Meshuggah - Rational Gaze

Back To Metaltown!

The band that I adore the most on this festival is MESHUGGAH!!
Damn good.

The intro was heaven, and then when Jens Kidman, Fredrik Thordendal, Mårten Hagström, Dick Lövgren and Haake (a bit), came in and headbanged that was even more heavenly what a impact! LOOOOVED it.



Ive seen them a lot of times now and damn those Luleå guys really deliver every time!



It was raining a bit when they entered the stage but wtf WHO CARES! :D

MESHUGGAH are currently working on the follow-up to their 2008 Billboard-charting album, obZen, which debuted at #59 on the American Top 200 Billboard chart in 2008. It also clinched the #14 spot on the iTunes Top Rock Albums chart, was the #1 Most Added metal album on the CMJ Loud Rock and FMQB radio charts, and set a new Swedish MySpace pre-listening promotion record for over a quarter of a million album streams in seven days.



Tour:
Kvinesdal, Norway Jul 08 Norway Rock Festival
Turin, Italy Jul 10 Colonia Sonora Festival
Faroe Islands Jul 15 G! Festival
Helsinki, Finland Jul 24 Tuska Open Air Festival
Viveiro, Spain Jul 30 Resurrection Fest
Katowice, Poland Aug 5 Off Festival
Le Locle, Switzerland Aug 12 Rock Altitude
Ieper, Belgium Aug 13 Ieperfest

Dudes and Dudettes, here is Meshuggah!

Peace, Thetania




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System Of A Down - Chop Suey!

Next band I picking is This... Wonderful cool band full of energy!



One could hear the sound long away from the Black Stage were they performed.
The crowd went totally crazy when they went up stage,
it was a pleasure to hear it.



The band was formed in 1994. It consists of Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar), Daron Malakian (guitar, vocals), Shavo Odadjian (bass, background vocals) and John Dolmayan (drums). All four members are of Armenian descent, and are widely known for their outspoken views expressed in many of their songs confronting the Armenian Genocide of 1915 as well as the ongoing War on Terrorism.



In 2005, System of a Down planned something so unique and crazy as releasing two albums during that year, six months apart.
They released Mezmerize, where they again collaborated with Rick Rubin as producer. The album sold 10 million copies worldwide
over. Six months later, Hypnotize was released who became an equally big success.

At the absolute peak of their career, with two topped album in the U.S. sales charts in the same year and millions of albums sold worldwide, System of a Down decided to take a longer break. A pause that lasts until 2011, when they will do some gigs around the world. Metaltown becomes their only gig in Scandinavia!
We are very proud to have them with us at our festival and the audince loved them as well as me :D



Tour:
June 21, 2011 Moscow, Russia Olympisky
October 2, 2011 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Rock In Rio

Ladys and Gents here are 2 videos from them,

Love to u all, Thetania




System Of A Down - Chop Suey Metaltown 2011 SO you get the live impact :D



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Avenged Sevenfold - Buried Alive

Hey there People!
Ive been in Gothenburgh for 4-5 days now...lotsa rain, lotsa weird cab drivers and many many good Metal peeps and Great bands, good cops and a bunch of Show Security personel that worked their ass off to get it safe....Loved it :D

First band that I pick is:

Avenged Sevenfold did a Fantastic gig at Metaltown In Gothenburg couple of days ago, 25.000 folks were raising their devils mark and screamed...Fanatasic view!!!



Four years after their debut album they got their breakthrough in 2005 with third album "City of Evil," in the U.S. alone they sold 1.5 million copies. On tour as opening act for Iron Maiden as well as Guns n Roses did Avenged Sevenfold since their first visit to Sweden.



In the midst of the work of the fifth album "Nightmare" hit the band of the shocking news that drummer James "The Rev" Sullivan tragically passed away. The other members decided to complete the recordings, as part of their grieving process. The result was the darkest and most personal that they ever accomplished. The album became their most successful and went straight into the American sales charts the first place.



I didnt have the opertunity to take any photo Im sorry.. but i stole some others.
Fotos by Per Johansson, Robin Andersson © Festivalphoto


Cheers, Thetania




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Slaughter of the Bluegrass - Blinded By Fear

Slaughter of the Bluegrass from Stockholm, Sweden, it’s a band that plays unplugged versions of death metal songs. They use traditional bluegrass instruments and arrangement ideas and try to keep the essence of each song they cover. Reminds me of Hellsongs who also do remakes off old tunes.

