One of my favourite Finnish metal bands, Sonata Arctica,  (www.sonataarctica.info) is touring US and Canada. Tourdates are 15.09.2007 The Clubhouse, Tempe USA 16.09.2007 Key Club, Hollywood USA 17.09.2007 Galaxy Theater, Santa Ana USA 19.09.2007 Bluebird Theater, Denver USA 21.09.2007 The Metro, Chicago USA 22.09.2007 Harpo's, ...

Amorphis is a Finnish band playing melodic metal, for those of you who don't know it, one of my favorites. They play kind of death metal too (some grunts here and there) however I don't count that since it's 99% melodic. :-) They find lyrics to their songs from Finnish Kalevala, the national epic. They are releasing new ...

Well, quite some time has passed since my last post, so it's finally time to get started again! My wife's now over 8 month's pregnant, so that's a little bit of an excuse, lol. Drum lessons have been going well. There was a big change as soon as we moved from 1/4 quarter notes to 1/8 eighth notes. So, my son, hasn't quite caught up there yet. ...