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16,17,18-08-2007 (Germany)
\nBy: Wouter van de Kamp<\/a><\/em><\/small><\/p>\n

Day 1<\/strong>
\nA very last minute idea led me and my friend to Summer Breeze 2007 in
\nthe south of Germany (about 80 km southwest of Nurnberg). We both
\nhadn’t been there before but the line-up was very promising. Getting
\nthere was a hell, but the weather was good and the atmosphere was
\ngreat. On Wednesday there was a sort of preparty with a competition for
\nunsigned bands to open the festival the next day. Since there were
\nhardly any bands we knew and were quite tired of the trip we decided to
\nskip the preparty and just have fun on the campsite.
\nAt about 5.30 AM there was a big storm and lots of rain that woke us
\nboth up. Fortunately the tent withstood the storm, although it
\ncompletely soaked the festival area. Hail to army boots. Gradually we
\nwoke up and so did the sun, who would raise the temperature way above
\nwhat was comfortable for the 12.000 attendants. But it didn’t spoil the
\nfun.
\nAt about 14.30 we decided it was about time to move our lazy asses to
\nthe festivalterrain. I still don’t know the winner of the preparty, but
\nI had missed it just like Swallow the Sun and Fear My Thoughts. Missing
\nthe latter wasn’t a big problem since I saw them before. The
\nfestival had 2 stages: the Main Stage and the Pain Stage and at that
\nmoment Immolation played the Main stage. Directly from the beginning it
\nwas clear that this band has reached an enormous maturity. But that
\nisn’t wholly suprising since this death metal band already plays for
\nmore than 20 years. Good set and many complex rithms. It was good to
\nhave seen this band again. Last time must have been about 6 years ago.
\nAfter this pleasant mellifluous band there was this band that I had
\nnever known about called Lacrimas Profundere. This German band couldn’t
\nreally draw my attention with their gothic\/rock music. So we decided it
\nwas a good idea to get ourselves some lunch.
\nNext on was After Forever. A Dutch band on a German festival, one must
\nof course support that, and so we did. A pleasant surprise was that
\nGeorge Oosthoek appeared onstage as a singer. As I read when I got back
\nhome Sander Gommans had taken some time off from After Forever, but
\nwhat a replacement. George Oosthoek is one of the best live performers
\nthat I know. Although the Germans tend to be quite nationalistic it was
\nvery clear they knew this band quite well. Compared to Immolation there
\nwere far more people here and they seemed to be far more enthousiastic.
\nI myself enjoyed it as well. Unfortunately they only played one oldie
\n“Monolith of Doubt”, but it was a great set anyhow. Floortje Janssen
\nwas in good voice and, although the kick was a bit too loud (which
\nseemed to be every band’s problem) the sound was good. Once again a
\ngood promotion abroad for this gothic metal band. Although for me
\npersonally they could have skipped the guest performance of Doro.
\nWe couldnt be bothered by the first chords of the german gothic
\nmetallers of Krypteria and noticing the female singer produced quite
\nsome false notes we decided to go to our tents to relax some what.<\/p>\n

