Germany, Wacken - Wacken Open Air 2009
| Location: | Germany, Wacken (Festivalgelände) |
| Date: | 29 July 2009 - 01 August 2009 |
| Website: | wacken.com |
| Organizer: | ICS Event Service |
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SOLD OUT!! |
20 years! 20 fucking years! That's how long the Wacken Open Air exists already. And it has come a long way from a garden party with 800 guests and 6 bands to the biggest metal festival in the world with more than 75,000 visitors and close to 70 bands performing on four stages. Said stages have seen performances by nearly every important band in the world of metal as well as numerous underground acts, so expectations are quite high for this year's lineup. Already confirmed are several fan favorites from the previous editions, such as Saxon, Motörhead, Machine Head, In Flames and Doro who has announced a special Warlock show. Further highlights are the two hour farewell show of metal veterans Running Wild, who will show the young lads how pirate metal is really done, and the performance of recently reunited viking metal legends Einherjer. And as always the lineup will please metalheads of every age: the older folks will be delighted by the confirmations of Heaven And Hell and UFO while Bullet For My Valentine, Walls Of Jericho and Bring Me The Horizon represent the newest generation of metal(-related) music.
The namesake and host of the festival is the small town of Wacken in Northern Germany. For just short of a week the town's population skyrockets from a mere 2,000 souls and turns the village into the world's metal mecca. The town is located 10 km north of Itzehoe and 50 km north/west of Hamburg. There will be shuttle buses from the festival site to the train station in Itzehoe as well as to the airports in both Hamburg and Lübeck. For more info on getting there and away check the festival page here.
The festival is sold out since December already. If you haven't got your ticket yet, but want to go there nonetheless, you can circumvent the black marketing going on eBay and reduce the risk of acquiring fake tickets by using the ticket exchange in the official forum. In this exchange the Wacken staff supervises the ticket prices and acts as trust which means that the seller sends the ticket(s) to the staff who verifies the authenticity of the ticket(s) and reports it to the buyer. After the buyer has transferred the money to the seller, the Wacken staff will pass on the ticket(s) to the buyer. More information on this model can be found here (in German).
Headliners
DAY 1 (29.07)
W.E.T. Stage
| Victims Of Madness | 19:00 - 19:30 | |
| Bai Bang | 20:00 - 20:45 | |
| Bon Scott | 21:15 - 22:15 | |
| Onkel Tom | 22:30 - 23:30 | |
| Mambo Kurt | 00:00 - 01:00 | |
| Metal Karaoke | 01:00 - 06:00 |
Beer Garden Stage
| W:O:A Firefighters | 20:00 - 21:00 | |
| The Smack Ballz | 21:00 - 22:00 |
Medieval Stage
| FEJD | 20:00 - 21:00 | |
| Ragnaröek | 22:00 - 23:00 |
DAY 2 (30.07)
Black Stage
| Skyline | 16:00 - 16:45 | |
| Schandmaul | 17:00 - 18:00 | |
| Der W | 18:30 - 19:45 | |
| Running Wild | 20:15 - 22:00 | |
| Heaven And Hell | 22:30 - 00:00 |
Party Stage
| D-A-D | 17:00 - 18:00 | |
| Anthrax | 18:30 - 19:30 | |
| Secret Show | 20:00 - 21:00 | |
| The BossHoss | 21:30 - 22:30 | |
| Lacuna Coil | 23:00 - 00:00 |
W.E.T. Stage
| Metal Battle Finland | 16:00 - 16:25 | |
| X-Plod (Metal Battle Romania) | 16:40 - 17:05 | |
| Furion (Metal Battle Ex-SFRY Republics) | 17:20 - 17:45 | |
| S.A.W. (Metal Battle China) | 18:00 - 18:25 | |
| 5th Avenue | 18:45 - 19:25 | |
| The Waltons | 19:50 - 20:30 | |
| Drone | 21:00 - 21:45 | |
| Bloodwork | 22:05 - 22:50 | |
| Grand Magus | 23:10 - 00:00 | |
| Metal Karaoke / Metal Hammer Party | 00:00 - 06:00 |
Beer Garden Stage
| W:O:A Firefighters | 16:00 - 17:00 | |
| The Smack Ballz | 18:00 - 19:00 | |
| Mambo Kurt | 19:30 - 20:30 |
