THE SISTERS OF MERCY, FREEDOM CALL Added To Finland's TUSKA OPEN AIR Metal Festival
May 22, 2006THE SISTERS OF MERCY and FREEDOM CALL have been added to the lineup of the ninth annual Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, set to take place June 30 – July 2 at Kaisaniemi in Helsinki, Finland. FREEDOM CALL have replaced U.K. power metallers DRAGONFORCE, who were forced to pull out of the event after landing a slot on the main stage of this year's Ozzfest beginning on June 29 in Auburn, Washington.
The complete billing for the festival is now shaping up as follows:
Club shows:
Thursday, June 29:
Venue - Tavastia:
45 DEGREE WOMAN
ENTWINE
BEFORE THE DAWN
MANITOU
Friday, June 30:
Venue – Tavastia:
FACE DOWN
NORTHERN DISCIPLINE
REBELHEAD
Venue - Nosturi:
KORPIKLAANI
SILENTIUM
ENOCHIAN CRESCENT
SCORCHED EARTH TACTICS
Venue - Gloria:
TO/DIE/FOR
SHAMRAIN
SARALEE
PLASTIC TEARS
Saturday, July 1:
Venue - Tavastia:
BLAKE
HUMANGROUND
MYGRAIN
STEEP
Venue - Nosturi:
GODSPLAGUE
STONER KINGS
UNITED UNDERWORLD
Venue - Gloria:
INSOMNIUM
KIUAS
ENTER MY SILENCE
OMNIUM GATHERUM
Sunday, July 2:
Venue - Tavastia:
AMORAL
HORRICANE
STEN PLAYS STONE
Tuska Open Air Metal Festival 2006 – Main Program:
Friday, June 30:
THE SISTERS OF MERCY
ANATHEMA
ARCH ENEMY
SONATA ARCTICA
MOKOMA
SUBURBAN TRIBE
FREEDOM CALL
WINTERSUN
DEATHSTARS
IMPALED NAZARENE
Saturday, July 1:
VENOM
OPETH
DIABLO
AMORPHIS
NINE
EPICA
STAM1NA
NORTHER
METSATÖLL
KALMAH
THE SCOURGER
PAIN CONFESSOR
APRIL
Sunday, July 2:
CELTIC FROST
SODOM
TAROT
GOJIRA
SWALLOW THE SUN
BURST
MENDEED
VERJNUARMU
TIMO RAUTIAINEN
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