Darknote spelar underfundig och melodiös döds inför en mycket sparsam publik på The Rock den här lördagskvällen. Det är lite synd eftersom isländska band inte gästar oss så ofta men de som tagit sig till klubben bjuds på tekniskt sväng, suggestiva trummor och lekfulla gitarrer som låter improviserade men är väldigt inrepeterade och välskrivna. Darknote…
Since the last and first edition was a great success, the Fade in organization and the City Council of Leiria decided to continue the fest this year in the same spot: The Castle of Leiria; let me tell you a little bit about this magnificent piece of architecture: this medieval Castle was built by the…
The last day of the festival was nicely thought by the organisers. Only 3 bands on the main stage, with the last show ending at 9 PM so that everyone could get home in decent time and start the working week on Monday somewhat rested. We went there early to watch the performance of the…
Saturday at Tuska had the main stage reserved for more ’mellow’ music – at least if you consider all the thrash and death from the first day. The opener was Epica, Dutch symphonic/progressive metal led by a very charismatic Simone Simons surrounded by long hair tall Dutch men. With a bunch of nice keyboards and…
Helsinki’s ’pain’ festival as I was told the name translates into, goes all the way back to 1998 and has seen a yearly growth in the number of attendees and also the quality of bands that performed on its stages. The 2011 edition (22 – 24 July) was the first one held in a new…
The second high voltage festival took place on 23rd and 24th July 2011. The line-up was superb – some really top bands on the bill including Judas Priest, Slash, Thin Lizzy, Queensryche, Dream Theatre, Jethro Tull and many more. The location for the festival was once again Victoria Park in London – a large park…
A few years ago, Thin Lizzy weren’t at the top of their game. The new lineup however, with Ricky Warwick as their frontman is back on form and today they make things look easy as they put in an excellent performance packed with classic hits including ”Jailbreak”, ”Whiskey in the jar”, ”The Boys are back…
Thunder were probably one of the most eagerly anticipated bands on the Sunday at High Voltage, and the size of crowd they drew supported that. This was a rare chance to see them live since the band ”quit” two years ago. The intro tape started (ACDC’s Thunderstruck) and the excitement built rapidly till they came…
Like Slash, Michael Schenker has played with several bands and also chooses to play a range of material, including songs from The Scorpions (Rock you like a hurricane & Another piece of meat) and UFO (Rock Bottom & Doctor Doctor). For his set at High Voltage Michael Schenker has brought a few guests with him….
Kicking off with ”Living in the past” I was impressed by the sound – it was the clearest sound I’d heard all weekend. Either the prog stage had better sound than the other two stages all weekend or they’d got it right for Jethro Tull, but either way this was great news. ”Living in the…
Black Country Communion are a fairly new group, but are a ”supergroup”- Joe Bonamassa, Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham & Derek Sherinian. This is a band that has a lot ot live up to based on the careers of the individual members. As a new band they’re at a disadvantage to bands like Thunder or Thin…
OK lets start off with the problem and get it out of the way….the sound volume was far too low. Its been said for every other band, but its especially true for Judas Priest even if they do seem a bit louder than the earlier bands. Judas Priest play music best listened to at face-meltingly…