FESTIVAL REVIEW: Lagerfest IV, The Triffid, Brisbane
In a day and age where bands need to differentiate themselves in order to make a splash, there have been countless hair-brained schemes which never seem to go anywhere. Well,…
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FESTIVAL REVIEW: EINDHOVEN METAL MEETING 2016 – Day 2 (Saturday)
The second day and the last chance to enjoy this festival. I started with the German black metal band Der Weg Einer Freiheit. A short but awesome setlist with their (in my opinion) best song…
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FESTIVAL REVIEW: EINDHOVEN METAL MEETING 2016 – Day 1 (Friday)
Near the border of Germany lies Eindhoven, a city which once a year experiences an invasion of metalheads who visit the Eindhoven Metal Meeting in the venue Effenaar were this great two-day indoor-festival takes…
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FESTIVAL REVIEW: DAMNATION FESTIVAL 2016 Live at Leeds, UK
On Saturday, 5 November 2016, I travelled to Leeds, UK for the first time for the city’s annual Damnation Festival – an extreme metal festival held since 2005. For a…
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FESTIVAL REVIEW: EPIC METAL FEST Live at 013, Tilburg
October started great here in 013, with Epica’s own curated festival, Epic Metalfest, packed full of excellent bands of various kinds. It was also Epica’s album release party, and from…
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FESTIVAL REVIEW: LOUDER THAN LIFE Live At Champions Park, Louisville
On an extremely hot and humid night in July of 1980, with temperatures pushing way over 90 degrees, four of us crammed into a Honda Civic, crossed the border into…
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FESTIVAL REVIEW: HOUSTON OPEN AIR 2016 Live at NRG Park, Houston, TX
Texas has seen its fair share of metal festivals over the few years. Austin and Dallas have both been home to large gatherings of masses for metal. It was Houston’s…
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FESTIVAL REVIEW: ROCK ALLEGIANCE 2016 – Day 2 (Sunday)
After yesterday’s metal madness, this old boy found it rather difficult to drag my sunburned and sore self out of the motel bed and over to Denny’s once again, before…
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FESTIVAL REVIEW: ROCK ALLEGIANCE 2016 – Day 1 (Saturday)
Leaving Denny’s with a full breakfast over our belts and the morning sun already bringing the heat and humidity to somewhat uncomfortable levels, our thoughts and conversation quickly turned to…
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FESTIVAL REVIEW: SUMMER BREEZE OPEN AIR 2016 – Day 3 (Saturday)
If Days 1 and 2 of Summer Breeze Open Air were mental, then day three was the wind-down day. While there was no lack of talent on offer today, in…
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