Under the flag of Dutch Doom Day presets, local doom legends Officium Triste organised a gig; pretty much their annual gig in the Baroeg. They arranged two additional bands. The just-as-local Facade fast the first to hit the stage. Classified as doom / death but they have some more progressive elements in there as well […]
Cavalera @ 013, Tilburg, 15 November 2023
I never got to see Sepultura live when they were still a great thrash metal band. And I missed the tour they did a couple of years back where the Cavalera brothers played Beneath the Remains and Arise live. When they announced this new tour where they would play Bestial Devastation and Morbid Visions material, […]
Destruction, 013, Tilburg, 5 November 2023
Destruction are celebrating their 40 years of existence and toured Europe in celebration of it. The show in Tilburg was the final gig of the tour. They had brought 3 support acts of which I skipped the first, namely Crisix. The first band I saw was Enforcer. These Swedes play straight-up heavy metal. Not really […]
Dutch Doom Day, Baroeg, Rotterdam, 4 November 2023
The annual Dutch Doom Day was taking place again in the Baroeg. A two day doom metal festival, and I only went the first day. The second day didn’t have an all that interesting line-up; so I opted to go to another gig on the Sunday. Strangely enough there were 5 gigs in two days […]
Paradise Lost, Primordial @ Tivoli, Utrecht, 15 October 2023
Under the name Ultima Ratio Fest four bands went on a European tour for two weeks, which ended in Utrecht, The Netherlands. They played at the same day Europe was headlining a gig in the same venue. So quite some rockers and metalheads in the building. Last time I saw Paradise Lost was in the […]
From Dusk Till Doom Festival, Centre Culturel Engis, Belgium, 7 October 2023
This was the 5th instalment of the Belgian doom metal festival From Dusk Till Doom in ten years time. I had not attended the previous four editions, as they have been over a 3 hour drive. For this edition they had – or so I understood – invited the 7 best acts from the previous […]
Flotsam and Jetsam @ Musicon, The Hague, 2 October 2023
It was 7 years ago when Flotsam And Jetsam played this same venue. They are kind of cult thrash band, whose first two albums are classic and very much have a style of their own. And the returned on this relatively hot autumn Monday to Musicon. The support act was from the Dutch thrash metal […]
Evildead @ Musicon, The Hague, 4 August 2023
Two days, two gigs doesn’t happen a lot these day. Another US band touring around some festival appearances. This time the re-united LA thrasher from Evildead. They brought one support act. The Belgian Powerstroke had the honours to be the opening band. Last time I saw Evildead, some 13 years ago, they also played with […]
I Am Morbid, Baroeg, Rotterdam, 3 August 2023
There are not that many bands touring these days, post-corona and with the high-inflation. During the festival season some bands play some club gigs in between festival occurrences. That was what I Am Morbid was doing. The club arranged some opening acts. The first band was the Dutch band Ecocide. They released one album some […]
Day 1 Graveland Festival, Hollandsche Veld, 26 May 2023
Graveland is now one of the three metal fest in the area of southern Drente in the Netherlands. Quite odd as it is one of the least inhabited provinces of the Netherlands. Anyway, this years edition was primarily interesting for the headliner of the Friday, namely Dismember. The Saturday was headlined by Paradise Lost, which […]
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