I’m not much of a fan of power metal usually, but Helloween’s double album Keeper of the Seven Keys is an exception to that rule. Possibly because it was one of the first metal albums I got into. Later albums couldn’t interest me much as they were weirder and when singer Michael Kiske left they […]
Procession @ Baroeg, Rotterdam, 18 November 2017
The Chilean doom metal band Procession – though operating out of Sweden – has just released a new album called Doom Decimation and they thought it to be a good idea to tour around Europe a bit to promote it. The only Dutch date is in Rotterdam. So I decided to check them out. They […]
Paradise Lost @ TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, 6 November 2017
I had never been to the new TivoliVredenburg venue. The building is pretty huge, especially compared to the clubs I usually go to. It is several floors high and has many halls. Paradise Lost played at the sixth floor. So that meant many escalator trips up. The opening band was the Portugese Sinistro. They play […]
Onslaught and Artillery @ Hedon, Zwolle, 24 September 2017
Onslaught and Artillery were supposed to tour a year ago or so, but unfortunately that tour got cancelled. And two cult 1980s thrash bands on a tour is quite rare anyway. Strangely enough the two two gigs in the Netherlands were both in the northern region. I went to the southern most one, in the […]
Memoriam @ De Cacaofabriek, Helmond, 15 September 2017
As I wanted to see Vallenfyre as well and the nearest gigs for both them and Memoriam were on the same day, I had to travel a bit further to Helmond to see Memoriam. A band formed as a tribute to the way too early departed Martin Kearns, drummer of Bolt Thrower which also incurred […]
Vallenfyre @ Gebr. de Nobel, Leiden, 14 September 2017
Gregor Macintosh must be a very busy man. As Paradise Lost just recently released a new album and is on tour later this year, he also managed to release a new album with Vallenfyre. And also a short tour was scheduled in the early autumn. The Dutch dates coincided with the tour of Memoriam, so […]
Suffocation @ Dynamo, Eindhoven, 26 August 2017
Like many bands, Suffocation is touring some of the major metal festivals in Europe this summer, like many summers before. But to fill in the gaps between festivals they also do some club gigs. The only Dutch gig this year was in Eindhoven. So to Eindhoven I went. The opening act were the Sisters of […]
Cryptopsy – Patronaat, Haarlem, 18 August 2017
Cryptopsy and Suffocation were announced for Complexity fest earlier this year, however both had to cancel their appearance. Cryptopsy decided to make up for that missed gig and came to Haarlem after all, only a bit later. To Dutch bands were added to the bill as they are touring without supports. The opening act was […]
Gorguts @ Baroeg, rotterdam, 16 August 2017
Gorguts is doing a short European tour this summer in between some festival gigs. Apparently it is a quadruple rotating headlining tour, but for this gig Gorguts would be playing last, yet all four bands got some 40 minutes to play. The opening band Venom Prison started at 18.00 already, so I had to miss […]
Diamond Head @ Baroeg, Rotterdam, 16 July 2017
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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