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Willemeen, Arnhem, The NetherlandsJanuary 19th 2006
Trail of Tears and Xystus
Due to lack of time I arrived at the Willemeen while Xsystus had already started. It had its advantages, no line for instance. Although it seemed there hadn’t been a line anyway for it was not all that busy inside. There was a crowd of some 30 people max. The ones who were there were having a good time though and during their performance more people came in. Both bands had their own audience, in between the bands there was a change between the back and the front of the audience.
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Paradiso, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsJanuary 27th 2006
Children of Bodom & Ectomorph
Children of Bodom, now that takes me back. Back to the days of special shows showing metal and hard rock videos on tv, where you could discover new bands you would instantly love. Such was also the case with Children Of Bodom. It was fast, it was heavy, and it contained a lot of technical tricks and licks. Who could not love that. Though I’m not a big fan anymore, I was excited to see them again. The band which caused the “melodic death metal” genre.
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Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsJanuary 26 2006
Deep Purple & SQY Rocking Team
A mixed crowd of men in their forties who still dressed like the good old hard rock fans they used to be or those who had changed over time into ordinary people. Dads brought their sons to the Heineken Music hall to go see the music which influenced their younger days. A great crowd had filled up the sold out venue with the fanatic fans in the front and the quiet music lovers nicely placed in seats at the back. Waiting in anticipation the audience had to live through the support act to see what they came for: Deep Purple.
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Boederij, Zoetermeer, the NetherlandsFebruary 2nd 2006
Kamelot, Xystus
Kamelot are back on the road. After a successful tour in December and some summer festivals later six months went by quickly. With this small tour they are preparing themselves for the DVD recording in Oslo. For the second time they will enter the stage in Zoetermeer, not to promote an album, but to show that they are still happy with their fan base here in Europe.
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de Kade, Zaandam, The NetherlandsFebruary 11th 2006
Angels & Agony, XP8, Minerve, Misery
When people from the Zaandam area decide it's time to have some more gothic at de Kade their bodly start organizing a series of evenings with live acts and a couple of DJs to get a real party going. Tonight they gathered quite a few nice bands but unfortunately less than 20km away the legendary Bauhaus were doing their only gig in the Netherlands. The venue didn't quite fill well at the beginning but as the night progressed it got more crowded.
