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Vana Vigala, Estonia1st to 2nd July 2016
Hard Rock Laager Festival 2016 Day 1: Borknagar (NOR), Cruachan (IRE), Blaze Bayley (UK), Goresoerd, Horricane, Nihilistikrypt, Taak, Abandoned Elysium, Cookies
All my friends are running to Tuska Festival in Helsinki, but I am in a car heading opposite way. Only 160 km away from Helsinki, or 80 km away from Tallinn, there is Hard Rock Laager Festival celebrating its 15th edition this year. It has been one hour in a car so we should be here... and seems we didn't miss the road as black crowd started to appear. Now, the most important is to conquer the tenting position. Rain is starting, so it will be the fastest tent building ever :)
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Airport, Ballenstedt, Germany6th to 9th July 2016
RockHarz Festival Day 4: Impressions, Tankard, Gloryhammer, Hämatom, Finntroll, Ensiferum, Sonata Artica, Children of Bodom, Subway to Sally, Powerwolf, Tanzwut, Summary
Last festival day and on my way to the ground I already saw people putting up their tents, may be for leaving RockHarz just after the last headliners.
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Airport, Ballenstedt, Germany6th to 9th July 2016
RockHarz Festival Day 3: Impressions, Nitrogods, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Coppelius, Axxis, Primordial, Kärbholz, Satyricon, Knorkator, Saltatio Mortis, Avantasia
Third festival day and in retrospect I think it was the best day. The weather was pretty perfect, an issue for other festivals in Germany some days before. I had the feeling the people reached the maximum of their condition celebrating a night with endless crowd surfers. Also I think this was the day with the highest amount of people in front of the stages, may be because many people came for only one day or for attending a band named KNORKATOR. But for me the day started with two bands from Germany, totally different but a big surprise.
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Airport, Ballenstedt, Germany6th to 9th July 2016
RockHarz Festival Day 2: Impressions, Deadlock, Grand Magus, Illdisposed, Spiritual Beggars, Entombed A.D., Annihilator, Soilwork, Gamma Ray, ASP, Saxon
If you want to understand real pure Heavy Metal, straightforward, clear and simple - you have to be at RockHarz the second day. The afternoon was packed with the best representatives of this musical genre, mostly coming from Northern Europe, like DEADLOCK from Germany, GRAND MAGUS from Sweden, ILLDISPOSED from Denmark (Death Metal), SPIRITUAL BEGGARS from Sweden, ENTOMBED A.D. from Sweden (Death Metal), ANNIHILATOR from Canada (Thrash Metal) and SOILWORK from Sweden (Melodic-Death-Metal). It was a great pleasure listening and enjoying the energy and power of all of those performances. You could really feel the great enthusiasm each band was proud to deliver. People either relaxed in the warm and sunny afternoon, holding beers in their hands or just head-banging at the front of the stages.
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Ijsbaanhallen, Eindhoven, The Netherlands16th July 2016
Dynamo Metal Fest 2016 with Anthrax, At The Gates, Metal Church, Sacred Reich, Powerwolf, Obituary, Textures, Audrey Horne, Extremities
The success of the first re-edition of Dynamo Metal Fest (DMF) in 2015 was overwhelming. This semi open air festival provides several flavours of metal: some new, some old, some trash, death and Hardcore metal. This year’s line-up: ANTHRAX, AT THE GATES, METAL CHURCH, SACRED REICH, POWERWOLF, OBITUARY, TEXTURES, AUDREY HORNE and EXTREMITIES. Unfortunately LIFE OF AGONY had to cancel due to an accident of their drummer, but a worthy replacement was found with OBITUARY.
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