#yoloadventures

[monicatheriault]

“Your 20’s are your ‘selfish’ years. It’s a decade to immerse yourself in every single thing possible. Be selfish with your time, and all the aspects of you. Tinker with shit, travel, explore, love a lot, love a little, and never touch the ground.” 🌏 #teanabroad #yoloadventures (at Fitzroy Island)

[marleycorpus-blog]

Most candid photo everrrr :) #thehandthough #bestfriends #elainewhereartthou #YOLOadventures

[s1llas]

#yoloadventures

Turisas’ Finnish tour ended over 3 months ago. I wrote a diary-kinda-thing from each and every show, but didn’t finish the last one until now. If you want to read my diary and thoughts, here you go.

14.11. Tavastia, Helsinki

20.11. 45 Special, Oulu & 21.11. Lutakko, Jyväskylä

27.11. House of Rock, Kouvola & 28.11. Blackpool, Järvenpää

4.12. Kerubi, Joensuu & 5.12. Pakkahuone, Tampere

11.12. Finlandia-klubi, Lahti & 12.12. Klubi, Turku

18.12. Verkatehdas, Hämeenlinna

19.12. Rytmikorjaamo, Seinäjoki

[s1llas]

Turisas’ Finnish tour and all the 11 shows done! At last night I finally took one picture with Mathias (the last one of this set of three) and oh my, what a grin. This set also shows how the grin has been evolving, first picture was taken in 12/2013, second one 4/2014 and the last one 12/2015. <3

But oh my, what an amazing and incredible tour it was! 20 shows from them this year and it was so great! I’m so grateful and I owe everything for them. I can’t wait for the next adventures!

[s1llas]

Gig year 2015

I thought the "winter of awesome" / 2014 (read: gig year 2014) was amazing but 2015 was even more incredible than 2014 was. I met so many amazing people, got bunch of new friends and travelled around.

I'm too lazy to write about the shows this time, but most of you have already read my yoloadventures-stories and I'm still writing about the Turisas Finnish tour (5 done, 6 still to write..) but yeah.. Most of you probably know the highlights - if not, you can always ask :)

There's still like a week of this year left, but I don't think I'll attend any shows anymore. I've been sick for weeks and I'm so tired so what about resting.. I know there's at least Korpiklaani, Ensiferum (acoustic) and Winterborn shows coming on January, but I haven't planned anything else yet.. :)

