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…
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…
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…
June 28 I tried to make the most of the one full day I had in Warsaw, a city that isn’t known as a tourist destination in the way that Krakow is, but I soon wished I had more time to spend here – a running theme through this summer was that I felt I…
June 26 We returned to Vilnius for one final evening of food and drinks before my group caught flights to the UK the following day. Whilst I tried to remain excited by having a few days of overland adventures to come, festival comedown hit me hard, and I also wished I could spend a bit…
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…
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…