#Sami Hinkka

[astralbondpro]

Ensiferum // In My Sword I Trust

[aci32]

WACKEN OPEN AIR 2023 PART III!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Picking up where I left off from part II, after Wardruna I then made my way to the Louder stage to catch BLOODBATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This was my 2nd time seeing them as I remember seeing them 8 years ago before Sabaton took the stage at that time and I remember they were good. This time around, they were better because I got to see a full set as opposed to seeing them play their last songs. Nick Holmes has awesome stage presence and it's my 4th time overall seeing him live, twice with Paradise Lost and twice more with Bloodbath. Here's their setlist:

So You DiePlay Video

Brave New HellPlay Video

Zombie InfernoPlay Video

Breeding DeathPlay Video

Weak AsidePlay Video

Like FirePlay Video

Outnumbering the DayPlay Video

CarvedPlay Video

Cancer of the SoulPlay Video

Putrefying CorpsePlay Video

Mock the CrossPlay Video

Cry My NamePlay Video

Eaten

After Bloodbath, I then got myself some Pommes mit Mayo and while I was eating, a person near one of the food stands had a medical episode that required the attention of medics and I'm thinking to myself "I hope this poor soul is okay". After I was done eating, I then retreated to my tent and crashed for the night.

Saturday August 5: This was the final day of Wacken and it was on that day I met Garreth or affectionately known as "Gaga" or maybe it was the day before, I can't remember.

After having what became the last hangout at the camp, I made my way into the infield to catch ENSIFERUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This was my 9th time seeing Ensiferum, first time seeing them at Wacken in 8 years, and first time in 4 years seeing Ensiferum overall. When I saw Ensiferum at Wacken 8 years ago they had Emmi Silvennoinen as their keyboardist, this time they have Pekka Montin and I must say Pekka was quite awesome to hear especially with his falsetto and clean vocals on one of the songs. At one point Sami Hinkka had told the crowd to raise their middle fingers to the rain gods which we all did since the rain gods had left us all exhausted and angry. It certainly felt awesome to end the Ensiferum at Wacken drought. Here's their setlist:

Seafarer's DreamPlay Video

Rum, Women, VictoryPlay Video

In My Sword I TrustPlay Video

Token of TimePlay Video

Run From the Crushing TidePlay Video

For SirensPlay Video

One Man ArmyPlay Video

One More Magic PotionPlay Video

Lai Lai HeiPlay Video

AndromedaPlay Video

From AfarPlay Video

Vanha suomalaisten poikain vitutuslaulu(Lapinlahden Linnut song)

One finished Ensiferum set and a loo break later, I then made my way to the Louder stage to catch BIOHAZARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had never seen this band before but I had heard of them through watching Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal where Evan Seinfeld and Billy Graziadei were being interviewed and as well Evan Seinfeld making a guest appearance on an old episode of Miami Ink back in the day. This band had a phenomenal live show and if I had grown up back in the day I would've totally seen these guys with Pantera and Sepultura on the Far Beyond Driven tour in 1994 or with Slayer and Machine Head back in 1995 because they have incredible energy. Plus it was funny hearing BIlly roasting Evan in between songs at times. I do look forward to seeing these guys again in the future. Here's their setlist:

Urban DisciplinePlay Video

What Makes Us TickPlay Video

Down for LifePlay Video

Tales From the Hard SidePlay Video

Wrong Side of the TracksPlay Video

Black and White and Red All OverPlay Video

Shades of GreyPlay Video

VictoryPlay Video

Love DeniedPlay Video

We're Only Gonna Die(Bad Religion cover)Play Video

Encore:

PunishmentPlay Video

Hold My Own

After they got done, I met up with my pals Bob and Marianne for a beer at the beer garden and got chatting with them for a good while to pass the time.

