Already the 18th installment of the Dutch Doom Day festival annually held in the Baroeg in Rotterdam. Even the the line-up wasn’t all that exciting, I decided to go both days never the less. Saturday, I skipped the first two bands as they were more in the direction of sludge metal which I don’t care […]
Annihilator, Podium Victorie, Alkmaar, 23 October 2019
Annihilator released a couple of quite good albums around 1990. Thrash metal that was quite technical, especially in the guitar parts. I never followed them much afterwards as they went more into groove metal style. During that time I never got to see them live, I did see them some time ago as a support […]
Memoriam @ Baroeg, Rotterdam, 29 September 2019
Memoriam have just released their third album in only three years, which is quite a feat. And they were doing a couple of gigs in Europe to promote the album. One of the gigs was in the Baroeg. The opening band was a local band called Warborn Waste. They play somewhat modern, yet melodic death […]
Metal Experience Fest II, 28 September 2019, Gebr. De Nobel, Leiden.
I must have missed the first edition, last year, because it doesn’t ring any bells. The second edition had an interesting line-up with only Dutch bands on the bill. Due to circumstances I missed the first few bands unfortunately. When I entered the venue Asagraum was playing in the small hall. This is an all-female […]
Acrostichon @ Little Devil, Tilburg, 22 September 2019
Two bands were celebrating this afternoon gig on a warm Sunday in Tilburg. Acrostichon exists 30 for 30 years, although they have been inactive for some time and their latest new material is from the 90s. Their debut album is still one of the best Dutch death metal albums. And Pentacle who also existed for […]
Darken the Moon XI, De Casino, Sintnikolaas, Belgium, 14 September 2019
The eleventh installment of this festival was held once again in the very nice De Casino venue in Sintnikolaas in Belgium. I think it is the third edition that I attended. This years headliners that drew my attention were Evoken and especially Skepticism. I missed the opening band, and the second band was already playing […]
Krisiun @ Baroeg, Rotterdam, 16 August 2019
During their summer festival tour Krisiun dropped by in the Baroeg for a gig. And Krisiun is always a lot of fun live. The club added two support acts to complete the bill. The opening band was the Dutch Sepiroth. I never was impressed by the death metal they produced. It just lacks in the […]
Flotsam and Jetsam @ Baroeg, Rotterdam, 2 August 2019
Flotsam and Jetsam are an early thrash metal band from Arizona that have released two classic albums in the 1980s and a whole bunch of mediocre albums. The last couple of albums were a lot better again. They toured a bit through Europe this summer and played in a very hot, and packed Baroeg. The […]
Coven @ Willem Een, Arnhem, 31 July 2019
Coven is one of the first bands to incorporate occult themes in their music. And as such had a major influence on the metal scene. Their first album was released in 1969 and is now 50 years old. Of the line-up from then only singer Jinx Dawson is still present, she formed a new lineup […]
Gruesome @ Musicon, The Hague, 16 July 2019
Musicon has been quite active lately with organising metal gigs, thanks to Rene Veerkamp mostly. This Tuesday night the US Death tribute band Gruesome was playing there. The club was nearly sold out too. The opening act was the local Melting Eyes. They started a little early. They play death metal, mostly mid-paced. It wasn’t […]
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