Monat: Dezember 2024

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Concert review: Versengold, Schandmaul & Doppelbock, Winterlights Revierpark Dortmund, 13 December 2024

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When Versengold and Schandmaul were announced for 2024’s medieval Christmas market in Dortmund, I was super excited. Firstly, I had decided to stop seeing Versengold outside of „medieval“ settings at some point, so I was pleased to be offered another chance to see them. And secondly, I could give Schandmaul another chance, whom I had seen several years ago and didn’t enjoy the show very much (poor sound, boring crowd). There was an unexpected plot twist though when first the location changed from Fredenbaumpark to Revierpark in Dortmund and finally, a few weeks prior to the first concerts, the medieval Christmas market had to be cancelled. Very sad. There’ll be a few more details on that below the cut.

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Concert Review: Hardcore Superstar, Wednesday 13 & South of Salem, Essigfabrik Cologne, 21 November 2024

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This concert was a chance for me to kill two birds with one stone (I am absolutely NOT a fan of this idiom, what the heck). I’ve been a massive Wednesday 13 fan since my teenage days and when they announced that they would finally (been waiting for this long enough) return to Germany AND bring along their Wednesday 13 playing Murderdolls set, I was more than excited. And I was even more pleased to find out that they were touring with Hardcore Superstar, which is another band I’ve been listening to a lot as a teenager (not as much as Wednesday 13 though).

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Concert review: Erdling & Hand of Juno, Kulttempel Oberhausen, 8 November 2024

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Do you happen to have a band you don’t listen to very actively, but as soon as you have the chance to see them live you take the chance with great pleasure? For me, one such band is Erdling. I’ve seen them live for the first time at a small medieval festival in Merseburg and their stage energy blew me away. Yet, their music has never really made it into my playlists. I still went to see them at Summer Breeze this year and I did not hesitate to buy tickets for their anniversary tour. And I can tell you so much: It was worth it!

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Concert review: Self Deception, Eyes Wide Open & THECITYISOURS, Club Volta Cologne, 5 December 2024

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Once again I’ve been to two shows of Self Deception’s current headline tour with their new album Destroy The Art. And stuff’s getting a little complicated, because a) I took photos at both shows but b) only at the first show in Vechta I took photos of THECITYISOURS and Eyes Wide Open and c) I don’t have the best memory of the show in Vechta because I started feeling terribly unwell mid-show, which overshadowed large parts of the concert experience. So in my review, I’ll focus on the Cologne show, which I could enjoy to the fullest. I’ll most likely prepare a separate gallery post for my photos from Vechta.

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Concert review: One Morning Left & Lost in Hollywood, MTC Cologne, 31 October 2024

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Other people visit Halloween parties, I decided to attend a concert. It’s been two very long years since I last saw One Morning Left live at Escalation Fest in 2022. Unfortunately, they then had to cancel their European headline tour in the same year due to bad ticket sales. So it’s unsurprising that their tour this year was called „Buy tickets for this tour tour 2024“. Well, so I did – and I was hyped – and here’s a little spoiler: IT WAS WORTH IT. One Morning Left might have made rank 2 in the best concerts of 2024 (no one will get past Imminence).