Performing in Finland is always a great and pleasant surprise. In fact, it's a real challenge too. After all, they know music very well!
To win over the Finnish audience, it's not enough to play your instrument well; you must fulfill all the requirements of an artist: empathy, performance, talent, visual appeal, demonstrating great dedication, discipline, humility, and above all, passion for being on stage, not to mention a full awareness of the profession.
Our return to Tampere was even more special. After all, it was in this city that we finished the tour with WASP in 2010. On that occasion, the show was extremely hot, despite the temperature outside being -10°C. The crowd was incredibly excited, and those memories made us even more eager to get on stage and rock out.
We were extremely well received by the local production team (the same one that had promoted the show two years ago) and we took advantage of the free time to interact with our friends from Helloween and Gamma Ray. The conversation with them is very fun, pleasant, and always ends in good laughs. However, a few minutes before the start of our show, we took some time to concentrate. After all, this show had been sold out for a long time. Therefore, the venue would be full, and we had the mission of winning over new fans and impressing the people who had already seen us before.
Five minutes before we went on stage, the venue was already practically full. We recognized some faces at the barrier, many people wearing our t-shirts… this only filled us with pride, because it showed that in the past we put on a great show, but our responsibility to do something better and more special also increased.
With the conviction that we were ready for this new challenge, we stepped onto the stage once again with great determination and enthusiasm, and thankfully, the crowd responded immediately! Tampere really is a "hot" city when it comes to Heavy Metal! We hope to return soon…
Once again with a feeling of mission accomplished, the next destination was the conquest of Oulu (Finland)!
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