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| Ah, I thought your actual beef was with the tent, not with the location of the tent. |
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Man, it would be hard to have to attend festivals because all your friends are going (yeah Corrupt this is regarding our latest discussion here), I don't know anyone else around here who ever went to open-air festivals in other countries nor people who can afford it, so I can go to pretty much any fest I want, I will still know about 2-3 people max  |
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| Is there going to be an official webcast of the festival like last year? I'm still kinda sad I missed Iced Earth's show but I don't want to miss Hammerfall's anniversary show as I'm still a big fan of their early period. |
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Written by Valentin B on 18.07.2012 at 21:15
Is there going to be an official webcast of the festival like last year? I'm still kinda sad I missed Iced Earth's show but I don't want to miss Hammerfall's anniversary show as I'm still a big fan of their early period.
Iced Earth? I hope you did see this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z90wWEOmp_A
And I'm positive the public channels will broadcast some concerts again, so once they've aired, they will undoubtedly find their way onto Youtube. |
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Written by Promonex on 19.07.2012 at 13:12
Written by Valentin B on 18.07.2012 at 21:15
Is there going to be an official webcast of the festival like last year? I'm still kinda sad I missed Iced Earth's show but I don't want to miss Hammerfall's anniversary show as I'm still a big fan of their early period.
Iced Earth? I hope you did see this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z90wWEOmp_A
And I'm positive the public channels will broadcast some concerts again, so once they've aired, they will undoubtedly find their way onto Youtube.
Youtube is currently down here but if you linked the webcast of Barlow's last gig with IE then yes, I saw it, imo it was a great show but way too short. There were some omissions like Watching Over Me and some other songs that simply needed to be played with his last show. |
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Saturnian arn't playing the festival anymore due to being disqualified from the Metal Battle apparently for signing a record deal. Forbidden have also pulled out and there have been a couple of other set-time changes as well.
Oh and Diablo Swing Orchestra is the TBA band on the Saturday playing on the Wackinger stage  |
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| The Surprise Act to play last is Edguy. It seems Tobias can't resist one year without playing at Wacken... |
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Written by Valentin B on 02.08.2012 at 01:18
The Surprise Act to play last is Edguy. It seems Tobias can't resist one year without playing at Wacken...
wow cool surprise act...
NOT
how precitable can it all get? |
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 02.08.2012 at 02:34
Written by Valentin B on 02.08.2012 at 01:18
The Surprise Act to play last is Edguy. It seems Tobias can't resist one year without playing at Wacken...
wow cool surprise act...
NOT
how precitable can it all get?
well, it is the last band on the bill at the world's biggest and most commercial metal festival, I wasn't really expecting a Mercyful Fate or a special Candlemass show with Messiah Marcolin or some other kvlt stuff. there are some bands out there that seem to have established a reputation of playing Wacken almost every 2, at most 3 years and Edguy is one of them.
Edguy is a great live band though, I think it is quite fitting that they end the whole festival shenanigans. |
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Just watched the UDO stream. A strong concert, but I couldn't help but notice the fuckups on "Head Over Heels" and "Princess of the Dawn". Could have been a magical anniversary concert but it was just a good show.
I did like how they played Metal Heart and Animal House, very energetic and engaging. |
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I think it was the original UDO lineup who played the songs through Animal House to Break The Rules, except the drums were played by Udo's son!
Wasn't a flawless performance, but I enjoyed it very much still. Saxon up any moment now! |
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Written by Angelic Storm on 02.08.2012 at 21:47
I think it was the original UDO lineup who played the songs through Animal House to Break The Rules, except the drums were played by Udo's son!
Wasn't a flawless performance, but I enjoyed it very much still. Saxon up any moment now!
Not that excited for Saxon as I saw them in concert less than a month ago. They are on home ground at Wacken and I'm pretty sure they will deliver as they always do.
Still nothing compares to their 2009 show, it was the best concert I've seen in the two editions I've attended so far, with Heaven and Hell a close second. |
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Written by Valentin B on 02.08.2012 at 21:30
Just watched the UDO stream. A strong concert, but I couldn't help but notice the fuckups on "Head Over Heels" and "Princess of the Dawn".
yet you don't notice bigger fuck ups with King Diamond and Judas Priest live |
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 02.08.2012 at 22:05
Written by Valentin B on 02.08.2012 at 21:30
Just watched the UDO stream. A strong concert, but I couldn't help but notice the fuckups on "Head Over Heels" and "Princess of the Dawn".
yet you don't notice bigger fuck ups with King Diamond and Judas Priest live
I have yet to see a live stream from either band in such high quality anyway. Udo's fuckups were obvious, like vocals entering at the wrong moment, something that never happens with Rob or King. |
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Written by Valentin B on 02.08.2012 at 22:46
something that never happens with Rob or King.
now you sound like a total fanboy. Rob is totally horrible at it nowadays, a lot of the times. The way he tends to fuck up isn't even funny any more. He really should call it quits. |
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 02.08.2012 at 23:00
now you sound like a total fanboy. Rob is totally horrible at it nowadays, a lot of the times. The way he tends to fuck up isn't even funny any more. He really should call it quits.
