Ville F./INSOMNIUM
maanantai, 25. lokakuuta 2010
17.10. 2010 Graz, Austria
It poured like hell when we arrived to Graz. The venue was very fancy and apparently had gone through major renovation. Despite the poor weather we decided to go and see the city a bit after the breakfast. The city looked really nice and we took lift up to a castle to check out the views from the heights. Worth of effort for sure. The touring routine starts to take its toll and this day was a pretty ordinary one. We spent most of the time before the show in the magical world of internet. Nothing special there. I felt pretty sick still. It is really annoying to head bang for 50 minutes when your head is filled with mucus, believe me. The show was however again a great one and we had blast! Thank you Graz, we’ll be back!
Ville F./INSOMNIUM
Ville F./INSOMNIUM
16.10.2010 Lubljana, Slovenia
Last time we played here four years ago with satyricon. We were in such a rush then that we hit the stage right after load in. This time we arrived early and spent the day hanging in a trashy back stage just surfing the internet and making silly jokes. Nothing really special. Then the sound check, as usual. I was just waiting for the sound check to start as I discovered the rotary speaker simulation on my effect board and I had some kind of jamming session with Niilo. It was kind on an abomination of pentatonic blues scale. Great fun for us, terrible suffering for the others :)
The remarkable moments of the day were the luxurious grilled meat feast they served as dinner, and of course the show itself. The show as kind of a working victory once again – not that many people knew us beforehand, but it turned out to be really good in the end. After the show we stayed by the merch stand for a good while and chatted with the locals. Nice and relaxed people. Eventually the party went on outside the venue. Our bus call was late, so we just ended up standing in the warm Slovenian autumn night having few drinks and chatting. Bad humor, good times!
Ville Vänni
The Backstage.
The Venue.
The parking lot.
Chilling out. Markus is just faling asleep.
Playing some tricks on Facebook.
The show.
The show pt. 2.
The Projector and the Projectionist.
The remarkable moments of the day were the luxurious grilled meat feast they served as dinner, and of course the show itself. The show as kind of a working victory once again – not that many people knew us beforehand, but it turned out to be really good in the end. After the show we stayed by the merch stand for a good while and chatted with the locals. Nice and relaxed people. Eventually the party went on outside the venue. Our bus call was late, so we just ended up standing in the warm Slovenian autumn night having few drinks and chatting. Bad humor, good times!
Ville Vänni
The Backstage.
The Venue.
The parking lot.
Chilling out. Markus is just faling asleep.
Playing some tricks on Facebook.
The show.
The show pt. 2.
The Projector and the Projectionist.
15.10.2010 Wien
We arrived Wien at noon just like we always do. Grapped our stuff from the bus and hit the Szene-venue. It was a nice place and it had decent backstage. We were near the Underground station so immediately after breakfast we took underground line U3 to city center and just walked around for a few hours. Wien is beautiful city indeed. We grabbed some kebab and found this nice little cigar-shop. We bought some cuban cigars just to celebrate this most successful tour ever.
Rest of the day was spent just like normal day doing soundcheck and just killing time before the show. Austria has always been very good to us so we had our hopes high before hitting the stage. Crowd response was absolutely great when we hit the stage. This is what we live for! Great show and awesome audience.
After the show we just chilled out and enjoyed those smooth tasting cuban-cigars. Two german fans had learnt to play the Gale on a flute and we felt really honored that somebody actually took the time to learn our songs on flute. Great success!
Markus/Insomnium
Rest of the day was spent just like normal day doing soundcheck and just killing time before the show. Austria has always been very good to us so we had our hopes high before hitting the stage. Crowd response was absolutely great when we hit the stage. This is what we live for! Great show and awesome audience.
After the show we just chilled out and enjoyed those smooth tasting cuban-cigars. Two german fans had learnt to play the Gale on a flute and we felt really honored that somebody actually took the time to learn our songs on flute. Great success!
