that really got the crowd going. I hadn’t put two and two together that Illumishade featured Fabienne Erni and Jonas Wolf of one of my personal favorite bands Eluveitie. So when I was told they were playing, I was immediately intrigued. And Illumishade definitely delivered. It’s not too often that you attend a show and fully enjoy every band on the line up, but tonight was just one of those nights. If you get a chance to see Illumishade you should definitely get out and see them.
So this was my first time seeing Visions of Atlantis in several years. Actually the last time I saw them they had a difference singer, so I wasn’t too familiar with their music or even their style. That being said, I will say they put on a great show. I was thoroughly impressed by their performance and I highly recommend them for fans of folk metal, pirate metal, symphonic metal or melodic metal.
Korpiklaani returns to the states once again bringing with them their unique style of folk metal. As per their usual the band put on a stellar performance rocking out the crowd. Their set list contained a nice mix of both of their older folk ballads and their bouncy folk metal party songs. Regardless of which version of Korpiklaani you enjoy, the show was great. I personally look forward to seeing them and other folk metal acts return to the states after the long cold spell we’ve had post vid.
Johnny Hexx is what I like to call metal adjacent. Although not actually a metal band, they play a style that a large number of metal heads gravitate towards. Similar in style to Wardruna or Heilung, Johnny Hexx plays Germanic, Pagan Folk music. Whether this is your style or not, Johnny Hexx stole the show at the Whitestown Viking Fest this year.
On the stage of Meara Klubi vol. 28 Ratface, Final Assault, Hävitys, and I,Cursed performed and our photographer Cristina was there to take some shots.
Ratface is a Finnish hardcore punk band piloted by MC Respektor. It was founded in 2006 in Helsinki. The band’s lyrics mainly deal with alcohol use and drunkenness. Final Assault is a Finnish thrash/punk-hardcore band formed in 2009. Hävitys is a Finnish grindcore band from Jyväskylä in 2010. I, Cursed is a death-grind band formed from Pori, at the core of the bands are musicians familiar from Atlases, Oceanwake and Marto.
Meara Klubi‘s second event of the year saw three very different bands on stage Matti ja Tappo, Surut and Juggling Jugulars. Matti ja tappo plasy upsidedown crossover since 2017. Surut is a blackened hardcore band from Tampere, founded in 2017, that combines the explosiveness and psychoticism of hardcore, screamo and black metal with the soaring melodies of post-rock and blackgaze. Juggling Jugulars play melodic hardcore punk, the band was founded in 1989 and has been active throughout its existence.
Our reporter Cristina was there and took some photos from the performances of Matti ja Tappo and Surut.
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