Evergrey – The Atlantic Across Europe Tour (Antwerp, Bochum, Nuremberg, Bremen, Hamburg, Berlin)

I can't remember when exactly I heard about Evergrey for the first time. They are of course not a new band, they've been around for more than 20 years. What I do remember is that Floor Jansen did a song with them in 2016 on their album The Storm Within and called Evergrey her favourite …

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My Top 9 albums of 2018

How many times can you possibly listen to the same album over and over again? 2018 was an amazing year for new music. My three most favourite bands released new music, I basically had no choice but to put them in the top 3 spots on the list. But even apart from those, there were …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …