Zappanale

It’s funny. I thought i would’ve discovered this festival sooner, since im a BIG fan of Frank Zappa, but i first heard of it today and started researching it a little bit. As i read more and more i became very excited about this project, which has been around longer than i have lived.

Well it’s called Zappanale and it’s a festival which tributes Frank Zappa with bands coming from all over the world to play at the Zappa-site in Germany. All playing the Zappa music we love. The festival runs for three days, just enough time to cover Frank’s material.

This really sounds like something i will go see next year since it was held in August. And i also think some of the other suspects should go if youre in on it.

For the suspects and the danish crowd, here’s an article about the Zappanale http://www.dr.dk/P2/lyttilnyt/tema/frankzappa/zappanale.htm

Go Frank Zappa!

Unbelievably awesome

Last night I went to see five metal bands perform live at the Present Aarhus Festival in heart of our home city. I’ve been to death metal shows roughly this size before, but this was unlike anything I have ever experienced. Ever. My friend and I managed to get way up to the stage, right in the center of the pit, and held our ground there for the entire set of shows, Pariah Syndicate, Oktan, Scamp, Exmortem and Hatesphere. 

I managed to get a few pictures to show here later, but for the most part I was completely absorbed in five hours of thrashing, drinking, headbanging, and roaring along with everyone else there. The bands were incredible, particularly Scamp (the lead vocalist, Mikael Rise, poured a gasoline-tank full of whisky on our heads) and Hatesphere (who had the entire pit thrashing insanely their entire set). We went there not knowing exactly what to expect, and staggered out of pure, metal awesome about five hours later.

All in all it was just f***ing amazing. Especially since this was on a goddamn thursday. Friday morning with three hours of sleep, several bruises and a hangover is kinda brutal, though.

(Sorry about long post and lack of pictures, I’ll post some another day.)

Damnit

Looks like I’m going to miss the Metaltown festival this year…

I had a blast there last summer and I was hoping to go with some others this year, but unfortunately I don’t have enough money for the trip to Göteborg. 

Anyway, if you like any kind of metal and live in Scandinavia, I encourage you to go.

Good heavy times to be had by all.