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TIAMAT – Blastfest 2014 [USF Verftet]
2014-02-21
Maybe my only chance ever to see TIAMAT. Great experience in which case.
VALKYRJA – Blastfest [Garage], Bergen, Norway 21/2 2014
2014-02-21
Shared the flights with my friends in VALKYRJA. For better and for worse (the latter on our way back home:)).
They totally rule! Both as the awesome persons they are and (of course) as a band which totally crushed at Garage. One of the best gigs I´ve seen with them althought I haven´t seen a bad one yet:) Btw, just realized I saw my first VALKYRJA show in 2008 at the legendary (later burned to ashes) Tantogården.
»More VALKYRJA @ extremmetal.se
https://www.facebook.com/valkyrjaswe
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AURA NOIR – Blastfest [Garage] Bergen, Norway 20/2 2014
2014-02-20
AURA NOIR @ Garage!! They kill every time and I can´t wait to see them again. Hopefully at some of the summer festivals. And some guy behind me tried to kill me during “Condor”. The mf tried to snatch my spot in the front. Still, he turned out to be a nice guy after all. Just very drunk:))
» More AURA NOIR @ extreMMetal.se
www.metal-archives.com/bands/Aura_Noir
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KOLDBRANN – Blastfest 2014 [Garage]
2014-02-20
WIKI: Koldbrann (Gangrene) is a Norwegian black metal band founded in 2001. Musically Koldbrann, like countrymen 1349, play very orthodox black metal in the classic Norwegian mould and have also received favorable comparisons to early Gorgoroth, Mayhem and Darkthrone. Much of the praise directed at the band has therefore been centered around their songwriting and excellent reproduction of the old sound of the Norwegian scene.
Line Up: Kvass – Guitar / Mannevond – Vocals / Folkedal – Drums / Voidar – Guitar / Desecrator – Bass (Live)
DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT – Blastfest 2014
2014-02-20
Totally new for me and a very good band!
Nikita Kamprad – Guitars, Vocals / Tobias Schuler – Drums / Sascha Rissling – Guitars / Giuliano Barbieri – Bass
FATAL EMBRACE – Blastfest 2014
2014-02-20
“FATAL EMBRACE were born in November 1993 under the name NOSFERATU. The band began to write songs and their first gig took place in January 1994 alongside Postmortem and Necrosist. The first demo, Death’s Embrace followed shortly.”
www.facebook.com/fatalembraceofficial
https://www.facebook.com/fatalembraceofficial/
WOLAND – Blastfest [Garage], Bergen, Norway 20/2 2014
2014-02-20
My very first time ever in Norway and Bergen!! I met Peik, the vocalist, with his other band CAVUS when they visited Stockholm a couple of years ago. WOLAND started up in 2010 and released their debut album ‘Hyperion’ on Indie Recordings just a couple of weeks ago. Great gig and nice to meet the guys (and Laura!:)).
Btw…they share the drummer with SHINING! The magnificent Rainer!:)
Line up: W – VocalsL / XIV – Guitars / JC – Bass / CHCl3 – Drums
www.facebook.com/wolandofficial
[Booking: www.facebook.com/thedamager666]
www.facebook.com/blastfestival
TANTARA – Blastfest 2014 [Garage]
2014-02-20
TANTARA played at Garage as the first band for this first Blastfest.
Members: Fredrik Bjerkø – Guitar and vocals Stian Sannerud – Drums Isak Anakin Rosemarin – Lead Guitar Emil Sigstad Moen – Bass
ENFORCER – LOUD PARK 13. Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo
2013-10-20
I had two bands of interest at this years Loud Park festival and the first and main one, KING DIAMOND (also the reason I was about to visit the festival this year), got cancelled:/ We were supposed to hang out a few days before Loud Park and I was already in Tokyo when I got the message from Livia. All the KD stage gear being on a boat which got stuck in some Chinese harbour due to terrible weather, and couldn´t make it in time for the festival. So the KD show got cancelled in last minute when they were supposed to leave for the airport. A couple of guys from the band/crew already left so they at least got to have some days in Tokyo.
The second band of interest, ENFORCER, were great, tho!!! Awesome performance infront of a huge cheering crowd. They also got great reviews and response after the gig. Really happy for them! Well deserved!:))
Thanks to Akira (Spiritual Beast) who again took care of my passes!
The Loud Park festival is the biggest metal happening in Japan with mostly bands which are frequenting our part of the world. I did see SLAYER and ROB ZOMBIE there a couple of years earlier, tho, but mostly it has been fun just to hang around and see how tings are done at a huge Japanese indoor festival. Extremely organized:)))
Besides the gig, there were also a nice LP afterparty at From Dusk Till Dawn bar in Kabukicho,Shinjuku. Conviniently very close to where I was staying, but it was still a bit of a struggle to find the way late at night, not totally sober:)) So many small alleys in the neighborhood.The day before we had a day out with BEHEMOTH (Nergal, Orion, Michael from Season of Mist & some of the crew. Pumpkin & Bunny ftw!!) with shopping, dinner and some beers & shots at the Train Bar in Roppongi. One of the days I also went to Yokohama to see Ryo´s (COFFINS) doom band GUEVNNA and met up with all the COFFINS guys at Tama Center in Tokyo where they played an afternoon outdoor gig. Good times:))
So quite a lot of metal stuff anyways on this trip. And I do love Japan & Tokyo, so time there is never wasted![Edit 2024: Should and will at some point make new edits of the small and shitty pictures:) Just need to take the time and find the originals]
SNAPSHOTS FROM THE VENUE, THE HOTEL AND THE LP AFTERPARTY IN SHINJUKU
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