Medieval Stage
| TBA | 16:00 - 17:00 | |
| Reincarnatus | 18:00 - 19:00 | |
| Cumulo Nimbus | 20:00 - 21:00 |
DAY 3 (31.07)
Black Stage
| Vreid | 11:00 - 11:40 | |
| Endstille | 13:00 - 14:00 | |
| Walls Of Jericho | 15:30 - 16:30 | |
| Airbourne | 18:00 - 19:00 | |
| Bullet For My Valentine | 20:30 - 21:30 | |
| In Flames | 23:15 - 00:30 | |
| Amon Amarth | 02:00 - 03:00 |
True Metal Stage
| UFO | 11:45 - 12:45 | |
| Gamma Ray | 14:15 - 15:15 | |
| Nevermore | 16:45 - 17:45 | |
| HammerFall | 19:15 - 20:15 | |
| Motörhead | 21:45 - 23:00 | |
| Doro | 00:45 - 01:45 |
Party Stage
| Suidakra | 11:00 - 11:40 | |
| Retrospect | 13:00 - 14:00 | |
| Tristania | 15:30 - 16:30 | |
| DragonForce | 18:00 - 19:00 | |
| Coheed & Cambria | 20:30 - 21:30 | |
| Epica | 23:15 - 00:15 | |
| ASP | 02:00 - 03:00 |
W.E.T. Stage
| Leave Scars (Metal Battle Belgium) | 11:00 - 11:25 | |
| Reason To Kill (Metal Battle Netherlands) | 11:45 - 12:10 | |
| Ade (Metal Battle Italy) | 12:30 - 12:55 | |
| Insidead (Metal Battle Greece) | 13:15 - 13:40 | |
| Scarred (Metal Battle Luxembourg) | 14:00 - 14:25 | |
| Kielwater (Metal Battle Lithuania) | 14:45 - 15:10 | |
| Irr (Metal Battle Norway) | 15:30 - 15:55 | |
| Beneath (Metal Battle Iceland) | 16:15 - 16:40 | |
| Silence Means Death (Metal Battle Brazil) | 17:00 - 17:25 | |
| Callejon | 17:45 - 18:25 | |
| Bring Me The Horizon | 18:55 - 19:35 | |
| Whiplash | 20:05 - 20:45 | |
| Nervecell | 21:15 - 21:55 | |
| Insidious Disease | 22:25 - 23:05 | |
| ETHS | 23:35 - 00:15 | |
| Sarke | 00:45 - 01:45 | |
| Pentagram [CHI] | 02:15 - 03:00 | |
| Metal Karaoke | 03:00 - 06:00 |
Beer Garden Stage
| W:O:A Firefighters | 11:00 - 12:00 | |
| The Smack Ballz | 20:00 - 21:00 | |
| Mambo Kurt | 22:00 - 23:00 |
Medieval Stage
| TBA | 11:00 - 12:00 | |
| Swashbuckle | 20:00 - 21:00 | |
| Ingrimm | 22:00 - 23:00 |
DAY 4 (01.08)
Black Stage
| Einherjer | 12:00 - 12:45 | |
| Cathedral | 14:15 - 15:15 | |
| Heaven Shall Burn | 16:45 - 17:45 | |
| In Extremo | 19:15 - 20:15 | |
| Machine Head | 21:45 - 22:45 | |
| Gwar | 00:45 - 01:45 |
True Metal Stage
| Rage | 13:00 - 14:00 | |
| Testament | 15:30 - 16:30 | |
| Axel Rudi Pell | 18:00 - 19:00 | |
| Volbeat | 20:30 - 21:30 | |
| Saxon | 23:00 - 00:30 | |
| Subway To Sally | 02:00 - 03:00 |
Party Stage
| Napalm Death | 12:00 - 12:45 | |
| TBA | 14:15 - 15:15 | |
| Borknagar | 16:45 - 17:45 | |
| Pain | 19:15 - 20:15 | |
| Enslaved | 21:45 - 22:45 | |
| Korpiklaani | 00:45 - 01:45 |
W.E.T. Stage
| None (Metal Battle Poland) | 12:00 - 12:25 | |
| Cadaver Race (Metal Battle Austria) | 12:45 - 13:10 | |
| A Fine Day To Exit (Metal Battle Switzerland) | 13:30 - 13:55 | |
| Crysys (Metal Battle Spain) | 14:15 - 14:40 | |
| T.A.N.K. (Metal Battle France) | 15:00 - 15:25 | |
| Metal Battle Germany | 15:45 - 16:10 | |
| Ferium (Metal Battle Israel) | 16:30 - 16:55 | |
| Split Heaven (Metal Battle Mexico) | 17:15 - 17:40 | |
| The Fading | 18:00 - 18:30 | |
| Trouble | 19:00 - 19:40 | |
| UK Subs | 20:10 - 20:50 | |
| Engel | 21:20 - 22:00 | |
| Turisas | 22:30 - 23:10 | |
| TBA | 23:40 - 00:20 | |
| Tracedawn | 00:50 - 01:30 | |
| Torment | 02:00 - 02:45 | |
| Metal Karaoke | 03:00 - 06:00 |
Beer Garden Stage
| W:O:A Firefighters | 12:00 - 13:00 | |
| The Smack Ballz | 19:00 - 20:00 | |
| Mambo Kurt | 22:00 - 23:00 |
Medieval Stage
| Adorned Brood | 18:00 - 19:00 | |
| Rabenschrey | 20:00 - 21:00 | |
| Feuerschwanz | 22:00 - 23:00 |
Who was there?
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Baz Anderson (UK) | 100% |
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GT (Denmark) | 100% |
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Promonex | 100% |
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Valentin B (Czech Republic) | 100% |
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infernall (Romania) | 100% |
