Onslaught was touring for they were founded 40 years ago or something. That would have been in 2022 So I guess this is one of the tours that got postponed. Anyway, the tour did happen. The original schedule included the band Destroyer 666 but due to some woke shit they got cancelled. Too other bands […]
In the Grip of Winter Fest 2023, 4 March 2023, Baroeg, Rotterdam
It was already the fourth instalment of this small festival in the Baroeg in Rotterdam, with a mixture of extreme metal bands performing on single day. Six bands were scheduled, however one band – Grindpad – cancelled shortly before the event. So everything started an hour later than planned. The opening band was Deadspeak. A […]
Drachten Death Fest 2023, 4 February, Iduna, Drachten
The previous edition of Drachten Death Fest was one of the last gigs I went to before corona hit., in 2020 This year there finally was a new edition, with a line-up worth the 2-hour drive. And it takes place in a pretty cool venue. The opening band was Deadspeak. A local band who has […]
Asphyx @ P60, Amstelveen, 28 January 2023
The first gig of the year for me was none other than the mighty Asphyx. They don’t play all that often in their home country, bu they started the year with a few gigs in the Netherlands. The first support slot was given to a new band from the Netherlands called Necrotesque. Even though it […]
Headbangers Ball Tour 2022, Fluor, Amersfoort, 23 November 2022
Another postponed tour finally took place. The Headbangers Ball Tour – named after the TV show of the 80s and 90s – brought four thrash metal bands on the road from that time period. Although only about 10 shows long, the tour kicked off in Amersfoort of all places. The opening band was Artillery. By […]
Demilich @ Baroeg, Rotterdam, 16 November 2022
Demilich are Finnish death metal band from the early 1990s. They play a rather oddball kind of death metal with peculiar, but technical riffs and extremely low guttural vocals. I am not sure if they ever toured in support of their sole album, released in 1993. At least I never got to see them live […]
Soulburn, Little Devil, Tilburg, 6 November 2022
The 6th November has at least 3 option for metal gigs. Memoriam in Arnhem, the 2nd day of Dutch Doom Day in Rotterdam. I opted to go to Soulburn in Tilburg instead. This sort-of spin off band from Asphyx – It was founded by Bob and Eric. Then after the first album renamed back to […]
Dutch Doom Day (Day 1), Saturday 5 November 2022, Baroeg Rotterdam
This year was already the 20th installment of the Dutch doom metal festival Dutch Doom Day. For me the first day was the only really interesting day. So I only went to the Saturday. The Sunday incidentally had three gigs I more or less wanted to go to, but from the line-up of DDD only […]
Consolation @ De Flux, Zaandam, 14 October 2022
The Dutch cult act Consolation had been defunct for over 20 years, before ultimately reforming this year, much like their companion band Nembrionic. They played the Stonehenge festival this summer, but this was the first club gig that they did in more or less their hometown Zaandam. The venue is located on a dreary industrial […]
Suffocation @ Patronaat, Haarlem, 15 August 2022
Another tour that postponed several times, but finally the mighty Suffocation was touring again in Europe, visiting many summer festivals and adding some club gigs into it as well. They brought three support bands. The opening band was Frontierer from Scotland. I hadn’t heard of them, they are not on metal archives. Well, I don’t […]
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