Tuska Open Air Metal Festival

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Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, shortly Tuska, is the largest music festival dedicated only to metal and related styles of music in Scandinavia. It takes place in Kaisaniemi park in the middle of Helsinki, Finland. The history of Tuska began in 1998 and it has grown larger and better organized every year. In 2006, the festival was almost sold out and over 33,000 metalheads arrived to watch 32 artists, including for example Anathema, Celtic Frost, Opeth, Sodom, Venom, and Finland's own Amorphis and Sonata Arctica.

There are three stages in Tuska: Hellsinki, Sue, and Radio City.

The word "tuska" is the Finnish word for "pain" or "agony".

[edit] Artists by year

1998: Absurdus Am I Blood Babylon Whores Barathrum Corporal Punishment Crimson Midwinter D-Ray Gandalf Gorgoroth Hundred Years Impaled Nazarene Kyyria Nemeh's O.D. Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus

1999: ...And Oceans 45 Degree Woman Afterworld Amorphis Barathrum Bury Me Deep D-Ray Dark Tranquillity Divine Decay Gandalf Itä-Saksa Jimsonweed Lullacry Nightwish Painflow Purity Sentenced Soul Above Tarot The 69 Eyes Throne of Chaos Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus Twilight Opera Two Witches

2000: Babylon Whores Children Of Bodom Diablo Eternal Tears Of Sorrow Finntroll Gamma Ray Impaled Nazarene Lullacry Metal Gods Nightwish Pain Reduce to Ash Satyricon Sinergy Stone Terveet Kädet The Black League The Crown Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus To/Die/For

2001: 45 Degree Woman Amon Amarth Amorphis Daniel Lion Eye And The Rollers Drive Eläkeläiset Finntroll Gandalf Headplate Impaled Nazarene In Flames Katatonia Kotiteollisuus Rhapsody of Fire Rotten Sound Stratovarius The 69 Eyes Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus Transport League United Underworld Yearning

2002: Ajattara Blake Bruce Dickinson Diablo Demigod Ensiferum Impaled Nazarene Machine Head Maj Karman Kauniit Kuvat Marduk Moonsorrow Mustach Nightwish Sara Sentenced Sonata Arctica Suburban Tribe Sunride The Crown Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus Verenpisara

2003: Amorphis Arch Enemy Barathrum Behemoth Children of Bodom Divine Decay Edguy Finntroll Horna Immortal Souls Lordi Lost Horizon Lullacry Mannhai Mauron Maiden Ministry Mokoma Moonsorrow Norther Reverend Bizarre Rotten Sound Sentenced Soulfly Stratovarius Tarot The 69 Eyes The Haunted Thunderstone Thyrane Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus Type O Negative

2004: Beseech Blake Chaosbreed Charon Dark Funeral Dark Tranquillity Death Angel Dew-Scented Diablo Dio Dismember Drive D.S.K. Ensiferum Fear Factory In Flames Impaled Nazarene Kilpi Kotiteollisuus Nasum Nightwish Machine Men Mokoma Sinergy Soilwork Sonata Arctica Suburban Tribe Swallow the Sun Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus Trollheim's Grott Turisas Twilightning

2005: Accept Ajattara Amoral Apocalyptica Callisto Children of Bodom Deathchain Destruction Dimmu Borgir Evergrey Finntroll Gamma Ray Hieronymus Bosch Lake of Tears Malediction Mnemic Monster Magnet Naglfar Pain Confessor Paska Primal Fear Rotten Sound Scarve Sentenced Sinking Skyclad Stam1na Teräsbetoni Testament Thunderstone Turmion Kätilöt Viikate Wintersun

2006: Amorphis Anathema April Arch Enemy Burst Celtic Frost Deathstars Diablo Epica Freedom Call Gojira Impaled Nazarene Kalmah Mendeed Metsatöll Mokoma Nine Norther Opeth Pain Confessor Sodom Sonata Arctica Stam1na Suburban Tribe Swallow the Sun Tarot The Scourger The Sisters of Mercy Timo Rautiainen Venom Verjnuarmu Wintersun

2007: Immortal