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• Live review DYNAMO METAL FEST, 16.07.2016, Eindhoven

  17 Juli 2016 ( #Dynamo Metal Fest, #Heavy Metal, #Death Metal, #Power Metal, #Speed Metal, #Thrash Metal, #News, #Live Review )

  Holland has quite some metal festivals and also many really good clubs and venues for music, but the unofficial capitol of metal in The Netherlands is and stays Eindhoven. The legendary Dynamo Open Airs are known all over the world and bands like Testament...

• Live review DYNAMO METAL FEST 2017, 15.07.2017, Eindhoven

  16 Juli 2017 ( #Dynamo Metal Fest, #Vuur, #Toxik, #Exodus, #Entombed AD, #Testament, #Gojira, #News, #Live, #Tour, #Heavy Metal, #Speed Metal, #Thrash Metal, #Bay Area, #Prong, #DFM, #DFM2017, #Devin Townsend Project, #White Boy Wasted, #Groove Metal, #Prog Metal, #Hardcore, #Live Review )

  What a prefect day for a metal festival. Overcast, a few sunrays, a nice temperature, some good bands and a lot of metal - perfect conditions for a great day out. However, the first challenge was to get to Eindhoven. This has nothing to do with the DMF....

• CD review TANKARD reissues - Noise lebt!

  28 Dezember 2017 ( #Tankard, #Noise Lebt, #Thrash Metal, #Speed Metal, #Power Metal, #Reissue, #CD Review, #News )

  German beer and Äppelwoin passionists Tankard started their thrash attack back in 1986 with their debut "Zombie Attack". The guys started four years prior to their first release as Avenger before they changed into Vortex the same year. Last but not least...

• 12 Most Favorite Concert Photos 2016

  31 Dezember 2016 ( #Amorphis, #Amon Amarth, #Europe, #Archer Nation, #Queensryche, #Doro, #Undertow, #Testament, #Honeymoon Disease, #Anvil, #Long Distance Calling, #Dark Funeral, #Heavy Metal, #Hardrock, #News, #Power Metal, #Doom Metal, #Thrash Metal, #Black Metal, #Death Metal, #Rock, #Cultuurpodium De Boerderij, #013, #Gebr. de Nobel, #Dudok, #Live, #Photos )

  New Year's Eve is an excellent moment in time to look back on the last 12 months and what's better than scrolling through photos made that year. I challenged myself in choosing my 12 favorites, which was not a too easy exercise. Anyhow, I've chosen these...

• CD review KREATOR "Coma of Souls" / "Renewal" / "Cause of Conflict" / "Outcast" - reissues

  03 März 2018 ( #Kreator, #Thrash Metal, #Speed Metal, #News, #CD Review, #Re-releases, #Heavy Metal, #Coma of Souls, #Outcast, #Renewal, #Cause of Conflict )

  (8/10) (7/10) (7/10) (8/10) German thrash metal pioneers Kreator recently delighted fans with re-releases of the band’s first four classics - “Endless Pain”, Pleasure to Kill”, “Terrible Certainty” and “Extreme Aggression”. These four albums were not...

• Live review KREATOR / ARCH ENEMY / SODOM / VADER, Tilburg, 04.12.14

  05 Dezember 2014 ( #Kreator, #Sodom, #Arch Enemy, #Vader, #Heavy Metal, #Thrash Metal, #Death Metal, #Live Review, #News )

  Life is about making choices. This also goes for the evening of December 4 in Holland. As a metal fan you had an extended metal menu to choose from. Life Of Agony played a show in Haarlem, the mighty Machine Head have stopped in Utrecht for a gig and...

• 'Noise lebt!' - reissues of the Noise Records back catalogue

  19 Juni 2016 ( #Noise lebt!, #Heavy Metal, #Thrash Metal, #News, #CD Review, #Kreator, #Running Wild, #Grave Digger, #Helloween )

  Normally my level of excitement is rather low when I get "Best of..." albums. In the digital world, when everybody can create their own personal playlist with iTunes, Spotify and others, the meaning of these kind of releases is, let's say, at least limited....

• CD review EMPEROR - 2017 re-issue of the entire back catalogue

  19 Februar 2017 ( #Emperor, #Ihsahn, #Black Metal, #Heavy Metal, #Thrash Metal )

  As done with the first three albums from Swedish Opeth it’s Candlelight Records re-issuing the entire back catalogue from Norwegian black metal dinosaurs Emperor. The guys started back in 1991 when Norwegian black metal was heading towards its first peak....