We
\nwere both not interested in seeing Rage anways so we had some time for
\ngiving our feet they were calling for: not having to continually
\nfulfill their task as support for the rest of our bodies.
\nAfter more than hour of rest they were pleased and moved us back to the
\nfestivalterrain where The Black Dahlia Murder was about to play.
\nHopefully this was going to be a more interesting performance than at
\nWacken. And so it was. Good sound. Energizing performance.
\nDeath\/Metalcore as it should be and the crowd seemed to think alike.
\nGood interaction with the crowd as well although some people seemed to
\nthink it was to chaotic which is one of the trademarks of The Black
\nDahlia Murder. Singer Trevor Strnad alternates rancid death growls with
\ngruesome screams. Combine that in a complex polyrithmic way with
\nblastbeats and fast metalriffs and you got what my ear was conveying to
\nmy brains.
\nNext on was Doro and based on her guestperformance with After Forever
\nwe decided it best to skip that band and from what we could hear from a
\ndistance we had made an excellent choice. German female fronted heavy
\nmetal is just not our style. But no worries, we spent our time at the
\ncd stands.
\nSuffocation was playing their last songs when we got back. As founders
\nof the brutal death genre this band plays in the exact same genre as
\nImmolation. Very technical rithm sections enormous speeds and great
\ndeath vocals. Yeah… this was something to just enjoy. Such a band
\ndoesn’t need good interaction with the crowd. Their performance IS
\ntheir interaction. Very nice.
\nTo my knowledge the next band was to be the only power\/prog metal band
\non the festival: Nevermore. They do incorporate many other styles, but
\nthe falsetto singing is just not my thing. We went to eat something and
\nsit in the grass waiting for the next band that I was quite looking
\nforward to: Tanzwut.
\nLiterally translated (from German) the band’s name means dancing mania.
\nAnd yeah this band produces quite danceable music. Their extensive use
\nof bagpipes is quite refreshing after a whole day of only drums, keys,
\nand guitars. But not only do they use bagpipes they also have a big
\ndrum and they play the shawm and the marine trumpet. It is clear that
\nthis band is very popular in Germany. But after I found out that this
\nband already released 12 singles this is no big suprise. A lot of
\npeople were singing along and a lot of movement in the crowd. No need
\nfor crowd encouragement for Tanzwut. I hadn’t seen this band since
\nLowlands 2001 when they were still a relatively small band. They have
\ndefinitely grown to a mature band. They lost their too coordinated
\ndance steps. They feel much more at home on stage and they have changed
\ntheir industrial somewhat to a more metalllike sound with harsher
\nvocals. But still all the medieval elements are present in their
\nclothing and their sound. Only drawback with this band is that they
\ncontinually repeat their riffs, which by the way are brilliant riffs
\nand are quite long. But a bit more variation would be welcome.
\nAfter this genrewise sidestep it was time for some melodic death metal
\nin the form of one of the leading bands in their genre: Amon Amarth.
\nHaving their name derived from Lord of the Rings one would expect
\nviking or folk metal and indeed they do have some of these influences.
\nBut let’s not bicker about genres. The band was anounced as going to
\nperform a special show because of the festival’s tenth anniversary
\ncoinciding with Amon Amarth’s tenth birthday. Their was a cloth hanging
\nfrom the lighttrusts and so we were very curious. And all of a sudden
\nthere was this big bang and the cloth was gone (somehow). In the center
\nof the stage there was the fronthalf of a vikingship on which the
\nsinger stood. On the side of that were two castlewalls. This was going
\nto be a great show. Very good sound and the crowd went wild on this
\nheadliner of the first day. I am not a real Amon Amarth connoisseur,
\nbut they played a lot of songs that I know. If I recall correctly they
\nplayed Masters of War, Valhall Awaits Me, Pursuit of Vikings, Cry of
\nthe Black Birds As Long as the Raven Flies, With Oden on our side,
\nwithout Fear and they ended with Death in Fire. A lot of fireworks and
\nother pyrotechnical lighting made their performance even stronger. They
\nalso had swordfighting Vikings on stage. The anouncement was completely
\nright. This was a brilliant show.
\nWith the temperature dropping quite fast and a rather severe wind it
\nwas getting quite cold. But I wanted to see the last band of the day:
\nDornenreich. I decided to go quite to the front to stand inbetween as
\nmuch people as possible to benefit from eachother’s warmth. And that
\nhad been quite a good idea. Not only did it help well, I also wouldn’t
\nwant to have missed this show. There was this classical intro as we are
\nsort of used to by black metal bands and that slowly faded away while
\nthe members came onstage. They stood there for about a minute I think,
\njust staring. And then… all of a sudden the singer moved, screamed
\nthe name of the first song and they burst into a very heavy song. Their
\nlatest 2006 release Durch Den Traum is more of an ambient album, but
\nthey played lot’s of their old melodic black, which for me was the
\ncorrect choice. The classic singer and the violin give a whole new
\ndimension to what black metal is like. If you are into discovering new
\nsounds and ever are able to see this band, do not hesitate!
\nBack to the campsite I met up with the German friends I made on the
\nroad to Summer Breeze. We drank some beers and decided it best to go to
\nthe supermarket (which was on the campsite) to get us some more beer
\nand after that going to the partytent (on the campsite as well) to
\nwatch some bands. When we went in Nightrage was playing. I hadn’t heard
\nanything from or about this band but was just in for partying. And so
\nthe crowd seemed to feel as well. They played a nice dosis of melodic
\ndeath metal with quite some sidesteps to the metalcore genre. Perfect
\nfor me to have fun in the moshpit. I don’t know about the rest of the
\ncrowd but just any metalband would have been fine with me at that
\nmoment. Unfortunately it was very warm in the tent. After Nightrage
\nfinished I really had to go outside. I made new friends on the
\ncampsite, which was very easy anyways. Very good atmosphere on the
\ncampsite.<\/p>\n

