Wacken Open Air 2018

"Wacken? Never ever again!!!" That's what I said after I had been to Wacken for the first time last year, because I totally hated it for various reasons (that you can read about here). I stuck to my resolution through every amazing band announcement... until they announced Ghost. I'm weak when it comes to Ghost, …

Gojira – Wacken Open Air / Into The Grave 2018

Gojira are probably one of the festival bands of this decade. If you've been to metal festivals over the last few years, you will probably have seen them at some point, because they have played a lot! Me, I have seen them at least six times now, and only one of them was not a …

Summer with Ghost (Prince Charles Club Berlin, Graspop Metal Meeting, Copenhell, Dynamo Metal Fest, Wacken Open Air)

It was a long wait for the new Ghost album. Well, actually it was only eight months between the end of the Meliora touring cycle and the release of the new album Prequelle, and there was even the live album Ceremony & Devotion in between, but if you're addicted to a band, eight months are …

FortaRock Festival 2018 (Nightwish, Opeth, Avatar, …)

First weekend of June, time to start into the festival season! For me the place to be was in the Netherlands, more precisely Goffertpark in Nijmegen, for an incredible line-up at the sweet little FortaRock festival, although time and money restrictions only allowed me to go on the second day of the festival. Starting out …

Bloodbath – Dark Easter Metal Meeting 2018

Bloodbath, supergroup of Swedish death metal. Bloodbath, currently consisting of the founding members of Katatonia along with the drummer of Opeth and the singer of Paradise Lost. Not a band you'll catch live very often. Bloodbath playing a black/death metal festival in Munich, just one day before I was going to be in town for …

Muse and others, Reading Festival 2017

(scroll down if you’re here to read about Muse...) Eight days after Muse’s insane ‚by request‘ gig, I found myself at the airport again. Same time (fucking early), same flight number, same destination: London Stansted! But this time, London was just a stop-off on the way to Reading, which is easy to reach by train …

Ghost – Alcatraz Festival 2017

Since my first 'ritual' in December 2015, I've been obsessed with Ghost's live shows. Have seen them 16 times so far, 8 times with the 'old' line up, and 8 times after the exchange of the whole band earlier this year. During their European tour this spring, I was able to witness the new band …

Katatonia – Wacken / RheinRiot 2017

For several years, Katatonia have been the band I always missed. I never listened to them as much as they'd deserve, because there were always so many other bands to check out, and I have a history of not seeing them at festivals, because somehow they always play while I'm watching someone else on another …

Wacken Open Air 2017

As I can finally cross “been to Wacken“ off the bucket list, I have to say it wasn't the overwhelming experience that everybody's tales make you think it would be. To be honest, it was probably my least favourite festival ever, for a number of reasons: - Too big. Takes hours to get anywhere, especially …