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Metal Female Voices III, Oktoberhallen Wieze, BelgiumOctober 22nd 2005
Lacuna Coil, Leaves's Eyes, After Forever, Epica, Asrai, Midnattsol, Skeptical Minds, Autumn, Mercury Rain, Elis, The Legion of Hetheria, Anachronia
The long queue in front of the Oktoberhallen were a good sign for all those bands who were coming for the third time to Metal Female Voices Fest. This time in a big hall with two stages and more bands. When the doors open, more then 1,5 hours later then planned, the dust approaches you. Soon more people come in and the atmosphere is there. For many people in the audience it is a tight planned day with soon after each other the bands. When the time comes closer to the headliner the people are more and more tired. After all a very good day. With some big respect for the organiser Philty. (SD)
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Patronaat, Haarlem, The NetherlandsOctober 23rd 2005
Trail of Tears
On a cold an sometimes rainy day a crowd gathered outside the new Patronaat in Haarlem to see the last concert of the mini tour of Trail of Tears. This mini tour was to let us know they are still around and they will be back again once their new album is released. Playing us a mixture of their latest album and the ‘Dimension of Might’ album they gave a strong performance through which they definitely made sure they will be more then welcome on their next tour.
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König-Pilsner-Arena, Oberhausen, Germany28th October 2005
Coldplay and Goldfrapp
As I heard that Goldfrapp would be supporting Coldplay I knew that I had to see that show. Goldfrapp are brilliant... and unfortunately they gave only two headliner shows in Germany: Berlin and Hamburg. So the only chance was to see them together with Coldplay – another great band. What a package! Just one day before the concert I´ve got the confirmation to see that sold out show in the arena in Oberhausen, which grasps 13.000 people max. We had quite some trouble to be there in time... even though we started very early we reached the arena just in time... traffic jams and the search for a parking lot took a lot of time and so we were taking in our seats just at the forst sounds of Goldfrapps “Utopia” which opened the show.
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American Pool Bar, Dendermonde, BelgiumOctober 21st 2005
Trisomy, Valkyre, The Legion of Hetheria
A small venue which normally, as the name suggests, serves as a pool bar has been transformed into this place for the local metal fans to hang out tonight. Opposite to the train station situated on a small square, the venue is locked in between small disco look-a-likes. A Dutch, a Belgian and a Mexican gothic metal band were to hit the make-shift stage tonight to balance out the poppy disco tunes that come from the other buildings.
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Graspop Metal Meeting – 10th edition
26th june 2005
Dessel – Belgium
Iron Maiden, Lacuna Coil, Dio, Yngie Malsteem, Aborted, Hatesphere
The last day of the tenth anniversity of Graspop. A day with many big names, but also a day to relax a bit in the sun. The day that there were a lot of people with a ‘one day’ ticket. It is funny to see all those ‘fresh’ people, who seemed to be a bit lost. After some nice bowl from fruit for the vitamines and the energy they day could start.
