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Concert Review & Video Interview: Fearless Vampire Killers in Munich at Backstage Club

May 16, 2016

Munich, Backstage Club, May 10, 2016 It’s been only about three months since FVK (aka Fearless Vampire Killers) last played in Europe. They’ve been out on tour with Escape The Fate then. But finally now, after four times playing as an opening band, they were out on their first European headline tour, which also led them to Munich. First headline tours always carry a risk, because it’s hard to say how many people will really come to the shows, so I was curious who would show up. As one could expect the majority of the audience were young females, but there were also a few guys rocking out. It was pretty quiet, when I got to the Backstage. Usually there’s lots of people hanging around, waiting for the clubs to open. That night it was only one out of three differently sized venues that was busy and that was where I was heading. We had an interview scheduled with the band before show time, so we waited outside until the band was ready for [Read More]

Lord Of The Lost release new video

May 11, 2016

Lord Of The Lost released the video of a brand new song ‘The Love Of God’ today. It’s their 15th video and the first single release from the upcoming record ‘Empyrean’. The single will be out May 13th. Check out the video here: To get the single, go to http://www.outoflineshop.de/ . Also, Lord Of The Lost will be out with Combichrist on their ‘Make Europe Great Again’ tour in June 2016. Here’s the list of dates. Don’t miss Lord Of The Lost live June 03 – Hamburg (GER) – Große Freiheit June 04 – Erfurt (GER) – HSD-Gewerkschaftshaus June 05 – München (GER) – Backstage June 09 – Köln (GER) – Live Music Hall June 10 – Tielt (B), Europahal June 11 – Amstelveen (Amsterdam/NL), P60 June 12 – Kopenhagen (DK), Amager Bio June 13 – Göteborg (SWE), Sticky Fingers June 14 – Stockholm (SWE), DB Lux June 16 – Turku (SF), Klubi June 17 – Tampere (SF), Yo-Ta-Lo June 18 – Helsinki (SF), Circus June 19 – Tallinn (EST), Rock Café June 23 – [Read More]

Concert review: Four Year Strong with Holly Would Surrender and Newdrive by Alex Bock

May 8, 2016

Munich, Strom, May 4th, 2016 When I got to the venue at about 15 minutes before doors there were about 15 people waiting outside. Luckily this changed fast, when people came pouring in. The Strom is only a small club, but it was packed tightly that night. Four Year Strong played an incredibly powerful set from the first to the last note. The audience went nuts from the get go. The started out with ‘We All Float Down Here’ and everyone was moving along. After the third song a woman in the front row started yelling at the band and everyone in general. She then crawled onto the stage and sat there for a while, fumbling around with her phone. Everyone was so surprised I guess, they let her be on stage for a whole song, where she (more or less) danced on stage and tried to yell again into every microphone. She was then led off stage, where she still yelled around, but then left entirely. After that minor incident, which was really [Read More]

Fearless Vampire Killers begin European tour and interview with Kier Kemp

May 3, 2016

Fearless Vampire Killers – European tour starts today! From May 3rd FVK (aka Fearless Vampire Killers) will be out on their first European headliner tour. It starts in Paris at the Backstage and concludes in Amsterdam on May 12th. By the end of 2015 Kier Kemp (singer/guitarist) sat down and answered some questions…. Where do you come from? How/where did you meet? Kier: We come from a small town called Beccles in Suffolk and Luke comes from Hemel Hemstead. We were all school friend and then we found Luke on the internet. Online dating style… Where does your band name come from? Kier: It’s a comedy horror film by Roman Polanski. How would you describe your music style? Kier: It’s been called many things. I guess at the heart we’re mostly punk rock kids but we all listen to lots of music and infuse it with metal and more theatrical elements. What are your influences? Kier: Everything from Green Day to the Beatles and Trent Reznor to wham! You just released an [Read More]

Concert Review Neck Deep with WSTR and Creeper at the Strom

April 17, 2016

Munich, April 11th, 2016 It was an all English evening last Monday. When we got to the venue about 30 minutes before doors there weren’t that many people already waiting outside, so we were curious how many would show up that night. Turned out, the club was pretty packed…. WSTR were the first to hit the stage. Their set was very well received. The Liverpool based band released their EP last year September. Check it out. If you like Neck Deep, you’ll like them too. Second opener were Creeper. They just recently released an EP ‚The Stranger‘ not that long ago. They definitely brought along some fans to that show. There were quite a few people already singing along to their songs. It’s been their first time in Germany, but I’m sure it won’t be their last. Neck Deep, the headliner of the night, really tore the place apart. Or should I say their fans did? From the first tunes to the last note the crowd jumped, staged dived and sang along to each and [Read More]

Concert Review By Alex Bock of Say We Can Fly with The Living in Munich

February 23, 2016

Say We Can Fly with The Living in Munich, Orangehouse, February 21st, 2016 Braden Barrie, probably better known as Say We Can Fly, visited our beautiful city yesterday to play a gig at the Orangehouse. It’s a small venue, with an even smaller stage. But that makes shows all the more cozy. Contrary to the concerts I usually attend, it was a really quiet kind of night. Due to the band arriving a bit late, doors opened only about 10 minutes before the announced show time. In the end the show started at about 20.30 (8.30 pm), half an hour later than scheduled. Braden had a local band opening up for him. They’re called The Living. They play a bluesy-poppy tune. It’s easy listening music. They’ll soon go out on a little tour of their own promoting the release of their upcoming EP ‘Open Stories’. Braden Barrie, a Canada resident, played last year’s Vans Warped tour in the US and finally he made it over the great pond and to tour European soil. The [Read More]

Concert Review by Alex Bock of The Winery Dogs / Inglorious in Munich

February 18, 2016

Munich, Feb. 15th, 2016, Backstage So Munich was in for a special treat last Monday. The Winery Dogs made a stop in Munich on their, so far pretty successful, world tour. The venue was packed and sold out, even a barrier was installed, which isn’t the ordinary for that venue. Not that it would’ve been needed to hold back the audience, because they behaved quite well. But it was a plus for the photographers (which includes myself). Opener on this tour was Inglorious. They are a hard rock band from the UK. Influences include the classic rock bands like Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Rainbow and Aerosmith. Definitely a band you should look into when you’re a fan of the ‘classic’ hard rock genre. Even though the audience didn’t really move that much (that’s honestly no bands fault, that’s a town specific thing), it was fun to watch them play. You could occasionally see people moving their heads slightly, tapping their feet and sometimes cheering. However, the band played a solid set. So for all [Read More]