MEMORIAM – WACKEN 2017 Memoriam played on the 2nd day of the festival. Nuclear Blast explains their history in better detail – “MEMORIAM was primarily developed to fill the void that was left following the tragic death of Martin “Kiddie” Kearns, the drummer from BOLT THROWER, back in September 2015.”
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BATUSHKA Batushka seems to be the latest craze because the three times I’ve seen them at festivals, they drew massive and dedicated crowds. They’re a Polish band with a 2015 album Litourgiya (“liturgy” in English). “Pronounced “Batjushka”, the band’s Cyrillic name Батюшка means “father” and is used to address an Eastern Orthodox priest. Despite their […]
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ANNIHILATOR Annihilator played Thursday night before the official opening of the Wacken festival.
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UGLY KID JOE Ugly Kid Joe performed Thursday night before the first major opening day at Wacken.
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CROWBAR – WACKEN 2017
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Blues Pills – Metaldays Festival – Tolmin, Slovenia – July 27, 2017 – Thursday
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Opeth – Metaldays Festival – Tolmin, Slovenia – July 27, 2017 – Thursday
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SRD – Metaldays Festival – Tolmin, Slovenia – July 26, 2017 – Wednesday SRD was one of the bands that blew me away – I was in for a minute to photograph, and stayed around to listen to the whole set. I’ve never heard of this local Slovenian black metal / “black’n’roll” (as they’d labeled […]
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Abbath – Metaldays Festival – Tolmin, Slovenia – July 26, 2017 – Wednesday
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Doro – Metaldays Festival – Tolmin, Slovenia – July 26, 2017 – Wednesday
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