Full Metal Mountain 2016 – Impressions
Inconceivable – there’s a cool Metal festival near my Austrian home town, on top of the mountain (altitude 1900m) –
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Live
Shakra, The New Roses, Black Mount Rise @ Z7
18.3.2016, Pratteln, Schweiz First on in the quite full Z7 are Black Mount Rise from Düdingen. The quartet plays Alternative Rock, and
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Avantasia – Oberhausen, GER / Pratteln, CH, 2016
Avantasia concerts are always powerful! Eight state of the art vocalists, 3,5 hours of playing time, a great stage scenery and a fantastic light show are as well a matter of course as also a superb sound. These are facts since the first Metal opera tour in 2010 and it did not change until today.
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Orden Organ, Almanac, Manimal – Matrix, GER
When I arrive at the Matrix, I can already see the queue at the entrance from far away. The crowd is amazingly huge, especially because it is the first headline tour for Orden Ogan. Nice to see that excellent albums and regular live presence pay in this case.
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Keoma, Trio Tetris – Semifinal, FIN
18.3.2016, Helsinki The debut album “Synthesis” of the Finnish act Keoma – not the German act – I had praised already, therefore I
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Primordial, MGLA, Urfaust – Dublin, Ireland
The Academy, 27.02.2016 Dublin is basically always worth a visit; the rest of Ireland certainly as well, but for a
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Ozzmond, Efa Supertramp & Lifelong Hangover, Helsinki
Semifinal, Helsinki, Thursday 3rd March 2016 (photos Sandra Kimonen) It’s Thursday, and unfortunately as has become the case in recent
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The Winery Dogs / Inglorious – Pratteln, CH, 2016
Z7 Konzertfabrik,13.02.2016 After a long concert abstinence back at Z7: As usual, I am once again rather interested in the
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Ghost + Dead Soul – La Laiterie, Strasbourg, France, 02.02.2016
The Laiterie in Strasbourg is a very well established live venue, but for whatever reason I have never managed to attend a
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Eluveitie, Skálmöld + Ithilien – Klubi, Turku 4.12.2015
Not sure if it’s a good idea to type this gig report right now on the verge of getting seasick
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