Day 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

The second day started out very warm. I woke up because of the heat at
\nseven o’clock already. Of course I hadn’t had enough sleep so that
\nwould imply missing some bands, that started way to early anyways.
\nFirst bands at 11.00 each day. After fixing my hangover, me and my
\nfriend went to the festival terrain. We saw Koldbrann (Norwegian for
\ngangrene) playing there last song. Sad to have missed the rest, because
\nI was sort of looking forward to this black metal band. But alas,
\nbetter luck next time. 12.40 is way to early for me to start a normal
\nfestival day.
\nThe rest of the afternoon we just sort of hung around on the
\nfestivalterrain. When a new band started playing we would stand up to
\nwatch some of it. And if it wasn’t really special we would go back to
\nsit on our lazy behinds. Therefore the following reviews are rather
\nshort, but I put them in to just give an impression.
\nDisillusion is a German band that mixes up a lot of different styles
\nfrom the metal genre. You can hear black and death as well as prog,
\nthrash and some symphonic stuff. Nice band for background music. I
\nwould probably have watched the whole gig if I weren’t that cooked.
\nIll Disposed is a Danish death metal band signed at Roadrunner, that
\njust did their thing. Worth mentioning is one of the singer’s bad jokes
\n(he had a lot). He had a pick in his hand (don’t whose it was) and he
\nsaid (en German): “look at this pick… It is worth 1 euro”. Then he
\nrubbed it against his genitals (inside his trousers yes) and shouted:
\n“Now it’s worth 5 euro’s”. It wasn’t as funny as he himself thought I
\nguess. To me this was just another death band. Nothing special to it.<\/p>\n

Eisbrecher is a German band who plays industrial rock\/metal. If you ask
\nme this is just another Rammstein clone of which there are so many. If
\nyou like the style it must be great. But I feel like: “guys don’t you
\nrealise this has already been done over and over again?” But the crowd
\nseemed to feel fine with them on stage.
\nHevein was a big suprise for me. I had only heard about them from my
\ncolleagues. Not wholly unexpectedly because Max from Apocalyptica plays
\nin the band. I was just looking up the meaning of the bandname
\nexpecting it to be a Finnish word, but none of this. Guitarist and
\nfounder of the band claims: “The guitarist once heard a song, covered
\nby Blackstar \u201dThe Girl That Lived On Heaven Hill\u201d. Hereupon, the words
\n\u201cHeaven Hill\u201d were changed into \u201cHeven Hill\u201d and were altered again
\nuntil the final band name \u201cHevein\u201d was born.” I didn’t really know what
\nto expect from this band, but it surpassed all my expectations that I
\ndared to make. What a brilliant band. Thrash metal with a lot of
\nsymphonic pieces. These were mainly taken care of by the cellist and
\nviolin player. Once in every while it sounded like Apocalyptica with
\nguitars. But in general it was complex polyrithmic thrash and I really
\nenjoyed it. And the band enjoyed themselves very much as well. I had my
\nmain attention at Max and he went completely wild. I want to see them
\nlive again but then with knowing their albums.<\/p>\n