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Krixiro (Mexico) | 100% |
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elven (Mexico) | 100% |
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Marcelo Hissa (Brazil) | 100% |
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Rebel Monster (Denmark) | 100% |
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Holy_Diver (The Netherlands) | 100% |
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Gâsh (The Netherlands) | 100% |
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Soulweeper (Denmark) | 100% |
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Neoclis (Cyprus) | 100% |
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BRJ Events (UK) | 100% |
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Misanthrope (UAE) | 100% |
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Dewil Rituale (Bulgaria) | 100% |
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Den Gode Hr. Kim (UK) | 100% |
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Fraja (Peru) | 100% |
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Miquele | 100% |
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Kawarai (Denmark) | 100% |
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Ravendark (Estonia) | 100% |
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Jonjy (Israel) | 100% |
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Grumble (The Netherlands) | 100% |
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Trust (Portugal) | 100% |
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mantiviking (Spain) | 100% |
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Caramelita (Finland) | 100% |
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Izarus (Denmark) | 100% |
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goshdra (Romania) | 100% |
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Rot N' Troll (Finland) | 100% |
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Fjorten (Denmark) | 100% |
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DieLaughing (Finland) | 100% |
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ThePhilosopher (UK) | 100% |
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iblis (Turkey) | 100% |
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Artem (Estonia) | 100% |
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nihil (Turkey) | 100% |
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simml | 100% |
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squirmno9 (Cyprus) | 100% |
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BarracudaMalta (Malta) | 100% |
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kaoskrew (UK) | 20% |
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Bloodfrozen (The Netherlands) | 20% |
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acfromthekc44 (USA) | 10% |
News
| 30.07.2009 | Wacken Open Air - Live Online Broadcast And Giveaway Winners |
| 28.06.2009 | Wacken Open Air - W:O:A Live Stream |
Reviews
| 26.08.2009 | Wacken Open Air - Wacken, Germany, 30th July 2009 by Baz Anderson |
| 26.08.2009 | Wacken Open Air - Wacken, Germany, 31st July 2009 by Baz Anderson |
| 26.08.2009 | Wacken Open Air - Wacken, Germany, 1st August 2009 by Baz Anderson |
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| Infurnace Posts: 948 |
I don't know what's going on here, but what is a country/rockabilly band doing in the Wacken line-up? Ah well, it isn't such a suprise after Bring Me The Horizon.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by Infurnace on 11.05.2009 at 22:54 Well, they do cover metal songs, so that is the reason I would say, Some light entertainment.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720 |
No one complains about Mambo Kurt, so what's wrong with The BossHoss? Unlike Mambo they do have some musical qualities after all.
