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.
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.
It looks like these days everybody in the mainstream world focuses on the Olympic Games. And it looks like these days everybody in the metal world focuses on the big mainstream festivals of August. We focus on some smaller Metal-Festivals in Finland, Germany, Norway and Switzerland instead
We had a blast talking to Julien about French metal, Asian metal, Kpop, Asian nerd culture and what makes him tick in general. It's a refreshing look into a hyperactive but very original mind.
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.
Remember, a few weeks ago we published our review of Elvellon's brand new album "Ascending in Synergy"? We already announced our interview with guitarist Gilbert (G.:) and vocalist Nele (N.:), which took place the day before the release. Both were in a very good mood, even after a long interview day. Here it is, By the way, have you listened to the album or even bought it?
If you read our festival reports from 2022 and 2023, you will understand that this is not a "normal" commercial metal festival, but a very special one. The Rock & Metal Day'z is organised by the charity organisation M.A.DE. for Kids e.V. Its mission is to help children and young people in need and their families. One focus is cancer aid. All proceeds and donations go to this charity. So, what's a better reason to go to a metal festival?