Sirenia was once again a skippable band for us. Norwegian gothic metal.
\nWith a former Tristania member in the ranks you’d expect something. I
\nhonestly confess I cannot hear if someone sings in tune very easily.
\nBut trust me, this was out of tune. Good reason to go away. If your
\nmain focus as a band is your singer… and she sings false… Ahwell.
\nThere seemed to be enough people enjoying it.
\nNext up was a band that I really wanted to see: Necrophobic. Ever since
\nthey moved a bit more from death to black metal I like this band. And
\nthat is quite a while right now. I had the shivers when their intro The
\nSlaughter of Baby Jesus started. Their seemed to be not many fans
\namongst the crowd but I liked what they were doing. Very technical
\nstuff, very fast and lots of twists. I am not much into their
\nsongtitles but they played many of the song they also played the last
\ntime I saw them, which was on Arnhem Metal Meeting. From what I recall
\nthey played Mourning Soul, Hellfire, I Strike With Wrath, Taste of
\nBlack, Blinded by Light, Enlighted by Darkness and Dreams Shall Flesh.
\nTo those who don’t know the band it perhaps sounded as though the songs
\nare quite similar. But I think that is mainly due to the complexity one
\njust doesn’t discover upon hearing them live one time. So my advice
\nwould be to get their latest album Hrimthursum (Icelandic word for
\nsomething like monarchgiants) and give them a shot.
\nL’ame Immortelle was a band I was really curious about. Had heard
\nrumours about them, but didn’t know exactly what kind of music they
\nwere making. As it turned out they are quite in the electrogothic
\ncorner. I don’t know, but somehow German lyrics did not fit their
\nmusic. This Austrian band also has some English songs, but it just
\ndidn’t do it for me.
\nCrematory was supposed to be next, but as I read later on their
\nkeyboardplayer was unable to play due to health problems. Their was a
\nband playing though, which we could figure out to be named End of Green
\nthrough their enormous banner. Musically they can be said to be a
\nmixture of Placebo and HIM. They were quite ok. To me it was nice
\nbackground music. My friend was really enthousiastic about them.
\nThen it was time for some good old folk\/polka metal by Finntroll.
\nAnyone who has the slightest interest in metal must have seen this
\nband. And if you haven’t… You should go. Whoever said that metallers
\nare depressed people with an authorityproblem… Just check out these
\nguys. From the beginning to the end it is one big party. Metal can be
\nparty music yes! They played their classics like Jaktens Tid and
\nRifvader, but the new stuff wasn’t unfamiliar with the crowd at all.
\nSpontaneous mosh pits and jumping everywhere. Great Atmosphere.
\nPersonally I have seen them enough and it doesn’t strike me that much.
\nI like their music more on cd than live. But the crowd went wild and
\nthat is what is important.
\nSomehow Finntroll made me feel kind of turned down. I couldn’t relate to
\nthem.<\/p>\n

Volbeat was next and they make this sort of happy metal n roll
\nmusic which I really couldn’t handle at that moment. My friend and many
\npeople with her liked it but I couldn’t relate to the atmosphere so I
\nwent off to the cd stands to take some time for myself inbetween all
\nthe masses. That turned out to be a good move. Since it really made me
\nfeel better afterwards. Me and my friend went to see the next band.
\nAfter some sidesteps through the outskirts of metalland it was time for
\nsome real metal again. Celebrating their twentieth birthday this death
\nmetal band from Coventry England showed us how to perform like a pro.
\nAnd that was actually all there was to it. I am talking about Bolt
\nThrower. Admittedly the lighting was great. But the sound was not what
\nI had hoped it to be. And beyond that. It just did not have that
\nspecial thing to it. What they were doing was great. But the vibe
\nwasn’t there. Perhaps for the hardcore fans it was a great show. I do
\nhope so. But since the volume was turned up quite some scales we went
\nto our tent to give our legs some rest.<\/p>\n

Since my friend really liked Tanzwut but didn’t know them I found it
\nquite necessary to introduce her to In Extremo. I had seen them in 2000
\nbut hadn’t heard anything about this band ever since. As it turned out
\nthis band got itself quite some fame in Germany. The crowd sang along
\nwith almost all of the songs. Musically as well as visually they are in
\nthe same corner as Tanzwut. They are just a bit more mainstream and
\nobviously a bit more at home with big stages and big crowds. Good show,
\nbut for me personally it shouldn’t have lasted that long. But
\nundoubtedly one has a different opinion if one knows the band and their
\nsongs. The crowd couldn’t get enough of them. But alas, as with every
\nfestival, there’s no time for “zugabe” (German for gift).<\/p>\n

