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Fields of Rock, Nijmegen, the NetherlandsJune 18th 2005
Rammstein, Black Sabbath, Audioslave, Machine Head, Velvet Revolver, After Forever, Slayer, Motörhead, Papa Roach, Alter Bridge
Finally it was time, the first huge metal festival of this summer in the Netherlands. Some 50.000 metal fans gathered on the 18th of June in the Goffertpark (a large park) in Nijmegen. One of the biggest stages in Europe had been set up which was divided in two forming the two main stages. Besides this huge stage there was a smaller stage called the MTV stage and there was a tent stage as well. Fields of Rock was held for the second time. Two years ago was the first edition, so why no festival last year? No big names available. Fields of Rock is guaranteed to deliver a day with only the biggest names in metal. Let’s hope there will be a festival again next year as this year was a huge success.
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Amphi Festival 2005 - Amphi Theater, Gelsenkirchen, Germany1st July 2005
Day 1: This Morn´ Omnia, Unheilig, Zeraphine, Goethes Erben, Project Pitchfork, Client
After raining the whole day, the rain stopped just in time for the start of the festival and a blue sky appeared over the “Amphi Theater” in Gelsenkirchen. As I arrived at the location there were a lot of people waiting outside to change their tickets into the festival bands and to go into the venue. As always when you do something new, there were some minor difficulties with the first Orkus Open Air in Gelsenkirchen too. So the people had to wait really long until they could go in. Due to these problems the promoters started with the second band “Unheilig” one hour later then planned so that most of the people had a chance to see them.
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Lunabar, Muenster, Germany09th June 2005
Client
Client A and Client B, the two ladies behind the project Client, seem to be among the most hard-working live acts if you look at their tour schedule. Straight after their tour with Erasure they hit the road again to do a headliner tour through Europe´s clubs. Of course including some places in Germany. And when Client come to your town you are going to see them, even if it´s just a mere 4 weeks ago you checked them out live. ;-)
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Wâldrock, Burgum, Friesland, The Netherlands June 4th 2005
Megadeth, Dimmu Borgir, Metal Church, Life of Agony, Soilwork, Messugah, Accept, Epica, Scarve, Entombed, Strapping Young Lad
Although Waldrock was not sold-out, it was considerably busy on the festival ground. There even arose traffic-jams in front of the parking place in the little town of Burgum. Because of the mud it even went slower then I hoped. As a result, I missed the kick off of the festival, the ‘Frisian’ band: Icepick. The tone was set when the Christian demonstrators started to distribute cards and ‘provoking’ young people who came from the campsite and waited for the entrance, had some nice discussions.
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Arrow Rock Festival, Lichtenvoorde, The NetherlandsJune 11th 2005
Meat Loaf, Dream Theater, Survivor, Styx
After a kilometres walk from the station, through rain and sunshine, I arrived at the festival ground. One huge stage was set up and one tent. When a performance at the main stage was going on, the tent was made ready for the next band and vice versa. There was a little festival market and many food and drink stands which some might have visited a bit too often….. but all in all there was a nice and friendly atmosphere.
