Loudness – Metaldays Festival – Tolmin, Slovenia – July 24, 2017
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Marilyn Manson – Metaldays Festival – Tolmin, Slovenia – July 24, 2017
Marilyn Manson – Metaldays Festival – Tolmin, Slovenia – July 24, 2017 Marilyn Manson put on a performance that reminded me that I am no longer 15, but I stuck around to see what I liked exactly as a teenager. The crowd (at least the people right in front of me) were in their late […]
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ZZ Top – Stimmen Festival – Lörrach, Germany – July 21, 2017
ZZ Top – Stimmen Festival – Lörrach, Germany – July 21, 2017 It was a true honor to have seen ZZ Top play with their support the Red Devils in the Swiss-French-German border city of Lörrach, Germany at the Stimmen Festival, which is essentially a month-long program of nightly concerts in the market square. It’s […]
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Hellfest 2017 – Review
Hellfest 2017 Review by Olga Herndon Thursday The journey from northwestern Germany to northwestern France after a Killing Joke performance the night before was quite a long one. Bus and train and a whole day later, I finally arrived and rested my feet in Nantes on Thursday night. Every sidewalk, every pub was filled with […]
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With Full Force 2017 – Review
With Full Force 2017 Review WEDNESDAY I flew into Berlin Schönefeld from Paris in the afternoon, not long after Hellfest, seeing Monster Magnet in Rouen, and having dinner with a friend. I easily found the train station and made my way to Dessau – I said hello to a couple of Germans who said they […]
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Brutal Assault 2016 – Review
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Wacken 2017 Preview
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With Full Force – Out and About – Ferropolis, Germany – June 22-24, 2017
With Full Force – Out and About – Ferropolis, Germany – June 22-24, 2017
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Atari Teenage Riot – With Full Force – Ferropolis, Germany – June 24, 2017
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