CRADLE OF FILTH, GORGOROTH, MOONSPELL, SEPTICFLESH

Mythology, hellish flames, vampirism

Goddamn! That wasn’t never earlier in my journalistic career. A visit in a new and unknown until this moment venue, the new audiovisual impressions and unfortunately… the painful surprise too. “There’s no your name on the guest list” – I have heard from the girl, sitting in the box-office and selling the tickets for this unusual evening. “Impossible!” – only this kind of answer I was able to give, all the more because a few days before the e-mail from the one of labels confirmed my invitation. More...

OPETH, CYNIC, THE OCEAN

Progressive, aggressive and strange

It was a little bit untypical concert in due of my more extreme kinds of tastes. But who said, that the true fan of metal sounds should only to live by the extreme? There’s no rule in this business, so breaking up all of barriers, I visited a one of December days a venue, which had to entertain not only two of metal bands, walking by the other path of heavy and dark art, but all of their admirers too, that came those evening in so high number, that choice of place renting for this kind of event was like a well-aimed shot. More...

UNLEASHED, KRISIUN, ONE MAN ARMY AND THE UNDEAD QUARTET

Metal St. Claus in Berlin

Wow! There’s probably no other pleasure as celebrating the own name-day by the sounds of favourite bands. Not in the least at home hearing them from CD’s, but standing in front of the stage and watching their true professionalism. The day of this event was of course clearly coincidental, but meeting with the gods of death metal in so exceptional day can to treat as a gift. More...

DESTRUCTION, DEBAUCHERY, SACRED TO DEATH

The butcher strikes back

I like DESTRUCTION. I liked this band always, so nobody should to be surprised, that the occasion to see again in action three warriors of German thrash metal classic was a very nice accent to spend the evening of the first day of December exactly with them. The high quality of sounds playing by Schmier, Mike and Marc especially at live version leaves no doubt regards of domination in the metal world, so their visit in Berlin, being by this opportunity my fifth meeting with them brought to me the same time very positive impressions. More...

SATYRICON, ZONARIA

Live diabolical

As 2008 slowly comes to an end, it is right time to sum up . Fans of metal sounds in the capital of Lower Silesia may consider this year asquite successful. We've had an opportunity to bang our head along with: DEATH ANGEL, BRUTAL TRUTH, DISFEAR, NAPALM DEATH and SUFFOCATION. Fortunately Santa Claus also didn't forget about metal maniacs - and although it was a little late gift - the fact that after two years we had another chance to see SATYRICON playing at well known among metalheads W-Z was a nice finish to this year's concert season in Wroclaw. More...

UNSUN, BLACK RIVER, VOTUM

On an aesthetic rollercoaster

"Black Sun Tour 2009" was a small tour through Poland featuring three debuting acts. Three different bands, three different styles of heavy music, that's why I decided to be there... More...

NOCTURNUS, VIOLATED, PUNISH, SLITHER...

The lost key is back

Goddamn! When I saw this info first time at the end of May on the flyer of K 17 club, I couldn’t believe to my own eyes. NOCTURNUS is alive again? No, it’s impossible, it absolutely can’t to be… More easy would be for me to believe that Kim Kardashian or Laura Lee wants to meet with me for a blind date (sure, that I would like to have both of them for a one time, he, he!), than accept the fact, about I have written above. But another way – why not? We have the era of reunions, which still keeps the form, so what’s strange within, that another hero of American brutality woke up after few years of deep slumber? Nothing.
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THE ROTTED, VOMITORY

Great show, empty venue

As the tolerance man I can to understand everything – I know, that’s in the middle of week, I know, that the school year has just began, the same as I know, that Berliner S-Bahn plans the increasing of tickets prices, but almost 40 persons at the concert of THE ROTTED and VOMITORY in over three millions metropolis, that’s simply a pure scandal! More...

INQUISITION, ELITE, IMPERIOUS MALEVOLENCE

International invasion

The last weekend of August and one day before the end of holiday, everyone, who came back from and wanted especially to celebrate those circumstances, could to visit the inside of K 17 and watch three bands, which maybe aren’t so popular among the most of metal maniacs, but surely note worthy and not devoid of specific elements, bringing the positive impressions. More...

VADER's XXV ANNIVERSARY

Death metal feast or rather a funeral banquet

It wasn't meant to be that way. Birthday party of the most distinguished polish metal band was damaged by unexpected news of Mauser's and Daray's departure. Long time preparations were completely ruined by those unfriendly circumstances. And I can tell you it's quite strange when something that is supposed to be a big celebration – and a real death metal feast - suddenly turns out to be in some ways rather a funeral banquet. More...