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ATHENS ROCKS: SLAYER, ROTTING CHRIST, LE…
July 17, 2019 LIVE REPORTS
When Athens Rocks Festival was announced, with Slayer as headliners, we all knew that it would be a great moment in the concert history of Greece. Slayer had revealed some months ago that this world tour would be their final, and it was a blessing that the thrash metal legends decided to include Athens in their tour schedule. Everybody who had seen Slayer on stage before already had an idea of what would happen on the 13th of July, 2019. Of course, we would have the chance to enjoy some other live acts that night: Suicidal Angels, the fresh blood of Greek thrash metal, would open the festival, Leprous, the prog metal weirdos, would continue, and Rotting Christ, the triumphant black metallers from Greece, would be the last bite, before the massacre. But let’s see what took place! The festival was hosted in the OAKA Basketball Stadium, after the late change of...
Read MoreDISTURBED, ANTHRAX, SIXFORNINE, NEED, BREATH AFTER COMA - PLATEIA NEROU, ATHENS, GREECE - 30/06/2019
This summer, Release Athens turns out to be the main music festival in Athens, Greece. The experience of seeing Manowar live at Plateia Nerou is still fresh – Joey DeMaio…
BETH HART, THE BIG NOSE ATTACK - MELINA MERCOURI OPEN AIR THEATRE, ATHENS, GREECE - 27/06/2019
So yesterday I went to see Beth Hart for the first time, at the Melina Mercouri Open Air Theatre, and I had really high expectations from her. I can honestly say…
MANOWAR, RHAPSODY OF FIRE, IMPERIA, BATTLEROAR - PLATEIA NEROU, ATHENS, GREECE - 14/06/2019
Manowar took us to Valhalla to rise our hammers high along with Odin’s Sons…. Honestly now… When you have in front of you the mega beasts, the Kings of Metal…
JETHRO TULL - HERODES ATTICUS ODEON, ATHENS, GREECE - 15/06/2019
We don’t have the chance to see many legendary classic rock bands here in Greece, so arranging small trips abroad is the last resort. But this time, a great band…
ENSLAVED, LUCIFER'S CHILD - FUZZ, ATHENS, GREECE - 10/05/2019
Friday, 10th of May 2019, was marked as a day of (almost unbearable) anticipation, since Enslaved, for the very first time in their career, would perform (at last!) in our…
URIAH HEEP, CHRYSILIA - FUZZ, ATHENS, GREECE - 08/02/2019
It has been a long time, since we saw Uriah Heep live for the last time in Greece. I thought I had enough with Uriah Heep of the last years…
Magnum, Gypsy Rose - Gagarin 205, Athens, Greece - 30/11/2018
On my way to Gagarin 205, I was wondering how many people would attend this Magnum show. On the one hand, it was Magnum's first visit to Greece, but on…
While Heaven Wept, Enemy of Reality, Upon Revival - Temple, Athens, Greece - 18/11/2018
There are many bands that include our country in their tour schedules. But few of them have developed a deep connection with the Greek audience, a kind of mystique affair…
The Three Tremors, Murder Angels - Kittaro, Athens, Greece - 28/09/2018
When I heard about the collaboration of Tim “Ripper” Owens (ex-Judas Priest, Iced Earth etc.), Harry Conklin (Jag Panzer) and Sean Peck (The Cage etc.), I was excited. And imagine…
Lucifer, Vojd - Debaser Strand, Stockholm, Sweden - 07/10/2018
Regardless of how many gigs someone attends and how often he is able to do it, you realize on the spot how much you have missed certain things. Sunday, October…
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