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 […]
Dokk’em Open Air 2019, Dokkum, 29 june 2019
A two-day festival that takes place all the way up north in the country. The line-up wasn’t all that interesting. Except for one particular band, namely King Diamond on Saturday. I skipped the Friday entirely and only went on Saturday, even skipping most of the afternoon, in part because the line-up wasn’t very interesting and […]
Vltimas @ Gebr. De Nobel, Leiden, 26 June 2019
Vltimas is a quite a new band, but with a few familiar names in it, like Dave Vincent and Flo Mournier. And they had just released their debut album, which got a lot of positive response. To promote it they do a handful of club and festival gigs this summer. And Leiden was on their […]
Varathron @ Baroeg, Rotterdam, 8 June 2019
The second day in a row for me to go to the Baroeg. This time it was Varathron who were playing there. Their gig a year ago was quite good and their debut album is one of the cult classics of Hellenic Black metal. So I was looking forward to seeing them play again. There […]
Possessed @ Baroeg, Rotterdam, 7 June 2019
One of the oldest death metal bands around just released a new album after more than 30 years. To support the album, Possessed are on a short tour through Europe. One of the gigs was in the very hot and full Baroeg venue. The only support slot was for Norwegian band Nordjevel. A band I […]
De Raggende Manne @ Kaderock, The Hague, 1 June 2019
After finishing their april tour for the new album, De Raggende Manne did a few festival appearances. Of which Kaderock, organised by Musicon was one. I didn’t really care much for the other bands so I took my bike to go there just to see De Manne. They had a few guest appearances this time […]
Officium Triste, Baroeg, Rotterdam, 19 May 2019
Over the years, I have seen Officium Triste quite a few times. Quite solid doom death metal. They have now been around 25 years, albeit they broke up for a small period after the first album. An anniversary gig was scheduled in the Baroeg, where they have played very often. The opening act was Kurb […]
Inquisitor, Musicon, The Hague, 17 May 2019
Under the banner of Thrashing Madness II, an evening of thrash metal was organised in the club Musicon in The Hague. Two Dutch bands I didn’t know opened before Inquisitor. The last time I had seen that band had been nearly 25 years ago and I think it was the third or fourth gig I […]
Netherlands Death Fest 2019, 013, Tilburg, 5 May 2019
This years line up wasn’t really interesting, except for the final day, for me there was one must-see band, namely Intestine Baalism. There were a couple of other bands I like to see, too. So I skipped the first two days and only went the Sunday. The first band I saw were the Belgian Possession […]
Morbid Fest @ De Gigant, Apeldoorn, 3 May 2019
Four bands toured under the banner of Morbid Fest headlined by I Am Morbid, the Morbid Angel spin off by David Vincent. I had never been to this venue, as it apparently doesn’t organise many metal gigs. Having a little trouble finding the entrance and some difficulties with scanning the tickets on mobile phones, it […]
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