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…
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…
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…
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…
Background: For the next few days I was mainly doing the tourist thing, although I did briefly stop by one place in Milan and had an all too brief experience of Ljubljana’s vibrant nightlife, otherwise I was mostly enjoying craft beer and some great Italian food. In fact other than MetalDays there is not much…
First port of call was Spelunke! Bar, just outside of the centre and involving another suburban train, which was subject to a very rare (for Switzerland) delay. Anyway even though it’s out a bit, it’s probably one of the highlights of the trip. Entrance to Spelunke! Bar, where I had a pretty good time. The…
The first of the two bars I visited was Hellfest Corner – presumably associated with the metal festival of the same name. I was very taken with this place in particular, and this boosted my opinion of Paris greatly for one particular reason: they served food! Not only that, they served it at 10pm where…
First port of call of the evening was Paule’s Metal Eck, where there was plenty of the good end of mainstream metal there, including the Deftones and Trivium. They also sold their own branded beer, and the inside was pretty metal too: Paule himself (assuming that’s his actual name) was also pretty friendly too, and…
I had debated with myself whether or not to bother travelling to Metal Cave, since it looked like it was a fair way out of town on the map (7 km from where I was staying), but it looked like the only place that was open on a Tuesday evening. In the end I thought…
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….