After that was done it was time for the band who coined the subgenre death metal, POSSESSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This was my 2nd time seeing these guys and first time in 6 years catching them as I also saw them play Wacken Open Air except at that time, they played at noon on the Faster stage. This time around they play close to the evening and they play on the Louder stage. They once again put on a great live show, even though Jeff Becerra was sporting an eyepatch since he had surgery on it awhile back, but that didn't stop him from having all the fun on the stage. Here's what their setlist looked like:

Chant of OblivionPlay Video

No More Room in HellPlay Video

DamnedPlay Video

PentagramPlay Video

TribulationPlay Video

Beyond the GatesPlay Video

Storm in My MindPlay Video

Swing of the AxePlay Video

GravenPlay Video

The ExorcistPlay Video

DemonPlay Video

Fallen AngelPlay Video

Death MetalPlay Video

Burning in Hell

End of Part III, stay tuned for Voivod

[jrocksmetalzone]

Happy Birthday Sami Hinkka

April 27, 1978

Which is your favorite Ensiferum track?

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#samihinkka #happybirthday #folkmetal #ensiferum

[kucjapson]

Don’t you say I came too late.

I made this some time ago. Warning - contains washboard! ;)

[beauty-at-matrix]

Chances are I love Ensiferum more than you.

[angelsd0ntkill]

Sami Hinkka (Ensiferum) @ Nosturi, 18.05.2018

[nofatclips]

Way of the Warrior by Ensiferum from the album Two Paths

[spotlight-report]

On Friday 1st March 2019, Finnish Folk Metal Legends Ensiferum performed live at Sydney’s The Manning Bar as part of their ‘Path To Glory’ Australian Tour.

The show was supported by Australia’s Temtris.

Photos by Sergio Martin. Copyright © Spotlight Report

  Check our @EnsiferumMetal @temtris Live in Sydney Photos! On Friday 1st March 2019, Finnish Folk Metal Legends Ensiferum performed live at Sydney's The Manning Bar as part of their ‘Path To Glory’ Australian Tour. The show was supported by Australia's Temtris. Photos by Sergio Martin. Copyright © Spotlight Report

[illwynd]

I don’t know how it is that sometimes a good mosh pit will literally cure what ails ya. I went to this show tonight just mentally and physically exhausted, in a deep and inexplicable bout of anxiety, and with a crick in my neck that’d been there for a month. 

i mean it’s no surprise that good folk metal would put me in a better mood (this is a band that does a cover of the theme song from Rawhide and has other songs that are a bit folk metal and a bit disco just imagine a pit full of cheerful drunk metalheads yelling along and bashing each other around to that just imagine it) but it also energized me and calmed my anxiety and also at one point I was swinging around the pit with a couple of huge dudes and my neck cracked so good omg it was better than going to a frickin chiropractor i swear

[metal-me]

Sami Hinkka(Ensiferum)

[havocinthebluebox]

Tagged by both @hel-viti and  @taikatalvittu ! Thank you 😸💙

Nicknames: Most of the times it’s Sissi (a good friend of mine calls me “Dame Sissi” haha) or Cyr and my best friend @tasha-lemon calls me Geekette

Zodiac: Aquarius

Height: 1m73

Last movie: Evil Dead (Had a movie night with a friend the other day. We also watched The Nun !)

Last thing i googled: Thrashocore to read the news and see the latest metal albums releases after a few days out of the Internet 

Fave musicians: A short list or I can go on until tomorrow... Alan Stivell, Clarence Clemons, Selim Lemouchi, Darkside, Peter Steele, Amalie Bruun, Aldébaran, Sami Hinkka, Hizaki, Aoi

Song stuck in my head: Jáma Pekel by Master’s Hammer

Other blogs: Yup, a living-dead one I had with a friend where we wrote book reviews and a NSFW one.

Amount of sleep: Never enough, which explains a lot 😅

Lucky number: 3 and 11

What im wearing: A white nightgown, enjoying the Lucille Sharpe aesthetic to its fullest.

Dream job: Something books related

Dream trip: Iceland, Scandinavia, Japan, Greece... 

Play an instrument: I used to sing (choir and gospels, I am not kidding XD). 

Fave food: I love food as long as it’s vegetarian. But I have a soft spot for crêpes, galettes and pasta.

Languages: French, English, a liiiiiiiittle bit of Latin and Ancient Greek, Creole when I was a child, meowing when I talk to my cat (come on, we all do that ! ...Right ?)

