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Six-String Theory Revealed in Graz (2011)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Orpheum / Graz / AustriaConcert date: March 4, 2011Attendance: 550Ticket price: €30.50
Finally, a gig from the category known as the perfect ear massage. The kind of show where you…
Kylie’s Ancient Greek Spectacle
On Shrove Saturday, the 'mythological dragon expedition' (read: a 30-strong busload from the concert agency Koncerti.net) set off on a pop pilgrimage to witness the myth of the goddess Aphrodite, starring Kylie Minogue.
Breaking Bones in Šiška Once Again – Bonecrusher 2011!
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Nina Grad
Venue: Kino Šiška, LjubljanaConcert date: 28.02.2011Attendance: 350
The year has turned, and under the baton of Dirty Skunks, the "the American Way" festival tour Bonecrusher has once…
Sonata Arctica’s Icy Arctic Breath Finally Blows Into Ljubljana (2011)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Cvetličarna MediaPark / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 26.02.2011Attendance: 600
Who'd have thought Sonata Arctica would one day become such a beloved name in power metal. These…
Noctiferia’s Triumphant Return to Home Stages!
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Nina Grad
Location: Ljubljana, KUD France PrešerenConcert date: February 24, 2011Attendance: 150Ticket price: €10
Slovenia's homegrown metal champions Noctiferia are without a doubt the most active Slovenian band…
7th Symphony Rings Out in Ljubljana (2011)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Cvetličarna MediaPark / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: February 21, 2011Attendance: 900Ticket price: €23.00
We finally got them back! Apocalyptica, the Finnish "cello-rock" quartet that…
When the Spark of a Vain Rock n’ Roll Rig Lights a One-Way Flame of Desire (2011)
Venue: Orto bar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 17.02.2011Attendance: 150Ticket price: €18.00
Well, finally something potent on the daily concert menu in Slovenia. Rocker-potent, a perverse abundance of steamy, sweaty bodies, branded…
Helloween, Stratovarius and Pink Cream 69 in Kaufbeuren: Chasing Andi Deris’s Musical Roots…
Location: Kaufbeuren / All Kart Halle / GermanyDate: 02/11/2011
The day after the Accept show in Munich (report here), another big heavy metal event went down just ninety kilometers away in Kaufbeuren. Helloween rolled into the…
The German Sodomization of ŠTUK, or Thrashocalypse Now!
Author: Rok Klemše
Location: Štuk / Maribor / SloveniaConcert date: February 12, 2011Attendance: 800Ticket price: €20.00 (presale) / €25.00 (day of show)
It had to happen sooner or later, and it finally did: a major metal event went down…
Retracing Andi Deris’s Musical Career (2011)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: All Kart Halle / Kaufbeuren / GermanyConcert date: Feb 10, 2011Attendance: 3000Ticket price: €37.00
The day after Accept's Munich show (report here), another big heavy metal event went…
Accept Blow Away the Bavarian Capital with the Sign of Victory (2011)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Tonhalle / Munich / GermanyConcert date: February 9, 2011Attendance: 2000Ticket price: €33.00
It hadn't even been ten days since the night Accept played Vienna when Rockline set off on the…
Punk Rock Explosion in Ljubljana! (2011)
Location: Kino Šiška / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 07.02.2011Attendance: 1000Ticket price: €20.00 (advance) / €22.00 (day of show)
Well, the capital has finally gotten its show from California punk rockers Pennywise, who have been…
Adam Bomb Shuts Down a Farmhouse on the Stiški Potok (2011)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Mlin pri Marjanu / Gabrje pri Stični / SloveniaConcert date: 06.02.2011Attendance: 70Ticket price: €0.00 (free entry)
The things you get to see in this life! The name Adam Bomb has…
A Useful Dig Through the Guns N’ Roses Fossils (2011)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: New Age / Roncade (Treviso) / ItalyConcert date: February 4, 2011Attendance: 350Ticket price: €25.00
That's how it goes. You weigh up all kinds of things when Slash and Axl Rose are miles apart. No…