---- All life begins with Nu and ends with Nu... This is the truth! This is my belief! ...At least for now. - The Mystery of Life, Vol. 841 Ch. 26
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| Infurnace Posts: 948 |
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10084 |
Written by Infurnace on 15.05.2009 at 00:51 what is it? CAUGHT IN A MOSH lol finally a more important metal band...
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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720 |
A bunch of new bands confirmed, many of them having played on one or more of the early editions of the festival. Victims of Madness: cover band composed of users of the official forum 5th Avenue: played on the first four editions of the festival The Waltons: also played on several of the earlier editions Drone: Metal Battle winner 2006 Bloodwork Retrospect Bai Bang: played on W:O:A 1994 UK Subs: played on W:O:A 1994 Insidious Disease: live debut of the super group featuring Groo (ex-Morgoth) on vocals, Silenoz (Dimmu) and Jardar (Old Man's Child) on guitar, Shane Embury (Napalm Death) on bass and Tony Laureano on drums The Fading: Metal Battle winner 2008 Nervecell Torment: with anniversary show Rabenschrey Feuerschwanz
---- All life begins with Nu and ends with Nu... This is the truth! This is my belief! ...At least for now. - The Mystery of Life, Vol. 841 Ch. 26
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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720 |
Oh, and just for the record. Of the five bands I've already mentioned two months ago, three have been confirmed by now (ETHS, Retrospect, Bai Bang). So I guess it isn't really unlikely that Sonic Syndicate gonna be there as well. Written by Promonex on 14.03.2009 at 16:56
---- All life begins with Nu and ends with Nu... This is the truth! This is my belief! ...At least for now. - The Mystery of Life, Vol. 841 Ch. 26
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
, it is getting worse by the minute, except for UK Subs who are a GREAT PUNK band, but what the hell are they doing at a so-called metal fest? Wacken sucke dass already for elitsts like me but now they suck ass for eevry single metal lover as well.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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Nervecell, The Fading and Insidious Disease are the only good bands they announced I guess. Saying it's getting worse ain't very kind  Let's say it's not getting a lot better  Announcing some small bands ain't that bad either, since Feuerschwanz and Rabenschrey should (if everything goes as planned) play on the medieval market. As for the PUNK bands..................... I simply won't go to their shows  My back can't take more than 7-8 a day so announcing some crap is a great idea By the way Kamelot and Ensiferum were mentioned in the Wacken-news, which means that they COULD be announced (yes I said COULD)
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10084 |
Written by Guest on 16.05.2009 at 12:45 Ensiferum would be awesome... if they get confirmed also  the Sani-Metal toilets are also sold out! wtf i wouldn't pay 120 euros to use my own toilet for 3 days if it was made of solid gold.  are the public toilets THAT intimidating?
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The public toilets are a huge mess like everywhere else only thing is there are lots of people in Wacken and that they all want to take a shit together and at the same time who uses toilets anyway ?
