Posts from the ‘Steff’ Category
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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A quick update on my life at the moment. I’m sitting in the living room of CDH’s aunty’s living room, writing while CDH and Johnowar debate science fiction books. We’ve been having a relaxing couple of days in Stoke-on-Trent, since we’ve been motoring through Europe at the breakneck pace. We’ve gone from Wacken down to [...]
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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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Hails all from an internet cafe in Austria, where nothing is as it seems. The Z is where the Y should be and I totallz have no idea where the backslash is! We have been having an amaying time! We landed in Hamburg safe and sound and went into town to see Miniatuar Wunderland, the [...]
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Blog4NZ – Heavy Metal travel in Auckland
Review: Amon Amarth, Surtur Rising
Metalheads 101: Attending Your First Metal Concert
Review: Onward We March – the Golden Vine (plus WIN a copy of the album)
Linking Horn: Back to the Linkture
