Last time I saw Maiden was in 2016 on their Book of Souls Tour in Bucharest. It was a memorable show but I had not idea that 9 years will pass until I will see them again. So many things have happened in this time, sometimes when I think of that concert it feels like... Continue Reading →
Negative Plane – The Pact European Tour – Prague concert review – April 2025 AB
"Le monde tremble quand vous jouez / The world trembles when you play" (Paganini about the young Czech violin prodigy Josef SlavÃk.) I've always wanted to see Negative Plane live, but unfortunately never had that chance. The oportunity took shape earlier this year, when we booked a holiday in Prague and found out that during... Continue Reading →
TRIBULATION / LIVGONE – Sub Rosa In Europa Tour 2025 live report – Budapest, Analog Music Hall – March 2025 AB
Last time I saw Tribulation was 9 years ago, when their European tour with Vampire and Grave Pleasures stopped in Vienna on the 21st of January 2016. Man, that's a fucking long time and some many things happened since then...Last year they announced their first ever headlining European tour in support of the latest album... Continue Reading →
DVVAD and Lidérc Live report – Supersonic Blue Hell & Kvlt – Budapest April 2024 AB
Last night Budapest's Kék Yuk Klub hosted a very interesting black metal event, with 3 different bands from the genre. 2 were locals, DVVAD and Lidérc, and one was a guest, currently on tour, the rather infamous war black metal machine known as Diocletian. The show was organized by the maniacs from Insane Hellride Entertainment,... Continue Reading →
Abysmal Grief / SVOID / Devil Seed Live report – Dürer Kert, Budapest – April 2024 AB
Back in 2016 (seems like in another life, really) I finally got to see SVOID live. At the time, they had just released their sophomore studio album S.V.O.I.D. and were doing a mini tour in Romania supporting the Italian masters of horror Abysmal Grief. 8 years later, on the 2nd of April, Svoid were celebrating... Continue Reading →
INNER AWAKENING FESTIVAL XI REPORT – Kék Yuk, Budapest – March 2024 AB
Last weekend (22nd-23rd of March), the 11th edition of the infamous Inner Awakening Festival was held in the Kék Yuk Klub in Budapest. One of the reasons which made this edition so special was that after 15 years of hard work and tribulations, the festival has come to an end, but not before celebrating one... Continue Reading →
Evenfall Winter Tour 2020 – Grift / Wolcensmen – Budapest, March 2nd AB
As the name of this review already mentions it, the Evenfall Winter European Tour stopped in Budapest on March the 2nd. The 2 two bands touring together were Wolcensmen (UK) and Grift (Sweden), both artists presenting a solo acoustic performance. No opening acts, only 2 guys and their guitars. I have to admit that I... Continue Reading →
UNLEASHED ON THE EAST – WITCHCRAFT, WARLOCKS AND WEREWOLVES TOUR 2019 AB
Last Saturday, on the 23rd of November, 14 metalheads from 4 bands in league with Satan attacked and desecrated the little Supersonic Blue Hell Club in Budapest's 3rd district. No bodies were discovered at the venue, but those who managed to get home on their feet are still marked by what happened that night. But... Continue Reading →
Testament Live in Budapest – August 2019 AB
I first saw Testament live 16 years ago at Sziget Fesztival, but I cannot recall too much of their performance considering the fact that their show took place right after Slayer destroyed the main stage, when they performed the famous Reign in Blood in full. 16 more years had to pass for me to be... Continue Reading →
Alice Null and Negru Latent concert review – Club Surubelnita November 2016 AB
Thursday night, on the 24th of November, two Romanian bands, one quite old and one a newcomer joined their forces and shared the stage together in Club Surubelnita. The opening act Alice Null is a new band in the scene and for them this was the first time they played live, 2 years after starting... Continue Reading →
