Festival Special & news | Bleeding Metal Podcast 2.22

In an extraordinary episode, Kiki and Pia recount their experiences at different music festivals, especially in the ten years of working together on Metal & High Heels turned the Bleeding Metal Podcast. But before we go down memory lane, we must address two pieces of news from the Metal scene that are important to us. We also have a special announcement.

We are bringing to life the TUSKA FORUM by BLEEDING METAL! With the overarching theme of Young Voices & The Future of Metal, the forum will feature an interactive panel about Artificial Intelligence in Metal as well as interview guests like Alissa White-Gluz, TURMION KÄTILÖT, Marko Hietala, and Samy Elbanna. The select audience of TUSKA FORUM by BLEEDING METAL will surely be entertained and informed, as an addition to the fantastic Tuska Festival 2023 line-up - one of the youngest in the history of Finland’s biggest Metal festival. And you, our dear listeners, will get to listen to the interviews later on, right here on the feed of the Bleeding Metal Podcast.

01:53 Our statement about the allegations of sexual abuse against the singer of that German industrial Metal band
05:29 Our condolences to the family and friends of Dirk Lehberger, an esteemed member of the Metal community
07:54 Our experiences in (Metal) Music Festivals
43:30 The sideshow of Tuska Festival 2023 features the TUSKA FORUM by BLEEDING METAL - whoop, whoop!

Show notes:

• The Amadeu Antonio Foundation's fundraising campaign to legally support survivors speaking against Till Lindemann - donate if you can!
• Our YouTube playlist with interviews from Tuska Festival 2017 as Metal & High Heels
• Our YouTube playlist with interviews from Tuska Festival 2018 as Metal & High Heels
• Kiki's first ever festival, Quitofest on Wikipedia
• General information about Tuska Festival 2023 including the TUSKA FORUM by BLEEDING METAL

Bleeding Metal was created and is hosted and produced by @kikigege87 and @power_pia.
Episode edited by Kiki and Savvier Nelson.
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Intro music by Savvier Nelson with vocals from PERSONA-singer Jelena Dobric.