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Festival reviews
November 3, 2024 – With their own festival Sepulfest, metal giant Sepultura will bid a…
Graspop Metal Meeting 2024, held from June 20 to 23 in Dessel, Belgium, delivered an…
June 15-18, 2023 | DESSEL, BELGIUM – Four days packed with 130+ metal acts. Beautiful weather…
June 10, 2022 | Leeuwarden – On this date the second large summer festival in…
June 11, 2022 | Leeuwarden – On this second day, the weather would be even…
June 16-19, 2022 | Dessel, Belgium – Four days, almost 150 metal bands, beautiful hot weather…
September 14, 2019 | Zuiderpark, Rotterdam – With 21 acts spread over 3 stages, Baroeg…
June19th& 20th2019 | Eindhoven – This years version of Dynamo Metal Fest is an other…
February 16, 2019 – Patronaat, Haarlem – When it comes to the complex, experimental, progressive…
December 1, 2018 | Neushoorn, Leeuwarden – For fans of the dark genres in metal,…
November 24, 2018 | Dru Cultuurfabriek, Ulft – The 2017 edition of Metal on Metal…
November 17, 2018 | Klokgebouw, Eindhoven – One year after the success of Helldorado 2017…
November 3, 2018 | Klokgebouw, Eindhoven – It was already the third edition of the…
September 15, 2018 | Gigant, Apeldoorn – The city of Apeldoorn wasn’t known for a…
September 15, 2018 | Zuiderpark, Rotterdam – With 21 acts spread over 4 stages, Baroeg…
August 5, 2018 | Lokeren, Belgium – Some mainstream festivals have nice traditions, but Lokerse…
June 1-2, 2018 | Goffertpark, Nijmegen – After skipping one year (well, actually it was…
May 19, 2018 | Melkweg, Amsterdam – Where most metal festivals are outdoor, have tons…
March 17, 2018 | Klokgebouw, Eindhoven – The brand new festival Faster And Louder kicked…
February 23-24, 2018 – Patronaat, Haarlem – When it comes to the complex, experimental, progressive…
January 12, 2018 | MEZZ, Breda – When it comes to punk, hardcore, psychobilly and…
December 2, 2017 | Neushoorn, Leeuwarden – The fifth edition of Into Darkness is a…
November 25, 2017 | DRU Cultuurfabriek, Ulft – The eastern part of The Netherlands was…
November 18, 2017 | Klokgebouw, Eindhoven – Helldorado: The Incredible Rock & Roll Freakshow! And…
November 3-4, 2017 | Gigant, Apeldoorn – The yearly Brainstorm Festival at Gigant in Apeldoorn…
November 4, 2017 | Klokgebouw, Eindhoven – With 21 hardcore and punk bands, the second…
October 21-22, 2017 | Neushoorn, Leeuwarden – The weather is quite unpredictable in the Frisian…
October 7-8, 2017 | JC Sjiwa, Baarlo – When it comes to progressive metal music…
September 22-23, 2017 | Eindhoven – The metal genre seems more male dominated, and while…
September 9, 2017 | Zuiderpark, Rotterdam – Visiting a metal festival is awesome, but visiting…
September 2, 2017 | Hoogeveen – The first weekend in September is traditionally the weekend…
August 5, 2017 | Veenhoop Festival, De Veenhoop – The Dutch rock band Normaal headlined the…
July 29, 2017 | Steenwijk – In the one hour drive to Steenwijk, I experienced…
July 15, 2017 | Eindhoven – Arriving minutes before doors open, there is already a…
June 17, 2017 | Iduna, Drachten – The bill of Death Over Drachten 2017 was…
May 27, 2017 | Doornroosje, Nijmegen – In november 2016 came the disappointing news, that…
April 29-30, 2017 | Meerhout, Belgium – Every year Groezrock returns to Meerhout, Belgium in…
March 4, 2017 | RDM Onderzeebootloods, Rotterdam – Ones in a year there’s Scumbash. An…
December 3, 2016 | Neushoorn, Leeuwarden – The third edition of Into Darkness was packed…
November 19, 2016 | Klokgebouw, Eindhoven – And there it was: the first edition of…
November 11-12, 2016 | Gigant, Apeldoorn – In the quiet town of Apeldoorn there is…
October 15, 2016 | Melkweg, Amsterdam – The buildings in Amsterdam shaked during the third…
September 10, 2016 | Zuiderpark, Rotterdam – The Baroeg Open Air festival in Rotterdam is…
September 3, 2016 | Hoogeveen – The most leisurely festival of the Netherlands must be…
September 2-3, 2016 | Leeuwarden – The third edition of Cityrock is slightly different from…
August 12-13,2016 | Leeuwarden – This years edition of Into The Grave was going to…
July 30, 2016 | Steenwijk – Walking towards the festival grounds of Stonehenge, it’s hard…
July 31, 2016 | Baroeg, Rotterdam – The venue for heavy music Baroeg celebrates his…
June 18, 2016 | Naxt, Almelo – Fitted right between the two big festivals Fortarock…
June 5, 2016 | Goffertpark, Nijmegen – Day 2 of Fortarock 2016 (check the review…
June 4, 2016 | Goffertpark, Nijmegen – After a week of heavy rain and thunderstorms,…
April 29, 2016 | Meerhout, Belgium – Groezrock celebrated their 25th birthday this weekend! With…
March 27, 2016 | Hedon Zwolle – TattooFest is a Cult-Art shop initiated festival which…
March 5, 2016 | Patronaat, Haarlem – Complexity Fest is a brand new metal festival…
February 20, 2016 | Van Nelle Fabriek, Rotterdam – Also this year the organization of…
January 24, 2016 | Tivoli, Utrecht – The traveling hardcore festival EMP Persistence Tour was…
November 22, 2015 | Klokgebouw, Eindhoven – “Why don’t we just organize our own festival…
November 13-14, 2015 | Gigant, Apeldoorn – The relative small Brainstorm Festival 2015 took place…
November 14, 2015 | Baroeg, Rotterdam – Death metal is dead? Not if we have…
September 19-20, 2015 | Valkenberg, Breda – Breda Barst is almost the last festival of…
14-20 September, 2015 | Tilburg – The Incubate Festival in Tilburg introduces us to a…
September 26, 2015 | Rotonde, Berkel en Rodenrijs – This year is the sixth edition…
September 12, 2015 | Mezz, Breda – Every month Mezz organizes Thrashbangers Night, an evening…
July 25, 2015 | Steenwijk – What should have been a beautiful festival day, turned…
June 19-20, 2015 | Tolhuispark, Dokkum – After Fortarock, it’s now time for Dokk’em Open…
June 6, 2015 | Railway Station, Dalfsen – This year the fifth annual edition of…
June 6, 2015 | Goffertpark, Nijmegen – As promised, this is the second part (check…
June 6, 2015 | Goffertpark, Nijmegen – Time for Fortarock 2015! The seventh edition took…
