Recent content by Mikko Ilmarinen

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    UK tour with Turisas and Chtonic in October-November!

    Here's some great news once again for our loyal supporters in Britain: it's soon been a year since our last visit and to keep up our good relations we're coming back to provide you with some steamy decibels and to fill our tummies with ale, fish and chips...(or haggis, as the case may be) Our...
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    What do you expect / want to hear from the new line-up?

    Asim is an ABLE SEAMAN as well...did i just say...HAHAHAHAHA...ok, that's very childish, sorry guys. Music keeps you young. Too young. Anyway, all your requests have been noted. Of course we're no jukebox but I certainly agree with many of your suggestions...stay tuned and have patience...
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    Kiuas Russian Weekend in October!

    We're making our first visit to Russia in October. The dates and venues are as follows: 7th Oct St.Petersburg, club "Orlandina" http://orlandina.ru/ 8th Oct Moscow, club "Rock House" http://www.rock-house.ru/ 9th Oct Tver, club"Ot Zakata Do Rassveta" We're excited to get the chance...
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    KIUAS ANNOUNCES THE DEPARTURE OF LEAD SINGER

    Ilja's last show with Kiuas will be at Nosturi on the 15th of January. The evening is also a memoriam for our friend Lauri Mailasalo, who has worked with the band during the years. Lauri was diagnosed with leukemia and passed away only a couple of months ago. The profit from the concert will...
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    UK TOUR 2010

    Just a reminder - get your tickets now and prepare to get your head blown off! :flame: 20th – Wrexham, Central Station 22nd – Sheffield, Corporation 23rd – Glasgow, Ivory Blacks 24th – Nottingham, Basement 26th – London, Underworld :rock::kickass::hotjump:
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    Quick question about the Wrexham gig (UK)

    All shows are with Metsätöll and Celesty, see you there! \m/
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    Kiuas in the USA

    And Compurocker: Thanks for the post too! People: IF YOU CAN'T FIND KIUAS RECORDS IN THE US...check those links on compurockers post (first post in this thread)!
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    Kiuas in the USA

    I promised that? :dopey: OK, we will, haha! And everyone: if you want this to be possible, do as Adam suggests and mail Symphony X, IMMEDIATELY! :hotjump: On that note, mail progpower AS WELL! We've already contacted them of course. :kickass:
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    Kiuas in the USA

    Whoa, sorry Adam! Can you post that again? :loco:
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    Suomen keikat

    Suomalaiset metalliorkesterit Kiuas ja Turisas konsertoivat seuraavasti: 29.10. 2010 Pakkahuone Tampere (ovet klo 19), K-15 / K-18 30.10.2010 Nosturi Helsinki (ovet klo 21) 31.10.2010 Klubi Turku (ovet klo 19) Tulkaa siis mukaan, nostakaa tuoppia ja Palvokaa Ukkoa!
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    What is going on Kiuas land?

    YES, we do! ...and to give you the straight and honest answer: what happens is that we make a record, but after that everything's up to the guys who run the business - the record company, our booking agent etc. SO, after Lustdriven was released we covered Finland pretty well, and now we're...
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    Kitaratunteja!!

    S-posti osoite ei enää voimassa, nyt käytän pääasiassa tätä: mikko.salovaara@tauko.com jos ammattimainen, systemaattinen, ja kohtuuhintainen opetus kiinnostaa, ota yhteyttä! :goggly: :rock: The old address is no longer valid. Please use this one: mikko.salovaara@tauko.com...
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    ALBUM N:O IV

    Not yet! Although I've thought about it, now's not the time. Also, writing-wise a, a concept album can be sort of limiting - as you know, I like to fuse a lot of styles, and when writing songs they can turn out to be too different, or just that some of the music wouldn't fit into the...
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    Ask KIUAS

    Whoa, what a question! :goggly: First of all...whenever I play ANY type of guitar (or anyone else for that matter, unless they are VERY confined in their own genre), it's a combination of styles, a blend of a vast amount of influences, with hopefully a little something of my own...although...
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    What About The Unplugged sesion of Ilja and Mikko?

    Sorry...the agelimit should be 18, but only 50 people are admitted in, so let's see how crowded it get's, be on time! showtime at 23.