I miss the old days with Tuska festival when they announced amazing surprises. Immortal's first performance in Finland at 2007 for example. 2008 was a wild year. Compared to what we have now.... Nile, Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Dimmu Borgir, Slayer, Behemoth, Amon Amarth, Carcass, Dying Fetus, Kreator... even Fields of the Nephilim. Iam glad we got Hellsinki, Steelfest and Nummirock that still bring some nice announcements and surprises. Tuska is entering completely new era.
Indeed. Those years were golden. I have so many gig memories from Tuska which are just great. Morbid Angel ad Suicidal Tendencies among other things. Or some of the bands you listed.
@@RautaMetal Tuska became part of Superstruct in 2021,and this year In a billion-euro deal, American investment group KKR bought Superstruct Entertainment. Festival managers always says that selling is for the better, (of course they get paid good money when they sell) but my expirience is that what is changing is that they try to squeese in as much people as possible into the festival and the line up get far more commercial wich in my opinion can destroy a festival.
Kuopio Rock similar thing. I have seen Ajattara, Impaled Nazarene, Cradle Of Filth and Sepultura etc there. But now there is always Klamydia, Kaija K, Popeda and all the other mainstream acts. Smaller bands can be metal but its sad that 3-day festival and you only want to see 3-4 small bands. I miss old Kuopio Rock and i miss Jalometalli. Oh well lucky Nummirock is heavy and epic. Good video my good sir.
Metal festivals are almost non-existent here in Greece. There's a few big shows like Ejekt Festival or Release Festival, that I'd say bring something for *almost* everyone, like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Behemoth, Gojira and some more mainstream stuff, like Ghost, Slipknot, Korn, BMTH etc. But that's it. 2-3 big bands per day over the course of 4 months, on random weekends, I wouldn't call it a festival. That's why I'm really excited to attend Steelfest 2025, which is going to be my first proper festival (and my first ever trip to Finland), I really can't wait. The line-up is great, loads of incredible BM bands with a bit of dungeon synth and loads of passion for this extreme music. Hoping they announce Nokturnal Mortum as well... Anyway, great video and hails from Greece!
Tuska used to be the place where I could listen to the music I like, a shelter from the garbage I have endure elsewhere. But now? It has become one of the "mass". Thank the metal gods for Hellsinki.
Open air festival in Gdańsk in Poland. It used to be a kind of rock festival actually in the past but unfortunately now it is basically a pop/rap/hip-hop/electronic
I'm glad that I skipped last years Tuska and went to Hellsinki Metal Festival, which is what Tuska should be. Next years there will be bands like Marduk, Fear Factory and fecking KING DIAMOND playing on stage at Hellsinki Metal Festival🔥😈🤘🏻
This year's Tuska lineup includes many bands I'm not familiar with, so my opinion on its "mainstreampitoisuus" is not as informed as yours, but some of those thumbnails definitely give me mainstream vibes. My last Tuska was the saturday of 2022 and I loved it, especially the legendary Mercyful Fate. This year there's so far five bands I like, with additions yet to come, so even with the festival having gone more mainstream, there's a chance that the 2025 one will include at least one day that I would enjoy... if only it wasn't for the main reason I stopped going to Tuska. And that's the INSANE ticket prices! Last year I would have had to pay 140€ for ONE day. It's like only wealthy metalheads are welcome.
I was there once and Marduk was there so it must have been 2002. Insomnium i saw when warming for Amon Amarth for their first finnish gig in some Turku place long ago..
Copenhell has the same issue. The audience attending every year gets bigger and bigger - and their line up gets more audience friendly. Like The Offspring, Drop Kick Murphys and Limp Bizkett
I remember CoB was at Ruisrock at 2014(?) and that was the last time I would've called it RuisRock. At Tuska I like seeing kinda like party bands like Electric Callboy, Korpiklaani and WInd Rose, but I'd wanna see the heavier bands too. More trash and death metal.
