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NEC, Birmingham, UK7th and 8th November 2009
Hellfire Festival Day 1 - Main Stage: Beholder, Sacred Mother Tongue, Blaze Bayley, Benediction, Anvil, Saxon
We arrived at the NEC, to the usual traffic chaos that any event there brings and the extortionate parking charges they levy, which is why it's one of my pet hate venues in the whole of the UK. However in its defence it's very central to the motorway network and their car parks are reasonably secure, so your car is likely to still be there when you get back. Amenities are good, with pubs, food outlets, cash machines etc all available within eyeshot, and best of all the loos are great! Originally this was supposed to be a 3 day festival, but was changed, quite late on to a two day, starting on the Saturday. It was a masterpiece of engineering that they only lost a couple of bands (CANCER BATS being one of them) and the organisation actually looked second to none. Well done Transcend!
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Annexet, Stockholm, Sweden13th November 2009
United, Expartriate, Placebo
Personally I haven't listened to PLACEBO for a long time, after listening to Placebo's new record as well as some older ones, I knew that this was a band that I really wanted to see live. There was some trouble with making it happen but in the end my friend Evelina and I stood outside of the venue Annexet together with a lot of other people in the cold waiting for the doors to open.
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Whisky, Hollywood, CA, USA13th November 2009
Slant, The Attitude, and The Dreaming
What can be more exciting than to celebrate the most feared day of the entire year or pretty much whenever it pops up? I’m talking about Friday the 13th. This unlucky bad filled night or day of disaster was actually a night filled with your modern rock’n’rollers just looking for a good time to party it up.
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Halle Gartlage, Osnabrück, Germany14th November 2009
Gotthard & Europe
GOTTHARD & EUROPE came to Osnabrück. That fact caused countless people from all directions to the city. Even some fans from Japan and the UK had come, especially for GOTTHARD. The venue was packed accordingly and it started getting really tight in the hall. But finally the doors opened and everyone tried to secure the best spot for themselves not to miss anything when both bands would lay down a memorable show.
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Matrix, Bochum, Germany8th November 2009
Primal Fear, Brainstorm
When I reached the Matrix club, doors still were closed with not too many people waiting in front of them to get in. This was going to change rapidly just a few moments later. The queue got longer and longer with fans of every age wanting to see these two Metal heavyweights and the mentioned bands had prepared something that would satisfy them all.
