I have been to Rockwave, Greece's biggest summer festival, a few times already. i went 2011 to see the prodigy, flogging molly, mark ramone's blitzkrieg and monster magnet. i also went 2012 to see ozzy osbourne, machine head and paradise lost. in 2013 i saw depeche mode at terra vibe. there were obviously a few years break before i went back to Rockwave in 2016 to see lana del rey. when the programme for 2017 was announced, i was not too excited. ok, some bands would be nice seeing again, but it was not worth the money to be honest.
until friday was announced! friday would be greek metal day, with six bands sharing the day, the headliner being rotting christ. well, there was no way in hell i would not go. i arrived at terra vibe at about 7.20, after working and taking the bus there. innerwish started playing. i sat down with a book and read, enjoying the background music. now innerwish are not my thing, being quite traditional melodic heavy metal, but it was nice to listen to while reading, haha.
next up was nightstalker. i have seen them before at resistance festival and they had been great. this time i decided to stay sitting until it would be too dark to read and just listened to them from afar. they are stoner rock, which works really great live. after them it was too dark to read and i had to switch stages to see 1000mods. they were ok and entertaining, but not my cup of tea. they are too progressive for my liking, haha. (next pic is my own)
just a bit before they were done i headed back to the main stage where everything was ready for rotting christ. i stayed on the side but then saw that people were much more enthusiastic in front and they let everyone pass past the barriers to the front. so i ended up in second row, first between sakis and george, and then exactly in front of george after the huge circle pit had pushed us further, haha.
the show was fantastic. i actually lack words. i headbanged more than i did in years. the concert is now two days ago and i'm still so sore, haha! they played a great mix of songs, my favourites apage satana, kata ton daimona eavtoy, 666, in yumen xibalba, ze negmar, athanatoi eiste, elthe kyrie and many more. of course the show ended with non serviam and everyone went absolutely bonkers.
i must say that at piraeus it was great to just see them play and also see them for such a long concert, 2,5 hours, hear their back catalogue and get to know them as a live band. now this time i enjoyed it to be so close, to feel the energy, to experience them much more, to see the expressions on their faces, to feel their passion and fire, to have them in your face and push you to let go and just go crazy and enjoy this. and i must admit i fell in love with george there, haha! my god, he was so into it, as are all of them. a joy to see <3
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-Daedin
until friday was announced! friday would be greek metal day, with six bands sharing the day, the headliner being rotting christ. well, there was no way in hell i would not go. i arrived at terra vibe at about 7.20, after working and taking the bus there. innerwish started playing. i sat down with a book and read, enjoying the background music. now innerwish are not my thing, being quite traditional melodic heavy metal, but it was nice to listen to while reading, haha.
next up was nightstalker. i have seen them before at resistance festival and they had been great. this time i decided to stay sitting until it would be too dark to read and just listened to them from afar. they are stoner rock, which works really great live. after them it was too dark to read and i had to switch stages to see 1000mods. they were ok and entertaining, but not my cup of tea. they are too progressive for my liking, haha. (next pic is my own)
just a bit before they were done i headed back to the main stage where everything was ready for rotting christ. i stayed on the side but then saw that people were much more enthusiastic in front and they let everyone pass past the barriers to the front. so i ended up in second row, first between sakis and george, and then exactly in front of george after the huge circle pit had pushed us further, haha.
the show was fantastic. i actually lack words. i headbanged more than i did in years. the concert is now two days ago and i'm still so sore, haha! they played a great mix of songs, my favourites apage satana, kata ton daimona eavtoy, 666, in yumen xibalba, ze negmar, athanatoi eiste, elthe kyrie and many more. of course the show ended with non serviam and everyone went absolutely bonkers.
i must say that at piraeus it was great to just see them play and also see them for such a long concert, 2,5 hours, hear their back catalogue and get to know them as a live band. now this time i enjoyed it to be so close, to feel the energy, to experience them much more, to see the expressions on their faces, to feel their passion and fire, to have them in your face and push you to let go and just go crazy and enjoy this. and i must admit i fell in love with george there, haha! my god, he was so into it, as are all of them. a joy to see <3
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-Daedin
