August 20th 2010

Summer Breeze Festival

After playing last December´s Roarfest in Nuremberg, Callisto now returns to Germany and Summer Breeze Open Air Festival in Dinkelsbuehl, Bavaria. Showtime is Saturday 21st of August, 4:50 pm at the Party Stage. See you there.

Also big thanks to everyone at Czech Republic´s famous Brutal Assault Festival. It was one of the biggest audiences and most memorable festival performances the band has been privileged to do.

July 10th 2010

Callisto confirmed for Brutal Assault Festival

Callisto has been confirmed to play at the Brutal Assault Open Air Festival in Josefov, Czech Republic, 12-14th of August. Check the festival website for further schedule information and tickets. See you there!

June 22nd 2010

Corner Rock Festival

Callisto will be headlining Corner Rock Festival in their old hometown Kokkola, Finland on the 7th of July 2010. Stay tuned for more European summer festival announcements.

May 27th 2010

Callisto forced to cancel shows in Turku and Helsinki

Due to sickness, unfortunately we are forced to cancel the show in Turku on 27th of May and the show in Helsinki on 28th of May. The Ocean & Ef are doing their shows as planned. We are truly sorry but there was no other option. Thanks to everyone who came out to see us in Tampere. We hope the best for The Ocean & Ef for these two remaining shows in Finland.

May 17th 2010

Callisto to play DBTL festival

It is now confirmed that Callisto will join the roster of this year´s legendary Down By The Laituri festival in Turku, Finland. The show is outdoors, taking place on 31st of July in "The Area", just by the Aura River in the city center. Tickets and more info: www.dbtl.fi

May 6th 2010

"In Session" multicam live video released

As a possible live dvd teaser a multicam video of the song "In Session", performed at Tavastia, Helsinki in 2009, has been released online by Zzopmusic productions, zzopmusic.com. View the video below or visit Callisto Myspace or Facebook.

March 16th 2010

Callisto, The Ocean (GER) and EF (SWE) to tour Finland in May

For years we have been in talks with The Ocean, in order to share the stage - now it is finally happening. The last time we played with EF was in 2004, so it was about the time to team up with them, as well. The dates and venues are:

>> May 26th Klubi, Tampere
>> May 27th Klubi, Turku
>> May 28th Dante´s Highlight, Helsinki

The tickets can be purchased in advance in Tiketti online ticket store. If you are in Finland in May, see you then!

December 22nd 2009

Providence tour is over

Safely back home in Finland after 10.000 kilometers on the roads of Europe. Thank you everyone who came to see us on tour or supported us in any other way.

Callisto crew wishes everyone a peaceful christmas time and happy new year.

December 15th 2009

Pisa show moved to Bologna

The show in Pisa, 17th of December, has been moved to Bologna, Italy. This happened for reasons beyond the band´s control. The venue in Bologna is called "Lazzaretto". See you there!

December 10th 2009

Callisto to play Summer Breeze Festival 2010

Callisto has been confirmed to play at the Summer Breeze Festival 2010 in Dinkelsbühl, Germany. The festival will take place between 19th and 21st of August 2010. Further information on showtime etc. will be announced later on. Check www.summer-breeze.de.

November 20th 2009

Hamburg, 5th of Dec confirmed

A late addition to the tour schedule! We will be sharing the stage with Nihiling at Hamburg´s "Headcrash" venue. See all tourdates on the shows section.

November 10th 2009

European tourdates updated

New tourdates has been added to the upcoming European campaign in December. Check out the dates and come visit us if you live close - and even if you live far away. More shows will be still confirmed, so we will keep you updated.

+ NOV 22nd Athens, GRE @ Rodeo Live Club
+ NOV 23nd Athens, GRE @ Rodeo Live Club
+ DEC 4th Groningen, NL @ Simplon
+ DEC 5th Hamburg, DE @ Headcrash
+ DEC 6th Tilburg, NL @ 013
+ DEC 10th Uster, CH @ Rock City
+ DEC 12th Wroclaw, POL @ ODA Firlej
+ DEC 13th Budapest, HU @ Durer Kert
+ DEC 15th Milan, ITA @ Magnolia
+ DEC 16th Torino, ITA @ United Club
+ DEC 17th Pisa, ITA @ La Centrale
+ DEC 18th Bolzano, ITA @ Petrarca, Pippo Stage
+ DEC 19th Nurnberg, DE @ Roarfest

October 7th 2009

Second show in Athens + Roarfest in Germany

The band will be performing two shows on consecutive days in Athens, Greece on 22nd and 23rd of November. The venue is the legendary Rodeo Live Club on both dates. A festival show has been also confirmed in Nurnberg, Germany - Roarfest. See shows for new tourdates. More to be announced!

