Pyry Hanski

17 shows done and only three more to go! This has definitely been one of the easiest tours ever as pretty much everyone from all the bands and crew knew each other already before the start. It’s not very common to get to tour with only your friends.

For me personally, this tour’s lineup is quite special one: I’ve had the privilege of playing with each of these bands over time! I joined Before The Dawn in 2011 and got to play my very first tour back then. Everything was exciting and new but I still remember how I already felt back then that touring and playing all around the globe was THE thing for me!

In the summer of 2014, I got to help my friends in Stam1na and handled the bass duties on their festival leg for 12 shows. And a few years ago, I had the honor of doing the same with Swallow the Sun: I first played a couple of gigs in Finland and later joined them on a tour in Latin America.

Here’s a few pics from the current tour and few ones from the past. Very good times back then and still are!

The remaining dates on this tour:
4.5. 013 Poppodium, Tilburg, Netherlands
5.5. Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
6.5. Logo, Hamburg, Germany

I survived 70 000 Tons of Metal 2025! Not the easiest task to produce a metal ballet show to be performed on a cruise ship but definitely worth it since both shows went really well after all. And according to people’s reactions and feedback we managed to do something very special once again with this unique production. Onwards!

2024, so long.
2025, bring it on!

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