Fave songs: Waters of Ain by Watain, The Yonder Beckons by The Devil’s Blood, Night’s Blood by Dissection, Victory Song by Ensiferum, Présence des Orbes by Darkenhöld, Vers la Victoire by Belenos, Likbør by Windir, My Love for the Stars by The Great Old Ones, Borders of Salt by Dan ar Braz, Dahud by Heol Telwen, Love Under Will by Fields of the Nephilim, Alt Lys Er Svunnet Hen by Dimmu Borgir, Cassis by the Gazette, Love You to Death by Type O Negative, Jungleland by Bruce Springsteen, Stargazers by Nightwish... Non-exhaustive list, of course !

Random fact about me: I have a whole shelf full of different teas.

Describe yourself using aesthetic things: Books and libraries, the smell of rain, ocean and forests (and two lands dear to my heart, between the Atlantic and deep, old forests 💙💚), teacups, fallen leaves, cute and spooky things, swords, knives and sharp things, cats, crows and bats, plushies, castles, ruins, cemeteries, gloomy summers and winter sun, northern lights, glow in the dark stars and space.

Tagging @nordicsatyr @naamahlasalle @hootsforce @amangledheart @cafeomancer ​ but only if you want to 😽

[metalby]

Metal De Facto “The Conqueror” from [Imperium Romanum] 2019 フィンランドから登場した新バンドによるデビュー作．以下のような6��組のバンド． Gt : Esa Orjatsalo Ba : Sami Hinkka Vo : Mikael Salo Key : Benjamin Connelly Gt : Mikko Salovaara Ds : Atte Marttinen

Metal De Facto [Imperium Romanum] 2019 (Spotify) 元DreamtaleのEsaとEnsiferumのSamiが中心となり，そこにVoとしてEverfrostのMikaelが加入し形になったバンド．KeyのBenjiもEverfrostでフィンランドのバンド繋がりで盛り上がった感じ． 昨年2019-11に発表され，今月2020-01にはRubiconMusicから日本盤が発売に．日本盤にはType O Negativeのカバー"My Girlfriend's Girlfriend"をボーナストラックとして追加収録し11曲入り．アートワークはGyula Havancsakが担当．

Make Power Metal Great Again! を掲げるように，北欧らしいメロパワ系でダークな要素は少なく，Freedom Call meets Hammerfall．キーボードの使い方も専任奏者がいてるってこともあって個性的で，パワーメタル化したSonata Arctica風．ネオクラ風あったりと，色んなタイプがあって飽きない作品． 各メンバー本家のバンドがあるやろうし，パーマネントで動くのは難しいやろうけど，定期的に集まって活動を継続してもらいたいところ． ----- 2019 [Imperium Romanum] ----- https://metaldefacto.com/ https://metaldefacto.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/metaldefacto

Metal De Facto [Imperium Romanum]

[beauty-at-matrix]

Happy girl with her favourite boys ❤

[wintersunukyespana]

In June 2012 we recorded choirs for the final chorus of “Sons of Winter and Stars”. We asked some friends from fellow bands to help us out. We were honored that all of them were excited to do it. We knew that this would turn out to be something special. The recording took place at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland. The choir consisted of Markus and Sami from Ensiferum; Mathias, Olli and Jukka-Pekka from Turisas; Heri from Tyr; Mikko from Kiuas and Teemu and Jukka from Wintersun. It was a real pleasure to see all these talented guys around the microphone singing their hearts outs! And the end result was amazing! Thanks guys! Here’s a short video clip of the recordings: http://youtu.be/osC2mKIN34Q Enjoy!

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source: Wintersun’s Page

Far Beyond Time Friday/Mucho Más Allá del Tiempo 49 In June 2012 we recorded choirs for the final chorus of "Sons of Winter and Stars". We asked some friends from fellow bands to help us out.

[angelsd0ntkill]

A bit of "Dschinghis Khan", the cover they had Jari on stage for. That awkward moment when Jari comes onto my side of the stage and is just tOO DAMN TALL.

[walkawayinsin]

Sami Hinkka and Petri Lindroos from @ensiferumofficial are brotp/bandmate-goals as fuck. 

Photo by Nancy Nern (please do not remove credits)