Helsinki Metal Meeting taking place during Feb 17.-19. has announced more program. Finnish Metal Expo at the Cable Factory will get to witness the world premiere of Symfonia, the new melodic metal act featuring Timo Tolkki, Andre Matos, Uli Kusch, Jari Kainulainen and Mikko Härkin. The recordings of the Symfonia debut album will start in November at Studio Mega in Sweden. The debut will be released in spring 2011.
More additions to the Cable Factory program will be made for both days. See the current line up for friday 18 february and for saturday 19 february.
On Saturday Feb 19, Centrury Media will seek out the next big thing in Finnish metal, as the finals of Suomi Metal Star –band contest take place on the Valssaamo Stage. Four bands qualified for the finals will battle it out for a prestigious Century Media recording contact in front of a jury consisting of members from Century Media, Terrorizer Magazine, Inferno Magazine and Tuska Festival, to name a few.
More information on Suomi Metal Star at http://www.suomimetalstar.com.
Source: http://www.fme.fi
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