It was the hottest day of the year (at least so far) with temperatures hitting 39 degrees, when Massacre was playing in The Hague. Not the best circumstances to bike 11 kms through the city. I guess quite some folks skipped this gig due to the heat, as it wasn’t sold out by a long […]
King Diamond, 013, Tilburg, 11 June 2025
The last time the King played in the Netherlands has been 6 years ago. Not much seem to have happened on the musical side of things. But this spring he is back touring in Europe again. This time with a bunch of support acts too. The opening band was Angel Witch. An old NWOBHM band. […]
Convulse @ Musicon, The Hague, 20 May 2025
There are a great many death metal bands from Finland that were founded in the late 80s or early 90s. Most of these have remained rather obscure with a cult following. All of these bands however had a unique style of their own with a typical melodic feel often releasing only a single album on […]
Drachten Deathfest 2025, 2 February 2025, Drachten
This years Drachten Deathfest took place on a Sunday, which had to do with touring schedules of the headliner, where previous editions were on a Saturday. Nevertheless they managed to get an interesting line-up this year. So off to Drachten I went for this sold out festival. I skipped the first 2 bands as I […]
Pungent Stench @ Musicon, The Hague, 31 January 2025
Pungent Stench – or at least Schirenc plays Pungent Stench – is on a short tour again, with a few dates in the Netherlands. The first in in The Hague. And even though they would play at Drachten Deathfest in a few days, I went anyway, as it is close by and I could go […]
Thulcandra @ Patronaat, Haarlem, 17 January
Thulcandra started as tribute band to the Swedish blackened death metal band Dissection. They even covered The Somberlain on their debut album. And although they remained close in style they found a niche of their own. Even though never as good as Dissection, still an interesting band. And as they are a side project of […]
Cradle Of Filth @013, Tilburg, 8 December 2024
I never have seen Cradle of Filth live before. I like their first couple of albums, up until Cruelty and the Beast, but never got to see them live. And after that I kind of lost track of them. So when I saw this gig announced I thought to check them out, seeing that they […]
Morta Skuld @DB’s, Utrecht, 26 November 2024
The American veteran band Morta Skuld was touring in Europe for the first time, although they did at least a couple of festival appearance. I guess they arrived a bit too late on the scene, with their debut released in 1993 as by that time most of the death metal buzz was already fading. Much […]
NH Metalfest SE, 23 November 2024 @ De Flux, Zaandam
In the 90s the area around Zaandam had a very lively death metal scene, of which most had lain dormant for may years since the 2000s. Most of the releases from these bands at the time were done by Displeased Records, which was from the same area. Some reunions took place in the recent years, […]
Phobocosm and Fuoco Fatuo @ Musicon, The Hague, 15 October 2024
Two fairly obscure bands went on a European tour together for about two weeks. The Canadians from Phobocosm are headlining and the Italians from Fuoco Fatuo are the support slot. The made one stop in the Netherlands (and two in Belgium) and close by in The Hague, so I rode my bike to Musicon to […]
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