I am not a fanboy of either of those bands (nope, not even Priest) but it seems that you are actually hellbent on bashing Halford and probably King Diamond too. I asked you to back up your words on the Sweden Rock Festival thread when you said KD lip syncs, and all you did was ask me to see the concert recording again and it will suddenly be "obvious", I think I have no more to discuss about this whole vocalists issue with you. |
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The Saxon stream kept cutting out for me, and didn't come back after Battalions Of Steel, so I missed the last 25 minutes or so of the concert.  |
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| Wow, "special show" my ass, what a ripoff. I'm glad I didn't have to pay to see the shit show that Hammerfall did. and those backing vocals, who the hell does Oscar thinks he's fooling when he lip syncs that obviously? |
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| ^^ Woah, it wasn't THAT bad! They did look like they need to take a long break though, so I think they're doing the right thing by taking a year off. |
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Is the Scorpions gig getting streamed? I'd be curious to hear your opinions about it. Apparently Meine missed so many notes that even the heavens burst into tears  |
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No, The Scorpions' set wasn't streamed live, though if what you're saying is true, that might have been a small mercy! lol 
I caught Testament's set earlier, and I have to say, I now think the new album's production is a bit too pristine and clean. The new songs they played at Wacken sounded way more venemous and intense than on the album, making them sound even livelier, and better. They gave a great performance! Here's the setlist:
Rise Up
The New Order
The Preacher
Native Blood
True American Hate
More Than Meets The Eye
Dark Roots Of Earth
Into The Pit
Practice What You Preach
Over The Wall
D.N.R.
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Apparently the "special show" from Scorpions featured just ONE song that they had not played on this tour and no special guests. Yet another ripoff. From looking at setlists and live streams it would appear that U.D.O. is the only band who did something special in their concert that also brought something new to the table, though I'm still wondering about Dimmu Borgir.
It does seem to me that this year's Wacken was a huge disappointment, and I'm completely underwhelmed, almost glad about not being there. Apparently it turned into a "mud desert" according to a German website. There's always next year (if the lineup is better that is). |
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| The shows of Moonspell and Sepultura were quite special actually. Moonspell were interesting, but not overwhelming. Unlike Sepultura & Les Tambours du Bronx who sounded like an entirely different band than Sepultura alone. |
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| I've just watched Edguy's set, and out of all the bands I saw streamed, Edguy were clearly the best. U.D.O. were great too, but Edguy were truly in their element with that late night time slot, and commanded the stage as if they were stadium headline veterans like Iron Maiden or something! The sound was awesome, and they themselves sounded absolutely massive! Great performance. |
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Written by Angelic Storm on 06.08.2012 at 00:11
I've just watched Edguy's set, and out of all the bands I saw streamed, Edguy were clearly the best. U.D.O. were great too, but Edguy were truly in their element with that late night time slot, and commanded the stage as if they were stadium headline veterans like Iron Maiden or something! The sound was awesome, and they themselves sounded absolutely massive! Great performance.
Edguy are always like that, Tobi just wouldn't be himself on a small tiny stage somewhere. I also saw some bits of In Flames' show, which was absolutely great, and even the setlist was awesome:
Jester's Door [intro]
Cloud Connected
Trigger
Where the Dead Ships Dwell
Only for the Weak
Reroute to Remain
Crawl Through Knives
Delight and Angers
The Quiet Place
The Chosen Pessimist
Fear Is the Weakness
Alias
The Mirror's Truth
System
Deliver Us
Take This Life
My Sweet Shadow
I mean seriously, "Crawl Through Knives"?? I have a few objections to this, mostly about the shitty "Chosen Pessimist" instead of "Come Clarity" but this, and their GREAT live show which was even better according to what I saw on the ZDF website, would have definitely made for the best show of the whole fest for me. |
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^^^ Woah, there's not a single song pre-Clayman in that setlist! Not a single Jester Race/Whoracle/Colony song? I'd be disappointed if I saw them live and they played that setlist.
Okay, I do like some modern In Flames stuff, and I love some of the songs in that setlist. But others... "Alias" is terrible, they should have ousted that and played an oldie instead! It's almost as if they are trying to distance themselves from their melodic death metal past, which is very sad.
And I agree with what you said about Edguy. That band really are made for the big stage. Tobi is definitely in his element in that type of live situation. |
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| Quite a shitty setlist indeed. |
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