We begin the second chapter of my analogue Steelfest coverage, which I'll split into two posts to showcase the medium format photographs. What is medium format, you might ask? Medium format refers to photography that uses 60 mm wide film (120 or 220 film) or...
Last two rolls from the 35mm black&white film series shot with an Olympus OM2n from 1979 and Kodak XX film stock.
Did the 2026 lineup feel… repetitive to you? That was one of the recurring topics of conversation throughout the three days of the festival. Every time it came up, I shared my opinion without hesitation, and I still stand firmly by it: Steelfest could book the exact...
I return, once again, to one of the places in space and time that I value most in the world—a place where I experience that familiar split, where the leaden weight of everyday reality disappears for three days.Three days of mental escape. Three days of reconnecting...
The summer is coming to an end and finally the season of fireworks, Ferris wheels, beer at 4 times the price and those theme parks that metal festivals have become during the summer season is over. All this thanks to the big investment groups that spread their...
I deliberately used a misleading title for this editorial, Steelfest is not meant to be survived, it is meant to be enjoyed, if this is your first year here, just have fun and enjoy the bands.
Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll be aware of the controversy surrounding the new Pestilence and Deicide albums. The public outcry has come from the fact that the covers have been made with AI, centering all arguments around this and not the music itself,...
It's Saturday morning, Everything is spinning, you don't know how your head is still on your shoulders. The first effort of the day is to find a pharmacy to buy the strongest ibuprofen or paracetamol they have. You go back to cursing the dead and wondering why you...
Friday will be a powerful day, so powerful that I hope not to wake up with too much hangover and be able to attend from the first moment because there is pure dynamite in the line up. Be sure to get up early as the first bands will play only 30 minutes, the finnish...
Back to Finland! Hyvinkää is waiting for us again, in this year of transition in which we have decided to keep our presence in concerts to a minimum; Steelfest is simply unmissable. The selection of bands for the line up is once again interesting with a handful of...