So far I have survived two days of Tuska-Festival. Emperor was the todays last band, and the crowd just went totally nuts. I managed to get in like fourth or fifth row in a ~10k people audience, and when Emperor played I am the black wizards, the whole area was just one huge moshpit. I have tons of bruises and scars and my legs hardly move at all, but it sure was worth it! Ihsahn is the (anti)god!
Immortal was cool as well. Not a slightest chance of recognizing every played song, especially from the older material, but the overall grinding noise was appealing.
Seems like ISIS isn't known at all in Finland. They didn't get that much attention (far from Immortal in example), but they played a really good set. Possibly one of the best of the festival. Really impressing, and even the sound quality was top notch.
Moonsorrow had one hour of time to play, and managed to play whole three songs in that time. They started off with the second (~30min) track from Hävitetty, and continued with Jumalten Kaupunki from Kivenkantaja and ended with Sankaritarina from Voimasta ja Kunniasta.
Children of Bodom was good as always, but I have seen them tons of times and their recent material just isn't that great. Nice to watch, nothing to tell home about.
ps. Some band called Imperia had a hot female operatic singer. Even the songs weren't that bad. Reminded me a bit of Therion. may have to check out one of their albums.
