Party.San 2024, First Impressions
Extreme Metal Festival Party:san Metal Open Air, first impressions. Enjoy the pics and nothing but pics. A detailed report follows soon.
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Rockharz Festival 2024 – Here We Were
I have spent the last ten days here as a member of the crew of Rock & Metal Day’z. Today is the day to move to Ballenstedt and Rockharz Festival for the next five days. Read about each day and watch the pics of bands, fans, crew, evacuation and whatever happened.
Rockharz Festival 2024 – First Impressions
Wednesday started with a visit to the Teufelsmauer and a view over the campsite but then it was time for some metal music for the next four days.
Rock & Metal Day’z 2024 – First Impressions
A quick overlook, Rock Metal 2024, two pics per band. Check obscuro.eu for a forthcoming detailed report and more pics.
SETYØURSAILS – UNITE & CONQUER
I first saw SETYØURSAILS last year and they surprised me with their fresh modern metalcore and impressive vocals. Their lyrics are in English and sometimes not for the faint hearted, as songwriter Jules doesn't hold back her thoughts in the slightest. The music is aggressive in the most positive way, but that is exactly what the audience expects and deserves.
DragonForce speeding up with Amaranthe
Tonight was a night of perfect entertainment. None of the bands was better or worse than the others. Even Infected Rain with their shorter set could enchant the audience on a level equal to both headliners, DragonForce and Amaranthe. I loved that the show tonight was sold out, it gives me hope that the Corona years with half empty venues are history now.
Skálmöld – Ýdalir Tour 2024
Once again, I’ve seen three excellent bands. Even though their slots had quite usual lengths, I could have enjoyed each of them for a few more minutes and songs.
Storm Seeker – Nautic Force Tour
It is time for Captain "Timothy" Bornfleth on lead vocals and his crew, "Olaf" Bornfleth on percussion and drums, "Ughar der schrecklich Durstige" Braatz on beer barrel, keys and accordion, "Fabi" Kirschke on hurdy-gurdy and "Paulie" Martens on guitar. They miss out the bass player but never the barrel filled with beer.
Burning Witches – The Dark World Tour
It is impressive how much better Burning Witches become from album to album. The evolution of the band is amazing. Laura’s vocals were about perfect, rough and to the point, the result of endless practicing, experience, training and discipline. Every time a member left the band, no matter if for good or bad reasons, the next one made the band even better. Especially Courtney is such a gem in this case, a real jewel of a guitarist, precise to the point. I believe, she was the last brick, Burning Witches needed for the next couple of years. She fits perfectly.
Delain – Illumishade – live 2024
It has been quite a while since I last enjoyed Dutch Delain. I simply needed time to come over the loss of Merel and Charlotte. It finally led to a completely new line-up of the band with founder and keyboarder Martijn Westerholt remaining the only surviving original member. Support band of this tour is no other than Swiss shooting stars Illumishade around vocalist Fabienne Erni and guitarist Jonas Wolf of Eluveitie