This is what SOTB says about the band:

People ask us why we choose to play metal songs, and we answer them that we just want to play good songs, which in this case happens to be in that particular genre. As it turned out, people who aren't used to hearing growling vocals, guitars drenched is distorsion and heavy drums, could still appreciate these compositions, only in a new form.

Slaughter of the Bluegrass is:

Peter Norlinder: Vocals, banjo, mandolin.
Dan Norman: Acoustic guitar, accordion, percussion, backing vocals.
Hannah Sundqvist: Violin, vocals.
Alexander 'Alke' Lindberg: Drums, percussion, backing vocals.
Niklas ’Nille’ Sandin: Bass, backing vocals.
Tomas Åkvik: Banjo, backing vocals.

As for today, during Metaltown i choosed to pick a song from a band that was suppose to end up a few years back but somehow is back on stage again, im not sure if i should be pissed or happy about it.
Anyway its At The Gates i’m talking about, they will play tonight at Metaltown on Red Stage at 22:00
so if you are there, have fun and tell me how it was.

So pour yourself a cup of moonshine and relax to some great music!

Todays tune ”Blinded By Fear” is originally taken from At The Gates ”Slaughter Of The Soul” and got released back in 1995, todays version is just awesome, done as a hillbilly tune, just hit play and enjoy!



Click here to listen to it right on the spot!

Download the tune here!

More info @
Official SOTB Website
Official SOTB at Facebook

Other bands at Metaltown

Sorry no Spotify on this one!

Arch Enemy - Yesterday Is Dead And Gone

The Swedish Death Metal band Arch Enemy is releasing an album in Maj this year, the tune I found sound really good, sounds a bit like Opeth.
Im so eager to hear it all !
Arch Enemy´s new album is named Khaos of Legions, The album was produced by Arch Enemy and Rickard Bengtsson, who already worked with the band in their 2005 album Doomsday Machine, its their 8th album.



Whats so special with this band is that they have, a female singer that have a fantastic growl. Her name is Angela Gossow, she joined Arch Enemy in 2000, after former lead singer Johan Liiva was removed from the band.



Their current members are:
Christopher Amott on guitar
Michael Amott on guitar, backing vocals
Sharlee D'Angelo on bass guitar
Daniel Erlandsson on drums
Angela Gossow on lead vocals
(Yes, Christopher and Michael are brothers)



This is their Tour dates:
14-May-2011 - Boulevard Festival @ C.O.C. Stadium, Casablanca (Morocco)
27-May-2011 - Metalfest Open Air Switzerland, Pratteln
28-May-2011 - Metalfest Open Air Germany, Dessau
29-May-2011 - Metalfest Open Air Austria, Mining
31-May-2011 - Majestic Music Club, Bratislava (Slovakia)
01-June-2011 - Megaclub, Katowice (Poland)
02-June-2011 - Eskulap, Poznan (Poland)
04-June-2011 - Metalfest Open Air Hungary
05-June-2011 - Metalfest Open Air Czech Republic
18-June-2011 - Metaltown 2011, Gothenburg (Sweden)
23-June-2011 - Kulturfabrik, Luxembourg
25-June-2011 - Graspop Metal Meeting Dessel (Belgium)
01-July-2011 - Matrix, Bochum (Germany)
02-July-2011 - Fortarock Festival Park Brakkenstein, Nijmegen (Netherlands)
10-July-2011 – Sonisphere Knebworth, Apollo Stage (UK)
12-July-2011 - Metal Camp, Tolmin, Slovenia
14-July 2011 - Lez' Art Scenique Festival, Selesat (France)
15-July-2011 - Sonisphere Spain, Getafe-Open Air
22-July-2011 - Tuska, Suvilahti, Helsinki (Finland)
30-July-2011 - MetaLmorphosiS 2011 (Cyprus)
18-August-2011 - Summer Breeze Open Air Dinkelsbühl (Germany)

10-December-2011 - Geiselwind Christmas Metal Festival 2011 (Germany)
13-December-2011 Köln, Essigfabrik (Germany)



YAY!!

Their homepage is here!

Ah well, Here it is... Enjoy Folks

Yeahh, Thetania