October 1st 2009

Live video from Moscow, Russia

Thank you for everyone who showed up at the first ever Callisto shows in Russia. And big thanks for Stop the Silence agency for inviting us there. Video credits: Toki / Tokivideo.

September 9th 2009

European tour in December - Italian shows announced

Callisto will launch an extensive European campaign in December, of which four Italian dates are now announced. Stay tuned for more dates in different countries. For everyone who will not find his or her country on the list we can only say we would be glad to visit every possible country if it was possible.

September 7th 2009

Win tickets to Slowmotion

You can try your luck by taking part in a couple of contests regarding the Slowmotion (Callisto, Crib45 & Radar) in Nosturi, Helsinki 19th of September. Click here and here for the contests.

Of course you can also buy the tickets on Tiketti or Lippupalvelu online store. Also stay tuned for more shows in mainland Europe this year!

August 30th 2009

Providence vinyl now available in the US

You can now purchase Svart Records´ new Callisto album on vinyl in allthatisheavy.com webstore. We are talking about a limited edition of only 700 copies with deluxe gatefold sleeve. Also includes an MP3 dwnload coupon. Thanks Allthatisheavy & Svart for taking the vinyl accross the ocean.

August 18th 2009

Shows in Greece

Callisto will be performing live at Rodeo Live Club, Athens, Greece on 22nd of November 2009. Another Greek date is still to be announced, so stay tuned.

For the band this is the first time in beautiful Greece. The visit is special because it was already postponed twice this year, thus the band is looking forward to this visit even more. See you in Athens!

August 3rd 2009

Callisto to play in Russia

Two shows have been confirmed in St. Petersburg and Moscow. The dates and venues are as follows:

+ Sep 26th The Place, St. Petersburg
+ Sep 27th Ikra Club, Moscow

Both venues hold a capacity of 600 people. These shows are the very first ones for Callisto in Russia. Needless to say we are very excited about this opportunity. More countries to be announced...

July 10th 2009

Video report from Tuska Festival

Take a look at a Brazilian video report from the Tuska Festival in Helsinki, June 26th 2009 (Callisto, Gojira, Neurosis, Rotten Sound etc.)

July 2nd 2009

Ruisrock showtime 6:30 pm.

On 3rd of July 2009 Callisto is playing at the mighty Ruisrock festival in Turku. The showtime at the Converse stage is 6:30 pm, thus all the spectators are adviced to arrive early. You can also see Neurosis, Slipknot, Children of Bodom etc. on the very same day.

June 22nd 2009

A wedding celebrated.

Recently we were glad to celebrate another Callisto wedding. Ulla & Ariel got married a couple of weeks ago. Congratulations!

June 8th 2009

Athens show cancelled

The year of misfortune continues. Recently we were informed that the show in Athens, Greece, on 13th of September 2009, has been cancelled due to unexpected production issues in Greece.

This is totally beyond us, so we have no other choice than once again express our deepest apologies for everyone who was waiting for us in Greece. This is unfortunate because the show was already postponed once. We sincerely hope we can make this up for everyone as soon as possible, although we had no part in this cancellation.

Thank you for understanding.

May 26th 2009

New album out now in the U.S.

Paper Tiger AV and Fullsteam Records have been working full steam on, thus the new album "Providence" is out now in the U.S. Check out from your local record store. If you can´t find it there you can always order online. Click here for US & Canada webstore!

May 14th 2009

Callisto confirmed to play Ruisrock 2009

Callisto has been confirmed to play at Ruisrock festival in Turku on Friday 3rd of July 2009. Other artists playing on the same day are Neurosis (USA), Slipknot (USA), Mokoma, Magenta skycode etc. Find more info on www.ruisrock.fi

May 5th 2009

The U.S. pre-order is up

Important news for the American people: Callisto's new home in America is Paper Tiger AV, which will be releasing the new album Providence in the U.S. in cooperation with Fullsteam Records on 26th of May 2009. The album will be distributed by Redeye Distribution.

