TUSKA OPEN AIR METAL Festival: First Acts Announced

MACHINE HEAD, NIGHTWISH and SONATA ARCTICA are three of the acts that have been confirmed for the Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, which is scheduled to take place on July 12-14 in Helsinki, Finland. In its fifth installment, Tuska Open Air Metal Festival is expected to draw in excess of 10,000 attendees over a three-day period. The confirmed acts so far are as follows:

Friday, July 12th
MACHINE HEAD
SUBURBAN TRIBE
BLAKE

Saturday, July 13th
NIGHTWISH
SARA SUNRIDE

Sunday, July 14th
SONATA ARCTICA
TIMOR RAUTIANEN & TRIO NISKALAUKAUS
MOONSORROW
VERENPISARA
MAJ KARMAN KAUNIIT KUVAT

(Thanks: Tuomas Toivonen)