Diamond Head is a band I guess most people got to know through the cover versions Metallica did. They nearly covered the entire Lightning to the Nations album throughout their career. Where Am I Evil? is probably the best known song. And so I am one of those. I only listened to the originals much […]
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Psychotic Waltz @ Fluor, Amersfoort, 17 June 2017
Psychotic Waltz is one of the most original metal bands ever. They are often categorised as progressive metal, but that is far from the whole story. Particularly the first two albums are chock-full of great and varied songs. There is a obvious thrash background. And all are excellent musicians. There latest album is already 20 […]
I Am Morbid @ Paard, The Hague, 9 June 2017
It seems quite the thing these days to have 2 versions of one band: Sepultura, Terrorizer, Asphyx and now also Morbid Angel. David Vincent is now playing older Morbid Angel songs under the name of I Am Morbid, with former Morbid Angel drummer Tim Yeung and two hired guitarists for a European tour. They brought […]
Napalm Death, Lock Up @ Patronaat, Haarlem, 30 April 2017
On the former queen’s day, the club Patronaat organised a festival called “Vorst in de Grond” which could mean Frost in the ground (but there weren’t any black metal bands to sing about frost and stuff) or “Monarch in the ground”. Anyway, it was centred around the Napalm Death tour, and the club added quite […]
Cruciamentum, Blood Incantation @ Baroeg Rotterdam, 19 March 2017
Cruciamentum and Blood Incantation are touring through Europe and at this Sunday afternoon gig, the Baroeg added three more bands to the bill, that all could fit the label “local”. The venue was already quite full when I arrived, particularly for a Sunday. The opening band Graceless started a short time later. Most of the […]
Doom Over Gorichem @PoGo, Gorichem, 25 February 2017
Pogo is the host of a new doom metal festival this winter. Two days of doom metal. However, the lineup of the first day was the one that interested me the most, in particular the two last bands that actually played. So I decided to skip a couple of bands and only attended the evening. […]
A Forest Of Stars, P60, Amstelveen, 10 February 2017
It has been many years since I have been in the P60 club in Amstelveen even though it is actually quite lost. Apparently they didn’t program any gigs that interest me much. I think the last time, probably the only time was when Cynic played there. Anyway, this Friday and Saturday they programmed a new […]
In Aeternum, Soulburn @ Baroeg, 5 February 2017
“Triple Dose Of Darkness” is a short tour that the Swedes from In Aeternum head lined. On this Sunday afternoon show, the club Baroeg added a fourth band to the bill, so that title doesn’t really cover it at all. Any way, the first band just started playing as I entered the venue. A French […]
Kreator @ 013 – 2 February 2017
Kreator had just released a new album, and immediately took of on a European tour. The stop at the 013 venue in Tilburg was only the second gig of the tour. Last time they were here the venue was sold out in advance, it didn’t this time though, but then it was also still a […]
Venom Inc., Vital Remains @ Gebr. De Nobel, Leiden 30 October 2016
The second gig I went to in the weekend was a whole different beast. No doom, but a mixture of death and black metal. Venom Inc. is 2/3 of the original Venom line-up. I was never really much of a fan of the band, I guess I’m just a bit too young. But I acknowledge […]
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