Tuska Open Air Metal Festival

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Dimmu Borgir onstage at Tuska 2005.
Dimmu Borgir onstage at Tuska 2005.

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".

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[edit] Artists by year

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 2007

(announced)

45 Degree Woman, Brother Firetribe, Children of Bodom, D'espairsRay, DragonForce, Emperor, Finntroll, Hatesphere, Immortal, Imperia, Insomnium, Katatonia, Legion of the Damned, Mercenary, Moonsorrow, Naildown, Nicole, Pain, Vader, W.A.S.P.

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