Posts from the ‘Grog Fests’ Category
Being a New Zealander, Halloween has never been a big deal for me. We never trick or treated, or held Halloween parties or decorated the house. The older (gulp) I get, the more I’m into celebrating this macabre holiday. I’m helped, of course, by the fact that my wedding anniversary is on this same day. [...]
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Smaller than Wacken by a factor of seven, but equally as rad, was Bloodstock Open Air festival at Catton Hall, Walton-on-Trent, UK, which I attended this weekend. We chose Bloodstock out of the myriad of european festivals as CDH’s favorite band of all time (and one of mine, too) Blind Guardian were headlining, and it [...]
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Pretty self-explanetory Hammerfall: sunburnt metal UK Subs: ghey punk Doro: raspy blonde Running Wild: Piratical oldies Dragonforce: posing silliness Epica: epic pyrotechnics Turisas: giggle rasputin Korplikaani: Folk Pit TBO: German admirer Amon Amarth: Growl Vikings Super Love and Shoggoth Kisses Steff
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So, Wacken Open Air. The holy land of heavy metal. I came, I saw, I waded through puddles of urine. It was – although there are certinaly other strong contendors – the best five days of my entire life. I can’t explain Wacken to someone who doesn’t understand heavy metal. It’s not about seeing the [...]
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This week’s Up the Iron’s is brought to you by the letter Kreig and the number 666. Full Metal up the irons to Wacken Open Air for being the most amazing week. Currywurst, clinking glasses to a cry of “Proust!” Being in my first ever “Folk Pit” during Korplikaani – extreme metal folk dancing, watching [...]
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Linking Horn: Links for the Jolly Red Man
Review: Antipope – House of Harlot
NZ Metal News and Gig Guide: Ulcerate and Diocletion Europe dates, Rites of
Review: Impureza – La Iglesia Del Odio (French Flamenco Metal Band)
Review: Denni Elizabeth – The Girl with the Axe