Dark River Festival & Saarihelvetti are festivals what Extreme Metal fans like. Those festivals are good blend mainstream and Extreme Metal. So those are gathering wide audience and everybody are satisfied.
Yeah maby lineup is not completely optimal, but there is allways something interesting. Next year Rotting Christ at Dark River Festival. These festivals also have a relaxed atmosphere because they are so small. That's one reason to go.
I went to Tuska for 17 years straight so I’ve also seen the lineup gradually turn to more horseshit side. I wasn’t supposed to go 2024 but I got the tickets for free. Saturday main act was “Bring me the horizon”. Went to see it and drink beer, it can’t be that bad right? Boy was I wrong. Their stage, the lights etc. were impressive but their music was just complete diarrhea. I was genuinely irritated. And Friday nights main show? Pendulum, which is not metal… (Gladly Suotana was on the small stage playing at the same time).
Aye, aye. You've seen it with your own eyes. For me, I basically went to Tuska "every other year" or so for a long period. And I could see that gradual change as well. I saw Bring me the Horizon when they played at Knotfest in Turku (2021 or so) and man it was such bullshit. Beatles haircut with "fucks" and bad metalcore. I just wanted to facepalm.
I attended Brutal Assault this year. Each day I viewed over 10+ bands. I feel that next years lineup is incredibly weak so far in the way of extreme metal. Really disappointing.
Extreme metal forms lost their spirit years ago. Whether it be cruiseship fests, fests at Las Vegas resorts, that cartoon dethclock, lords of chaos hollywood film etc. There's still some good stuff coming out here and there of course.
I wouldn't say in general it lost anything. I think it's just the common thing that damaged the tip of the iceberg: money. UG bands and events go as normal pretty much.
@RautaMetal For sure! I honestly can't believe how commercial some of this stuff has become, back in the day I would've never imagined in a million years that there would be 10 thousand bands that all sound just like devourment or darkthrone for example ha
@@RautaMetal maybe it's a nostalgia thing, but I feel like most of the stuff coming out in the mid 90s and early 2000s,when metal was dead as they say, really caught my attention as being innovative, and even some of those bands releases up until this day. Sometime in the mid 2000s I thought most of the stuff I was hearing was just for commercial success. In a weird comparison I compare it to video games after the PS2 era where it just seems to be a lot of mainly copy pasting game ideas, I can't tell the difference from most PS3 and PS5 games. And yeah, a lot of original stuff isn't necessarily good. I certainly don't hear anything special about Lorna Shore, which to me is just a dumbed down version of underground blackened death stuff from decades ago with commercial marketing.
@Ross-pe8iq Well imo 70s and 80s were more innovative than 90s and 2000s, so maybe we are both biased in our perception. In gaming I think we live the best era so far.
Yes, I've been preaching about Tuska myself. Nowadays it's more of a get together for people of Rock and Metal,.one you go for the atmosphere, and don't get me wrong the atmosphere is really good and enjoyable. A festival most def for first time goers, but for more music orientated folks that want that special kind of music platter of what ever you migh like, there are smaller festivities, like HellsinkinMetalFestival if you're into more blood, sweat and BLEGH.
HMF is basically as big/mainstream my festival taste is. I do like bands like Rammstein and Metallica, but I’m not into these core and rock bands these fests offer.
Yeah, Dismember is probably the most interesting band to me at HMF. Of course nice to see Napalm Death live after so many years. I hope I get to interview some of the bands there, too.
