Posts in category ”Music”

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Hultsfred the zombie festival

Hultsfred the zombie festival

Hultsfredsfestivalen is the annual event that died last year but somehow got resurrected by the Scorpio necromancers to once more lay waste to the shores of lake Hulingen. Since the Arvika festival was canceled a few weeks ago, this is one of the few places left in Sweden for large outdoor festivals.

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Going east with Das Boot

Going east with Das Boot

The weekend was spent on the Das Boot cruise, which went from Stockholm to Tallinn across the Baltic Sea. The main event onboard was of course the live gigs by VNV Nation, Spetsnaz, Infected Mushroom, Spark and more bands.

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Report from Døgnvill festival in Tromsø

Report from Døgnvill festival in Tromsø

Døgnvill is a kind of arctic, yet urban, music festival. Tromsø is located 500 miles above the Arctic Circle and it was definitely the coldest festival I’ve ever been to.

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Rammstein live at Metaltown

Rammstein fires up Metaltown

The 2009 edition of Metaltown saw artists such as Marilyn Manson and Slipknot, but I was looking forward to this year, since it was time to finally be welcoming back the German fire monsters of Rammstein.

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Vince festival

Vince festival

There is a new electronic festival in Sweden. The Vince festival, named after legendary Vince Clarke, is located in Karlskrona.

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Best concerts of 2009

Best concerts of 2009

2009 feels like one of the busiest concert years ever. Perhaps in some way related the decrease in record sales which forces the artists to hit the roads. Regardless of the reason I estimate that I visited about 80 gigs during the year, and here are some of the highlights.

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The Station at Jazzhuset

The Station at Jazzhuset

The dynamic duo behind classic club Romo Night have returned. The new club is called The Station, which is a spiritual successor to their previous effort Romo Night which sadly closed down two years ago.

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Kraftwerk in Randers

Kraftwerk in Randers

We arrived in the cosy Danish town of Randers in the evening, with a few hours to spare. At dusk it was time to walk to the venue called Værket, receiving 3D glasses at the entrance.

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Sun and mud at Arvika festival

Sun and mud at Arvika festival

Arvikafestivalen is usually an uneasy mix of scorching sun and rain storms from hell. It doesn’t help with the heat that we’re all dressed in black and paler than Marilyn Manson, but just like last year there were moments of thunder rain inferno.

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Metaltown 2009

Metaltown 2009

The onslaught of summer heat has arrived in Gothenburg and it’s festival time. I missed Marilyn Manson last time he was in the city, but this time he performed at the Metaltown festival, on a pier so close I would have heard it from my balcony so I just had to be there.

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