Since I ran into the music of Korpiklaani at a Lordi gig in Helsinki, I am really a fan of the Finnish folk metal band from Lahti. On 5th February 2021, they released a new album Jylhä. Even though I…
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2020
After praising my favorite songs of 2020 and the favorite albums and EPs in 2020, the final posting to do the Best Ones 2020 are of course about all the other contents and experiences I had during 2020. Due to Covid-19,…
Songs Of My Life: Lordi – Hard Rock Hallelujah
After the first episode of my new category Songs of My Life was about Ultravox, 1980’s pop and a story around Indian tennis and Olympic Games happening many years later, my second Song of My Life is very different: it is…
Averlanche – Life’s Phenomenon
If you are thinking about moving to Finland, but feel afraid of the (indeed strange) language – maybe it is worth to have a look into the band history of Averlanche: the Helsinki-based melodic metal band is lead by singer…
Nightwish – Human :||: Nature
Nightwish are somehow the undisputed kings of Finnish metal (even though I personally prefer Lordi). Being in the business since the mid 1990’s, they more and more attracted a wide European audience with their symphonic metal. Songs like Wishmaster or The Carpenter gave…
Hotel Korpilampi (Espoo, Finland)
Visit my Finnish favorite SB-Pro Nurmijärvi for two home matches in January 2020, I was looking for a reasonable priced overnight, which is close to Nurmijärvi as well as to Vantaa airport, where I had an early morning flight on…
Finnair Airbus A350 Business Class from Helsinki to Dubai
In recent times, I had three Business Class flights with Finnair’s long distance flagship, the Airbus A 350. In August, I had the morning service from Helsinki-Vantaa to London-Heathrow, which is always serviced by that aircraft, while we had Friday…
Hilton Helsinki Airport
Helsinki Airport is nicely staffed with airport hotels: the GLO Hotel is located right inside the terminal building, two more hotels, the Scandic Helsinki Airport and Hilton Helsinki Airport are located in close walking distance. Typically, as I favor Hilton…