THE BLACK FLAME OF BLASPHEMY - BLACK MASS II

The 7th and 8th of October 2011

DOM Helsinki Finland

KRK was once again responsible for arranging a true Black Metal event in Helsinki. These events arranged by KRK have always been a success. Black Flames Of Blasphemy – The Black Mass II was another success for the small intensive blackish festival. The debut was arranged a couple of years ago, headlined by the Canadian black metal legends Blasphemy. The second event was filled with pure evil with a number of evil, grim, and brutal black metal combos unleashing their blasphemic hymns during two days. Here is the brief article on two day black metal fest. The place was totally packed when maniacs from Finland and other countries conquered the DOM club in the heart of Helsinki.

Getaway Rock Festival

Gasklockorna
Gavle
Sweden
7-8-9/7 2011

Review & live pics by: Anders Sandvall
Guest contributor: Ulrika Henriksson

The second edition of the Getaway Rock Festival in Gavle Sweden took place during a few sunny days at the beginning of July. Bands that performed included Alice Cooper, Hammerfall, Monster Magnet, Kreator, Bullet For My Valentine, Danzig and Ghost. This year I had some help with covering the festival and together we wrote and had opinions about most of the bands. Read on and enjoy.

Hate Eternal  @ Camden Underworld

Review by Matt Wylde

This could possibly be the best way to exercise auditory masochism and burst a few eardrums!

LEGENDS OF ROCK II

8'TH OF OCTOBER 2011

CLUB TEATRIA, OULU

REVIEW AND PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJALA

The Legends of Rock festival was now organized for the second time in Oulu, Finland. The festivals organizers believe strongly in the name of 80’s hard rock and metal and this year's edition of the festival included a string of interesting bands which haven’t been performing in Finland for ages...if ever. Canadian band Helix was headlining the event. It’s been 26 years since their last visit so it was finally about time to see them again here. Although Norwegian TNT and Swedish Treat are located in our neighbor countries, still, neither of them played in Finland until now. Originally it was announced that German band Bonfire was also on the bill but for some reason or another they cancelled and were now replaced by local act called Ghost Machinery. It must have a little disappointment for the organizers that only approximately 300 people breezed in for the evening. Perhaps it was such a high ticket price or an oversupply of concerts in Finland, but still I was waiting for more people to show up.  Anyway, there were no cancellations and all the bands were performing as announced. It was time to check out the today’s condition of the 80’s veterans...

Entrench Interview

Conducted by: Carlos M. Llanas

It's not very often that you find a band that you enjoy so much, and incites good ol' memories of a time when thrash was raw, nasty, real, and in-your-face;  Entrench is that kind of band.  Their influences have clearly helped shape the bands sound and style.  Many thrash bands of today do not appeal to me anymore, but Entrench is different.  They sound like if Kreator's "Pleasure to Kill" and Slayer's "Show no Mercy" had a love child.  Their "Germanic Thrash" style belongs amongst some of the most revered thrash bands the likes of Sodom, Destruction, and as I mentioned earlier, Kreator.  With their debut album "Inevitable Decay" already out; it is a must buy for fans of the thrash era that took us by storm back in '85.  I had the chance to speak with the Swedish thrashers about their debut album, and their plans for the future.  Here they are.....ENTRENCH.