Exploring the world reviewing metal and rock bars, festivals, and more!
June 23-25 After a Covid-enforced two year hiatus, I was back at Kilkim! It was an hour drive in a minibus from Vilnius, where our group was befriended by a YouTuber called Lawrence (link to his channel here), who has been cycling around Europe videoblogging about music, history and paganism as a way to help…
June 22 A long day on the rails and road today, as I set off to Vilnius to meet with my metal family before heading to Kilkim Žaibu for three days of metal, folk and Baltic culture. The past two times I had been have marked among the highlights of my year, and in turn…
Krakow has many great places for a drink, and furthermore Poland is probably one of the cheapest places to get a beer in Europe! There are many places with lots of character amid a beautiful city, and at 5-10 zloty (£0.92-£1.85 at the time of writing) for a half litre, you can’t really go wrong….
June 19 I arrived into Krakow at 6:30am, and this time round I didn’t sleep too well, possibly because I was getting off before the final stop and I didn’t want to oversleep. My first hour was spent trying to get the 8 zloty in coinage needed for the left luggage lockers, since I had…
I had heard good things about Prague, it is well renowned for its nightlife and was informed that extended to the metal scene there, metalheads won’t be wanting for a place to drink here. The first place I found was the Hells Bells Rockin’ Pub, which is located underground, and had a great character and…
After my visit to the Museum of Communism, I further explored the city centre, and headed to Wenceslas Square, one of the main city squares in Prague, and was impressed: Next I visited the Franciscan Gardens, where I had an unfortunate misunderstanding with a toilet attendant, not realising that the toilets were pay to get…
June 17 I boarded my train to Munich, sharing a couchette compartment with three friendly Dutchmen, from who I learned that Dutch sounds like a drunk Englishman attempting German – which I can well believe. Although in a jovial mood they weren’t too late getting to bed, although the attendant did inform me that he…
The first bar I went to was FREIDA bar. I picked up the heavy vibe as soon as I went in, and they had plenty of outdoor seating for me to have a cool glass of Jever Pilsner, just what was needed since the mercury seldom dropped below 30 during my trip. I would happily…
I have wanted to travel across Europe, working my way from city to city since I graduated from uni. After the pandemic had shurnk everyone’s world for the past two years, I decided to make the most of the ending of restrictions and go and do that trip, taking in two European metal festivals: Kilkim Žaibu in…