TUSKA OPEN AIR METAL Festival has issued the following:

Finland’s biggest metal festival, the fifteenth edition of the annual Tuska Open Metal Festival has announced more Artists.

Thrash metal fans are in for a treat on Friday June 29th, as legendary Bay Area Thrashers EXODUS and re-united Finnish thrash trailblazers A.R.G. have been added to the bill. Also appearing on Tuska Friday will be Norwegian Avantgarde-metal act ARCTURUS.

British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH have been added to the line up for Saturday June 30th.

General confusion will be added by urban grinders RAMIN KUNTOPOLKU.

Confirmed bands For TUSKA 2012 at this point:

Fri 29.6.2012
Megadeth, Exodus, Edguy, Trivium, Hatebreed, Saint Vitus, Arcturus, Animals as Leaders, Lock Up, Suidakra, Profane Omen, Demigod, A.R.G., Unkind, Inferia.

Sat 30.6.2012
Sabaton, Sonata Arctica, Mokoma, Behemoth, Napalm Death, Insomnium, Swallow The Sun, Textures, Amoral, Metsatöll, Horna, Victims, Afgrund, Winterwolf, For The Imperium, Corpsessed, Vorum.

Sun 1.7.2012
Ministry, Lamb Of God, Apocalyptica, Overkill, Suicide Silence, Baroness, Skeletonwitch, The Man-Eating Tree, Final Assault, Jess & The Ancient Ones, One Morning Left, Bob Malmström.

More than 50 bands will appear at Tuska 2012.

TICKET SALES
Tickets for Tuska 2012 are now on sale at www.tiketti.fi and www.lippupalvelu.fi.

Advance ticket prices: 3 days 115 euros, one day 65 euros.

Tickets from the festival box office (if not sold out): 3 days 130 euros, one day 75 euros.

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