Live Reports
The Computers and The K. @ Witloof Bar Botanique, Brussels BE – 11 January 2012
Witloof Botanique Club reminds me why I considerably deserted the big concerts venues. A veritable underground club, a brick-walled basement, not very big. Perfect for attending a concert with your friends on a weekday. Even better if it’s a punk music show. (read more)
God Is An Astronaut @ VK*, Brussels BE – 3 November 2011
Post-rock is a very fashionable style nowadays, which I have discovered relatively recent and of which I know little about. But no matter how many references I would have received or how much I would have listened to it, I knew I had to go to a concert to really feel what it was about. Had the same feeling with Motorpsycho and Porcupine Tree, without making any comparison between styles and bands. When God Is An Astronaut announced a concert inBrussels, it seemed like the perfect opportunity for that. (read more)
Post-rock-ul este un stil foarte la modă acum, despre care am aflat relativ de curând și ştiu foarte puţine lucruri. Dar oricâte referinţe aș fi avut și oricât aș fi ascultat, ştiam că trebuie să merg la un concert ca să simt despre ce este vorba. Mi s-a întâmplat la fel cu Motorpsycho și Porcupine Tree, fără sa fac nici un fel de comparaţie între stiluri și trupe. Iar concertul God Is An Austonaut a fost ocazia perfectă pentru aşa ceva. (read more)
Down @Ancienne Belgique, Bruxelles – 14 iunie 2011
Îmi place să cred că muzicienii crează proiecte pentru că au ceva de spus, de transmis, din experiența lor dacă se poate, și nu doar pentru că așa se mai plătesc niște facturi. Dar cel mai bine este să te duci fără nici un fel de așteptări la Down, pentru că orice fel de experiență ai avea legată de metal, nu știi ce te lovește mai întâi: energia cu iz de anii ’90 a unui Anselmo total schimbat în bine sau greutatea sludge-ului, în intense repetiții și cu transformidabile influențe Sabbath. (read more)
Roger Waters – The Wall Live @ Sportpaleis Anvers, Belgia 27 mai 2011
Deşi păstrează puternic nota de clasic, acest The Wall nu se poate compara nici cu prestaţia Pink Floyd de acum 30 de ani, nici cu evenimentul din Berlin, chiar dacă „Hey You” e cântat tot după un zid complet, păpuşile uriaşe domina sala, porcul apare tot la „Run Like Hell”, animaţia e aceeaşi genialitate semnată Gerald Scarfe și, da, zidul se dărâma la final pentru ca band-ul să cânte „Outside the Wall”. (read more)
Although it keeps a strong classic key, this Wall cannot be compared with Pink Floyd’s performance of 30 years ago, nor with the even in Berlin. And this despite the fact that “Hey You” is still sung behind by a complete wall, giant inflate puppets still dominate the room, the pig still appears in “Run Like Hell”, the animation is the same genius signature of Gerald Scarf, and yes, the wall is torn down at the end for the band to play “Outside the Wall.” (read more)
Joe Satriani @Cirque Royal, Brussels BE – 30 October 2010
If you know and love his music, grab a ticket for a show, first chance you get. You won’t be disappointed. If you don’t, go anyway, you’ll be blown away. But go to listen to him, not to watch him. And don’t expect to be banging your head an jumping around: this is musical gastronomy, to be enjoyed as a special treat and dazzle your ears with hitherto unknown flavours, not a cathartic venting of collective emotions. This is an outstanding display of musical prowess from someone who is either a mutant or has sold his soul to the devil – not a metaphorical punch in the face. (read more)
Lokerse Festival @ Lokeren, Belgium – 1 August 2010. The“Metal Day”: Anthrax – Life of Agony – Panic Cell – Papa Roach
Belgium is a country full of festivals, all you need is find your music in one of them and some good company. I must say I had both on 1 August at Lokerse Festival, a ten-day summer festival in Lokeren, Belgium, which took place for the first time in 1975, presenting over the years big names as Sisters of Mercy, Iggy & The Stooges, Madness, Sex Pistols, Simple Minds, The Cure. I attended only one day, the “metal day” as one of my friends called it, to see Anthrax, Life of Agony, Panic Cell and Papa Roach. (read more)
Sonisphere Festival DAY THREE @ Romexpo, Bucharest, ROMANIA – 25-27 June 2010 – DAY 3 AND THE UNMIXABLE MIX
Sonisphere Festival DAY TWO @ Romexpo, Bucharest, ROMANIA – 25-27 June 2010 – DAY 2 AND THE BIG FOUR
Sonisphere Festival DAY ONE @ Romexpo, Bucharest, ROMANIA – 25-27 June 2010 – SONISPHERE
For very many people, 2010 Sonisphere is synonymous with “The Big Four” – the 4 most famous thrash bands together in the same festival – which made it the biggest attraction of this metal summer. But few may know that Sonisphere is held just for the second time ever, that it’s the only European itinerant festival, and what sets it apart it is a core group of bands touring together through different countries.
Rage Against the Machine @ GelreDome, Arnhem NL – 09 June 2010
On 10 June, Rage Against the Machine reached Holland with their 2010 Tour. The Battle of Arnhem was one of the only six European dates they had for this year and took place in GelreDome, the largest Netherlands venue. The event announced them as headliners and Gallow, Gogol Bordello and Jane’s Addiction as Special Guests.
Stone Sour @ AB, Bruxelles BE – 14 June 2010
Friends’ positive discussions about Stone Sour’s shows, the fact that they’re quite promoted on mainstream radio stations and their strong and coherent sound made me very curious about them, so I decided to see them live even if their melodic accents dissolves a little bit of what I like about the metal sound.
Garcia plays Kyuss @ Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium – 29 May 2010
If you like Kyuss, if you like stoner, if you love enjoying a live concert where music comes your way because it’s played well and from the heart and if you go to the concert with the idea “I’m gonna hear Kyuss, never thought I would ever reach this moment!”, the concert was a good one!
