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Last day of RockFest has ended with a succession of amazing bands, that it was impossible to choose where to go.  Photo Credit : RockFest 2018, Niki Soukkio The gate opened with Stam1na on the RadioRock Stage, followed by an all Swedish line-up continuing with Amaranthe and Opteh. After this first wave of incredible music, the audience is ready for the last band performing on the RadioRockStage for this year: the Americans Avenged Sevenfold.  Photo Credit : RockFest 2018,  Niki Soukkio Photo Credit : RockFest 2018,  Julius Konttinen We move then to the Kivi Stage. The crowd already on fire thanks to the Americans CKY, back in Finland after 10 years. The next in line are our lovely BlindChannel (which btw will be open act for Hollywood Undead in Germany and Bulgaria). They almost didn’t had the time to get on stage that the people was on fire. During this show the brotherhood among the boys and their love for music was crystal clear...

The third day of the festival opens its gates at 14:00. The crowd is getting bigger and bigger, this going to be an awsome day packed full with living legends of rock scene. While on the Perkele Stage and Kivi stage were taking turns names such as The Holy, Mokoma, Maj Karma and many more, on the Radio Rock Stage the impressive scenographies already waiting were whispering of a dream-like line-up for every die-hard rock fan.¨ Photo Credit : Rockfest 2018, Julius Konttinen The Adept from sweden had the hard task to welcome the audience and they proved themselves fit for it. Once their performance is over the stage starts its endless transformations. An almost psychedelic scenography introduce us to Amorphis. At 18:00 the finnish death metal band shakes the Rock Fest plain to the core. They are dark, loud, their music hit you in the stomach, litterally. The guys sure have a drum 'n' bass to kill. When the Amorphis are over, Reckless Love on the Kivi stage and Phil...

Festivals are raw and die-hard. Dust, wind,rain,scorching sun. Whatever's been sent from above you have to accept it. But festivals are about inclusion and fun and friendships. You hardly feel cast out or out of place no matter who you are outside or how you look like. Day two of Rockfest in Hyvinka was even more crowded and cold (but no rain !) but also the feeling of oneness in the name of music had grown bigger evidently over night. Photo credit : Rockfest 2018, Julius Konttinen The line-up of the three stages was top-class as usual. Here I am only to point out a few of my personal favourite highlights. On the Radio Rock Stage, soon after the amazing Twilight Force, we finally had the chance to see the BEAST IN BLACK (which by the way, will support Nightwish on their european tour in autumn !). Their music is powerful and dark and Yannis Papadopoulos, the singer, is a real engaging front man, addressing the audience and challenging them being loud and crazy. I loved...

Yesterday our festivals season has started, the first one on the map is RockFest in Hyvinkaa ; a rock festival in the south of Finland.  Its about 16.00 o'clock and the gates are opening, the atmosphere is rocking. Around 17 we start to hear some music coming from the RadioRock Stage,  the Finnish band Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus is on stage and the festival has officially started.  After a while we move to the Perkele Stage where another Finnish band “Kilpi” is killin it with a wave of liquid metal.  Despite the bad weather and the rain the people is under the Radio Rock stage, the  American, alternative metal band,Stone Sour are about to hit the stage. The crow its literally on fire and now everybody is ready for the one and only, a legend of the music Ozzy Osbourne. It’s 21.45 the entertainment music its going down, the stage it’s dark and a video made of best moment starts on the screens behind in the stage ; a photo of ...