Last band to perform that evening was Dark Funeral. This band has
\nearned its marks in the black metal scene and that was clear from the
\nbeginning. The singer was ultimately relaxed and knew how to play the
\naudience. The lighting, the sound, the atmosphere…. It was as if
\nSatan could just arrive any second. Lots of hair swinging all around,
\nall blackies moving their heads along with classics like Teach Children
\nto Worship Satan, The Secrets of the Black Arts, An Apprentice of
\nSatan, Open the Gates and The Arrival of Satan’s Empire. There’s this
\nfew bands you want to check out because you know their music for a long
\ntime and that, when you see them, makes their music even better. Dark
\nFuneral just had that particular effect on me. How can I describe that
\nfeeling. It is like, you know that headbanging will cost you next day
\nbut you don’t care because you cannot withhold yourself from doing so.
\nGood choice of Summer Breeze to have them.
\nAfter such a long day I wanted to drink beer and have fun on the
\ncampsite. But the temperature had dropped to quite uncomfortable
\ndegrees and it was very windy. We decided just to go to bed in time,
\nwhich, on hindsight, I didn’t regret at all. It made me wake up quite
\nhappy, not regretting my behaviour of yesternight and all. And prepared
\nfor another day of bands.<\/p>\n

Day 3: <\/strong>
\nSince we went to bed relatively early we woke up quite clear. I could
\nhave slept much more if it weren’t for the sun waking us up, or rather
\nburning us out of our tent. It gave me some time to wake up properly.
\nThe first band would be starting 4 hours later and it would start
\nblack.
\nThe band to hurt the hangovers of those who didn’t go to bed (early)
\nwas Sycronomica. Melodic black metal comparable with Dimmu Borgir and
\nKatatonia. A lot of bombast and very prominent keys. Although they are
\nnot really original I did like watching them. A surprisingly large
\nnumber of people were awake enough to prevent me from feeling lonely in
\nwatching this band. I even saw quite some hair flying around because of
\npeople that tried to get themselves a whiplash. It was clear that this
\nband was quite close to their hometown. Being from Munich which is
\nabout 200 kilometers from Summer Breeze they got quite some people
\namongst the crowd that knew the band and their songs.
\nIf Sycronomica hadn’t woken you up blackly (enough) yet you had a rerun
\nwith the second band: Helrunar. This was once again a band that the
\ncrowd knew. If you can let your audience finish your songtitles in your
\nanouncement then you know that you will have a blast. And so they did.
\nMusically the pace was a single step faster than Sycronomica but other
\nthan that they were quite in the same corner. And as I happen to like
\nthis style I didn’t have any problems with it. I even recall songtitles
\nwhich is quite unusual for me: Dreifach Dorn (Three Times Thorn) and
\nRauch Wird Sturm (Smoke Becomes Storm). I hadn’t planned on going to
\nthis band but I heard from German friends that I made that they were
\nblack metal and so I went to see them. Thanks, German friends, for
\npointing me at this breakfast.
\nThen we began to feel the lack of sleep. We went back to our tent to
\ngive our bodies some rest. From the description in the festivalbooklet
\nwe were not really interested in Justice and Machinemade God. There
\nwere not many bands I wanted to see this day anyways. But the next one
\nwas a must see for me.
\nSecrets of the Moon. German black metal again. But this time something
\ndifferent. The atmosphere and builtup of the songs are quite unique.
\nSecrets of the Moon has created it’s own style and gaining more fame
\nevery day. Very complex structures and many changes without falling
\ninto chaos. The first time listening might be a heavy task, but after a
\nfew times one realises that their latest album “Antithesis” is one of
\nthe few black metal releases that has the potential of becoming a
\nclassical one. Genrewise they can be put in the same spot as bands like
\nSatyricon and Shining, but they have their own style. Ok, enough
\nbackground information. The show is what I was supposed to talk about.
\nAnd what a show it was. Very good sound and proper vocals. Of course it
\ndidn’t sound as dry as the album. That’s impossible on an open air