15.01. Sonata Arctica / Baltic Princess, Turku-Stockholm (Finland-Sweden) 16.01 Sonata Arctica (acoustic) / Baltic Princess, Stockholm-Turku (Sweden-Finland) 17.01 Sonata Arctica, Arion / Pakkahuone, Tampere (Finland) 22.01 RIVER, TOOT TOOT / Bar Loose, Helsinki (Finland) 29.01 Sonata Arctica / Ravintola Kerubi, Joensuu (Finland) 30.01 Sonata Arctica / Kylpylähotelli Rauhalahti, Kuopio (Finland) 14.02 Netta Skog / Kauppakeskus Lohjantähti, Lohja (Finland) 20.02 Ensiferum ft. Netta Skog (acoustic) / Fredan Äx, Helsinki (Finland) 23.02 Anneke Van Giersbergen & Arjen Lucassen, Manna & Mikko Joensuu duo / Nosturi, Helsinki (Finland) 26.02 RIVER, Joosua / Henry's Pub, Helsinki (Finland) 19.03 Frosttide, Obscurity, Heidevolk, Turisas, Wintersun / Rockfabrik, Ludwigsburg (Germany) 20.03 Frosttide, Obscurity, Finsterforst, Grailknights, Heidevolk, Turisas, Wintersun, Korpiklaani / Hellraiser, Leipzig (Germany) 21.03 Frosttide, Obscurity, Finsterforst, Grailknights, Heidevolk, Turisas, Wintersun, Korpiklaani / Turbinenhalle, Oberhausen (Germany) 23.03 Frosttide, Obscurity, Heidevolk, Turisas, Wintersun / Markthalle, Hamburg (Germany) 24.03 Frosttide, Obscurity, Heidevolk, Turisas, Wintersun / Z7, Pratteln (Switzerland) 25.03 Frosttide, Obscurity, Heidevolk, Turisas, Wintersun / Batschkapp, Frankfurt (Germany) 27.03 Frosttide, Obscurity, Finsterforst, Grailknights, Heidevolk, Turisas, Wintersun, Korpiklaani / Backstage, München (Germany) 29.03 Frosttide, Obscurity, Finsterforst, Heidevolk, Turisas, Wintersun, Korpiklaani / Postbahnhof, Berlin (Germany) 04.04 Frosttide, Adamantra, Crimson Sun / Bar Bäkkäri, Helsinki (Finland) 09.04 DragonForce, Thunderstone / Nosturi, Helsinki (Finland) 10.04 Liisa & Dem Babies, Jones and You / On The Rocks, Helsinki (Finland) 11.04 RIVER, Hra Apatia / Dark Side Club, Helsinki (Finland) 21.04 Kasper Mårtenson / On The Rocks, Helsinki (Finland) 22.04 Epica, Arion / Nosturi, Helsinki (Finland) 24.04 Frosttide, Thyrien, Kivimetsän Druidi / Ravintola Torvi, Lahti (Finland) 25.04 Finntroll, The Man-Eating Tree, Wolfheart / Tavastia, Helsinki (Finland) 02.05 Frosttide, Thyrien, Kivimetsän Druidi / On The Rocks, Helsinki (Finland) 22.08 Sonata Arctica / Pakkahuone, Tampere (Finland) 04.09 Frosttide, Re-Armed, Antagonist Zero / Blackpool, Järvenpää (Finland) 17.9 Arion, Simulacrum / On The Rocks, Helsinki (Finland) 01.10 Vorna, Thyrgrim / Semifinal, Helsinki (Finland) 02.10 Turmion Kätilöt, Whispered / Lutakko, Jyväskylä (Finland) 02.10 Vorna, Thyrgrim, Enthring / Katse, Jyväskylä (Finland) 03.10 Kamelot, Gus G., Kobra & the Lotus / The Circus, Helsinki (Finland) 09.10 Korpiklaani / Virgin Oil Co., Helsinki (Finland) 10.10 Amorphis, Red Moon Architect / The Circus, Helsinki (Finland) 13.10 In Flames, Black Temple / Pakkahuone, Tampere (Finland) 14.11 Turisas, Barren Earth / Tavastia, Helsinki (Finland) 14.11 Silent Voices, E.Vil / Bar Bäkkäri, Helsinki (Finland) 20.11 Turisas, Barren Earth / 45 Special, Oulu (Finland) 21.11 Turisas, Barren Earth / Lutakko, Jyväskylä (Finland) 27.11 Turisas, Barren Earth / House of Rock, Kouvola (Finland) 28.11 Turisas, Barren Earth / Blackpool, Järvenpää (Finland) 04.12 Turisas, Barren Earth / Ravintola Kerubi, Joensuu (Finland) 05.12 Turisas, Barren Earth, Eluveitie / Pakkahuone, Tampere (Finland) 10.12 Vorna, Grimner / Ravintola Torvi, Lahti (Finland) 11.12 Turisas, Barren Earth / Finlandia-klubi, Lahti (Finland) 12.12 Turisas / Klubi, Turku (Finland) 18.11 Turisas, Barren Earth / Verkatehdas, Hämeenlinna (Finland) 19.11 Turisas, Barren Earth / Rytmikorjaamo, Seinäjoki (Finland)

Concerts I attended: 50 - Shows: 134 - Bands: 48

Bands I saw most often: Turisas 20 Frosttide 12 Barren Earth 10 Wintersun 9 Heidevolk 9 Obscurity 9 Sonata Arctica 6 Korpiklaani 5 Finsterforst 4 Grailknights 3 RIVER 3 Vorna 3 Arion 3

The greatest band I found during 2015: Grailknights, Heidevolk Top3 venues: Z7 (Pratteln), Klubi (Turku), Verkatehdas (Hämeenlinna) Top3 shows: 19.12 Turisas, 12.12 Turisas, 22.8 Sonata Arctica

Yeah. What a year! Thanks everyone who were involved - this wouldn’t be that fun alone! Thank you and see you around next year!

[s1llas]

Turisas - Rex Regi Rebellis (song starts around 02:00)

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Finnish tour is finally done. Somehow I managed to attend to all those 11 amazing shows. I’m speechless and so grateful - these guys are adorable and sweethearts. I just respect them so much. <3

[s1llas]

5/11 done and there's not enough words to describe how grateful I am.

[s1llas]

Souvenirs from the first three shows. I almost got Jesper's pick yesterday but because I'm the worst catcher I think it flew back to the stage :'D