In The Pit · 21/07/2024
Klash Of The Ruhrpott - For nearly a year, I've had the tickets for this legendary event sitting neatly sealed on my desk. Announced in August 2023 (remember, when I DIDN'T go to Wacken), it was sold out within days. The Teutonic Four of Thrash Metal planned a show together. The chance to see Tankard, Destructrion, Sodom and Kreator the same day - well, there was not much to think about. I had immensely high expectations and a lot of anticipation for this event. What I didn’t count on was:...
In The Pit · 06/03/2023
For three years the State of Unrest tour of Lamb of God and Blind Guardian had been postponed. Originally planned for 14.03.2020 in Hamburg the concert has been rescheduled seven times in total until this finally happened. We haven't been holding on to our tickets since 2020, we only bought them in September 2022, but many loyal fans were there yesterday, who had been waiting for the whole three years and the atmosphere was awesome. My first concert in 2023, again in the edel-optics.de-Arena in...
Keepers · 27/03/2022
I was about to give up on thrash metal. After Metallica's debut album and the various Anthrax albums I liked there was nothing that I really enjoyed. I went through the early 80s and 90s releases of Slayer, Megadeath, Overkill, Testament, Exodus, Sodom and also Kreator. And while I can enjoy the music itself with all those bands, the style of "singing" is what makes it difficult for me. As gruff voices and shouting are a distinguishing feature in thrash metal this is not surprising and I was...