1-3 JULY 2022 Suvilahti, Helsinki
Follow the Leader and we reach KORN at Tuska Festival 2022! The inception of TUSKA FESTIVAL was conceived in 1998 wintertime, by the editors of Metal Magazine SUOMI; in 2002, more than 15,000 metal heads were experiencing the strong vibes and the open stages in Kaisaniemi, which was the first ever sold-out record on Tuska Festival history.
From 2011, Tuska Festival took place in Suvilahti, which is accessible easily by metro and on foot from Kalasatama, Helsinki; and the return of Tuska Festival after COVID pandemic period, welcomes Deftons, Carcass, Beast In Black, Lost Society, Heilung and KORN in July 2022!
Having been a KORN fan since their 1998-99 album Follow the Leader, I am quite into the range of Nu-metal, a form of alternative metal and post grunge, which also mixed with heavy metal, alternative rock, hip-hop, rap rock, funk metal, and groove dissonance. From the bullying childhood, the lyrics mostly written from Jonathan Davis the front man, focus on pain and personal alienation rather than traditional heavy metal themes. Though the sounds from KORN are perhaps dejected, despondent or too depressively oppressed, still the band have been playing their honest, never tried to pretend that everything will be alright after the gaining of fame or comfortable life.
At Tuska Festival main stage, due to the Helsinki city sound limit regulation, the festival needs to cease the day from midnight sharp. KORN appear at 21:30 exact, leads with ‘Blind’ and follows ‘Falling Away from Me’, ‘Got the Life’, ‘The Ringmaster’ ‘A.D.I.D.A.S.’ and make we metal heads shake our heads non-stop ‘Y’all Want A Single Say Fuck That’, Davis not only surprises us with his bagpipe to initiate ‘Shoots and Ladders’, later he and band introduce QUEEN’s ‘We Will Rock You’ in order to connect ‘Coming Undone’, which is impeccably accordable, and evokes the crowds claps hands and say YEAH.
The new and improved festival area and services provide music fans for the spacious environment to rest under wide tents enjoying soft drinks, beer, street foods and even merchandise shops; the lounge space offers the cooling seats and rather equipped toilets for a better calm. The nearby shopping center REDI once again plays a huge role, as wristband exchange, cuisine courts, larger and numerous restrooms and all gate services took place in their premises.
How to wear Rock & Roll and casual comfy at Tuska Festival? AC/DC 100% cotton Tee by H&M is the must-have at any metal festival, and ZARA 100% denim in black with ribbed hems and fishnet translucent nylon stocking match with the rather bleak tones of AC/DC tee perfectly. As for accessories, CHLOÉ ivory white acetate sunglasses and MAISON MARGIELA lacer-cut ankle boots have been serving me on the road since 2015; and purchased in 2020, VALENTINO GARAVANI V-Sling mini square shoulder bag allows to adjust a rather shorter length, and the room of 17cm is convenient to carry several basic cards, home keys and travel size makeups but save tons of weights during the festival area running around.
Tuska Festival provides the artsy sties for the new installation sculpture artists to express the heavies and metal relationship. At Area 51 street food rest area, this Jurassic park plus Transformer triceratops becomes the photo shoot mecca. Holding crimson red KOFF beer can, having AC/DC red text cotton tee, with a smudge of CHANEL le rouge and CHLOÉ ivory white sunglasses, my outfits of the day at Tuska Festival mark me the very rebellious outlook of the high season.
With the information from Joel, we also appreciate Heilung with their mix of folk choir, Middle-Age instruments, Norse mythology inspiration and cult costumes, very much an aesthesis of Robert Eggers’ The Northman. For the most the pity part of the KORN stage, is that the band absent my favourite song ‘Twisted Transistor’…. Still, drinking KOFF beer, immersing the heavy bass and drum walls, watching Guitarist Brain Welch plays his instrument using both the techniques of finger style and slapping, and Jonathan Davis is the eye of the KORN storm, plus their banging their cornrow braids, are the most precious experiences at Tuska Festival 2022.
TOP TIP 1: Wearing a pair of flat ankle boots to keep the whole silhouette slim and the festival experience comfort
TOP TIP 2: H&M collaborates with the most Rock & Roll band tees! My purchase of AC/DC logo vintage design costs simply 14 EUR!
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Special Thanks: JMH
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