Suffocation is touring in Europe again, this time with a varied package of mostly established names. Hence the club was quite full, and I guess sold-out. I had missed the opening band Darkrise due to the early start and traffic. Nordjevel was the first band I saw. This Norwegian group plays black metal. Not entirely […]

Afer three earlier gigs this month featuring a couple of oldest Dutch death metal bands, including Ceremony, Acrostichon and Thanatos, this Sunday afternoon gig was headlined by none other than Pestilence with their Reduced to Ashes tour, for which they would play the entire Consuming Impulse record. Even though Pestilence may be the biggest name […]

A long time ago, Ceremony released their debut album, which is a small gem in the Dutch underground death metal scene. And now more than 25 years later they returned with a follow-up titled Retribution. The release party was held in Musicon in The Hague, on the day of the release. And it even started […]

The second installment of In the Grip of Winter Fest was again hosted by Baroeg. This year with a very varied line-up. Maybe a bit too varied even. I missed the opening act Mouflon. At the time I arrived the second band was already setting up. The Dutch Laster play atmospheric black metal. Generally not […]

The first gig for me in 2019 is none other than the cult death grind act Terrorizer. They are promoting their new album, released a while back and did three dates in the Netherlands no less. Leiden was for me the closest. So there I went. The opening band had just started playing as I […]

The last gig of this year for me was none other then Pungent Stench (or Schirenc Plays Pungent Stench, well nevermind). They are touring during the X-mas and new-year holidays with 3 other bands. The first band was an Austrian band, called Irdorath. I hadn’t heard of them before yet they have released 4 four […]

This is the third gig for me in a weeks time. These are busy times, indeed. The fourth – Blitzkrieg on Sunday – unfortunately got cancelled. There were three bands scheduled to play, who I hadn’t seen before. All are Norwegian. I was mainly interested in Obliteration. The first band was Vorbid whom I didn’t […]

Four thrash metal bands decided one day that they should tour Europe together under the flag of good ol’ Headbanger’s Ball. The only Dutch date was on the 5th of December when in the Netherlands we celebrate Sinterklaas. And that means that traffic is rather unpredictable, but very likely there’s a lot. As the gig […]

It was the Tenth edition of the Belgian Darken the Moon festival already. A few years back I went to edition number V, in Brussels, this time it was held in Sint Niklaas, which is about half an hour closer by. The festival was held in a very neat, old building called De Casino. It […]