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Kotiteollisuus @ Kellari 27.11.2009

We went to see my hometown boys in Kellari the other night in their first gig of two in Joensuu. We specifically chose the first gig, since the bands has a fairly damp reputation and as such the risk of getting a poorer performance the second night is there. It’s also a reason why we didn’t go see them for a long time, because all of the festival recordings we’ve seen of them playing have been disappointments. Luckily, like the last time we saw them they didn’t disappoint now.

Poisonblack @ Kellari 23.10.2009

Well, the previous flurry of posts on the pictures I shot in KuopioRock was simply because there are several good concerts that are taking place around here in late-October and November and I wanted to clear my queue a bit… Last Friday Poisonblack played in Kellari.

KuopioRock: Amorphis

My last post of shots will be of Amorphis. We skipped the end of Tarot’s show so that we could get Anna a place fairly close to the stage. Hmpf. Almost an hour before Amorphis was slated to start (and several hours before the closing act of Sonata) a bunch of Sonata fans had camped in the front rows. But Anna still got a good spot and I made my way into the pit.

KuopioRock: Tarot

I’m posting my galleries from KuopioRock in a miscellanious order, since Tarot was the first band we saw. They were scheduled to start playing sometime after four, so having enough light to shoot them definitely wasn’t an issue.

KuopioRock: Sonata Arctica

Well, I started going through the KuopioRock pictures in an upside down order. Sonata Arctica was the last performer of…