Ieperfest

what a weekend!this was just what I needed: a couple of days away, with friends, having a great time.

Brutality will prevail: well, I missed half of their set due to a long line at the entrance. the songs I saw were cool, they’re still as hard as the last time I saw them.

Alarma man: awesome band, just too bad there weren’t really a lot of people. I know it’s not the music most people who go to Ieperfest listen to, but still.

SSS: cool on record, even cooler live! nobody who I was with liked them, but I’m glad I saw them. they even played a few new songs.

7 seconds: I wanted to see them, just to have seen them. I only saw a couple of songs though, just when they wanted to start it began to pour rain. I have to say, I enjoyed the few songs I heard.

Vitamin X: big surprise! I knew them by name but I never knew how hard they were! I saw the most awesome stagedives over there, with inflatable sharks!

Raised fist: not my kind of music, but they headlined, we wanted to go to the afterparty afterwards and we wanted to have some fun. they were quite good though.

Carpathian: easily best band I saw. they played everything on Isolation + a couple new songs. got some stagedivers on me but that was worth it!

Ruiner: last European Ruiner show in the rain, how fucking cool was that? 75% of the crowd went to the marquee or the merchtent, but I stayed. I was dripping wet afterwards.

Bitter end: so glad I finally saw them! they were cool. + a good set, I think they played 10 songs. 5 from Climate of fear & then 5 from Guilty as charged.

Reproach: same thing as SSS.

Despised icon: this was the band everybody I came with was looking forward to. I like them, I’m even one of the few who saw them back in ‘07 with Job for a cowboy. I just don’t like the hype around them. back in ‘07 nobody have heard of them and now everybody acts like their the best band ever. besides that I’m glad I saw their last Belgian show. I saw better shows of them but they were still cool.

The black dahlia murder: wow, just … wow. how can you play this hard and fast, without making mistakes? they clearly became better since the last time I saw them.

No turning back: only saw a couple of songs, they were ok.

Madball: according to International superheroes of hardcore “the other international superheroes of hardcore”, now I know why. I almost never listen to them but I can really have a great time seeing them live!

Hang the bastard: another awesome show of them. saw them just 3 weeks ago at Perspective fest. too bad I can’t see them at Ziggypop though.

The end of all reason: I like a few metalbands, The end of all reason isn’t one of them.

Grave maker: they really blew me away. I listened to Bury me at sea almost non-stop, but I was just surprised how hard they were. looking forward to seeing them in Metteko in 2 weeks.

All out war: I saw them from a distance, I was too lazy to go on front. but they were awesome. glad I saw them, because I missed them at Groezrock a couple of years ago.

Dying fetus: same as All out war actually, only I saw Dying fetus before.

Amen ra: most people think they’re boring and their music sucks, but this was really an intense show. just close your eyes and let the music do its work. I caught myself having goosebumps a couple of times.

Trash talk: they were very late, so normally they weren’t allowed to play. Converge was kind enough to give them 15 minutes of their set to Trash talk. pretty cool if you ask me.

Converge: I finally saw them, yes! although, by giving Trash talk 15 minutes they mostly played old songs. but they were still cool, perfect headliner foor Ieperfest!

I also bought another shitload on records and tshirts:

Terror - Keepers of the faith 7” (green vinyl - limited, can’t find how many there are)
Brutality will prevail/Hang the bastard - split 7” (yellow w/ black splatter - gray w/ black splatter)
Ding dong dead - Nie wieder morgen! 10”
Panic - Circles 12” (translucent yellow w/ black splatter)
Descendents - Cool to be you 12”
Carpathian - Isolation 12” (gray w/ black splatter)
Carpathian longsleeve
Converge t-shirt

Ieperfest

tomorrow I'll be leaving for Ieperfest. seriously can't wait for that! although Lewd acts isn't coming anymore & Dead swans canceled as well, there are still a lot of great bands I want to see. maybe if I'll find the time I'm gonna write something about it.