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3134 |
Written by Guest on 16.05.2009 at 12:45 Both played in WOA 2008. It'd really surprise me if they suddenly booked bands twice in two years.
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10084 |
Turisas is going to be EPIC, i just have this feeling. they already sound really epic on cd, i wonder how they will in a festival setting.
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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720 |
Written by Valentin B on 16.05.2009 at 12:58 Most of the time it's a group of people getting those toilets. If you and 14 mates share one, it's 8 bucks per person. Especially for girls, who can't really use the next bush or tree like we can and depend on the public toilets, it's a convenient solution.
---- All life begins with Nu and ends with Nu... This is the truth! This is my belief! ...At least for now. - The Mystery of Life, Vol. 841 Ch. 26
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10084 |
Written by Promonex on 16.05.2009 at 16:51 damn, good point, haven't thought of that. anyway i guess i'll take a real big shit in the bock tours bus, that should be enough for 3 days lol. how's the food over there? good/bad/expensive/cheap? and the beer? is it on tap or something? i assume it's cheap  edit: the website is down
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| corrupt With a lowercase c Admin Posts: 3134 |
Written by Valentin B on 16.05.2009 at 17:48 Food ranges from awful to quite good I'd say. But you can leave the whole concept of cheap right at home when you're about to enter Wacken No seriously, their beer pricing comes directly from hell. But the local Edeka department store offers a wide range of meat and small BBQ's for acceptable prices. And the village folks is pretty cool when it comes to eating and you have enough time between two bands to walk off the woa ground.
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| GT Coffee!! Staff Posts: 5101 |
Written by Valentin B on 16.05.2009 at 17:48 As corrupt said the food quality varies, but I didn't get anything bad last year. The price of beer is cheap, but that because I compare it to prices in Denmark and compared to Germany in general it's probably not cheap.
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Account deleted Written by corrupt on 16.05.2009 at 18:32 I don't think that you'll have problems with eating and drinking You'll find Hotdog, Chinese food, Kebabs (Döner for the Germans) and many many other things to eat. I suggest taking a small tour through the eating stands on the first day and mark the places with the food you like. As for drinking, there's the beergarden and beer and met stands pretty much everywhere Small tip, collect the plastic glasses that lie on the floor, since you get money for turning those in Then there is the village, which is 5-15 minutes away (depends on where your tent is) which has 3 supermarkets, where you can buy some Wacken beer cans as well as BBQ stuff if you want Then last suggestion only works if you have a car there's a Burgerking not that far away for which you should have gotten some tickets with your WOA ticket.So there is always something to eat and drink it only depends on what you really want. Btw if you come by car take some stuff from home, because the other 80k people won't wait to buy stuff in the village If you have some more questions send me a message
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10084 |
Written by corrupt on 16.05.2009 at 19:20 niiiiiiiiiiiiiicee
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by corrupt on 16.05.2009 at 19:20 Which one? The US or Chilean, both will be in Europe at the same time and will even be perfforming at some festival in the east of Germany together.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Edit to my last post. I see it is the Chilean one (forgot to click on the link, my mistake)
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10084 |
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Valentin B on 17.05.2009 at 16:18 I thought so... that's why I warned. The Chilean has only released some demos and singles and a live album. They reunited some time ago and have a high cult status but that's it.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Infurnace Posts: 948 |
Pretty glad that they're announced. Their demo's are really great. Definitely a band worth checking out.
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| Promonex Cathemeral Elite Posts: 9720 |
Hahaha, I bet they wanted to get the American one and mixed them up. Wouldn't be the first time.
---- All life begins with Nu and ends with Nu... This is the truth! This is my belief! ...At least for now. - The Mystery of Life, Vol. 841 Ch. 26
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Promonex on 17.05.2009 at 19:17 Won't surprise me either, LOL. But the American Pentagram are a huge liability with Bobby Liebling's helath and addictions. But of course the Chilean Pentagram is toruing through europe at the time and the tour is organised by Doomdealer/Church Within which is a German label.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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