Reviews

One-day metal festival Elbriot Fest has spoiled Hamburg with great line-ups since it started in 2013 and has always walked the fine line between cheesy old rock bands and hot bands at the height of their careers. Thus, they attract kind of a diverse crowd – there’s something for every rock fan out there. This year was no exception and …

Friday 5th August The sun was shining when the gates opened on Friday and welcomed all the beautifully dark and stylish people in the gothic scene. The campsite filled up quickly, already at mid-day, and slowly the whole festival atmosphere came back, that feeling we’ve missed so much the last two years. First things first; I checked in to get …

Way Out West is located in a park in central Gothenburg. That has it´s many, many advantages, but on of the disadvantages is that it needs to be quiet rather early. On the Thursday, the last shows in the park ends at 11 PM and at midnight the rest of the days. It means that for those that want to …

Aaaaaahh… Finally back in Slottsskogen. It has been almost three years since the last chords of The Cure show, the final act in the forest in 2019, were heard at Way Out West. Something happened in between, not sure what, but at least now we´re back. Way Out West has been around since 2007. The festival was started in a …

How many punkrock bands have their own worldwide fanclubs and their own four-day festival to celebrate the memory of the band? As far as I know, just one. While super acts like Slipknot have Knotfest, Ozzy Osbourne had Ozzfest, and Paramore had Parahoy, none of these megabands can compete with what happens in Hamburg once a year since 2004 when …

This was the night when The Flatliners returned to Hamburg to celebrate the European leg of their 20th Anniversary tour, and it was kind of fitting since it was ten years ago I was at my latest Flatliners gig at Reading Festival. You tend to pick the anniversaries, ey? And that’s the thing, somehow, someway, the Flatliners are already celebrating …