Nordic Summer fest 9-10 August 2013
Nordic Summer fest was held in the
second time in Finland, at Orivesi which is 40 km north of Tampere. This year
the gig place was closer to the city and the the weather was good, also many
improvements was being made, there were cabins which could be rented to the
comrades, also good toilets and washing facilities as including a sauna, little
over 200 comrades arrived at the gig place from, Sweden, Germany, Poland,
Slovakia, Spain and of course Finland.
Friday's first
band was Pagan Skull, RAC from
Jyväskylä band was founded in 2006, latest cd – “In the hands of the Fatherland” published in 2012. The
second band at Friday was Marder
from Helsinki, they have played since May 2012, but they have been very active
in gig front. Last band at Friday
night was the Street sweepers from
Kouvola, they played some covers from the famous Finnish RAC band Mistreat and
also they new material at they cd whits is almost ready and out.
Saturday began
with small problems, beginning of playing would have been Civic Duty, but one
band member's car had broken down, so there was some changes to the band
playing order. So, first at Saturday was Irminsul
from Spain, they have played since 2006 and they second full length album is
soon out, at the gig they played very energetic gig which they received a lot
of positive feedback.
Second was Endless Pride from Sweden, band was born in September 2002, and plays metal with
glimpses of old school rock'n'roll and oi. They had their sixth CD-“Decade of pride” released by Midgard records in 2012. Endless Pride
played a good gig and the crowd liked what they saw.
Third band was
Goatmoon from Lappeenranta. This Finnish black metal
band was established in
spring of 2002, the
lyrics are mostly about white supremacy and hate. This band was expected a lot
and there was a lots of fans in the crowd, and they were not disappointed.
Fourth band was Civic Duty from
Helsinki, the band was founded in 2007. They are also very active at the the gig front, they have a very aggressive sound and
Joonas have a good voice, they played a good set in the darkening evening.
The fifth and the event's headliner was Blitzkrieg from Sachsen/Germany, founded in 1999. Their latest cd is called Das letzte Bollwerk(The
last bastion) released in 2011. Blitzkrieg is very famous
and popular band all across Europe, this was second time they were playing in Finland, and time after time the band succeed to
exceed expectations of crowd. Even before
Blitzkrieg finished their set
the crowd wanted to see Irminsul back on stage, so the
band played few more songs on encore and the Spanish boys did their best to pleased the crowd which went mad. It was a great final
of this second edition of Nordic Summer Fest. See you next year in Finland
Special Thanks to: Blood and Honour Finland, Luopio Band
members, all bands, all crew who
supported the gig,
Alex, Niko, Jaana, Suvi, Kristiina, Kaisa.
Report by: Jope
Photos by: White Rebels Finland
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