Author: Bianca Bobescu
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Godsmack in Munich, March 2019
On a hot Friday night, 08 March in Tonhalle, München, Godsmack and Like a Storm delivered an electric performance in front of a sold out crowd. New Zealand rockers Like A Storm charged onstage at the start of the show, playing their signature didgeridoo instrument from the beginning. The band is tight: a solid set…
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Lord of the Lost | 04.10.2018 | Frankfurt
The “Thornstar” tour kicks off masterfully on the 4th of October in Batschkapp Frankfurt. The Hamburge dark metal band Lord of the Lost is out conquering the European stages with their 7th album release. Thornstar is a concept album – lovingly researched and reproduced down to the last detail – about the demise of the Pangaen culture. The show…
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Into the Grave Festival, August 2018
10-11 August – Leeuwarden, Holland This was the time and place to be for a weekend spiced with an exquisite selection of death, groove, black and symphonic metal. After a seven-hours drive through the typical German Friday’s traffic jams, I finally arrived at the festival location, unfortunately missing already the first two acts: the Belgians Toxic Shock…
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Hellfest 2018 in review: Day 3
Similar to Saturday at Hellfest, during the last festival day I was very selective with the acts that I would shoot versus the acts I would attend to simply watch. Finally I ended up enjoying acts like Killswitch Engage, Arch Enemy, Amorphis, Septicflesh, At the Gates, Exodus and Nightwish. It was an honour to be right…
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Hellfest 2018 in review: Day 2
One could have felt that the weekend had come to Hellfest, as the festival site was more than overfilled on Saturday, the second fest day. That was not a problem; people there did not give much of a damn about the melting heat or the overcrowded sites. Good music and cold beer made it all great!…
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Hellfest 2018 in review: Day 1
As a first time goer to one of the biggest European metal festivals, Hellfest‘s 13th edition was for me a time to remember. Starting with the grounds filled with all kind of rustic buildings, pyro & bonfires all around and continuing with the killer lineup, this was an experience I am already looking forward to repeating. Over…
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Crossfaith in Wiesbaden, 15 June 2018
The series of the toughest pits to step into for photography continues. Sweat all over the lens, intense moshing and rarely a chance to get the camera above the heads of all the fans that rocked the Schlachthof venue in Wiesbaden on Friday, the 15th of May. The band was Japanese, and it was intense – it…
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Jinjer live in Frankfurt, 18 May 2018
It’s been a while since I attended a concert in a small venue but I have to say that even though they are not the best lighted places, they offer the most intimate shows and the interaction between the bands and the fans is at its loveliest and most honest levels. It was just such a…
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Staff Picks, May 2018
Join us as we carry on a revived Hellbound tradition – our monthly staff picks/playlists. Every few weeks we ask our regular and longtime contributors to weigh in on what they’re listening to, watching, going to see… Expect a few quirks and idiosyncrasies now and then, but these are our standard staff pick categories: Listening…
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Dark Tranquillity in Saarbrücken, April 2018
Dark Tranquility / Equilibrium / Black Therapy / Miracle Flair @ Garage, Saarbrücken, 29 April 2018 Garage, Saarbrücken – the perfect place to have been on a Sunday evening, (re)enjoying a live show of one of my favourite bands. As part of the Atoma tour, the pioneering band of the Gothenburg metal scene, Dark Tranquility, has…