Callisto part III

#87

Callisto "Skull" ( 2004 )

Another version of the classic skull shirt ( actually kireru records logo was only printed these hoodies, right ? )

This one goes out to kikkis!

Callisto part II

#86

Callisto "Skull" ( 2004 )

Maybe the most popular Callisto shirt ever ? i think we stopped printing these shirts back in 2005 or 2006 ? Again, design by A.B

This shirt came along when our second release came out ( jemima/klimenko vinyl )

And actually there is a part from the song "Storm" printed in the shirt ( The roaring floods shall come ) Soon after when we released TNU ( storm ) the man who recorded TNU died in the Tsunami.. it still gives me the chills to think about it. R.I.P ( the man with the cap )

Callisto part I

#85

Callisto "Ordeal of the century" ( 2002, 2003 )

Next 10 or more designs will be dedicated to Callisto and the shirt history of Callisto :)

Ariel, our drummer made this design back in 2002 ( almost the same design as on our first ep ) though this was printed in early 2003.

Sold out long time ago. We only made t-shirts from this design ( no hoodies etc ) and only on black fabric.

Always when we made a new design i took one shirt to me and my wife as a memory, my wife wears some of the shirts, i have never understood it why some band member wore his own band shirts? :) i have never done it, maybe i`m ashamed of my own band?

This shirt brings me such a great memories..

Deep Insight

#84

Deep insight "logo" ( 2003, 2004 )

Not sure when this hoodie came out? i would say 2004. Johannes ( guitarist ) gave me this shirt when he still lived in Turku.

We share the same history with DI, we were the 2 first bands to get signed to Fullsteam records back in 2002..

Whitecross

#83

Whitecross "1992 tour shirt" ( 1992 )

I changed this shirt to selfmindead shirt ( my selfmindead shirt was too big and to be honest the lion on the front wasnt that cool in the late 90`s ) but so wasnt Whitecross shirt either!!!!

I think the year i got this was something like 1999 and on that year i surely didnt listen that much whitecross anymore! But you know what? Whitecross was one of my favourite bands when i was like between 13 - 15. I have all their cds ( except the first album on vinyl ) Did i wear that Whitecross shirt when i got it ? No. maybe once or twice in home or something.. but i got to have Whitecross shirt! yes, i am crazy nostalgic idiot :)

ZAO

#82

Zao "horror" ( 2004 )

This trip to Denmark in 2004 was one of my dream come true moment! Seeing Zao live!

Everyone knows that i was big Zao fan back in the days ( still am, but that band made their highlight albums between 1997 - 2001, imo.. ) parade of chaos and funeral of God albums had their moments, couple of good songs but, i dont know, they lost something along the way, maybe the drummer? Brett Detar ? Russ G ?

As i told earlier, Dan W was my biggest influence back in the days when we started Callisto.. So when i sow Zao in Copenhagen, i screamed my lungs out in that show, can you imagine? all the favourite songs and Dan.

The line-up on that gig was Dan, Russ, Scott ( from the classic liberate te ex inferis era ) i dont remember the names of the drummer and bass player..

Bloodgood

#81

Bloodgood "metal missionaries" ( 1985 or 1986 )

Obviously this shirt is really old and the name is taken from their first demo from 1985. I got this shirt maybe like 10 years ago from my friend ( nypy ? ) or ilkka... can`t remember..

Bloodgood wasnt my cup of tea back in the 90`s but still listened to it among the other many Christian metal bands.. I still have their two first albums on vinyl though :)

Sorry, i forgot to take a picture of the back.. now i dont have a camera with me, i will post it later.. it says "metal missionaries" on the back! :) of course.

This shirt is dedicated to MaziBee! :)

Place of Skulls

#80

Place of skulls "rider" ( 2011 )

Bought the shirt when Place of skulls played here in Turku little while ago. I have another POS shirt also, ordered thru Victor himself, but it`s too small..

Gonna see Pentagram soon!

Confessor!

#79

Confessor "logo" ( 2005 )

I know that i bought this shirt from sound pollution ( Stockholm ) but not sure was it 2004 or 2005 ? My wife worked 2 summers in Stockholm, 2004 and 2005. So it was one of those trips when i went to see my wife when i bought this hoodie.

I have to admit that this hoodie is really ugly! besides that, it`s little bit too small. But the band is great! I`m big fan of good quality doom ( Trouble, Cathedral, Pentagram, Place of skulls, The hidden hand etc etc ) and Confessor is one of them. They sound quite original comparing to many other doom bands out there.

Satura Lanx

#78

Satura lanx "Batteries run dry, blood flows through" ( 2005, 2006 )

I think this shirt was printed at the same time as their first and only album? 2005 or 2006 ?

I think we played with them couple of times in the past.. some of the guys now play in Ills and Lighthouse project, i`m not sure.. ?

Living Sacrifice ?

#77

Living Sacrifice "reborn" ( 1998 )

I remember this day like yesterday, DED also played in Stockholm where LS played in 1998. I remember i was 17 and huge LS fan and we drove from Kokkola to Turku and went by ferry to Stockholm with jonas,ariel, Sebu? maybe Ariels parents or his father maybe? and actually this was my first time when i met my future fellow kotikirkko friends :) So this trip was quite important to my future life also..

LS and DED played almost in the center of Stockholm ( kungsträdsgården ) they both did a nice job with their shows! LS and DED also played another show in the venue where we slept ( pingstkyrkan? ) So this was the show where i bought this shirt..

oh, and Ariel nose was bleeding like fountain in this trip! Bloody nose! :)

Hexvessel

#76

Thought that i was dead? no, not yet.

Hexvessel "voodooman" ( 2011 )

This came out through Svart Records little time ago, Mat who is the main composer and leader in this band is also involved in various other projects in a way or another ( Code, Virus, DHG for example )

Great band! Check it out from Svart records or Spotify..

Julith Krishun

#75

Julith Krishun "lion" ( 2004 )

Maybe the worst Converge copycat ? i remember this night, it was in 2004, in Berlin, a club called wild at heart, it was our first European tour with Callisto.

This band was our warm-up band, i dont remember how i got this shirt, maybe they gave it to me ? i also remeber that this was the first time we sow the guys from The ocean ( collective ) they were really upset for us because they knew how bad venue this was for the band like us. it was basically really small rockabilly venue, and the owner of the venue complained all night because we played so loud.. :)

nice memories..