You can find Paper Tiger on papertigerav.ning.com. There is a pre-order already up and running!

May 4th 2009

Callisto confirmed to play Provinssirock 2009

Callisto has been confirmed to perform at the mighty Provinssirock festival in Seinäjoki on Sunday 14th of June 2009. Other artists playing on the same day are Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (AUS), Editors (UK), Vesa-Matti Loiri and Joose Keskitalo & Kolmas Maailmanpalo to name a few. Find more info on www.provinssirock.fi

April 29th 2009

EUROPEAN TOUR CANCELLED DUE TO ACUTE SURGERY

We are sad to let you know that we are unfortunately forced to cancel all the shows in Europe between 1.-15.5.2009.

The vocalist Jani Ala-Hukkala has been acutely operated in the hospital, due to seriously infected cecum appendix. The situation is not critical but he is under strong medication and constant control.

Now it is obvious that Jani will not be able to work at least for the upcoming 3 weeks. His elevated CRP requires close monitoring and running more tests over the weekend. At this point we can only hope he will eventually get better and experience full recovery.

We feel very bad for all the promoters & friends who have done a lot of work for this tour, not forgetting all the people who were coming to see us live and will now be disappointed because of this. The feeling is mutual but at the moment our main concern and greatest interest is Jani's recovery.

We hope that this doesn't mean that all hard work goes to waste but wish that we could reschedule the tour in the future with better luck. Our deepest apologies for all. Some things are beyond control and we simply have no other choice.

CALLISTO

April 28th 2009

New website launched

Callistochaos.com has now experienced the long waited facelift and the new site is up and running. The main focus of the service is informative, thus most of the social action is happening in social network services which you can find linked in the footer. The new website is designed and built by Ville Kaisla of www.villekaisla.com on the basis of Martin Kvamme´s artwork.

April 25th 2009

Today´s show in Hämeenlinna cancelled!

Due to even more unexpected health incidents the band is forced to cancel today´s show at Suistoklubi, Hämeenlinna. Without vocals and the second guitar it is impossible to play, so there will be attempts to find a new date for this show. We apologize this unfortunate situation. Check back for possible new date for this show.

April 24th 2009

Temporary changes in the lineup.

Due to unexpected health issues and conditions in personal schedules the band will perform the shows in Lahti and Hämeenlinna (24th and 25th of April) with only 5 members, missing one of the guitars and having a session musician in the bass guitar.

The lineup will get back to normal as the band launches the Providence European tour on 1st of May in Nijmegen, Holland. Thank you for everyone who showed up at Tavastia, Helsinki last night.

March 27th 2009

American release date set.

And finally the release date for American people. The new album Providence will be released in the US on 26th of May 2009. The album will be released by Fullsteam Records and distributed by Redeye Distribution.

Providence is also available on iTunes. You can purchase it here ->
itunes.com/callisto/providence

March 12th 2009

New press photos uploaded.

More new press photos (by Miikael Närhi) have been uploaded to the media section. New website is also coming up soon.

March 03rd 2009

The vinyl has arrived.

A 12" gatefold LP of the new album Providence is now out on Svart Records. You can order the grandeur from the Svart Records webstore for 16 euros + shipping. They ship worldwide.

The package should also be in the record stores of Finland later on this week. The following distributors are also taking care of the job: PHD Canada Distributing LTD (Canada), PIAS Records GmbH (Germany), Rough Trade Distribution (Belgium & Netherlands).

February 26th 2009

Top 40 album chart.

The new album Providence has climbed up to the 23rd spot on the Finnish top 40 album chart on its first release week. Being the first official chart position for Callisto, this week is a milestone of its kind in the Callisto timeline. Thank you for all who have (and will) buy the album.

February 18th 2009

Album in stores today.

The cd is now officially out (Finland & Sweden). March 27th will be the day in Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg and Canada. For American people there is still new information coming up. We will get back to this as soon as possible. About the rescheduled vinyl release date, check out the news below.