Malevolent Creation was back in Europe, this time original guitarist Phil Fasciana came along as well. In fact since the previous gig a few years ago only the drummer remained. The gig start very early and so I missed the most of Necrotesque a Dutch band that plays old school death metal. The second support […]
The Troops of Doom @ Musicon, The Hague, 7 August 2024
The Troops of Doom from Brazil is a relatively new band, but with at least one familiar face, namely Jairo T. who played in Sepultura for the first EP and album. Now some 30 years later, he formed a band to play music fairly close to the style of early Sepultura albeit not as chaotic […]
Pentagram (Chile), Sound Dog, Breda, 15 July 2024
The Chilean Pentagram is a fairly obscure death metal band that has been around for almost 40 years and only managed to release two albums so far. The second only being released this year. Every one in the band except Anton is called Juan – oh well. I discovered them recorded one of their songs […]
Graveland Fest, 25 May 2024, Hoogeveen
The season for outdoor festivals has started again. This years Graveland Fest is at another location than last year. Not in a forest but in a meadow. And it had rained a lot the last months, so it was a big muddy mess. Fortunately some planks in front of the stage helped to keep dry […]
Pessimist @ Musicon, The Hague, 15 May 2024
Pessimist is one of the many American death metal bands that is also there, even though they have made three quite good albums, and have been around for long time. Being a bit late to the ball doesn’t help either. As far as I know they have never toured in Europe before. And now they […]
Disharmonic Orchestra @ Willemeen, Arnhem, 11 May 2024
Disharmonic Orchestra were supposed to headline a festival in the same venue a while back, but unfortunately they had to cancel their appearance and so the festival was left without a headliner. The venue opted to invite them back on this day and add a few bands to the bill. The Frisian band Stoflik Omskot […]
Cryptopsy, Atheist @ Fluor, Amersfoort, 14 March 2024
After a few announcement of a new European tour by Atheist that got cancelled, this time it really happened as a co-headliner tour with Cryptopsy under the name Unquestionable Blasphemy tour. Last time I saw Atheist was 2009, so nearly 15 years ago. It was about time though. Maybe a venue like Fluor was a […]
Haunting the Castle V, 17 February 2024, Anthisnes, Belgium
A festival hosted in a 17th century castle in Belgium, near Liege, sounds like something special just for starters. When they invite a couple of bands that rarely play live, it is gonna be even more special. Previous episodes of this festival didn’t have a line-up as cool as this one to travel to Wallonia […]
Drachten Death Fest 2024, 10 February 2024, Induna, Drachten
I think this was the third instalment of this festival that I went to, even though it is not that close by it is often worth the drive. This year had a longer bill that the previous years as they opted to use too halls for gigs. Unfortunately there were two cancellations shortly announced before […]
Officium Triste, Baroeg Rotterdam, 17 November 2023
Under the flag of Dutch Doom Day presets, local doom legends Officium Triste organised a gig; pretty much their annual gig in the Baroeg. They arranged two additional bands. The just-as-local Facade fast the first to hit the stage. Classified as doom / death but they have some more progressive elements in there as well […]
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