The Rhino’s Bouquet – For Your Eyes Only (2011)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Bluesiana / Velden am Woerthersee / AustriaConcert date: 01.02.2011Attendance: 70Ticket price: €25.00
The freshly reawakened California rhino has huffed, puffed and come charging…
Good Old Accept in Top Live Form! (2011)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Urban Bolta
Location: Arena / Vienna / AustriaConcert date: 01/31/2011Attendance: 800Ticket price: 32€
When a band as legendary as Accept heads out on its first proper European tour in a decade and a half, it's…
Helloween Take Ljubljana Through the Euro Power Metal Textbook, but With the Handbrake On (2011)
Location: Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / SloveniaDate: January 26, 2011
The thirteenth studio album, "7 Sinners" (2010), has finally brought the Hamburg pumpkin-heads to the Slovenian capital! For the second time overall. Almost…
Helloween, or How the “Pumpkins” Sinned in Zagreb (2011)
Location: Zagreb / Boogaloo / CroatiaDate: 25.01.2011
Helloween are one of the most important European metal bands, since they were one of the key acts behind the boom of heavy-power metal in Germany and Europe in the late eighties.…
WinterStrike Festival IV (2011)
Author: Urban Bolta
Location: Kompleks / Ravne na Koroškem / SloveniaConcert date: 27.01.2011Attendance: 130Ticket price: €7 (with reservation) / €10 (without reservation)
The year flew by and the first month of the new one is here again.…
Those Whom the Gods Detest – Nile, Melechesh and Dew-Scented at New Age (2011)
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Nina Grad
Venue: New Age, Roncade, ItalyConcert date: 27.01.2011Attendance: 500
We'd been waiting a good while for the American death metal heavyweights to swing by again. Sadly the current Those Whom the Gods…
A Trip Through the Euro Power Metal Textbook, Handbrake On (2011)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Kino Šiška / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 26.01.2011Attendance: 850Ticket price: 25,00€
The thirteenth studio album, "7 Sinners" (2010), has finally brought the Hamburg…
Pumpkins Slip Up at Zagreb’s Boogaloo (2011)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: January 25, 2011Attendance: 600Ticket price: 210.00 HRK
Helloween are one of the most important European metal bands. They were one of the key acts…
Chateau Tease Their New Album with a Strong Show at Orto (2011)
Venue: Orto bar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 21.01.2011Attendance: 100Ticket price: €10.00
While the recently and tragically departed Šank rock got a ton of media fanfare, it looks like their legacy could be carried on in…
Heavy New Year’s Night! (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Postojna / SloveniaConcert date: 30.12.2010Attendance: 400Ticket price: €7.00
Just when peace and calm settle into the soul, in the days of Christmas and the run-up to the New Year,…
Božični rock koncert 2010! (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Športna dvorana / Postojna / SloveniaConcert date: 24.12.2010Attendance: 1200Ticket price: 13,00€
For the seventeenth year in a row, Postojna hosted the traditional Božični rock…
No Rules and Muškat Hamburg – No Rules Apply in Murska Sobota (2010)
Location: Murska Sobota / MIKK / SloveniaDate: Tuesday, December 14, 2010
This November and December are packed at the Youth Information and Culture Club Murska Sobota (MIKK), which is celebrating 15 years in business. The main hub…
Helstar Glorify Chaos at Gala hala! (2010)
"Helstar remain a powerhouse on stage, one of a kind. Jerry's absence showed, "peeking through" especially in the mid-tempo stretches of the songs, but still. "Glory To Chaos" got a fantastic introduction in Ljubljana, and everyone who…
Glam Assault at Orto Bar to Send Off the Old Year! (2010)
Venue: Orto Bar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: December 17, 2010Attendance: 150Ticket price: €5.00
Holy hell. Does anyone still remember the last time you could take a glam rock missile straight to the face in Slovenia? Those events…
Clash of Bay Area and Teutonic thrash titans at Thrashfest 2010!
