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Written by wrathchild on 21.06.2012 at 14:31
Best moment however was when Unisonic played Helloween's March Of Time. With Kiske on vocals, I felt like it was the first time I could actually hear Helloween live - despite having seen the band numerous times with Deris.
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Written by Spirit Molecule on 21.06.2012 at 14:45
Written by wrathchild on 21.06.2012 at 14:31
And... Guns N' Roses were on time!
How bad were they?
The Chinese Democracy stuff was awfully tedious. But seeing Axl Rose faceplanting on stage might have been worth it. |
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Written by Promonex on 21.06.2012 at 16:59
Written by Spirit Molecule on 21.06.2012 at 14:45
Written by wrathchild on 21.06.2012 at 14:31
And... Guns N' Roses were on time!
How bad were they?
The Chinese Democracy stuff was awfully tedious. But seeing Axl Rose faceplanting on stage might have been worth it.
Would have loved to see that, especially considering I got out of the Valley, heading to the Warzone, at that very moment |
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Crue and Skynyrd were my big disappointments at Sweden Rock, which I promptly switched with Sacred Reich and Cannibal Corpse respectively. how did they fare at Hellfest? (did any of you guys actually go see them?  ) |
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Skynyrd were actually quite decent. But then again I didn't expect too much. Still, the oldies and the youngsters in the audience all chanting along to "Sweet Home Alabama" was quite nice.
Crüe didn't want to have any press close to their stage, so I did them the favour. |
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Damn I missed the faceplant! Only saw the bassist nearly fell off stage after slipping.
Skynyrd did well but that's definitely no stuff for me. I still don't like Motley Crüe even after watching quite a few songs this time. |
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Hmmmm I regret not seeing Unisonic... really wanted to see, but Darkspace was priority. Also some others like Rompeprop (apparently a helluva fun) or Vulture Industries that looked interesting... can't get everything 
Anyone know what was the suprise Mr.Sammet was talking about ? I was already thinking of an Avantasia song with Kiske (yes, was asking too much ) |
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Written by Vombatus on 22.06.2012 at 01:31
Hmmmm I regret not seeing Unisonic... really wanted to see, but Darkspace was priority. Also some others like Rompeprop (apparently a helluva fun) or Vulture Industries that looked interesting... can't get everything
Anyone know what was the suprise Mr.Sammet was talking about ? I was already thinking of an Avantasia song with Kiske (yes, was asking too much )
Sadly, Darkspace's sound wasn't great... And Rompeprop were fun (at least the last two songs)
as for Edguy's surprise, I can't say... |
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| Did any of these shows feel a bit short? at Sweden Rock, which had almost the same line-up as Hellfest aside from the underground extreme bands, pretty much all the concerts they did were as though they were headlining their own gig, which was pretty awesome that everyone had at least 1-2 encores. |
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| Most shows (except for headliners) are usually much too short at Hellfest. Price to pay to have that many great bands on the bill... |
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Written by Darkside Momo on 22.06.2012 at 01:42
Most shows (except for headliners) are usually much too short at Hellfest. Price to pay to have that many great bands on the bill...
Sweden Rock does the exact opposite, in that they get pretty much only good bands but only about 30-40 in total for 4 days and 4 stages (so most get around 75 minutes time, some 60 and some 90, the headliners get 2 hours and 30 minutes), and then fill the time slots of the small stages with local bands. I prefered this this year, but maybe based on you guys' review of this year's Hellfest I might just make an appearance there next year. My review of SRF is on its way too |
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Written by Valentin B on 02.07.2012 at 01:14
Written by Darkside Momo on 22.06.2012 at 01:42
Most shows (except for headliners) are usually much too short at Hellfest. Price to pay to have that many great bands on the bill...
Sweden Rock does the exact opposite, in that they get pretty much only good bands but only about 30-40 in total for 4 days and 4 stages (so most get around 75 minutes time, some 60 and some 90, the headliners get 2 hours and 30 minutes), and then fill the time slots of the small stages with local bands. I prefered this this year, but maybe based on you guys' review of this year's Hellfest I might just make an appearance there next year. My review of SRF is on its way too
I can't blame either approach honestly, both have their pros and cons... More bands vs more playing time, I honestly can't decide.
(and yeah, report WIP) |
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Written by Valentin B on 02.07.2012 at 01:14
Sweden Rock does the exact opposite, in that they get pretty much only good bands but only about 30-40 in total for 4 days and 4 stages (so most get around 75 minutes time, some 60 and some 90, the headliners get 2 hours and 30 minutes), and then fill the time slots of the small stages with local bands. I prefered this this year, but maybe based on you guys' review of this year's Hellfest I might just make an appearance there next year. My review of SRF is on its way too
Every year since 2006 someone new tells me Sweden Rock is the best festival there is. Tobias Sammet even said that on stage at Hellfest. It has to be true. |
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Written by wrathchild on 14.07.2012 at 10:47
Written by Valentin B on 02.07.2012 at 01:14
Sweden Rock does the exact opposite, in that they get pretty much only good bands but only about 30-40 in total for 4 days and 4 stages (so most get around 75 minutes time, some 60 and some 90, the headliners get 2 hours and 30 minutes), and then fill the time slots of the small stages with local bands. I prefered this this year, but maybe based on you guys' review of this year's Hellfest I might just make an appearance there next year. My review of SRF is on its way too
Every year since 2006 someone new tells me Sweden Rock is the best festival there is. Tobias Sammet even said that on stage at Hellfest. It has to be true.
well I can understand him saying that because Edguy was one of the headliners of this year. As organisation I would say it's very streamlined and nothing out of the ordinary usually happens, kinda like Wacken but without the whole disneyland feel. The sound was mostly great to perfect and the only sound problems I noticed were during a few of Exodus' songs.
There is one problem though and that's the ridiculous price of pretty much everything there (a burger/fries/coke menu costs 90 SEK, which is approximately 11 euros, I didn't even bother to visit the drinks stands as I knew I wouldn't buy anything from there) and the ticket+camping costs twice Hellfest's ticket. imo it was worth it as I've seen many bands that will probably never visit Romania (Adrenaline Mob, Black Spiders, Sacred Reich, Fear Factory, Gotthard, Symphony X, Soundgarden) and some that might just not go out and play/tour ever again (10CC, Bad Company, Lynyrd Skynyrd). |
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| Can someone tell me how Amenra, Year Of No Light, Alcest, and Ihsahn were? Is their any links to feeds from when they played? Would love to hear them. |
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