Sonisphere 25.7.2009

I attended Sonisphere festival together with other 60 000 people in Pori, Finland. The festival was headlined by Metallica. Before Metallica started the show around 9 PM the Stage 1 was occupied by Mastodon, Lamb of God, Machine Head and Linkin Park. I didn't care too much about the others but Linkin Park was a postive surprise. The show was energetic and music was good. I'll have to check them out with Spotify..

I waited patiently and was able to get a good place in the second row between the bands and rest of the 60 000 people. It was a bit crowded but the view was good. Metallica gave a solid performance, quite typical one I would say. Four out of eighteen songs were played from the latest Death Magnetic album. The highlight for me was Blackened which was superb.

The rest of my photos are available in Flickr.

Metallica setlist
1. Battery
2. Creeping Death
3. Fuel
4. Harvester of Sorrow
5. Fade to Black
6. Broken, Beat, Scarred
7. Cyanide
8. Sad But True
9. One
10. All Nightmare Long
11. Day That Never Comes
12. Master of Puppets
13. Blackened
14. Nothing Else Matters
15. Enter Sandman
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16. Stone Cold Crazy
17. Motorbreath
18. Seek & Destroy