Markus/Insomnium
14.10.2010 Budapest
City is very nice, food was excellent and the show was awesome. Very nice, we'll be back! Köszönöm!
perjantai, 15. lokakuuta 2010
13.10.2010 Zagreb
We had played this venue once before back in 2006 when we supported Satyricon. It’s pretty big one and I think we had a really good night when we were here last time. The breakfast was really good and once I had finished mine I asked for local staff if there’s any good music stores nearby. I broke my tuner in the beginning of this tour and had been using our tour manager slash guitar technician’s one for last 15 shows. The people at the venue were really nice and they managed to get us car transportation to one store, which was located bit further away. The selection wasn’t the most diverse but they had only quality stuff on shelves. I managed to get new Boss tuner, pedal board case, some cables and spare guitar strap, Great success!
After this trip we went to see the city with Nina and Ana, who we met in this same venue back in 2006. We managed to found some souvenirs and had beers at some nice bar. Soon it was time for sound check, which was smooth as ever. Dinner was also pretty good one: mixed grill plate with all kinds of meats and chips. Niilo and me did few interviews before the show and one of the interviewers was able to speak very good Finnish even though she had studied the language only for 2 years.
The show itself was ok for me. Had bit problems with the tuning and my apologies for that. However, the crowd was again just amazing and we ended up having pretty good time on stage! Afterwards it was time for proper party and we spent one of the most fun nights on this tour. Thank you Zagreb, we’ll be back!
Ville F./INSOMNIUM
After this trip we went to see the city with Nina and Ana, who we met in this same venue back in 2006. We managed to found some souvenirs and had beers at some nice bar. Soon it was time for sound check, which was smooth as ever. Dinner was also pretty good one: mixed grill plate with all kinds of meats and chips. Niilo and me did few interviews before the show and one of the interviewers was able to speak very good Finnish even though she had studied the language only for 2 years.
The show itself was ok for me. Had bit problems with the tuning and my apologies for that. However, the crowd was again just amazing and we ended up having pretty good time on stage! Afterwards it was time for proper party and we spent one of the most fun nights on this tour. Thank you Zagreb, we’ll be back!
Ville F./INSOMNIUM
12. 10. 2010 Milan, Italy
Today we arrived few hours late. The bus had an engine failure early in the morning, and we were stuck at some truck stop for few hours to get it fixed. I’m glad we did after all. Paring the bus at the venue took more than an hour, Italian streets are a maze and the traffic culture resembles a riot. Well, we made it there. The driver spent the whole day fixing the bus furthermore with zero sleep. That is dedication, and the show must go on as they say.
The venue was kind of spacious and nice. There was nothing much around the venue, so we just ended up sitting in the park and playing silly game with cards. Sound check was a really quick one - despite being late there was a really strict sound curfew, so we got to action really late. Well, we made it and managed to kill time before the show without ultimate boredom.
The show was probably the toughest one this far. We did well in the end, but I guess only few people knew us beforehand, and the audience was really lukewarm at first. But in the end there were fists in the air, so I guess that’s all that counts. We will definitely have to come back here, Milan is not conquered yet!
After the show re had the normal routines and then retreated to the bus. Driver hit the road with weary eyes. We uncapped yet another bottle of vodka and hit the cards with murky eyes. Hail and kill.
-Ville Vänni
Pandora's box let open.
The venue.
Drinking blood and summoning demons before the show.
Visiting the stage.
Smoking crack and worshipping satan after the show.
The venue was kind of spacious and nice. There was nothing much around the venue, so we just ended up sitting in the park and playing silly game with cards. Sound check was a really quick one - despite being late there was a really strict sound curfew, so we got to action really late. Well, we made it and managed to kill time before the show without ultimate boredom.
The show was probably the toughest one this far. We did well in the end, but I guess only few people knew us beforehand, and the audience was really lukewarm at first. But in the end there were fists in the air, so I guess that’s all that counts. We will definitely have to come back here, Milan is not conquered yet!
