A weekend in London (Scar Symmetry, Vuur, Damnation Angels, Mastodon)

A diary for one of the better weekends of this year, concert venue hopping included! The planning London or Utrecht? That was the only question for me when Scar Symmetry (melodic death / modern / progressive metal from Sweden) announced their co-headliner shows with Vuur (progressive metal from the Netherlands). Because I hadn't seen them …

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Enter Shikari – In Celebration Of The Spark (Mehr! Theater Hamburg)

"Warning! This escalates quickly!" I have to be honest: My expectations for this gig were really low. Because ever since I got into Enter Shikari around 2011/2012, I enjoyed their gigs a little less and less whenever I saw them, as they tended to get lost in remixes and long interludes instead of keeping the …

Damnation Angels – Last Embers Tour (Markthalle Hamburg)

You know those bands that are so amazing but at the same time so unknown that it's almost painful? Here's one of them - Damnation Angels are a band you might not have heard of before. I can't remember myself how I came across them almost 3 years ago (somehow on the almighty internet...), but …

Katatonia – The Fall Of Hearts Tour (Voxhall Aarhus)

I think I never had so many options for concerts on one day. On this Friday, November 10th, I could have made little Moni's teenage dreams come true and see The Rasmus. I could have seen Enslaved. I could have gone to Leipzig and see Eluveitie & Amaranthe. I could have seen Paradise Lost, among …

Kasabian – For Crying Out Live (Columbiahalle Berlin / Mehr! Theater Hamburg)

Is it still cool to be a Kasabian fan? Or are they too 'mainstream' by now and therefore automatically considered extremely uncool? Not that I'd really care about things like that - I have great memories from their last tours, so it goes without saying that I bought tickets for this tour again. And I …

Leprous, Agent Fresco – Malina Tour (Logo Hamburg)

In the heart of Hamburg's university district, amidst hip vegan cafés, business buildings and the ancient library, there is one very low building surrounded by very high buildings. This litte black shack hosts the Logo music club, with a stage not much higher than 30cm, a ceiling so low that very tall musicians have to …

Delain & Marco Hietala – Danse Macabre Tour (Zeche Bochum)

Sometimes, when I haven't seen a Delain show for a while, I tend to think nasty things like “actually, I don't like them that much, their music is too 'pop' and too simple...“ Then I go to another show and suddenly I remember why I like this band. But I probably wouldn't have made the …

Epica / MaYaN – The Dutch Principle (Hedon Zwolle, Patronaat Haarlem, Doornroosje Nijmegen)

Epica are another one of those bands that I just can't get enough of. Earlier this year I celebrated my 20th Epica show, but as if that would stop me from going to see them again... three days in the Netherlands, easy to reach by car and short distances between the cities given the small …

Ghost – End of era III, Gröna Lund Stockholm / Liseberg Gothenburg

With every new album, Ghost introduce a new singer, a new Papa Emeritus (yeeees, we all know it's always the same guy under the mask...). As these two shows were the last rituals of the Meliora touring cycle, it was clear that they would also be the end of the reign of Papa Emeritus III. …

Ghulehs on tour – a roadtrip through Sweden

When one of my favourite bands announces a concert in whatever country, I never say “I can’t go” or “it’s too far away” immediately. First, I check if there’s a way to make it happen. So when Ghost were announced for two shows in amusement parks in Stockholm and Gothenburg, I checked several travel options …