I´m from Portugal and I went to Tuska in 2015 and 2016. I enjoyed very much the atmosphere and all the people was very nice with me. Actually I discovered some good bands on stage 3 indoors (Inferno Stage, I think it's the name). Unfortunately the cost of living in Finland is very expensive for us Portuguese and I stopped going. But I´ve been following online what is going on and then watching some concerts on TH-cam when someone records it and shares it. But for 2025, even if the Tuska organization paid for my plane ticket and offered me the ticket to the festival, I would politely refuse because there is nothing for my taste until now. In Flames now play metalcore, Korpiklaani saw a couple of times in Portugal, Insomnium will probably be sent to the small stage as Swallow The Sun in 2016. The rest I don´t like/I don´t care/I think it´s not metal. I hope it's just this year because I'm saving money and I'd like to visit Helsinki once again. 🙂
At least there's still Obscene Extreme. I'm in the US and fortunately the metalcore/nu metal/mainstream stuff has been kept off Maryland Deathfest which is the only festival I go to these days. But there are a few festivals like Summer Slaughter that have gone this direction, truly awful.
Breakdowns broke down the metal festivals? 😅 Qstock never was a metal festival, is and allways was something for everyone mainstream event but seen there Motörhead, Megadeth, Marilyn Manson, Arch Enemy for example. Yes not really underground acts, but some what extreme for the avarage consumer. But it seems after Covid they also had a shift to evenmore safer/softer lineups. There are no unnecessary risks In the roster.
Despite my username, I'd have zero interest in those mainstream bands. If I'm traveling to Finland (which I hope to next year or the year after) I want to see Finnish bands I won't see in the states
There have been changes in the decision-making body. What pisses me the most w/ these changes are these partly same bands in each / every other year. That is a huge rip off in my book. Next summer, only interesting name so far is Whitechapel. I've been in EVERY Tuska festival, but this seems like the end of a tradition.
Tuskassa juostu ennen covidii, sen jälkee iha hirveesti ei o tarttenu mennä. Steelfest on hyvä kokoontuminen ja siihe sit viel HMF joka nostanu stadin festareiden tasoa kiitettävästi.
I get your point, but at the same time you'll have to remember that they're trying to make a living. Both the organizer and the band. I love Impaled Nazarene but they will never make it mainstream, thus not headlining the biggest metal festival in the Nordic countries. And to this day I still love Tuska, and I will be attending it once again next year, but grasping to what it used to be when it was "underground" is kinda meh.
It's not like they had hard time before, but like said, I get it. they are bound to do profit. And for me there are other places to support who also want to make living, right? It's not just about clinging to underground, it's about changing the style. Would you be happy if Impaled Nazarene, since you mention it, started to sound like 69 Eyes because they need to make a living?
This seems to be the case across the board. Download looks like shit even, Wacken is looking quite baffling. I am at a point where i dont know half the bands anymore. Do i just ignore whatever is trendy in europe these days? Are these even metal bands anymore? Correct, though. Steelfest is looking very interesting this year.
Hard 2 tell Finnish festivals apart these days they all have the same radio friendly acts performing. Watering down errything. Guess money & inclusivity being the current trend is the reason. On that note, noticed Tuska Rainbow shirts at a shop yesterday. Ppl's sexuality is none of my business but the design alone is just... off. Luckily there are still some uncompromising fests for the trve. Like the legendary Sarcófago playing Steelfest!
I have been to wacken 5 times in fact between 2003 and 2008. Had so good bands back in the days. Not anymore. More like Tuska now, but still more metal than Tuska.
Hellsinki Metal fest is unfortunately at the same as Brutal Assault. BA wins, every time. I am not saying that the Hellsinki Metal Fest is bad. It is not.
I am not sure what is the point you’re trrying to make since many of us still buy albums and still go to festivals. The more things change, the more they stay the same, as the saying goes. So, a good try, but no cigar for you. Try again.
Maybe YOU stopped buying music. There are more metal record labels now than ever before, repressing albums multiple times due to selling out. Many disbanded bands enjoy represses of albums long out of print due to much higher interest than in the past. Svart, Listenable Records, Hells Headbangers, Dark Descent and many other independent labels aren't hurting from low sales lol.
On the contrary, I think that metalheads are still one of if not the most active group when it comes to buying records and merch and going to see bands live.
