Gig Reviews
Submitted by scott on Jul 22, 2017
I’m always amazed at how the festival organizers are able to setup an intricate layout of merchandise booths, stages and equipment in a short amount of time, only to tear it all down and do it all over again the following day. However, the Vans Warped Tour is the largest and longest running… Read More
Submitted by rockavlon on Jul 4, 2017
So, like real troopers of metal, the guys graced again the Greek stages, first in Salonica and then in Athens, with people heeding their gospel, not as massively as one would have hoped, but on the other hand, any Summer non weekend show runs that danger, I think.
Solitary Sabred opened the… Read More
Submitted by scott on May 28, 2017
Tool has existed for over 25 years and in that time span, they’ve done their share of touring, however, they’ve only released four studio albums. Such a small repertoire of music in a 25 year time span would be the death knell for most bands, but Tool isn’t like most. The music they’ve produced… Read More
Submitted by scott on May 13, 2017
The event was held on May 6th, 2017, at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, PA. The venue has an indoor capacity of 3,000, but the show was held on their outdoor lot behind their building. I’m not sure how many attended, but the outdoor area appeared to be much larger than the indoor space… Read More
Submitted by rockavlon on Apr 2, 2017
Joe Lynn Turner started a 7+1 performance “Greek Tour” yesterday, along with George Gakis and the Troublemakers and had a young band opening for them, called Method Of 3.
Ah “Method Of 3” right, I was a bit worried that I was running a bit late, since about an hour had passed from the “doors… Read More
Submitted by rockavlon on Mar 11, 2017
Now due to heavy rain, the usual lack of parking space in the Gazi area etc., I missed most of TF’s performance and a chance to nab a proper photopass, so you have to excuse the poor quality of photos which were also taken – by striking a tarzan like posture and blindly shooting towards the… Read More
Submitted by rockavlon on Feb 20, 2017
All in all, people around the club were few and there were some delays before Endomain and Memorain took the stage with some quite long pauses between them. Because of some misunderstanding, it wasn’t possible to cover these bands, but they did sound quite fine, in general, according to other… Read More
Submitted by scott on Dec 11, 2016
One year later, Epica announced “The North American Principle Tour”, in support of their 2016 album, “The Holographic Principle”. Joining them throughout their North American run was Fleshgod Apocalypse, Arkona and The Agonist. Although the tour ended on December 3rd, it made a stop at the… Read More
Submitted by rockavlon on Dec 4, 2016
Cursed be that silly left turn down Peiraios Avenue towards Petralona that made me and a friend waste more than 30 minutes for literally 2 km and we arrived and managed to get in only barely in time to see Grand Magus taking the stage… (hence due to the dense crowd, photos were taken from a… Read More
Submitted by rockavlon on Oct 24, 2016
Unfortunately, despite having headed out early enough to reach Kytarro under normal traffic, I got delayed by congestion caused by some strikers parading through the central streets that caused a bit of traffic chaos, so I really managed to arrive just as Hailsteel were getting off the stage. A… Read More
Submitted by rockavlon on Oct 15, 2016
Spotting a former Greek pop diva (Sophia Arvaniti) among the devotees was a bit of a surprise, but it was not the only one, as pretty much almost one and all “big” figures of the Greek scene (the Guys from Rotting Christ, Septic Flesh, Aherusia and others) were present there on a fan capacity,… Read More
Submitted by scott on Jul 22, 2016
Walking around the venue was visually stimulating, and at times overwhelming, as there were many merchandise tents and informational tents, as well as water stations and a slip and slide to help attendees escape the heat. There was so much available for attendees, that one would need more than a… Read More