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Cvetličarna MediaPark / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 16.12.2010Attendance: 1100
Last summer the festivals were ruled by thrash metal's big four: Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and…
No Rules in Murska Sobota! (2010)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Urban Bolta
Location: MIKK / Murska Sobota / SloveniaConcert date: December 16, 2010Attendance: 10Ticket price: €4
This year's November and December are shaping up to be seriously busy at the Mladinski…
Mr. Jocot’s Farewell (2010)
Venue: Orto bar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 12/15/2010Attendance: 50Ticket price: €4.00
Let's all go to Thrashfest at Mediapark! Ah, no chance. Way too expensive. Let's hit Orto bar for some more modern sounds instead. Why? To show…
Left Out in the Cold with L.A. Guns’ Scraps (2010)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Rock Club / Ronchi dei Legionari (Ronke) / ItalyConcert date: 12/15/2010Attendance: 70Ticket price: €20.00
L.A. Guns are yet another great glam metal outfit from the second half of the eighties, basically…
Helstar’s Ode to Chaos at Gala hala! (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Gala hala (Metelkova) / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: December 13, 2010Attendance: 80Ticket price: €20.00
Texas "old school speed" metallers Helstar are firing on all cylinders…
Another Motörhead Trip to Bavaria (2010)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Zenith Halle / Munich / GermanyConcert date: December 10, 2010Attendance: 5Ticket price: €40.00
December in Germany has traditionally meant a Motörhead tour. Year after year. Every…
The Last Indian War Cry at Bluesiana (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Bluesiana / Velden am Woerthersee / AustriaConcert date: 07.12.2010Attendance: 70
There's no room for joking around when a new phalanx of world-class aces rolls into Bluesiana!…
Rotting Christ Rot the Competition at Kino Šiška! (2010)
Author: Rok Klemše
Location: Kino Šiška, LjubljanaConcert date: 06.12.2010Attendance: 500Ticket price: 22€/27€
It's interesting to wade into the debate over whether metal gigs belong in the new Kino Šiška hall. One side says the venue is…
Skid Row Still Draw a Crowd, Even Without Sebastian Bach (2010)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: New Age / Roncade (Treviso) / ItalyConcert date: 04.12.2010Attendance: 550Ticket price: €28.00
Skid Row in 2010, without Sebastian Bach on vocals, are definitely a double-edged sword. On one hand, you…
One Last Devilish March of 2010 Enthroned the Dogma of Primal Metal Culture
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Orto bar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: December 3, 2010Attendance: 40Ticket price: €0.00
The new "merry" December has arrived. The gig scene usually starts fading around now,…
Fuzz Universe Shook Zagreb Too (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: 02.12.2010Attendance: 300Ticket price: 140,00 HRK (18,00€)
Two days after the devilish guitar wizard showed up in the Slovenian capital for the…
Long-Fingered Prankster Spider Spins “Cvetko” Into a Rock Delirium (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Cvetličarna MediaPark / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: November 30, 2010Attendance: 400Ticket price: €30.00
Paul Gilbert is one of the fastest guitarists on the planet. But speed…
Paul McCartney, the Romantic Beatle, Triumphs in Bologna (2011)
Author: Peter PodbrežnikPhotos: Jernej Vene
Location: Unipol Arena / Bologna / ItalyConcert date: 26.11.2010Attendance: 14,000Ticket price: €130 (package with transport - Koncerti.net)
It doesn't happen all that often that you get such a…
Brutal Gangsters, Murder Bards, Antichrists and Anti-Politicians. What More Could You Want? (2010)
Venue: Menza pri koritu / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 24.11.2010Attendance: 300Ticket price: €20 (reserved) / €23 (on the day)
A cold Wednesday evening and a heap of metalheads, most of them already slightly tipsy, were quite the…
“We Are the Quireboys, and This Is Rock’n’Roll”! (2010)
Author: Urban Bolta
Location: Bluesiana Rock Cafe / Velden am Wörthersee / AustriaConcert date: November 23, 2010Attendance: 40Ticket price: €30 (presale), €33 (day of show)
The Quireboys are one of those bands that, with a smidge more…
Where Raw Volume and Rock Power Boil Over (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Backstage / Munich / GermanyConcert date: November 23, 2010Attendance: 400Ticket price: €30.00
Pretty Maids, those indestructible, tough-as-nails Danish hard rockers who never quite…
…and Satan Cried His Eyes Out (2010)
Location: Gala hala (Metelkova) / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 22.11.2010Attendance: 150Ticket price: €20 (presale) / €24 (day of show)
What's more depressing than a gloomy, rainy Monday? A bunch of black metal devotees who showed up…
Across the Thousand Lakes and the Orphaned Land (2010)
Author: Rok Klemše
Venue: Cvetličarna, LjubljanaConcert date: 19.11.2010Attendance: 700Ticket price: 20€/24€
Over the past year the Sindian Undergroung crew, alongside the reliable Dihurčki, has been keeping our live-music diet well…
