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Periphery, Veil of Maya and Good Tiger – Munich. Concert Review by Alex Bock

December 14, 2015

Concert Review Periphery, Veil Of Maya and Good Tiger Munich, Strom, December 8th, 2015 On short notice the show was delayed from the Backstage (my fave venue) to the Strom (to be honest one of my least favorite ones, because it’s in the heart of the city, they have late show starts – 9.30 pm – and the shows usually have to end at 12 pm latest). It’s a pretty small venue, which was however really packed that night. The first opening act were Good Tiger. They are what’s usually called a super group consisting of well known musicians. The band features ex-Tesseract vocalist Elliot Coleman, ex-The Safety Fire guitarists Derya Nagle and Joaquin Ardiles, ex-The Faceless drummer Alex Rüdinger and bassist Morgan Sinclair, who was on tour with Architects as a guitarist. In summer this year they started an IndieGoGo campaign to help finance their debut record ‘A Head Full Of Moonlight’, which was released in early November 2015. They had the goal for the campaign set for 16.000 $ and raised that in about 24 hours. [Read More]

Nothing More w. Zoax, Munich, Backstage, Nov. 26th 2015. Concert Review by Alex Bock

November 29, 2015

After having to skip the first tour of Nothing More through Germany with Halestorm in summer, I finally made it to the Munich show of their current European tour. The last one promoting their recent self-titled record. It was actually their third time in Germany already, all this year, because they also attended this year’s Rock am Ring and Rock im Park. Opening act for this part of the European tour is Zoax, a band from the UK. Zoax formed in 2013 and released their second EP in February 2015. Their music’s a bit heavier than Nothing More, but nevertheless both bands fit perfectly together. The five piece from London delivered a fun and groovy set. Their singer Adam handles the crowd pretty well, leaving the stage to mingle with the crowd during one song, climbing the stairs to a kind of balcony in the venue to play some tunes on an acoustic guitar. He really knows how to involve the audience into the show. It was more like a meeting with friends, than [Read More]

W.A.S.P. w. Lucky Bastardz and Rebellious Spirit in Munich. Review by Alex Bock

November 7, 2015

Concert Review W.A.S.P. w. Lucky Bastardz and Rebellious Spirit, Munich, Theaterfabrik, October 29, 2015 What can you expect, when a band like W.A.S.P. announces a show? I can tell you…. A solid rock show in a packed house with a crowd that rocks hard throughout the whole show. After almost six years W.A.S.P. released their latest record ‘Golgotha’ on October 2nd. 33 years in the business now, they lost nothing of their grip live, although they didn’t use fake blood or any other spooky props at their show, like they’re kind of famous for. They started the show with ‘On Your Knees’ from their 1984 debut album ‘W.A.S.P.’ Four songs on the set-list were actually from that album, the record that holds many of their hit songs like f.e. ‘L.O.V.E. Machine’. They also played ‘Golgotha’, ‘The Last Runaway’ and the ballad ‘Miss you’ from their recent release. Anyway, old or new, the crowd seems to have known every word of every song. There were only two short breaks during the show. They finished their [Read More]

Northlane tearing the Backstage down along with The Acacia Strain and Hellions

October 20, 2015

Munich, October 17th, 2015 Last weekend Northlane made a stop in Munich during their European Tour with Volumes, The Acacia Strain and Hellions. Volumes had to cancel their set that night due to medical issues. The night started off with the Sydney based band Hellions, followed by The Acacia Strain, a band from Boston, MA. When the headliner Northlane entered the stage, the room was already heated like a sauna. Throughout all three sets there was a constant coming and going on stage. Almost permanently fans were trying to enter the stage, dancing and rocking along with the band, some even taking selfies on stage, just to jump back into the crowd. The audience was really rocking hard to the heavy sound of all three bands, simply enjoying life. From a photographers point of view catastrophic, with so many people kicking around while struggling to get on stage, just to jump down a few moments later. The humidity in the room was so high, that I had to clean the fog from my lense [Read More]

Concert Review Seether and LTNT in Munich by Alexandra Bock

August 11, 2015

Seether w. LTNT, Backstage Werk, Munich, August 10, 2015 After two festival dates Seether started their club tour in Munich. They brought along a band from North London called LTNT (Lieutenant). They are a three piece band, describing their music style on facebook as ‘alt rock product of youth post good times’ and good times it were yesterday. LTNT also played the world famous Download festival this year (and last year too). Their debut record and recent show stirred quite some attention in the music industry. You got to check them out for yourself. Here’s a link to their latest music video on the Youtube chanel: It was another one of those hot days and nights and the the heat inside was kinda brutal. That didn’t stop both bands to celebrate an awesome rock show. Seether delivered an incredible set, sounding much heavier on stage than on their records. The audience was with the band from the first tunes on. The photo pit was hot, I wouldn’t want to know what it was like in [Read More]

Concert Review of Combichrist, Lacrimas Profundere, Vlad In Tears and Controlled Collapse in Munich by Alex Bock

July 26, 2015

Backstage Werk, Munich, July 25th, 2015 It was Free & Easy day 4 when an interesting line-up stopped at the Backstage Werk. Controlled Collapse started that evening. They are a 4 piece from Poland. They started out in 2003 and play an industrial/electro sound. I heard them for the first time, even though they aren’t new to the scene and it was fun. Heard some people talking about the set afterwards and they were really impressed by their performance. Controlled Collapse That set was followed by two Germany based bands. First Vlad In Tears and then Lacrimas Profundere. Both bands playing an awesome show and both bands well known to the audience. Vlad In Tears Lacrimas Profundere Combichrist were the headliner that evening. I saw them twice now and every time it was a party. I love their live shows. It’s a heavy, energetic show. I felt a little for the drum tech that evening, because Joey, the drummer, constantly threw stuff around. Either it was drum sticks, with which he even hit [Read More]