A World-War II-themed, old school death metal band town with veteran musicians playing in their sort of home. Can you wrong with that? Probably, but Hail of Bullets are way above average. And doing a one-off club gig aside all the festival gigs they do is a good chance to sort them out. But first […]
Cynic @ Baroeg, Rotterdam, 7 December 2011
Cynic had just released a new EP and so there was an excuse to do a European tour. Supposedly with the French band Hypno5e, but for some reason they were dropped of the tour. Instead the Baroeg arranged a local support band to open the evening. Eden To Ashes were the lucky few. A young, […]
Mar De Grises @ Little Devil, 14 December 2011
Chilean progressive doom/death metal band Mar de Grises were doing some festival gigs in Europe, and were doing some gigs in between. This Wednesday evening they played a headlining gig in the cafe Little Devil in Tilburg (without an entrance fee) – a place I had never been before really. I guess it won’t be […]
Trojan Metal Fest @ t Paard van Troje The Hague
Even though I have been living in the area, I had never visited the once legendary club ’t Paard van Troje (Trojan Horse) in The Hague – just one of those clubs that had all the cool metal gigs in the 80s and early 90s along with venues Nooderligt, Atak, Dynamo and Scum. But ever […]
Ulcerate @ Merleyn, 3 February 2012
Ulcerate are one of the most interesting newer bands in the death metal scene, whom I only discovered last year. They went on a short European tour with only a single date in the Netherlands, so Nijmegen it had to be. And considering they are from New Zealand, I didn’t expect to have a second […]
Krisiun, Vital Remains @ Baroeg, 11 February 2012
The Sounds of the Extreme tour counts no less than 8 bands with three headliners and varying support acts. At the Baroeg there were no less than 3 supports slots hence the obscene starting time of 18.00 sharp. No wonder the venue was nearly empty when the first band started to play.That band was the […]
Neurotic Death Fest, 3 March 2012
Normally I’m not a huge fan of those massive multi-day festivals, such as Neurotic Death Fest. Usually there are too many bands I don’t like and the bands I do like play to short, or have overlapping time schedules. This year I made an exception for tho for this festival, and for a very particular […]
Celestial Season @ Merleyn, 30 March 2012
Last time I went to Merleyn there was lots of snow and so it took me over 2 hours to get there. This time it only took an hour and a half or so. Much more comfortable. The reason to go there was simple Celestial Season. They were invited to play the roadburn festival this […]
Obscura, Spawn of Possession, Gorod, Exivious @ Patronaat, Haarlem, 6 April 2012
It has been quite a view years since I’ve been in the Patronaat and never in the small hall, but the penultimate gig the tour headlined by Obscura and with Spawn of Possession in particular seem like a valid excuse to go to Haarlem. I was right on time due to some issues finding a […]
diSEMBOWELMENT @ Gloppe 17 April 2012
In 1993, an album was released that is one of the definitive albums of the doom / death genre. And that isn’t from My Dying Bride, but the Australian Transcendence into the Peripheral diSEMBOWELMENT. Groundbreaking in every aspect, and at the time never heard before. I still rate it as one of my all time […]
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