The 18th instalment of this annual festival again. It focuses on doom metal and is organised by the Belgian doom metal band Marche Funebre. I have been to a few of those festivals if the line-up was interesting enough. Often it is held in different locations, this time in Kortrijk, Almost 2.5 hour drive from […]
Evoken @ Baroeg, Rotterdam, 2 August 2026
On this hot Sunday afternoon the Baroeg organised a gig headlined by Evoken. This funeral doom metal band has been around for a long time and now returned to Rotterdam. They brought one support act, but the venue added two more. I skipped the first band as I wanted to do other things during the […]
Macabre @ Baroeg Rotterdam, 10 July 2026
Macabre did a short European tour this summer around a couple of festivals and added some club gigs to it. One of which was in Rotterdam. I saw a post online that the were looking for a driver to bring them from Copenhagen to Rotterdam and then to the next gig. Turned out their driver […]
Asphyx @ Baroeg, Rotterdam, 22 May 2026
It had been 2 years since the old Baroeg was closed, demolished, and a new venue was built to replace it on the same location. It had opened a short while back. And with Asphyx playing there it was a good opportunity to check it out. Old building had its charm, I have been going […]
Kreator @ Mainstage, Den Bosch, 3 April 2026
It has been quite a while since I saw Kreator live. And with the package they were touring with it was definitively interesting to go to Den Bosch on this Friday evening. A venue I hadn’t been before. The venue was quite big, but by far not sold out. I missed the beginning of the […]
Drachten Death Fest, Iduna, Drachten, 7 Februari 2026
This annual festival held in Drachten’s Iduna I have attended for several years in a row now. The line-up is always just interesting enough to warrant the long drive.This year also had a couple of cool bands to watch live. The day started early at 14.30 sharp with the Dutch band From the Crypt. It […]
Napalm Death, Trix, Antwerp, Belgium, 1 February 2026
After a visit to Brussels during the day, I went to a gig on the return trip in Antwerp. I had already planned my trip and only remembered that Napalm Death were playing in Antwerp that day, so it coincided nicely. They brought three support acts on the tour. The first band was the Polish […]
Benediction @ De Pul, Uden, 28 November 2025
Benediction is one of those old school death metal bands (est. 1989) that I never saw live a lot and when I did they were mostly supports. So a good reason to drive to Uden to a venue I had never been before. The Dutch thrash metal band Cryptosis opened the evening. This however isn’t […]
Sacred Reich @ Nobel, Leiden, 22 November 2025
Sacred Reich did a short tour through Europe this autumn. Starting at the festival Helldorado in Eindhoven, they ended it with a headlining gig in Leiden. As there were no supports on the tour, the venue added one. So the Dutch Martyr played first. They are founded in 1982 and they play fairly traditional heavy […]
Pestilence @ Patronaat, Haarlem, 5 October 2025
Pestilence is one of the big Dutch death metal bands from the early days. Consuming Impulse and Testimony of the Ancients are classics and helped shape the genre. One album later they split up, only to resurface a decade and a half later. Newer albums never were all that successful and line-ups have changed a […]
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