• Live review AMORPHIS / AVATARIUM, 013, Tilburg, 29.12.14

  30 Dezember 2014 ( #Amorphis, #Avatarium, #Doom Metal, #Death Metal, #Heavy Metal, #Folk Metal, #Live Review, #News )

  It seemed that this Northern metal package also brought the winter to the Netherlands. After weeks of almost spring feeling the temperature went down and snow has covered the country. The snow is almost gone in the meantime and the temperature increased...

• Live review QUEENSRYCHE / ARMORED SAINT / BEYOND THE BLACK, Amsterdam, 03.08.2015

  04 August 2015 ( #Queensryche, #Armored Saint, #Beyond The Black, #Heavy Metal, #Live Review, #News, #Power Metal, #US Metal )

  This is a package that has more than a 'wow' factor. This package is awesome. The mighty Queensryche together with the legendary Armored Saint one one stage that night; no way not going there - even on a very warm and sunny summer night. The role of the...

• Live review DESTRUCTION/BARK/HELLBENDER, Gebr. de Nobel, Leiden - 24.11.2017

  25 November 2017 ( #Destruction, #Schmier, #Mike, #Vaaver, #Bark, #HellBender, #Power Metal, #Thrash Metal, #Death Metal, #Heavy Metal, #Live, #Tour, #Live Review, #Gebr. de Nobel )

  Just a few days after Hamburg-based metal icons Helloween played an impressive show in Tilburg it was another German metal legend that delighted Dutch metal fans with excellent songs, covering a time span of more then three decades. Destruction hit the...

• Live review IN FLAMES, WHILE SHE SLEEPS , WOVENWAR, Tilburg, 20.10.2014

  21 Oktober 2014 ( #In Flames, #While She Sleeps, #Wovenwar, #Death Metal, #Heavy Metal, #Modern Metal, #Live Review, #News )

  It seemed that everybody was going towards Tilburg that night - at least looking on the traffic situation it felt like that. Could be also based on the fact that there have been bigger problems with the trains to Tilburg. So it wasn't easy to get there,...

• Live review AUDREY HORNE, '77, and PET THE PREACHER, Baroeg, Rotterdam, 29.11.2014

  30 November 2014 ( #Audrey Horne, #'77, #Pet The Preacher, #Hardrock, #Rock, #Classic Rock, #Live Review, #News )

  A Saturday night and rock'n'roll is a good combination. Can't be better. It was the Baroeg in Rotterdam that hosted one of those rock Saturday nights yesterday. A triple power rock package, being on the road right now in Europe, stopped in the Dutch harbor...

• Live review PRONG/KLOGR, Patronaat, Haarlem 27.03.2014

  28 März 2014 ( #Prong, #Heavy Metal, #Alternative Metal, #Live Review, #News )

  The Patronaat is a nice venue in the city center of Haarlem in The Netherlands. The smaller of the two halls can handle 350 spectators and was almost sold out. Prong is still known and has a lot of fans. That was a good signal, since I have seen a few...

• Live report CIVIL WAR / NIGHTMARE / ATHANASIA, Gebr. de Nobel, Leiden, 28.04.2017

  30 April 2017 ( #Civil War, #Nightmare, #Athanasia, #Heavy Metal, #Power Metal, #Live, #Live Review, #News, #AFM, #Napalm Records, #Gebr. de Nobel )

  I’m not sure if it was due to the fact that ‚Kings Day’, a bank holiday in Holland that goes along with a big party in orange, was the reason for the smaller of two rooms in Gebr. de Nobel not being really over crowded that night. Could also be due to...

• Live review AMON AMARTH / TESTAMENT / GRAND MAGUS, 013, Tilburg, 06.11.2016

  07 November 2016 ( #Amon Marth, #Testament, #Grad Magus, #Live Review, #Thrash Metal, #Death Metal, #Heavy Metal, #News, #Power Metal )

  It was a few days ago when Swedish Vikings of Amon Amarth embarked on their European autumn tour, a trip that started in Germany with returning back to Scandinavia with the last show of this tour in Copenhagen sharp before Christmas. On their way down...

• Live review DARK TRANQUILLITY / OMNIUM GATHERUM / NAILED TO OBSCURITY, Gebr. De Nobel, Leiden, 17.04.2017

  19 April 2017 ( #Dark Tranquillity, #Omnium Gatherum, #Nailed To Obscurity, #Death Metal, #Melodic Death Metal, #Live Review, #Thrash Metal, #Heavy Metal, #Gebr. De Nobel )

  Time for part 2 of this Swedish metal Easter party. After having hosted Pain Of Salvation on Saturday night, it was Gebr. de Nobel who opened the stage for another band from the North. Gothenburg’s Dark Tranquillity is on tour as we speak. After having...

