Motionless in White & GHØSTKID: An Electrifying Night at Substage Karlsruhe
Motionless in White and GHØSTKID took over Substage Karlsruhe in August for an unforgettable night of dark, heavy metalcore and spooky visuals.
On-Stage Review
Party.San 2024 – Hell Is Here
August is one of those busy months in the year with one festival after the other, often on the same date. Our bunch of friends still didn’t find out how to clone ourselves, so we decided for Party.San Metal Open Air. We didn’t regret it although not all the bands were up to all our tastes and I myself must confess; I even didn’t know some of the names…
Rock & Metal Day’z 2024 – Here We Were
The festival once again was worth all the efforts and it proved that metal is not male dominated anymore with the two headliners on Saturday being all female bands, the co-headliner on Friday being female fronted and the audience being a good mix of generations and genders. Metal unites.
Infected Rain – European Summer 2024
After the festival is before the concert. Never has this been truer for me than this week. Only a few days after my 15 days festival marathon with Rock & Metal Day’z and Rockharz Festival in a row, I’m ready for the headliner show of none less than Infected Rain from Moldova at Colos-Saal/Aschaffenburg.
Easter Cross 2024 – The different kind of Easter tradition
For the 30th time, the Easter Cross Festival in Oberndorf, offers all the heathens out there a fantastic alternative to spend their easter weekend.
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.
Ready for Mono Inc. going symphonic again!
If you are a fan of Dark and/or Gothic Metal, you have probably heard of Mono Inc. Now Martin Engler, Katha Mia, Carl Fornia and Val Perun are back with a real gem of a tour, their second symphonic tour. It takes Mono Inc. and their orchestral ensemble through 18 German cities and mostly unique venues like the Christuskirche in Bochum, Bad Elster’s König Albert Theater, or St. Matthäus in Munich and many more.
April News
Spring has come. It is time for an update and some brief April-news.We briefly present some selected tours and album or single releases.
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.