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 […]
Onslaught @ Baroeg Rotterdam, 19 March 2023
Onslaught was touring for they were founded 40 years ago or something. That would have been in 2022 So I guess this is one of the tours that got postponed. Anyway, the tour did happen. The original schedule included the band Destroyer 666 but due to some woke shit they got cancelled. Too other bands […]
In the Grip of Winter Fest 2023, 4 March 2023, Baroeg, Rotterdam
It was already the fourth instalment of this small festival in the Baroeg in Rotterdam, with a mixture of extreme metal bands performing on single day. Six bands were scheduled, however one band – Grindpad – cancelled shortly before the event. So everything started an hour later than planned. The opening band was Deadspeak. A […]
Drachten Death Fest 2023, 4 February, Iduna, Drachten
The previous edition of Drachten Death Fest was one of the last gigs I went to before corona hit., in 2020 This year there finally was a new edition, with a line-up worth the 2-hour drive. And it takes place in a pretty cool venue. The opening band was Deadspeak. A local band who has […]
Asphyx @ P60, Amstelveen, 28 January 2023
The first gig of the year for me was none other than the mighty Asphyx. They don’t play all that often in their home country, bu they started the year with a few gigs in the Netherlands. The first support slot was given to a new band from the Netherlands called Necrotesque. Even though it […]
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