After the show re had the normal routines and then retreated to the bus. Driver hit the road with weary eyes. We uncapped yet another bottle of vodka and hit the cards with murky eyes. Hail and kill.
-Ville Vänni
Pandora's box let open.
The venue.
Drinking blood and summoning demons before the show.
Visiting the stage.
Smoking crack and worshipping satan after the show.
11.10.2010 Rome
The eternal city. Back in 2002 I spent two weeks in Rome so I have some kind of idea of the city. In a few hours it’s impossible to see much so I suggested we take a ride to St. Peter’s cathedral and walk back via Giannicolo hill and Trastevere. But alas, we found out that there was a 2 hour queue to the church. So we didn’t see the Pope or any of the Vatican gang this time, goddamnit. I gave some kind of history lecture to the other guys but I have no idea if they were listening or not. Though Ville V. liked the part were christians were nailed upside down on the cross. We saw Villa Lante, the Finnish embassy of Vatican, and then found our way back to the venue. Great success!
The show was really good. People were crazy right from the start and obviously many were waiting for us. Forza Roma! Porco Dio! Afterparty consisted of taking some kiisseli & votkuli and playing Uno, the killer card game for all the hardcore rockstars. After DT show we met some eager fans, posed for many fan photos and learned more Italian curses. Porca la Madonna! Dio cane! And then the party continued in the bus… All in all, great evening! Roma, we’ll return.
Niilo
Nice neighbourhood.
Very nice driver.
Path of heroes.
Outside Pope's office. Didn't see the guy.
Nice view and some twat.
Several twats.
Porco Dio!!!
The show was really good. People were crazy right from the start and obviously many were waiting for us. Forza Roma! Porco Dio! Afterparty consisted of taking some kiisseli & votkuli and playing Uno, the killer card game for all the hardcore rockstars. After DT show we met some eager fans, posed for many fan photos and learned more Italian curses. Porca la Madonna! Dio cane! And then the party continued in the bus… All in all, great evening! Roma, we’ll return.
Niilo
Nice neighbourhood.
Very nice driver.
Path of heroes.
Outside Pope's office. Didn't see the guy.
Nice view and some twat.
Several twats.
Porco Dio!!!
10.10.2010 Bologna
10/10/10 was the day we hit the streets of Bologna. We all woke up rather early and went to the backstage just to find out that it smelled like poo, had flies all around and didn't have any kind of sound isolation. So it was better to spend the free time out off the venue. We googled the location of the venue in relation to the city centre and found out that we were basically in the middle of nowhere. Regardless of that we went outside for a walk just to get some fresh air and to get your mind out of touring. The venue was located at some desolate wasteland and had piles of garbage here and there and abandoned buildings. Actually it was quite fascinating in a way to walk through it. After a while we found ourselves on the berm of rc race track. It was good fun to watch it for a while and we were amazed by the speed these tiny cars had. It seems that italians take motor racing very seriously in all levels from formula one to rc cars.
Food was really amazing in this venue. Maybe the pasta bolognaise I have ever eaten in my whole life. The roasted veal was also really good. Easily the best dinner on this tour so far. There were four old italians who made the dinner and they were really jolly fellows. Laughing all the time and just enjoying life.
We have played a few gigs in Italy so far and were not sure really what to except from the crowd. With fear in our minds we hit the stage. After the first notes we knew it would one hell of a night! Really great audience and we also played rather well. I think it has something to do with the fact that there were not much partying going on last night. Grazie Bologna!
Markus / Insomnium
Food was really amazing in this venue. Maybe the pasta bolognaise I have ever eaten in my whole life. The roasted veal was also really good. Easily the best dinner on this tour so far. There were four old italians who made the dinner and they were really jolly fellows. Laughing all the time and just enjoying life.
We have played a few gigs in Italy so far and were not sure really what to except from the crowd. With fear in our minds we hit the stage. After the first notes we knew it would one hell of a night! Really great audience and we also played rather well. I think it has something to do with the fact that there were not much partying going on last night. Grazie Bologna!
Markus / Insomnium
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