This years line up wasn’t really interesting, except for the final day, for me there was one must-see band, namely Intestine Baalism. There were a couple of other bands I like to see, too. So I skipped the first two days and only went the Sunday. The first band I saw were the Belgian Possession […]
Morbid Fest @ De Gigant, Apeldoorn, 3 May 2019
Four bands toured under the banner of Morbid Fest headlined by I Am Morbid, the Morbid Angel spin off by David Vincent. I had never been to this venue, as it apparently doesn’t organise many metal gigs. Having a little trouble finding the entrance and some difficulties with scanning the tickets on mobile phones, it […]
De Raggende Manne @Paard, Den Haag, 13 April 2019
After many, many years the legendary band De Raggende Manne have released a new album. And a tour through the Netherlands was planned. Shortly before the start of the tour, singer Bob Fosko was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. Nevertheless they opted to do the tour and plan Bob’s treatments to effect the tour as little […]
Suffocation, Baroeg, Rotterdam, 10 April 2019
Suffocation is touring in Europe again, this time with a varied package of mostly established names. Hence the club was quite full, and I guess sold-out. I had missed the opening band Darkrise due to the early start and traffic. Nordjevel was the first band I saw. This Norwegian group plays black metal. Not entirely […]
Pestilence @ Baroeg, Rotterdam, 24 March 2019
Afer three earlier gigs this month featuring a couple of oldest Dutch death metal bands, including Ceremony, Acrostichon and Thanatos, this Sunday afternoon gig was headlined by none other than Pestilence with their Reduced to Ashes tour, for which they would play the entire Consuming Impulse record. Even though Pestilence may be the biggest name […]
Thanatos, 16 March 2019, Baroeg, Rotterdam
Another day, another gig. Thanatos were celebrating their 35 years anniversary in their home-town of Rotterdam. The Baroeg was already quite full when I arrived. The first band of the evening was Graceless. A relatively new death metal band, playing rather slow old school death metal. It’s based around mostly a simple riff and straightforward […]
Ceremony, Musicon, The Hague, 15 March 2019
A long time ago, Ceremony released their debut album, which is a small gem in the Dutch underground death metal scene. And now more than 25 years later they returned with a follow-up titled Retribution. The release party was held in Musicon in The Hague, on the day of the release. And it even started […]
In the Grip of Winter Fest 2019, Baroeg, Rotterdam, 9 March 2019
The second installment of In the Grip of Winter Fest was again hosted by Baroeg. This year with a very varied line-up. Maybe a bit too varied even. I missed the opening act Mouflon. At the time I arrived the second band was already setting up. The Dutch Laster play atmospheric black metal. Generally not […]
Terrorizer @ Gebr. De Nobel, Leiden, 25 January 2019
The first gig for me in 2019 is none other than the cult death grind act Terrorizer. They are promoting their new album, released a while back and did three dates in the Netherlands no less. Leiden was for me the closest. So there I went. The opening band had just started playing as I […]
Pungent Stench @ Baroeg Rotterdam, 30 December 2018
The last gig of this year for me was none other then Pungent Stench (or Schirenc Plays Pungent Stench, well nevermind). They are touring during the X-mas and new-year holidays with 3 other bands. The first band was an Austrian band, called Irdorath. I hadn’t heard of them before yet they have released 4 four […]
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