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Photogallery: Lionheart, Suicide Silence, Kublai Khan (TX), Paleface (swiss)

February 25, 2024

Last week we had the incredible pleasure of welcoming back a regular in our beautiful town – Lionheart. They made a stop in Munich on their 10-year- anniversary tour for their killer album “Welcome To The West Coast”. It’s almost traditional that they play at the Backstage Werk and also that the show is sold out. Same thing this time. It was an amazing package that night and people had lots of fun, including a wall of death solely for the ladies and a guy in a wheelchair crowd surfing. So no dull moments ….. enjoy the pictures. Paleface (swiss) Kublai Khan (TX) Suicide Silence Lionheart Thank you to the bands and venue for letting us cover the show! For more information on the bands, follow their social media: Lionheart https://www.facebook.com/lionheartca https://lionheartca.com/ https://instagram.com/LIONHEARTCA https://twitter.com/LIONHEARTCA Suicide Silence: http://www.suicidesilence.net/ www.facebook.com/SuicideSilence www.twitter.com/SuicideSilence Kublai Khan (TX) https://www.facebook.com/KublaiKhanTexoma/ https://www.kublaikhantx.com/ https://twitter.com/KublaiKhanTX https://www.instagram.com/kublaikhantx/ Paleface https://www.facebook.com/palefaceswiss https://www.palefaceofficial.com/ https://www.instagram.com/palefaceswiss/ https://www.tiktok.com/@palefaceswiss?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc ~ Alex

Bury Tomorrow, We Came As Romans, Kingdom Of Giants live in Munich

February 3, 2024

“Last time there were just a few crowd surfers,” they said. “This shouldn’t be too stressful,” they said. Didn’t take long until everyone realized, it wouldn’t be chill at all. Actually, the fans and the bands kept security pretty busy. Cudos to security, they did an amazing job of catching everyone and seeing them safely out of the pit. Kingdom Of Giants had an almost full house to start the night. They did a good job of getting the crowd ready for the following bands. So performance-wise they were great, but the sound was awful. Somehow the sound guy didn’t really find the right balance especially when it came to bass. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good bass, but this was just too much. Sometimes it was quite hard to get which song the band just played, cuz every time the bass hit, everything started tingling and it sounded like mash. Thankfully the sound got better when We Came As Romans hit the stage. They started their set with the title track of [Read More]

Beartooth play their biggest German headliner show in Munich

March 28, 2023

March 24th – A long-awaited tour finally happened – Beartooth came back to Munich and they brought two amazing bands along – Motionless In White and Stray From The Path. This tour was announced exactly two years ago. It should have happened in 2022, but was postponed to 2023. So it’s been a long time coming, but absolutely worth the wait. Earlier that day I got an email from Ticketmaster, that the show start was pushed back to 7.30 pm. Consider me surprised, when Stray From The Path went on stage at 7 pm sharp. Lately, it’s happening a lot, that show times are wrongly communicated. Always bad for the first band, but since it was a Friday night and all three bands already do have an established status among their fans, the venue was crowded, when Stray started their set with “Needful Things” from their latest record “Euthanasia”, which was released in 2022. They played a highly energetic set, with singer Drew Dijorio almost constantly on the move and jumping. People couldn’t help but [Read More]

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Avatar back in Munich on the Dance Devil Dance tour

March 28, 2023

March 22nd Swedish Melodic Deathcore band Avatar finally made it back to Bavaria’s capitol city Munich. Like many shows this year, this was also a postponed tour. There was a venue change from the originally picked Freiheitshalle to the new Theaterfabrik in Munich. The venue itself is around the scene for ages now, but it moved in town several times. It’s now located in Johanneskirchen in a neighborhood that probably isn’t all too happy about having a live music venue close by. The inside looks pretty with chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. The layout of the venue tough is kinda weird, because the stage is opposite the doors on the long wall and it’s pretty small. So when you stand to the far left or right of the stage you can’t make out that much of what’s going on on stage. There’s also a balcony in the back, which gives a good view of the stage. From my perspective it was pretty hard for the bands to get the audience in high spirits, at least [Read More]

Devin Townsend – Lightwork tour stops in Munich

March 16, 2023

Last time Devin Townsend made a stop in Munich during a tour has been with a very special evening of acoustic songs and q&a’s. This time he brought his latest record “Lightwork” to European stages. I had the pleasure of shooting the show at the Backstage for you and let me tell you, it was a hell of a show. He played a 90 minutes set with 13 songs from six records. He played four songs from “Lightwork”, starting the show with the bombastic song “Lightworker“. Setlist Lightworker Kingdom Dimensions Why? The Fluke Deadhead Deep Peace Heartbreaker Spirits Will Colide Truth Bad Devil Call Of The Void (Encore) Love? (Encore) Supporting acts were Fixation from Norway and Klone. Fixation played an energetic opening set. Unfortunately, the timing of the whole show was a little out of the plan. Actually, it was supposed to start at 8 pm. But by that time, Fixation had already ended their set. Too bad for the people who missed their set. Check out their latest single “More Alive“. The energy [Read More]

The Amity Affliction finish their European tour in Munich

February 6, 2023

Last Saturday fans were in for a treat at the Backstage in Munich. It was the last stop on The Amity Affliction’s tour through the EU/UK in 2023. Actually, it should have happened in October 2022, but it was postponed back then. Munich was one of the places that were sold out. It’s not often that even the road to the venue is blocked by all the cars that were waiting for a parking space. The queue in front of the venue was gigantic and when Seeyouspacecowboy started their set about 45 minutes after doors, there still were people pouring through the doors. All the bands put on great shows, but when The Amity Affliction started their set with “Pittsburgh” everyone went wild. I’ve never seen this venue so packed. The crowd was singing every song at the top of their lungs. Crowd surfers were “handed” to the front all smiles and the minute they got back on their feet, they went back into the audience to do it all over again. They played a [Read More]

Architects – FTTWTE tour finally hits Germany

January 13, 2023

Originally, the “For Those That Wish To Exist” was supposed to hit German stages last year. Unfortunately, the band had to postpone the tour. Almost a year later and also one album later, the band finally made it. I was able to catch the band live in Munich and believe me, they made the wait worthwhile. But first off let’s talk about the bands that opened the night. Show start was supposed to be 7 pm. At 6.50 pm the first opener got on stage a little bit ahead of the schedule. Maybe not the best idea, because the first bands of the night always have to fight with the venue not being very crowded, let alone when the show starts earlier than announced. I don’t really get, why people don’t take the chance to check out opening acts, esp. this one – Sleep Token. The band is from London. Their set is probably best described as dark and gloomy, which totally fits the sound. They were not unknown to parts of the audience and [Read More]