Tuska Open Air

Tuska Open Air
Período de atividade	1998–presente
Fundador(es)	Juhani Merimaa
Local(is)	Helsinque, Finlândia
Data(s)	Junho, julho
Gênero(s)	Heavy metal
Página oficial	www.tuska-festival.fi

Tuska Open Air ou apenas Tuska � o maior festival de m�sica dedicado apenas ao heavy metal e g�neros relacionados dos pa�ses n�rdicos. A hist�ria do festival come�ou em 1998 e ele tem crescido ainda mais a cada ano. O festival tem sido realizado no parque de Kaisaniemi, centro de Helsinque, capital da Finl�ndia, desde 2001. No entanto, a edi��o de 2011 aconteceu num campo de eventos em S�rn�inen, tamb�m situada na cidade. As datas do festival geralmente s�o marcadas para os meses de junho ou julho.

Nos anos recentes, a participa��o do p�blico cresceu e o festival atraiu cerca de 30 mil pessoas. Em 2006, os ingressos quase esgotaram, e combinado num total de tr�s dias, 33 mil pessoas assistiram a 32 artistas, incluindo por exemplo: Anathema, Celtic Frost, Opeth, Sodom, Venom e os pr�prios finlandeses do Amorphis e Sonata Arctica.

H� tr�s palcos no festival, sendo eles: "Inferno", "Sue" e o palco principal "Radio Rock" (conhecido como "Radio City" desde 2007).

Artistas por ano

Os artistas ou bandas headliners est�o mostrados em negrito.

1998

Am I Blood, Babylon Whores, Barathrum, Gandalf, Gorgoroth, Impaled Nazarene, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus e outros.

1999

...And Oceans, Amorphis, Barathrum, Dark Tranquility, Gandalf, Lullacry, Nightwish, Painflow, Sentenced, Tarot, The 69 Eyes, Throne of Chaos, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Two Witches e outros.

2000

P�blico: 5.000+

Babylon Whores, Children of Bodom, Diablo, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Finntroll, Gamma Ray, Impaled Nazarene, Lullacry, Metal Gods, Nightwish, Pain, Satyricon, Sinergy, Stone, Terveet K�det, The Black League, The Crown, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, To/Die/For

2001

P�blico: aproximadamente 10.000

Amon Amarth, Amorphis, Drive, El�kel�iset, Finntroll, Gandalf, Headplate, Impaled Nazarene, In Flames, Katatonia, Kotiteollisuus, Rhapsody of Fire, Rotten Sound, Stratovarius, The 69 Eyes, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, Transport League, Yearning e outros.

2002

P�blico: 15.000 (esgotado)

Ajattara, Blake, Bruce Dickinson, Diablo, Demigod, Ensiferum, Impaled Nazarene, Machine Head, Maj Karman Kauniit Kuvat, Marduk, Moonsorrow, Mustasch, Nightwish, Sara, Sentenced, Sonata Arctica, Suburban Tribe, The Crown, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus e outros.

2003

P�blico: aproximadamente 16.500

Amorphis, Arch Enemy, Barathrum, Behemoth, Children of Bodom, Edguy, Finntroll, Horna, Immortal Souls, Lordi, Lost Horizon, Lullacry, Mannhai, 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 e outros.

2004

P�blico (combinado num total de tr�s dias): aproximadamente 30.000

Beseech, Blake, Charon, Dark Funeral, Dark Tranquility, Death Angel, Dew-Scented, Diablo, Dio, Dismember, Drive, 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, Turisas, Twilightning e outros.

2005

P�blico (combinado num total de tr�s dias): 33.000+ (esgotado)

Dimmu Borgir no palco do Tuska 2005.

Accept, Ajattara, Amoral, Apocalyptica, Callisto, Children of Bodom, Deathchain, Destruction, Dimmu Borgir, Evergrey, Finntroll, Gamma Ray, Hieronymus Bosch, Lake of Tears, Mnemic, Monster Magnet, Naglfar, Pain Confessor, Paska, Primal Fear, Rotten Sound, Scarve, Sentenced, Skyclad, Stam1na, Ter�sbetoni, Testament, Thunderstone, Turmion K�til�t, Viikate, Wintersun e outros.

