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About Pieni

A metalhead who loves photography and her friends.

METHANE @ Stockholm Copperfields, 2015/04/11

Copperfields is a cozy English pub in the borough of Kungsholmen, Stockholm, that also serves as a music venue. And there’s where METHANE and MINDSHIFT joined forces, in a kind of warm-up for their debut albums (MINDSHIFT’s was released in May, … Continue reading

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SKITARG @ Sticky Fingers, 2015/04/10

Originally posted in Valkyrian Music. Clown metal is a big thing in Sweden, at least when it comes down to SKITARG. The house had been crowded for both supporting acts, but for SKITARG it was fully packed, leaving no doubt that they lived … Continue reading

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THE END OF GRACE @ Sticky Fingers, 2015/04/10

This gallery contains 75 photos.

Originally posted in Valkyrian Music. Just like BATAAR, THE END OF GRACE also come from Gothenburg, but since Kriss is British and addressed the audience in English, I can be a bit more thorough regarding the singer’s speech. For instance, I … Continue reading

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BATAAR @ Sticky Fingers, 2015/04/10

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Originally posted in Valkyrian Music. Despite my often trips to Sweden and the crash-course I’ve taken last year on its native language, I’m still not able to maintain a conversation in Swedish (reading is okay, talking not so much). This … Continue reading

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MOONSPELL @ Hard Club, 2015/03/28

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Unedit version of what was originally posted, in Portuguese, in SounD(/)ZonE. After an evening “taken from One Thousand and One Nights” (quoting MOONSPELL themselves) at Coliseu dos Recreios (Lisbon), it was Hard Club’s turn to go through a similar experience. … Continue reading

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SEPTICFLESH @ Hard Club, 2015/03/28

Original Portuguese version posted in SounD(/)ZonE. I was counting with a sea of fans, impatiently flooding the corridors, well before eight o’clock; but there was a single line instead, which vanished in two minutes once the doors were open. True, … Continue reading

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THROUGH THE CRACKS’ “Hateful Things”

Originally posted in Valkyrian Music. I’ve been keeping tabs on THROUGH THE CRACKS ever since their first single “Breathless” was released – not only that’s a killer rock ballad, but I’m also well aware of Jimmy Bergman’s talent, from his work … Continue reading

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HARDCORE SUPERSTAR’s “HCSS”

Originally posted in Valkyrian Music. Been struggling with the right words to write this for more than a week now. Is it a good album? Pretty much so. Do I like it? Not really. It’s far from the first time … Continue reading

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WEB’s “Everything Ends”

Even though they’re labelled as thrash metal (including by themselves), WEB have always been more than that. More than ever, “Everything Ends” justifies both whys – why thrash metal and why “more than that”. WEB had already courted the doom … Continue reading

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FINNTROLL @ Hard Club, 2015/03/20

Originally posted in Valkyrian Music. With “Nattfödd” celebrating its 10th anniversary last year, FINNTROLL embarked on an intense European tour where they’ve been playing the album in full. The second leg of the tour included an one-off show in Portugal that … Continue reading

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