I miss the old days with Tuska festival when they announced amazing surprises. Immortal's first performance in Finland at 2007 for example.
2008 was a wild year. Compared to what we have now.... Nile, Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Dimmu Borgir, Slayer, Behemoth, Amon Amarth, Carcass, Dying Fetus, Kreator... even Fields of the Nephilim.
Iam glad we got Hellsinki, Steelfest and Nummirock that still bring some nice announcements and surprises. Tuska is entering completely new era.
Hellsinki 5/5, menossa myös ensi vuonna.
Indeed. Those years were golden. I have so many gig memories from Tuska which are just great. Morbid Angel ad Suicidal Tendencies among other things. Or some of the bands you listed.
@@Hevihenkka Have Tuska been bought by Live Nation or other american companys like so many other festivals world over?
@ErikIng-jv7xr Tuska was bought years ago by one bigger company, but I don’t remember the name.
@@RautaMetal Tuska became part of Superstruct in 2021,and this year In a billion-euro deal, American investment group KKR bought Superstruct Entertainment.
Festival managers always says that selling is for the better, (of course they get paid good money when they sell) but my expirience is that what is changing is that they try to squeese in as much people as possible into the festival and the line up get far more commercial wich in my opinion can destroy a festival.
Hellsinki Metal Fest is the successor or the heir of the original Tuska spirit.
Exactly.
Kuopio Rock similar thing. I have seen Ajattara, Impaled Nazarene, Cradle Of Filth and Sepultura etc there. But now there is always Klamydia, Kaija K, Popeda and all the other mainstream acts. Smaller bands can be metal but its sad that 3-day festival and you only want to see 3-4 small bands.
I miss old Kuopio Rock and i miss Jalometalli. Oh well lucky Nummirock is heavy and epic.
Good video my good sir.
Unfortunately this is the way for some fests
@@dj_iso_j "But now there are always Klamydia.." 😅👍👍👍
Jalometalli needs to return.
That would be cool.
Moonsorrow and Children of Bodom Live at Tuska 2003.
That’s 21 years ago…
Good old times
Metal festivals are almost non-existent here in Greece. There's a few big shows like Ejekt Festival or Release Festival, that I'd say bring something for *almost* everyone, like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Behemoth, Gojira and some more mainstream stuff, like Ghost, Slipknot, Korn, BMTH etc. But that's it. 2-3 big bands per day over the course of 4 months, on random weekends, I wouldn't call it a festival.
That's why I'm really excited to attend Steelfest 2025, which is going to be my first proper festival (and my first ever trip to Finland), I really can't wait. The line-up is great, loads of incredible BM bands with a bit of dungeon synth and loads of passion for this extreme music. Hoping they announce Nokturnal Mortum as well...
Anyway, great video and hails from Greece!
Damn shame to hear about it in Greece. I am sure you will enjoy Steelfest big time. Welcome!
At least we still have Nummirock.
Se you in metsäleiri!
I'm from Brazil and after twenty years of waiting, this week I will see Insomnium. 😅
Interesting, I've been hearing the same about jazz festivals for quite some time. I mean take a look at Pori Jazz lineup.
True
Tuska used to be the place where I could listen to the music I like, a shelter from the garbage I have endure elsewhere. But now? It has become one of the "mass". Thank the metal gods for Hellsinki.
Indeed!
Open air festival in Gdańsk in Poland. It used to be a kind of rock festival actually in the past but unfortunately now it is basically a pop/rap/hip-hop/electronic
That sucks.
I'm glad that I skipped last years Tuska and went to Hellsinki Metal Festival, which is what Tuska should be.
Next years there will be bands like Marduk, Fear Factory and fecking KING DIAMOND playing on stage at Hellsinki Metal Festival🔥😈🤘🏻
Yeah, and for me Dismember and some other cool names.
This year's Tuska lineup includes many bands I'm not familiar with, so my opinion on its "mainstreampitoisuus" is not as informed as yours, but some of those thumbnails definitely give me mainstream vibes.