\nfestival. But damn this was good. Playing all my favorites like
\nSeraphim is Dead, Lucifer Speaks and Ordinance. I saw them live already
\ntwice and still they know how to treat my ears well. Far too short if
\nyou ask me. But there are more bands that wish to try to entise the
\naudience.
\nI knew that Maroon was to play the other stage after Secrets of the
\nMoon and I also knew that I wasn’t going to see the show entirely, just
\nbecause of musical interests. And when I saw the singer coming on stage
\nI knew directly that it was a good choice. He was bare-chested and all
\ncovered with mud. After the first measures I had the unstoppable
\ntendency to want to run away. Unfortunately my physical state by then
\nwouldn’t let me. No, hardcore is definitely not my style and add to
\nthat all the vegan straight edge stuff and you got me bored. I hope the
\nfans liked it.
\nSo I was on the campsite again. Trying to sleep somewhat in the sun. I
\nwas starting to feel the consequences of unhealthy food, beer, warmth
\nand lack of (proper) sleep. Fortunately no bands of interest to me up
\nuntil Die Apokalyptischen Reiter whom my friend wanted to see. After
\nsome rest and probably some sleep I dragged myself up to go to Die
\nApokalyptischen Reiter. We could hear the last song of Xandria: doomy
\nsymphonic gothic metal with a nowadays almost almost obligatory female
\nclassical opera singer. Nice sound, but too short to judge properly. I
\nthink I would have walked away after two or three songs, but that’s
\nonly guessing.
\nAnyways, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter. I heard a lot about this German band whose name translates to Horsemen of the Apocalypse. This of course is a reference to the four horsemen in the Revelation of John in the bible. Though the name is very sinister, the sound of the band is actually quite cheerful. For a metalband of course that is. Because it is still metal we’re talking here. But how to define a band like this. black, death, thrash… folk, rock, power… growls, clean, screams… they’re all in there. Technically advanced, but not entertaining for me. Perhaps if I knew the lyrics it would be more interesting, but my German is not THAT good that I can understand lyrics properly. They certainly knew how to play with the audience and they seemed to love it. Many sing-a-long parts and all. But for me it wasn’t worth my sore legs. Back to the tent again because Tankard didn’t have our interest.
\nWhen we went back to see Moonsorrow, Dark Tranquility was still playing. There are these bands that you know the name of for years and you have a slight idea of what kind of music they’re making, but you never checked out. To me Dark Tranquility is such a band. And I actually was quite correct about what I thought they would sound. And I really liked it. Since my friend absolutely needed to be in the first row with Pain we stood already quite in the front of the Pain stage. But from there one could see part of the Main Stage, so that was ok. Dark Tranquility is definitely a band I need to check out properly in the coming days. Gothenburg metal is what they do, but there’s more to this band than just that. You can hear thrash influences as well, but beyond genrenitpicking stuff their performance is actually the thing that draws attention. Of course one expects something from a band that has been around ever since 1989, but I really enjoyed it.
\nMeanwhile we had gotten ourselves standing on the second row while Moonsorrow’s intro started. I had seen them already twice (once on Arnhem Metal Meeting 2006 and once on W\u00e2ldrock Festival 2007) and both times they failed to really entertain me, so here was their third chance. I must say that I liked their pagan\/folk metal more than the two previous times. But I where comes the need for all the fakeblood on their bodies. I never really understood that, and this didn’t add to their show either. It is true that people remember them for it. The band with the fakeblood all over. The question is of course wether you want to be remembered for that. But enough of this. From what I could gather they played a different set than the previous two times and I spoke to a diehard fan who told me that they play a different set each time. That’s of course very cool. One extra point for Moonsorrow!<\/p>\n

