Exploring the world reviewing metal and rock bars, festivals, and more!
My final stop on this trip was back to Warsaw, somewhere I felt I really need to properly explore after spending too little time last year, so I made sure to spend a decent time walking around the city going to various museums. As far as rock pubs go there seems to be not much…
My final big gig of this trip was another huge favourite of mine, the neofolk band ROME. The creative outlet of Luxembourgian Jerome Reuter, ROME covers a wide range of philosophical and political subjects albeit whilst being unpretentious and not being preachy, something that is so rare of “political” and “protest” bands. On this tour…
As well as gigs, I looked out for some more bars to recommend to my metalhead and alternative-inclined friends back home. Before heading to the Alcest gig I decided to head to Rock Garaz (which I will come to later), but didn’t realise there was two bars sharing the same courtyard, so I actually ended…
My next gig took me to the cradle of the Polish nation, Poznań, to see another all time favourite band of mine, Alcest. I first fell in love with them when I saw them as they were touring with Opeth in London in 2014 and they are one band I can start listening to the…
Last month I was in Berlin to see one of my favourite folk metal banks, Arkona, for the first time in over four years, back during Bloodstock 2019, and also meet up with several good friends in Berlin who I made during MetalDays last year. This was the first gig as part of a tour around…
Festivalgoers in Germany really know how to make sure their camps have plenty of creature comforts, with generators, battery packs and solar panels abound, perfect for charging phones, running speakers, and most importantly, keeping beer cool! My camp had all these creature comforts, which was pretty important in the searing heat, I seldom was in…
Before I went to Rockharz 2023 (more on that to come) I spent the previous day in Berlin, and after I spent the afternoon getting various supplies for the festival, I set off to look at some more promising places. First place on my trip was Misfit Bar: As the name suggested, and as can…
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I finally emerged out of hibernation after a winter that seemed to never really end in mid-May, and it still wasn’t exactly summery weather for the most part either. This time round I was off to Germany, to another festival I had heard amazing things about: Dark Troll, which took place between May 18-20, with…
August 2 My penultimate day on the continent dawned as I started the journey home, returning to Milan where I would stay overnight before getting the morning train to Paris and then back to the UK. For a single day I managed to get a lot in, taking in Milan Cathedral, the Da Vinci Museum…