As Dismember is always a very enjoyable live band, and they are touring Europe again, it was time for me to check out their gig at the Baroeg in Rotterdam. They brought three bands to accompany them this time. Although the Baroeg website claimed differently, the opening band of the night was Infernal Poetry from […]

After two full-lengths, the Finnish doom metal band Swallow the Sun was finally touring Europe. Not too many people showed up this night, however. The band that opened this night was the French doom/death metal Inborn Suffering, who were added to the bill by the Baroeg, and thus not part of the tour. The band […]

013 in Tilburg organised a so-called metal matinee, this Sunday afternoon. The headliner of this event were the Austrian sickos Pungent Stench, supported by Eisregen, who are on tour together. The show coincided with a metal market in the same venue, so a nice combination of getting some new CDs and watching a good concert. […]

Finally the Domination tour, headlined by Cryptopsy made their stop at the Baroeg, as one of the last gigs of the tour. When I arrived, no later than about 18.15 on a Tuesday evening, not many people had showed yet. This fact was certainly noticed by the first bandHurtlocker from the USA. The band played […]

Macabre was in Europe once again and brought three bands on their tour. When I arrived, there were few people in the venue although it wasn’t long before the first band started. Defaced kicked off the evening. This Israeli band couldn’t really get the attention of most of the audience, and I didn’t think much […]

It isn’t often that Sadus plays in Europe or releases an album, but this time around they did both. A new album came out titled “Out for Blood” and now Sadus were promoting that, kicking off their tour in Rotterdam. Opening the evening were the new Italian deathrash band Gory Blister – a remarkably stupid […]

Hate Eternal were on tour once again; now that isn’t usually a trigger for me to head to the Baroeg especially not with this flu I have right now, but this time they were supported by none less than Spawn of Possession. Probably one of the most technical death metal bands around currently. That’s a […]

It was time for me to experience some brutal death metal again as Suffocatin was once again on this side of the Atlantic. This time supported by the largely unknown extreme German metal band Obscura. Openers however were the Dutch deathrash band Devious. As I got to the venue the first band almost immediately started […]

In the late 1980s, Sweden was the origin of many bands who created a blend of death metal with heavy, crunchy riffs and melodic guitar work with some punk influences and a guitar sound that was inspired by the English grind band Unseen Terror. Typically these bands didn’t play mid-paced with simple but varied drum […]