On the other stage there was Oomph!. An electro industrial band I had seen them on Wacken 2005 on the Wednesday preparty and back then I was not impressed. But in Germany they’re really famous. It was enormously crowded. I think that if they withheld from German lyrics they’d be making real money. But undoubtedly they’re happy with what they are doing now. Or at least, so it seemed when they were on stage. They’re around for over 15 years now and that can be seen. A very solid natural stage performance and good interaction with the crowd. Although that shouldn’t be too hard since they loved the band for everything they did anyways. It seemed to me that this band must have had lots of singles in the charts, because so many people sang along. I still couldn’t be impressed but I understand why people like them. The compositions are very simple and they have a very positive look since they are totally dressed up in white. They have lots of stuff they repeat so it is easy to learn. Good choice of the programmer to have them. This is the sort of band that makes a festival good for many visitors.
\nApparently there were a lot of people that didn’t agree with them being on Summer Breeze since from where we were standing a lot of people were shouting stuff like “Oomph! ist Schei\u00dfe” (Oomph sucks). Most of them probably wanted to see the next band on the Pain Stage which was Caliban. And I was sooo right, because when the first notes of this German metalcore band sounded the crowd went completely nuts. I personally like metalcore a lot, but didn’t think Caliban was THAT special. But the crowd thought differently. There was very little space but that didn’t withhold the singer from anouncing that he wanted a wall of death to accompany the song Nowhere to Run, No Place to Hide. Meanwhile I had gotten myself a first row place and could comfortably lean to the fence with my back to stand on my toes and observe what was happening. And a huge wall of death happened just a few feet away from me. The crowd was even more nuts than I gathered from the pushing I felt in front. And the pit continued the whole performance. I think there must have been at least 200 people in that mosh. Good thing!<\/p>\n

The headliner of the day and of the festival was Soulfly. Anyone with the slightest interest in metal knows about the band of former Sepultura singer Max Cavalera. A real metal icon. But what the heck did he do to his hair?!?!?! He cut it!!! Wh00t!?!?!?! He also dropped quite some weight. The spectators liked the nu-metal\/thrash metal with Brasilian rithms not one piece less. From back to the front there was jumping moshing and all sorts of other violent dancing. Furthermore a lot of crowdsurfers and people going wild. Though Max stepped out of Sepultura he never forgets these roots. Literally, by playing the song “Roots, Bloody Roots” live. Other songs I recall them playing are: Eye for an Eye, Bleed, No Hope = No Fear, Tribe and Back to the Primitive. Undoubtedly they also played songs from their latest three albums 3, Prophecy and Dark Ages, but I don’t know these albums. The crowd did though. Many people sang\/screamed along. Very good performance and a very good headliner.
\nThen, finally, it was time for what my friend had been waiting for and I as well actually because standing at the same spot for so long is not making your legs feel happy. I had not heard about the band before and my friend warned me that I’d probably not like it, because it is quite poppy. She was right about the latter but not about the former. What a stage performance. With the bassplayer of In Flames and the singer of Hypocrisy one knows that they will not stand still but this was just too cool. Also their electro industrial metal was very much after my taste. I banged my head on several of their songs. Peter T\u00e4gtgren certainly knows how to use his voice. His vocals are so versatile and he doesn’t seem to cost him any effort. Although the music is very easy to follow it is certainly not easy to play it. There’s something in it for everyone. Yes, this band has gotten themselves a new fan. Brilliant ending of a brilliant festival.<\/p>\n

Everlasting fire official
\nLacrimas profundere official<\/a>
\nAfter Forever official
\nKrypteria official<\/a>
\nRage official<\/a>
\nDoropesch official<\/a>
\nNevermore official
\n\u00a0 Tanzwur official<\/a>
\n\u00a0 Dornenreich official<\/a>
\n\u00a0 Amon amarth Official<\/a>
\nNightrage official
\nIll disposed official<\/a>
\n\u00a0 Eisbrecher official<\/a>
\n\u00a0 Hevein official
\n\u00a0 Sirenia official
\nL ame immortelle official<\/a>
\nFinntroll official<\/a>
\nVolbeat official<\/a>
\nIn extremo official<\/a>
\nDark Funeral official<\/a>
\nSecrets of the Moon official
\nMaroon official
\nXandria official<\/a>
\nDark Tranquillity official<\/a>
\nOomp official<\/a>
\nCaliban official<\/a>
\nSoulfly official<\/a>
\nPain official
\nSummer Breeze festival<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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