My last Tuska was the saturday of 2022 and I loved it, especially the legendary Mercyful Fate. This year there's so far five bands I like, with additions yet to come, so even with the festival having gone more mainstream, there's a chance that the 2025 one will include at least one day that I would enjoy... if only it wasn't for the main reason I stopped going to Tuska.
And that's the INSANE ticket prices! Last year I would have had to pay 140€ for ONE day. It's like only wealthy metalheads are welcome.
Yep. The prices went up by 40 % or so since 2019, and with these given non-rock bands... meh.
I went and saw United Underworld play at the club scene Tavista in 2005! Great festival!
I was there once and Marduk was there so it must have been 2002. Insomnium i saw when warming for Amon Amarth for their first finnish gig in some Turku place long ago..
Copenhell has the same issue. The audience attending every year gets bigger and bigger - and their line up gets more audience friendly. Like The Offspring, Drop Kick Murphys and Limp Bizkett
Sucks to hear that.
I remember CoB was at Ruisrock at 2014(?) and that was the last time I would've called it RuisRock. At Tuska I like seeing kinda like party bands like Electric Callboy, Korpiklaani and WInd Rose, but I'd wanna see the heavier bands too. More trash and death metal.
Tusks will be rebranded to ilo very soon 😂
Dark River Festival & Saarihelvetti are festivals what Extreme Metal fans like. Those festivals are good blend mainstream and Extreme Metal. So those are gathering wide audience and everybody are satisfied.
I guess so, but these festivals never had lineups for me.
Yeah maby lineup is not completely optimal, but there is allways something interesting. Next year Rotting Christ at Dark River Festival. These festivals also have a relaxed atmosphere because they are so small. That's one reason to go.
Dark river had its moments.
@paskapaavo I guess, but so many other festivals around where to go, I put my money and time elsewhere.
basically just boring melodeath bands
I went to Tuska for 17 years straight so I’ve also seen the lineup gradually turn to more horseshit side. I wasn’t supposed to go 2024 but I got the tickets for free. Saturday main act was “Bring me the horizon”. Went to see it and drink beer, it can’t be that bad right? Boy was I wrong. Their stage, the lights etc. were impressive but their music was just complete diarrhea. I was genuinely irritated.
And Friday nights main show? Pendulum, which is not metal… (Gladly Suotana was on the small stage playing at the same time).
Aye, aye. You've seen it with your own eyes. For me, I basically went to Tuska "every other year" or so for a long period. And I could see that gradual change as well. I saw Bring me the Horizon when they played at Knotfest in Turku (2021 or so) and man it was such bullshit. Beatles haircut with "fucks" and bad metalcore. I just wanted to facepalm.
I attended Brutal Assault this year. Each day I viewed over 10+ bands. I feel that next years lineup is incredibly weak so far in the way of extreme metal. Really disappointing.
Damn. That sucks.
Electric Callboy is trash...
Now I have to check it out
Wish I didn't now 😔
TESTAMENT is Trash. Electric callboy are more like...Gay?
@@rivetRnC LOL.
sounds like pop music
There isn't a single band on that line up that I'd go to see even if it was free.
Extreme metal forms lost their spirit years ago. Whether it be cruiseship fests, fests at Las Vegas resorts, that cartoon dethclock, lords of chaos hollywood film etc. There's still some good stuff coming out here and there of course.
I wouldn't say in general it lost anything. I think it's just the common thing that damaged the tip of the iceberg: money.
UG bands and events go as normal pretty much.
