In The Pit · 02/07/2023
Yesterday we drove to Brande-Hörnerkirchen north of Hamburg to see Italian power metal band Wind Rose playing at the Hörnerfest 2023. I've discovered Wind Rose a while back already and their live performances have always made me smile, so I did not hesitate to get us day passes for the Hörnerfest for July 1st. Hörnerfest is an open air festival focusing heavily on folk, pagan and medieval music. The festival runs for three days and offers camping, medieval encampments, jugglery, axe...
Genre Tourism · 31/10/2022
275 days till W:O:A 2023. #womenofmetal! I already noticed that W:O:A 2023 will host a number of all-female metal bands and I am excited to introduce the Burning Witches today. I've had a lot of fun listening to them so far. Burning Witches are a Swiss metal band founded in 2016 by guitarist Romana Kalkuhl. Kalkuhl, also guitarist with ATLAS & AXIS, wanted to form an all-female metal band for some time and in 2016 she had found a matching cast. Burning Witches play oldschool heavy metal,...
In The Pit · 15/10/2022
On 13.10.2022 Blind Guardian played in Hamburg within their Somewhere Far Beyond-Tour. Whereas the tickets to the Samael concert in Berlin had been my birthday present to Chris this year, the tickets to Blind Guardian were his birthday present for me. So, for the third time in 2022, we went off together to see Blind Guardian live at the edel-optics.de-Arena in Hamburg, Wilhemsburg. (Quick side note: the McDonald's close to the arena has been THE WORST branch I've ever been in. Seriously, don't...
Genre Tourism · 28/04/2022
Power metal - I've been waiting to start with this special subgenre of heavy metal! And what better band to start with than German band Helloween who have been called "fathers of power metal" and are part of the big four of power metal together with Blind Guardian, Sabaton and DragonForce. So. What is power metal? The most distinguishing features of power metal are: fast tempo, uplifting lyrics often based on mythology or fantasy, clean and high-pitched vocals, strong choruses, anthemic...