2006

P�blico (combinado num total de tr�s dias): aproximadamente 33.000

Amorphis, Anathema, Arch Enemy, Burst, Celtic Frost, Deathstars, Diablo, Epica, Freedom Call, Gojira, Impaled Nazarene, Kalmah, Mendeed, Metsat�ll, 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

P�blico (combinado num total de tr�s dias): aproximadamente 33.000

Stratovarius no palco do Tuska 2007.

Before the Dawn, Blind Guardian, Brother Firetribe, Children of Bodom, D'espairsRay, DragonForce, Emperor, Finntroll, Hatesphere, Immortal, Imperia, Insomnium, Isis, Katatonia, Legion of the Damned, Maj Karma, Mercenary, Misery Index, Moonsorrow, Moonspell, Naildown, Pain, Profane Omen, Stratovarius, Sturm und Drang, Thunderstone, Turisas, Vader, W.A.S.P. e outros.

2008

P�blico (combinado num total de tr�s dias): 36.000 (esgotado)

Amon Amarth, Before the Dawn, Behemoth, Carcass, Diablo, Dimmu Borgir, Dream Evil, Dying Fetus, Entombed, Fields of the Nephilim, Ghost Brigade, Kalmah, Killswitch Engage, Kiuas, Kreator, KYPCK, Mokoma, Morbid Angel, Nile, Primordial, Shade Empire, Slayer, Sonata Arctica, Sotajumala, Stam1na, The Scourger, The Sorrow, Tracedawn, T�r e outros.

2009

P�blico (combinado num total de tr�s dias): aproximadamente 28.000

Slayer no palco do Tuska 2008.

All That Remains, Amoral, Amorphis, Callisto, Dauntless, Deathchain, Eluveitie, Ensiferum, Evile, Firewind, Gama Bomb, Girugamesh, Gojira, Immortal, Jon Oliva's Pain, Legion of the Damned, Mucc, My Dying Bride, Neurosis, Parkway Drive, Pestilence, Profane Omen, Rotten Sound, Sabaton, Suicidal Tendencies, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Faceless, Volbeat e outros.

2010

P�blico (combinado num total de tr�s dias): 33.000+ (esgotado)

Amatory, Barren Earth, Bloodbath, Cannibal Corpse, Crowbar, Devin Townsend, Devin Townsend Project, Finntroll, Holy Grail, Hypocrisy, Insomnium, Kamelot, Megadeth, Nevermore, Nile, Obituary, Overkill, Pain, Rytmih�iri�, Satyricon, Sotajumala, Swallow the Sun, Tarot, Testament, Torture Killer, Trigger the Bloodshed, Warmen, W.A.S.P. e outros.

2011

P�blico (combinado num total de tr�s dias): 35.000+

Agnostic Front, Amon Amarth, Amorphis, Arch Enemy, At the Gates, Black Breath, Blind Guardian, Bulldozer, Church of Misery, Devin Townsend Project, Eletric Wizard, Enslaved, Epica, Exodus, Forbidden, Ghost, Grave, Hell, Impaled Nazarene, Katatonia, Killing Joke, Kvelertak, Medeia, Meshuggah, Misery Index, Moonsorrow, Morbid Angel, Mygrain, Omnium Gatherum, Rotten Sound, Shining, Spiritual Beggars, Tarot, The Lighthouse Project, Turisas, Wintersun, Witchery e outros.

2012

P�blico (combinado num total de tr�s dias): 26.000+

Alcest, Amoral, Animals as Leaders, Apocalyptica, Arcturus, Baroness, Behemoth, Demigod, Edguy, Exodus, For the Imperium, Hatebreed, Horna, Insomnium, Jess and the Ancient Ones, Lamb of God, Megadeth, Metsat�ll, Ministry, Napalm Death, One Morning Left, Overkill, Profane Omen, Sabaton, Saint Vitus, Skeletonwitch, Sonata Arctica, Suicide Silence, Suidakra, Swallow the Sun, Textures, The Man-Eating Tree, Trivium, Victims, Winterwolf e outros.

Ligações externas

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