@RautaMetal For sure! I honestly can't believe how commercial some of this stuff has become, back in the day I would've never imagined in a million years that there would be 10 thousand bands that all sound just like devourment or darkthrone for example ha
@Ross-pe8iq Indeed. It’s just easier to copy than create something original. Not that every original band sounds good…
@@RautaMetal maybe it's a nostalgia thing, but I feel like most of the stuff coming out in the mid 90s and early 2000s,when metal was dead as they say, really caught my attention as being innovative, and even some of those bands releases up until this day. Sometime in the mid 2000s I thought most of the stuff I was hearing was just for commercial success. In a weird comparison I compare it to video games after the PS2 era where it just seems to be a lot of mainly copy pasting game ideas, I can't tell the difference from most PS3 and PS5 games. And yeah, a lot of original stuff isn't necessarily good. I certainly don't hear anything special about Lorna Shore, which to me is just a dumbed down version of underground blackened death stuff from decades ago with commercial marketing.
@Ross-pe8iq Well imo 70s and 80s were more innovative than 90s and 2000s, so maybe we are both biased in our perception.
In gaming I think we live the best era so far.
Yes, I've been preaching about Tuska myself. Nowadays it's more of a get together for people of Rock and Metal,.one you go for the atmosphere, and don't get me wrong the atmosphere is really good and enjoyable. A festival most def for first time goers, but for more music orientated folks that want that special kind of music platter of what ever you migh like, there are smaller festivities, like HellsinkinMetalFestival if you're into more blood, sweat and BLEGH.
HMF is basically as big/mainstream my festival taste is. I do like bands like Rammstein and Metallica, but I’m not into these core and rock bands these fests offer.
@RautaMetal Ok. I'm in cause the old.school. bands like Dismember, Napalm Death for next year. No such bands in Tuska, main stream or not.
Yeah, Dismember is probably the most interesting band to me at HMF. Of course nice to see Napalm Death live after so many years. I hope I get to interview some of the bands there, too.
@@RautaMetal Cool!
I was first tuska at tavastia🤘🤘🤘gorgoroth 's gig was best still i have seen👌and impaled nazarene was their prime i think🇫🇮
I´m from Portugal and I went to Tuska in 2015 and 2016. I enjoyed very much the atmosphere and all the people was very nice with me. Actually I discovered some good bands on stage 3 indoors (Inferno Stage, I think it's the name). Unfortunately the cost of living in Finland is very expensive for us Portuguese and I stopped going. But I´ve been following online what is going on and then watching some concerts on TH-cam when someone records it and shares it. But for 2025, even if the Tuska organization paid for my plane ticket and offered me the ticket to the festival, I would politely refuse because there is nothing for my taste until now. In Flames now play metalcore, Korpiklaani saw a couple of times in Portugal, Insomnium will probably be sent to the small stage as Swallow The Sun in 2016. The rest I don´t like/I don´t care/I think it´s not metal. I hope it's just this year because I'm saving money and I'd like to visit Helsinki once again. 🙂
At least there's still Obscene Extreme. I'm in the US and fortunately the metalcore/nu metal/mainstream stuff has been kept off Maryland Deathfest which is the only festival I go to these days. But there are a few festivals like Summer Slaughter that have gone this direction, truly awful.
Sure, many good fests out there. This is just something I got to experience from Finnish perspective and ofc it's not the only one changing style.
Bring back the gathering of shadows
Have you been to UTBS ?
I don’t know what abbreviation is that.
@@RautaMetalunder the black sun festival i think
@kirkkopalovaroitus4192 Never been there, but I know it by name.
@@RautaMetal 🤘👍
Breakdowns broke down the metal festivals? 😅
Qstock never was a metal festival, is and allways was something for everyone mainstream event but seen there Motörhead, Megadeth, Marilyn Manson, Arch Enemy for example. Yes not really underground acts, but some what extreme for the avarage consumer. But it seems after Covid they also had a shift to evenmore safer/softer lineups. There are no unnecessary risks In the roster.
…And Oceans, KYPCK, Blood Red Fog, Sargeist, Kalmah, Mors Principium Est, so many better Finnish bands they could pick
Apart from KYPCK and maybe KAlmah, I don’t think these bands resonate with nowadays Tuska audience.
