Rockville Festival June 14-15, Kirf, GER, Festival arena, features this year e.g. More Than A Thousand, The Sorrow, John Coffey, Superbutt, Stereo Dynamite, TOS, Electrified Soul etc. Infos: http://www.rockville-festival.de Slayer´s Jeff Hanneman is dead: he passed away at about 11AM on May 2nd near his Southern California home because of liver failure due to an infection after a spider bite. More info: www.facebook.com/slayer
R.I.P. Jeff! Festivals cancelled: ROCK AM SEE (GER) takes a break in 2013 "lacking attractive headliners"; BURNING SEA in Croatia had to succumb to a new tax regulation; yet purchased BS-tickets can also be used to visit METALDAYS in Slowenia.
The Siberian Jay music video "I´m Holding" featuring Mikko Sirén from Apocalyptica on drums - we reported about the videoshoot in our "1h with" Special - can be watched here: http://youtu.be/C-hSNurZVcs
The King Cavalera on the notorious Reeperbahn - the perfect location for a rock’n roll show. In town for the fifth time is Bad Machine from Finland.
After being on tour through Europe for four weeks, the ride ended in Hamburg. A fine mix of Motörhead and the Ramones with a real dirty street edge. As the band prepares to ... more/mehr
2006-11-18
Barbe-Q-Barbies
Helsinki
One of the most beautiful moments of the Finnish summer is the one when the season befalls the country all of a sudden. Well, in contrast to me who just experiences her second summer in the country of long winters, the organisers of the annual block party "Kallio kukkii" [in English: "Kallio blooms"] seem to know exactly when the ... more/mehr
2011-06-06
Barbe-Q-Barbies
Helsinki
Every year, when Tuska Open Air is held in the capital of Finland, even non-attendees can look forward to plenty of live-action. "Jatkoklubi" is the keyword: Various gigs which take place in the evening of the festival days in the clubs of Helsinki. Not an official "Jatkoklubi" event of Tuska but still pretty "crowded" is today`s ... more/mehr
2012-07-11
Barcode | Crushing Caspars | Lunacy | Killercharger | Have a Seat
Althofen
Fatal day or not, on Friday 13th I just had to go to Althofen (AUT) to see the Hardcore night with Barcode. The Location Endorphin turned out to be a small cosy Metal bar.
After a very amusing sound check with Killercharger-vocalist Daniel theLunacy guys entered the small stage, playing Death Metal with nice melodic ... more/mehr
2007-04-23
Before The Dawn / Black Sun Aeon / Crib45
Helsinki
Two new, still unknown bands and one „long-established” – that´s an offer at the Virgin Oil club in Helsinki that evening. However, soon it is revealed that all of the bands are somehow tied together in one way or another – a real “family” evening, so to say.
Crib45
Out of the „crib45“ and onto the stage ... more/mehr
