Month: August 2016

Concerts

Concert Review Free & Easy Festival – July 31st, 2016, Part 2: Lionheart

August 16, 2016

So I left The Dead Daisies a bit earlier to catch some of Lionheart’s show next door. I checked the Halle a few times that night to get a glimpse at the opening bands and the later the night, the hotter it got there. The temperature outside was by far colder than inside, so at first I had to clean the fog from my lens a few times, because it felt like a sauna in there. Five seconds in and you were drenched. Lionheart played a really powerful set, tearing down the place. The crowd was in a constant mosh-pit and towards the end of the show, there was almost constant crowd surfing. They poured their heart and soul into it, Rob Watson, their singer, thanking the crowd more than once for twelve awesome years. He even jumped into the crowd himself, surfing along. You could really see that they played to have fun and everyone could feel that. The band announced that they will call it quits after over a decade of recording and touring. [Read More]

Concerts

Concert Review Free & Easy Festival – July 31st, 2016, Part 1: The Dead Daisies

August 16, 2016

Every summer one of my favorite venues in Munich, the Backstage, is hosting the Free & Easy festival. That’s 18 days of free shows on different stages inside and open-air. Last year they had bands like Combichrist, Hardcore Superstar and Armored Saint. This year also drew some awesome bands. I was able to get there on three nights, first one July 31st, where The Dead Daisies played a smaller stage, the Club and Lionheart had their last ever Munich show at the Halle. Stage times of both bands collided, so I chose to start off with The Dead Daisies and in between switch to Lionheart. I got to the venue way before the different clubs opened for the audience. Since the whole area is open for public, it’s much more crowded than on usual concert nights. So when I got there, people were already queuing for The Dead Daisies. Usually there’s opening bands, but The New Roses, that were at first set to play before TDD, switched to the midnight gig, so fans in there [Read More]

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Like A Storm introduce new video for “Break Free”

August 15, 2016

    Like A Storm released a new video for the song ‘Break Free’ today. It involves not only the band, but also fans from all around the world. It seems like the song not only means a lot to the band itself, but to many of their fans too, which sparked the idea to include them in the video. Check it out here Like A Storm will be out on tour in November and December in Europe/UK with Alter Bridge. Make sure to catch them live there. Here’s some impression from last time we caught them live in Munich with Escape The Fate   Make sure to follow the band on their social media https://www.facebook.com/LikeAStorm/home http://www.likeastorm.com/ http://www.twitter.com/LikeAStorm https://www.instagram.com/likeastorm/?hl=de ~ Contributed by Alex Bock, https://twitter.com/abphotomjp

Concerts

Concert Review Free & Easy Festival – August 2nd, 2016 (Werk) by Alex Bock

August 15, 2016

Deez Nuts That day Australian hardcore band Deez Nuts were the headliner. Three opening bands got the crowd going. First off there were Watch Out Stampede from Bremen, Germany, followed by Pathways who played a home gig. The third band on the bill were Hawthorne Heights whose Rock sound didn’t exactly fit the bill, but that didn’t stop the crowd from forming a mosh pit during their set. Hawthorne Heights are currently on a UK/European tour until August 19th. When Deez Nuts hit the stage, they were welcomed by a cheering crowd. They were starting out their set with ‘Shot After Shot’ and played a good mix of old and new stuff. All in all a set of 13 songs. The show was over pretty quick though and didn’t even last an hour, not much longer than their successors Hawthorne Heights played. Nevertheless, the people loved it. Here’s some impressions of the night: Watch Out Stampede: Pathways: Hawthorne Heights: Deez Nuts: Make sure to follow the band on their social media https://www.facebook.com/deeznutshardcore/home https://twitter.com/deeznuts https://www.instagram.com/deeznutsdtd/ ~ [Read More]

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Slipknot and Marilyn Manson at Concord Pavilion, Photo Gallery by Sean Liming

August 15, 2016

Slipknot and Marilyn Manson delivered their shock rock sets at the Concord Pavilion this past Saturday. It was a night that many  have been waiting for as the rescheduled date finally arrived. You can check out a photo gallery of Slipknot and Marilyn Manson from our contributing photographer, Sean Liming. Slipknot: Marilyn Manson: You can check out a list of upcoming tour dates of Slipknot with Marilyn Manson by heading over to: http://www.livenation.com/artists/157475/slipknot-and-marilyn-manson and for more Slipknot dates: http://www.slipknot1.com/events. Make sure to visit their social media sites and stay up to date on their latest news. Information & Links: Slipknot https://www.facebook.com/slipknot/ http://www.slipknot1.com/ http://instagram.com/slipknot https://twitter.com/slipknot Marilyn Manson www.marilynmanson.com/ https://www.facebook.com/MarilynManson https://twitter.com/marilynmanson ~ Photography by: Sean Liming Photography Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SeanLimingPhotography/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/s.liming/  

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Lord Of The Lost announce Raining Stars Tour 2017. Contributed by Alex Bock

August 15, 2016

Hamburg based dark rock band Lord Of The Lost announced a big tour for early 2017. Ticket presales have already started. Their latest record Empyrian, that got released only a week ago, is already pretty successful. Entering the German Top 50 in no time, it’s in the top 10 by now. Congratulations! Check out their latest release from that awesome record, ‘Drag Me To Hell’ We were able to catch the band live some weeks ago on the ‘Make Europe Great Again’ tour with Combichrist, Filter and Rabia Sorda. Check out some live pics:     Make sure to follow the band on their social media http://lordofthelost.de/ https://www.facebook.com/lordofthelost/ https://twitter.com/lordofthelost https://www.instagram.com/officiallordofthelost/?hl=de ~ Contributed by Alex Bock, https://twitter.com/abphotomjp

Music Friday Live

M.A.K.U. Sound System:  the United State of Dance

August 15, 2016

By Patrick O’Heffernan (Los Angeles) Raising her drumstick high above her straw hat-topped head haloed in electric blue light, drummer/vocalist Liliana Conde proclaimed “We can be together, we can come together right here with music”, and loosed the joyful demon players of the moving, grooving magical music machine, M.A.K.U. Sound System, who exploded onstage with the most infectious people-in-motion dance music this side of Colombia at LA’s Skirball Cultural Center.   Known as an “immigrant band” because most of its members are from Colombia, M.A.K.U. Sound System is currently on a national tour which brought it to the  Skirball Center  straddling the hills separating west LA from the San Fernando Valley, packing it with a diverse audience from all over this vast city and baking them into a single pulsing, dancing organism.  Out of their seats and onto the brick plaza under flashing LED lights on a cool summer night there were break dancers, cumbia dancers, salsa dancers, rock dancers and just plain old jumping up and down dancers  bumping into each other, applauding each other, hugging each other.  [Read More]