Despite my username, I'd have zero interest in those mainstream bands. If I'm traveling to Finland (which I hope to next year or the year after) I want to see Finnish bands I won't see in the states
There have been changes in the decision-making body. What pisses me the most w/ these changes are these partly same bands in each / every other year. That is a huge rip off in my book. Next summer, only interesting name so far is Whitechapel. I've been in EVERY Tuska festival, but this seems like the end of a tradition.
And at the same time the prices have gone up big. I think it was in a graph that from 2019 to 2023 the prices went up by 40 %!
@RautaMetal so true!
Tuskassa juostu ennen covidii, sen jälkee iha hirveesti ei o tarttenu mennä. Steelfest on hyvä kokoontuminen ja siihe sit viel HMF joka nostanu stadin festareiden tasoa kiitettävästi.
I get your point, but at the same time you'll have to remember that they're trying to make a living. Both the organizer and the band. I love Impaled Nazarene but they will never make it mainstream, thus not headlining the biggest metal festival in the Nordic countries. And to this day I still love Tuska, and I will be attending it once again next year, but grasping to what it used to be when it was "underground" is kinda meh.
It's not like they had hard time before, but like said, I get it. they are bound to do profit. And for me there are other places to support who also want to make living, right?
It's not just about clinging to underground, it's about changing the style. Would you be happy if Impaled Nazarene, since you mention it, started to sound like 69 Eyes because they need to make a living?
@@RautaMetal Fair point.
This seems to be the case across the board. Download looks like shit even, Wacken is looking quite baffling. I am at a point where i dont know half the bands anymore. Do i just ignore whatever is trendy in europe these days? Are these even metal bands anymore?
Correct, though. Steelfest is looking very interesting this year.
Indeed. Wacken for instance used to be very good some 20 years ago. I was there for 5 times and those were good trips. Not interested so much anymore.
I prefered it in Kaisaniemi... Never been to the new spot and the bands overall for the price of tickets have not been that amazing.
Aye.
Hard 2 tell Finnish festivals apart these days they all have the same radio friendly acts performing. Watering down errything. Guess money & inclusivity being the current trend is the reason. On that note, noticed Tuska Rainbow shirts at a shop yesterday. Ppl's sexuality is none of my business but the design alone is just... off.
Luckily there are still some uncompromising fests for the trve. Like the legendary Sarcófago playing Steelfest!
Yeah. Too much stuff is focusing outside metal. I don’t want rainbow shirts - I want inverted cross shirts etc.
Onneksi Toni on poiminut Tuskan soihdun :D
Niinpä.
You should see Wacken, it has gone to a complete Mainstream cringefest
I have been to wacken 5 times in fact between 2003 and 2008. Had so good bands back in the days. Not anymore. More like Tuska now, but still more metal than Tuska.
Ilosaarirock is shit nowadays, its the only festival i have close to me that i could go to
It was good some 20+ years ago.
Hellsinki Metal fest is unfortunately at the same as Brutal Assault. BA wins, every time. I am not saying that the Hellsinki Metal Fest is bad. It is not.
There are always overlaps. Cant help that.
Most metalheads stopped buying music since 2005. Same metalheads: Oh no! Things are not what they used to be! NO SHIT, SHERLOCK!
I am not sure what is the point you’re trrying to make since many of us still buy albums and still go to festivals. The more things change, the more they stay the same, as the saying goes. So, a good try, but no cigar for you. Try again.
Maybe YOU stopped buying music. There are more metal record labels now than ever before, repressing albums multiple times due to selling out. Many disbanded bands enjoy represses of albums long out of print due to much higher interest than in the past. Svart, Listenable Records, Hells Headbangers, Dark Descent and many other independent labels aren't hurting from low sales lol.
@Lavabug Exactly.
On the contrary, I think that metalheads are still one of if not the most active group when it comes to buying records and merch and going to see bands live.
@@RautaMetal How many professional metal bands exist, whose careers started in the 21st century? ZERO. I rest my case.