It has been more than 10 years ago that I saw Exodus live. I quite following them mostly as I didn’t care that much for the albums after Tempo of the Damned which was released in 2004. Partly because I don’t like Rob Dukes’ vocals, and mostly because the songwriting was subpar with too few […]
Coven @ P60, Amstelveen, 20 June 2018
Long before there was Black Metal, there was an American band called Coven. Founded in 1967 and active until the mid-1970s, they were the first band to incorporate occult and Satanic imagery and lyrics, culminating in the track “Satanic Mass”. And they also contributed the sign of the horns into music. Strangely enough the opening […]
Suffocation @ Baroeg, Rotterdam, 8 June 2018
It is festival time again. Many bands will tour a large number of festivals during the summer, and sometimes they squeeze in some club dates as well. And suffocation did so. The original support would by Profanity but they had to cancel due to illness. The club added a last minute support act to the […]
Pitfest @ Resort Zuiddrenthe, Erica, 28 April 2018
Pitfest is a small scale outdoors festival, I think it was held now for the third time and the first time to be a 2-day festival. Held at a far corner of the Netherlands somewhere in the middle of nowhere. I opted to go for the second day only as the first day didn’t have […]
Primordial @ 013, Tilburg, 13 April 2018
Primordial don’t play that many club shows in the Netherlands and so I only got to see them 5 times before in some 20 years. Now with a new album under their belt, they did a short tour in Europe starting in the Netherlands with two gigs. I went to Tilburg for the second gig. […]
Vader @ Gebr. de Nobel, Leiden, 5 February 2018
The Polish death metal band Vader exists already for some 35 years, founded still behind the iron curtain. They released their debut album in 1992 and celebrate the 25 year anniversary of it with a tour where they play it in its entirety. That is the only album by them that I actually like. So […]
Varathron @ Baroeg, Rotterdam, 31 March 2018
This was the second day in a row I travelled to the Baroeg in Rotterdam. Fortunately it is quite close by. This day it was the host to the 6th installment of the Veneration of the Dead festival. Normally, I am not much into black metal, but I do make some exceptions. In particular when […]
Immolation @ Baroeg, Rotterdam, 30 March 2018
The US death metal band Immolation frequently tour in Europe and I have seen them several times before, even though it has been a while. They released a new album “Atonement” last year and are touring now for a second leg in Europe to promote that album. They brought three bands to support them on […]
Memoriam @ Little Devil, Tilburg, 11 March 2018.
Memoriam are already about to release their second album, only a year after their debut, and after existing only for some two years. In the mean time they collected quite some following. Quite a feat, indeed. This weekend they did a few gigs in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands to promote their soon to be […]
Netherlands Death Fest III, 3 and 4 March 2018, 013 and Patronaat, Tilburg
The third installment of Netherlands Death Fest already took place last weekend. I skipped last year because the lineup wasn’t all that interesting. This year’s lineup was a bit more interesting. Now going all three days is a bit too much for me. I decided to go both Saturday and Sunday. The festival had to […]
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