The annual Dutch Doom Day was taking place again in the Baroeg. A two day doom metal festival, and I only went the first day. The second day didn’t have an all that interesting line-up; so I opted to go to another gig on the Sunday. Strangely enough there were 5 gigs in two days […]
Paradise Lost, Primordial @ Tivoli, Utrecht, 15 October 2023
Under the name Ultima Ratio Fest four bands went on a European tour for two weeks, which ended in Utrecht, The Netherlands. They played at the same day Europe was headlining a gig in the same venue. So quite some rockers and metalheads in the building. Last time I saw Paradise Lost was in the […]
From Dusk Till Doom Festival, Centre Culturel Engis, Belgium, 7 October 2023
This was the 5th instalment of the Belgian doom metal festival From Dusk Till Doom in ten years time. I had not attended the previous four editions, as they have been over a 3 hour drive. For this edition they had – or so I understood – invited the 7 best acts from the previous […]
Flotsam and Jetsam @ Musicon, The Hague, 2 October 2023
It was 7 years ago when Flotsam And Jetsam played this same venue. They are kind of cult thrash band, whose first two albums are classic and very much have a style of their own. And the returned on this relatively hot autumn Monday to Musicon. The support act was from the Dutch thrash metal […]
Evildead @ Musicon, The Hague, 4 August 2023
Two days, two gigs doesn’t happen a lot these day. Another US band touring around some festival appearances. This time the re-united LA thrasher from Evildead. They brought one support act. The Belgian Powerstroke had the honours to be the opening band. Last time I saw Evildead, some 13 years ago, they also played with […]
I Am Morbid, Baroeg, Rotterdam, 3 August 2023
There are not that many bands touring these days, post-corona and with the high-inflation. During the festival season some bands play some club gigs in between festival occurrences. That was what I Am Morbid was doing. The club arranged some opening acts. The first band was the Dutch band Ecocide. They released one album some […]
Day 1 Graveland Festival, Hollandsche Veld, 26 May 2023
Graveland is now one of the three metal fest in the area of southern Drente in the Netherlands. Quite odd as it is one of the least inhabited provinces of the Netherlands. Anyway, this years edition was primarily interesting for the headliner of the Friday, namely Dismember. The Saturday was headlined by Paradise Lost, which […]
Napalm Death @ Victorie, Alkmaar, 21 May 2023
As a last minute addition to my gig schedule, I went to Alkmaar on this sunny Sunday to see Napalm Death once more. I think this was a gig that was added on short notice as I hadn’t seen it announced until a few days before the gig. And since I missed them on the […]
Ataraxie, Little Devil, Tilburg, 19 May 2023
The French Ataraxie embarked on a short tour this weekend through Belgium, Netherlands and France. They didn’t bring any support acts so a local band was added to the bill. The Dutch gig took place in Tilburg in the small venue – essentially a bar with a podium – Little Devil. The opening band was […]
Overkill @ Hedon, Zwolle, 14 April 2023
A US thrash package was touring Europe for a couple of weeks, headlined by Overkill, with Exhorder and Heathen. I hadn’t seen the first two live before and Heathen only once some 10 years ago. So it was interesting to go to this gig; and as I was in Zwolle that day anyway it was […]
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