Hard Blast - hard rock, heavy e thrash metal

EDITOR´S NOTE:
Hello Rocker! Me and the Hard Blast team want to apologise for these weeks without any updates but I´ve been quite busy covering the summer festivals to give you great photos, reviews and news. We´ve been also working on new partnerships to upgrade the website and improve our work. In a couple of weeks everything will be back to normal and you can wait for great stuff! Besides Tuska Open Air and Hellfest, we were at Ruisrock, Sonisphere, will be at Ankkarock and have done great interviews which are coming soon. All this traveling will be over soon ´cause summer is unfortunatelly close to the end so, don´t give up on us! We´ll be back even better!!! Stay rock!
Maila

Receive Hard Blast info

Highlights

STEEL WARRIOR

INSOMNIUM

KARYDBIS

SUMMER FESTIVALS 2010

This is a series of articles and interviews I intend to publish following the 2010 edition of the biggest metal festival of Finland, TUSKA OPEN AIR, that will happen on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of July in Kaisaniemi park, Helsinki, with 34 bands confirmed to set the capital of Finland on fire. Some of them? Devin Townsend, Megadeth, Nevermore, Satyricon, W.A.S.P., Testament and much more! (http://www.tuska-festival.fi/en/?page=program ). TUSKA OPEN AIR DAY 1 second part – July 2nd 2010 - Helsinki TUSKA OPEN AIR - Interview with Niklas Nuppola

	Hellfest - Clisson, France
	There are different types of festivals. Some are huge corporate events, some are smaller, more intimate and genuine gatherings. Hellfest figures in between; a fucking awesome honest festival of colossal proportions organized by a few young rock fans.

	Slayer - The Forum London UK
	This was a long waited gig. Not only because we’re talking about Slayer, but also because it was initially supposed to happen in March. It ended up being postponed as Tom Araya decided to undergo surgery to finally try to fix a spine problem which had been haunting him for years. As one may expect, Araya was not in his best shape for doing his characteristic headbanging;


	UFO I bought the tickets in a big advance and was eager to see them but since my life is always marked by coincidences and unusual facts, that day I received a call from a former student of mine, Sylvia D'Antonio, who was working as a roadie for the guitarist Vinnie Moore.


	Manowar Death to Infidels Tour I don´t want to sound arrogant but I really think I am the best person to review the Brazilian and South American tour of the, well, self-titled ”Gods ofetal”. I say that because I cannot actually be considered as a fan since I probably like only 20 songs carefully chosen...


	Gamma Ray - To The Metal Tour - Santana Hall, São Paulo - maio/2010 Can a band 10 years younger give a lesson of moral and respect to the fans over a 10 years older one, without becoming a pastiche, a pathetic version of their brilliant...

Untitled Document

Hard Blast 2010