Guten tagen Osnabrück! 28/9/2013

After having a really weird dream about being stoned and mumbling black ninja I wake up and go straight downstairs to chat with our lovely busdriver Jenz.

Seems like I woke up just right on time 'cause we're stopping to some gas station. Yes! No better way to start a day than with a cup of cappuccino and a cigarette.

The journey continues and I start drawing a sketch for my friend's tattoo. Yes, I also draw :) Suddenly I get tired again so I go back to my nest for awhile.

In front of the venue, Rosenhof, we start loading in and head up to the backstage having breakfast. We came atthe venue three hours late(including Powerwolf:D) so we're in a bit of horry doing souncheck for all four bands.

The stage is biggest 'til now, which is good ofcourse - We get to move more :) Thank you Osnabrück! This was awesome ;)

We get to meet lots of fans in front of the venue and I get to do signatures on some girls chests and boys bellies, haha!

The night isn't over, we go to the local bar called "Trash", with some guys of Ashes of ares and Majesty. Oh man, the party really starts now - Guys singing karaoke without karaoke, you should see this :D Eero drinking with both hands, Juuso and Pyry getting crazy dancing, Anton drinking his white wine and other guys just getting crazzzy funny!! For example Eero teaching finish words...singing together "Paradise city"!

Walking back to the buss Pyry and Janne starts wrestling :D Back at the buss I chat with Dean(AOA) and some others about music, criticism etc.

Goooood niiiight <3

-N

London, we're here! 27/9/2013

Red busses, low buildings, friendly people and tea with milk - what else do you need? So, here we are in Camden in front of the next venue, Underworld, we're suppose to performe tonight. For breakfast some Subway-sandwichies :) The hectic but time to time relaxed atmosphere continues at the backstage.

Today there are few interviews for example with Nuclear blast I and the singer of ashes of ares, Matt, have a video interview together. Then quickly to the soundcheck and putting some make up on.

Don't get time for shopping at all but I go quickly to a post office and send some cards back to home, Finland. The whole band goes to get a coffee from a coffee shop nearby and Wow! I get the largest cappuccino ever - It must be like 0,4 liters :D

We start as a second band of the night - Great audience, lots of sweat, screaming and heavy metaaaalll!!! Thank you London, we love you!!

After the show shopping some groseries and having dinner with BB-guys. The guys start partying and go to some rockbar. I stay up for a while in our bus and chat with other guys from the bands we're traveling  with...

After long and satisfying day I'm happy to go sleep in my little bunk in the front end of the bus...the beast goes to it's nest.....mrrr

-N

Bonjour Paris! 26/9/2013

The day begins with tired eyes from last night's 4hour sleep and waiting for a taxi to arrive. It didn't and had to call a new one...this starts well, I thought together with Anton. Even though we had warned the taxi we're going to have a lot of luggage because of all the "musical equipment" we have, we are stuffed in this cab like sardins in a can :D

At the airport everything goes as usual as it can with high pile of instruments and tired figures. Just realizing, hey guys we're going on a tour again and stepping  on the plane heading to Paris!

Next we know we're in a van going to the venue. Guys seems to be pretty excited seeing some other females than just me walking down the street :D We arrive at Du Monde first and start wondering and waiting what's gonna happen next...

When the headline band Powerwolf and the other bands appear then the work starts with hectic and crazy speed. That lasts all night until the club is empty and the beasts lie on the floor totally tired because of wonderfully crazy french people partying so hard.

We get in the bus few hours later and being bore almost everyone goes to sleep...Suddenly I wake up 6am and I hear our drummer saying we have to get out for showing the passports to the border.

After that incident I get back to sleep...and I sleep like a baby :)

The day before leaving our beloved home country.... 25/9/2013

Ringing alarm sounds like fire alarm turned on in a way of hell's bells 7am. I jump up like a cannon and go running with the thought of the last rehearsals, last chance to hear and see how well it's going in the becoming days on the venues.

I've been staying at the Master's nest, Anton's place whenever I need to come here in Helsinki for studio sessions etc. So in couple of hours there's going to start the beastful rehearsing before hitting the road. Gosh, I'm so excited! We pick up our child of nature and Doctor of philosophy to be: dear  basist, Eero, after his announcement of being still naked on his bed waking up from his truly exciting agent-dream :D

Tired but happy we arrive at the studio and after solving different things for the tour and roading our stuff to the airplane the rehearsals are ready to start. Now it's time to do everything exactly it goes on the show....
Well, those who are coming to our shows during the tour are able to experience it ;) I'm still trying to describe here in this blog as specifically as I can about the feelings I get and experience with the audience and other people.

Unfortunately our lovely guitarist, Juuso couldn't make it to these rehearsals for today because of compulsive work situation. However we do everything we can among Combat-Janne(keyboards) and Thunder-Pyry(the drummer) :D (Just now my new invention of Pyry's nick-name, better ideas?)

After having intense rehearsals we(Anton) drives Eero and Pyry home and after carrying Anton's guitarbags upstairs to his apartment we start cooking and watching "Futurama".....

What the hell just happened?!? I fell asleep right after two episodes and one sausage :D Oh man, what a dream it was :

"Having acoustic gig in some kind of a small gas station while watching two of my good friends drinking very heavily alcohol and asking me to join them but I can't 'cause I have to be driving some place. I remember driving with some unfamiliar car but I got a feeling that I lend it from some of my friend, I bump in to some police officer's by the road. There's been an accident but when I arrive and stop the car they stop investigating the accident and comes to me asking questions about my car and then start talking like I was never there :O Somehow they knew who's car it was that I was driving and things that I didn't even know!!!"

Then I wake up :D

It's funny how that kind of dreams seems so strange and crazy, but now when I wrote it, it wasn't that exciting :P Anyways, I'm gonna keep writing about my dreams whenever I remember them afterwards. Never done that before ;)

alright, it's time to wrap this up for today! Important day tomorrow and I have still some packing to do! :)
Can't wait for tomorrow, Paris here we come!!!!

Good night peops <3


-N

Starting to feel the heat...

Welcome to this great adventure of BATTLE BEAST!

 The beast is already impatiently waiting for it's releasing to the world's clubs: making crowd howling, screaming, banging their heads like hell and begging for more their fists up high!!

First Europe then Russia and Japan! And you never know what continent is next ;)

This is the only place you can read almost  everything that happens behind and before the curtains! You wanna feel a little bit of tour life with us? Every day a new place, new day, new atmosphere, new crowd and new madness!

So, the tour begins on 26th of September. This is just getting you guys warmed up until then and so you know what to read every night before going to sleep ;)

Let the story begin...........gggrrrr.....

Nighty night!

-N