• Live review PRIMAL FEAR, KISSIN' DYNAMITE & more, Heavy Metal Maniacs festival, Amstelveen, 17.10.2015

  18 Oktober 2015 ( #Primal Fear, #Kissin' Dynamite, #Heavy Metal, #Power Metal, #Ancillotti, #Junkyard Drive, #Manimal, #Live Review, #News )

  Heavy Metal Maniacs is a fan club of heavy sounds and the lifestyle connected to this kind of of music. The club is located in The Netherlands, with having members also in countries like Germany, Canada and some more. 2015 is the year of the 16th edition...

• Live review HAMMERFALL/GLORYHAMMER/LANCER, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, 16.01.2017

  17 Januar 2017 ( #Hammerfall, #News, #Live Review, #Live, #Heavy Metal, #Power Metal, #Gloryhammer, #Lancer, #Napalm Records, #Nuclear Blast, #Speed Metal, #Fantasy Metal, #Melodic Metal, #NWoBHM, #TivoliVredenburg )

  A 66% Scandinavian metal package brought a cold breeze and hot metal to Holland. Swedish metal Templars HammerFall embarked on a headliner tour through Europe, supported by their label companions Gloryhammer and Swedish comrades Lancer - three bands that...

• CD review KREATOR "Endless Pain" / "Pleasure to Kill" / "Terrible Certainty" / Extreme Aggression" - reissues (Noise lebt!)

  20 Juni 2017 ( #Keator, #Noise Lebt!, #Heavy Metal, #Speed Metal, #Thrash Metal, #News, #re-issue )

  (7/10) (9/10) (9/10) (8/10) To also repeat in this review the history of Noise Records would feel like a broken record. Many of my other posts around 'Noise Lebt!' address this topic but one thing I want to say here too. Today's metal would be different...

• Live report SAXON / DIAMOND HEAD / ARMORED DAWN, 013, Tilburg, 27.02.2018

  28 Februar 2018 ( #Saxon, #Diamond Head, #Armored Dawn, #News, #Heavy Metal, #Power Metal, #Classic Metal, #NWoBHM, #013 Poppodium, #Live Review, #Live, #Tour, #Rock Hard Festival )

  It was an ice cold February evening when British metal icons Saxon had a stop at 013 in Tilburg to warm up the city with some hot metal riffs. No less than the legendary Diamond Head joined Saxon on their European tour and it was Brazilian metal newcomers...

• Live review WITHIN TEMPTATION /DELAIN, 03.05.2014, Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam

  04 Mai 2014 ( #Within Temptation, #Live Review, #Heavy Metal, #Rock, #Symphonic Metal, #News, #Delain, #Heineken Music Hall )

  The Netherlands seem to be THE place to be when it is about female-fronted symphonic metal. What started in the early 90's with The Gathering found it's continuation in bands like Within Temptation, Delain and Epica. Even the Finnish Nightwish have with...

• Interview with Udo Dirkschneider from U.D.O.

  02 Januar 2015 ( #U.D.O., #Heavy Metal, #Power Metal, #News, #Interview, #Accept )

  Introducing Udo Dirkschneider is like carrying sand to the beach. The charismatic singer from his band U.D.O. celebrated already big successes in his career. The man in the camouflage outfit has been the frontman from German metal dinosaur Accept and...

• CD review DEATHROW "Riders of Doom" / "Raging Steel" / "Deception Ignored" - re-issues

  31 März 2018 ( #Deathrow, #Raging Steel Riders of Doom, #Deception Ignored, #Thrash Metal, #Speed Metal, #Heavy Metal, #News, #CD Review, #Noise lebt!, #BMG )

  (7/10), (8/10), (8/10) German thrash metal from the mid 80's seems to have a revival these days. Bands like Exumer and Accuser released new longplayers during the last couple of years, the eight first Kreator records have been re-issued as being part...

• Live review U.D.O., Zoetermeer, 16.03.2015

  18 März 2015 ( #U.D.O., #Accept, #Heavy Metal, #Power Metal, #Melodic Metal, #Live Review, #News )

  It was a Monday night when the metal package of U.D.O. had a stop in Holland. I can remember that when I talked to Udo he wasn't sure if the tour will bring him to The Netherlands. Having this in mind I was even happier when the show was announced. The...