“Death metal always pretends to be scary, but it’s all rather harmless. That said, however, I make no mistake in saying that the death metal peddled by Australia’s Portal is truly friggin’ terrifying“
– Adrien Begrand –LINE UP: The Curator – Vocals/Horror Illogium – Guitar/Aphotic Mote – Guitar/Omenous Fugue – Bass/Ignis Fatuus – Drums
Still kinda off, tired and jetlagged, but very happy to be “home” in the basement again. Meeting the babes and other good people.
IRKALLIAN ORACLE (Gothenburg) first on stage. Really, really dark…in every sense of the word.
“Mediumship of ultra-void vibrations through the art of Death/Black Metal.
Born in the year 2012 on Swedish soil, Irkallian Oracle is a musical vehicle for the Void. Drawing its art from the darkest and most horrific vaults of the Death and Black Metal tradition yet still searching ever deeper and beyond all confined artistic boundaries, it wishes to both musically and lyrically explore the ecstatic mysteries of abysmal infinitude.”
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RUSH from Canada on the main stage. For many the main reason to visit this festival. Wasn´t all that for me but it was kinda cool:) Checked them out between IHSAHN and VOMITORY. I´m too short for the Festival Stage :P
Geddy Lee: Vocals, Bass & Keys // Alex Lifeson: Guitar // Neil Peart: Drums & Percussion
I was really excited to see IHSAHN (with his backing live band LEPROUS) for the first time. Awesome gig and I got to shoot all of it. Just that something happenede to my memory card and most of the files were destroyed:/ I think it was Satan´s work…
BIO: “Satan are a heavy metal band originating from Newcastle, England in 1979, known as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. ” Though generally obscure throughout their career, the band is considered influential for playing a form of proto-thrash metal that was fairly advanced by the standards of the early 1980s“. New album, “Life Sentence”, was released on April 29 in Europe and May 21 in the U.S. via Listenable Records.
I stayed with NAGLFAR for awhile after their show so I missed the photo pit time for SAXON. Went by to check them out, tho. Stayed quite far from the stage and took only a few snapshots.
Bio: “The Dead And Living is a band with a special blend consisting of rock, punk, goth and folk music. While god intended Sundays to be the resting day, the forces behind The Dead And Living kept the party going.“
Line Up: Coroner – Vocals, Gravedigger – Bass, Janitor – Guitar & Vocals, Manny – Guitar & Vocals, Vincent – Drums
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The Metal Archives: “Devin Townsend Project is another venture of Devin Townsend, considered separate from the material released as Devin Townsend. The project was originally conceived to comprise four albums of differing musical styles, each with a different set of guest/session musicians backing Townsend, but ended up continuing beyond that.”
Line up: Devin Townsend – Vocals, Guitar, Synths and Ambience/Dave Young – Guitar, Keys, Mandolin/Ryan Van Poederooyen – Drums/Brian ‘Beav’ Waddell – Bass
Great show by MORGANA LEFAY on the second day of the festival.
“In 1989 the Swedish metal band DAMAGE decided to modify their name to MORGANA LEFAY. The first album “Symphony Of The Damned” appeared in 1990, self-financed and printed in only 537 copies.”
»MORGANA LEFAY @ The Sweden Rock Double Cruise 4/10 2012
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