Slam Dunk Festival 2019

Another year with a line-up of both up-and-coming artists as well as more established bands, based around the punk, emo and metal music scene at Slam Dunk Festival 2019. Every year around the May Bank Holiday, Slam Dunk Festival takes place in usually three cities in the UK being Leeds, Hartfield and Birmingham, presenting bothContinue reading “Slam Dunk Festival 2019”

Place in the world – photo challenge

This week’s photo challenge of the Daily Post is a very nice one to think about – it id sharing ones favourite ‘place in the world‘. In my case, there is not such thing as one favourite place. It all depends on the point of view. However, I always loved the seaside and a roughContinue reading “Place in the world – photo challenge”

Dream State

Two weeks ago, I went to another concert that I really enjoyed. The Welsh alt-rock band Dream State, comprising vocalist CJ Gilpin, guitarists Aled Evans and Rhys Wilcox, bassist Danny Rayer and drummer Jamie Lee, came to the Camden Assembly finishing off their recent tour. Founded in 2014, the quintet released one EP ‘Consequences’ inContinue reading “Dream State”

The Word Alive (2)

Just recently, I went to another concert to see the American post-hardcore band The Word Alive. It was the second time I saw them live and I absolutely loved it. The first time I saw The word Alive was last year as special guest for Attila. Hence, as I saw they would have another tourContinue reading “The Word Alive (2)”

Asking Alexandria

Last weekend I went to another really great concert – this time it was Asking Alexandria who are currently touring together with Black Veil Brides. Asking Alexandria is a British metalcore band from York, who originally formed in 2006 in Dubai as Amongst US but re-formed with the current members in England in 2008, changingContinue reading “Asking Alexandria”

Silverstein (2)

The last concert in 2017 I went to, was the Canadian post-hardcore band Silverstein from Burlington, Ontario, formed in 2000 and currently consists of Shane Told (vocals), Josh Bradford (guitar), Paul Koehler (drums), Bill Hamilton (bass) and Paul Marc Rousseau (guitar) who joined the band in 2013. After seeing them a few years ago inContinue reading “Silverstein (2)”

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

10 years ‘Don’t You Fake It‘ – The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Celebrate their debut album’s anniversary. A little while ago, I went to another concert at the Garage. This time, the venue opened its doors for the American rock band The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, formed in 2003 in Middleburgh, Florida. Currently, after several changes inContinue reading “The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus”

Northlane

One of the concert highlights this year was the Australian metalcore band Northlane. Formed in 2009 in Sidney, the quintet currently comprises vocalist Marcus Bridge, lead guitarist Jon Deiley, bassist Alex Milovic, rhythm guitarist Josh Smith and drummer Nic Pettersen, after a slight change in their line-up in 2014. So far, they released the six-trackContinue reading “Northlane”

Our Last Night

Another amazing concert I lately went to, was Our Last Night 🙂 The American post-hardcore band from Hollis, New Hampshire (USA) was formed in 2004 and currently consists of the brothers Trevor (vocals) and Matt (guitar, vocals) Wentworth, as well as Alex Woodrow (bass) and Tim Molly (drums). So far, the band released four EP’sContinue reading “Our Last Night”

Rise Against and Sleeping With Sirens

A little while ago I went to see the US post-hardcore band Sleeping With Sirens who toured as special guests with Rise Against through Europe. Rise Against is an American punk hardcore band, founded in 1999 under the name ‘Transistor Revolt’. After a few changes in their line-up, they now consist of Tim McIlrath (vocals),Continue reading “Rise Against and Sleeping With Sirens”