A Night of Youthful Rock’n’Roll Mayhem (2010)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Urban Bolta
Location: Gasometer / Vienna / AustriaConcert date: 19.11.2010Attendance: 2500Ticket price: 25€ (presale) / 32€ (day of show)
On a sleepy, foggy Saturday afternoon, four of the bravest of us set off…
Richie Kotzen Has Found His Way Home! (2010)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Bluesiana Rock Cafe / Velden / AustriaConcert date: 11/18/2010Attendance: 120Ticket price: €34.00 (presale) / €38.00 (day of show)
The memories of Kotzen's show at the start of last…
Vienna Death Metal Massacre (2010)
Venue: Arena / Vienna / AustriaConcert date: November 17, 2010Attendance: 300Ticket price: €19 (presale) / €24 (day of show)
What's better than a pre-Christmas death metal package? Nothing! Anyone who gives a damn about death metal had to…
Anathema Go Full Marathon in Zagreb (2010)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: November 15, 2010Attendance: 450Ticket price: 160.00 HRK
Anathema have oiled up the machine again and hit the road. The album "We're Here Because We're Here" brought…
Imperial Never Say Die Club Tour (2010)
Location: Gasometer / Vienna / AustriaConcert date: November 15, 2010Attendance: 1500Ticket price: €27 (advance) / €30 (day of show)
Another trip to Vienna, but this time for a music spectacle aimed at the younger generations. What are we…
The White Giant of Soul Christens Stožice (2010)
Half a century of hard graft on stage, four decades of albums, and five visits to Slovenia in as many years. The raspy voice of the soul and blues giant filled the vaults of the non-acoustic Stožice and fired up even the usually stiff,…
George Lynch Brings His Mob and His Tiger to Vienna (2010)
"So Lynch mob didn't disappoint. It wasn't the tightly orchestrated show we got the day before at Satrijani, but the intimate vibe, a lot like the one at Bluesiana in Carinthia, plus the spontaneity and chemistry of four seasoned stage cats…
Misery Index and Grave – Aftershock Memories of Measuring the Suffering Index (2010)
"Ljubljana succumbed to hordes of corpses and took on a lovely stench of death, and you could feel the thunder of intellectually refined Antichrists and heretics in the air. "
Use Less Blew Minds at Orto! (2010)
Author: Rok Klemše
Location: Orto bar, LjubljanaConcert date: 12.11.2010Attendance: 120Ticket price: €4
Over the last two years it's been a joy to watch the Slovenian metal scene grow in step with the world's. The number of quality metal…
Hard Rock Buffet 2: Kamnik’s Festival for Up-and-Coming Bands (2010)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Urban Bolta
Location: MC Kotlovnica / Kamnik / SloveniaConcert date: November 12, 2010Attendance: 70Ticket price: free admission
Last Saturday, the Kotlovnica youth center in Kamnik hosted Hard Rock Buffet 2,…
George Lynch Brings His Mob and His Tiger to Vienna (2010)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Szene / Vienna / AustriaConcert date: 11.11.2010Attendance: 100
The upside of the long drives to Vienna gigs is that music nuts like us can stock up on all kinds of music media on the way through Austria,…
Rattled to the Bone: Memories of Measuring the Suffering Factor (2010)
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Rok Klemše
Venue: Gala Hala, Metelkova, LjubljanaConcert date: 10.11.2010Attendance: 170Ticket price: 20€/24€
Over the years the metal underground just keeps getting more colorful, dirtier-sounding…
Raise Your Fists and Stand Up Against the System (2010)
Venue: Channel Zero / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 10.11.2010Attendance: 60Ticket price: €15 (reserved) / €18 (day of show)
It was a rainy afternoon, and nobody would have guessed that a legendary underground hardcore and hip hop…
A Guitar Rally Through Ljubljana (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Hala Tivoli / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 10.11.2010Attendance: 2500Ticket price: 39,00€ (floor) / 34,00€ (stands)
The founding father of guitar rock, the one and only Joe…
Another Proof of Therion’s Greatness (2010)
Author: Urban Bolta
Venue: Kino Šiška / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 07.11.2010Attendance: 500Ticket price: 24€ (presale) / 27€ (day of the show)
Therion, one of the most majestic acts in the metal world today, are back…
When the Skies Burn and the Dying Lie in Suicidal Silence (2010)
Venue: Gasometer / Vienna / AustriaConcert date: 06.11.2010Attendance: 2500Ticket price: 26€ (presale) / 30€ (day of show)
What got so many fans from Austria's neighboring countries, plus the Austrians themselves, to show up in one single…
Brezno Summon Svarun to the KUD Stage! (2010)
Author: Rok Klemše
Venue: KUD France Prešeren, LjubljanaConcert date: 05.11.2010Attendance: 150Ticket price: €6
This fall has brought more than a bumper crop of gigs, with shows coming one after another so fast it's almost hard to keep…
Michael Landau: Versatile Guitar Chef and Master of Sonic Excellence (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Bluesiana Rock Cafe / Velden Am Woerthersee / AustriaConcert date: 04.11.2010Attendance: 70Ticket price: €30.00
Michael Landau is one of the most in-demand session players on the…
Joe Bonamassa – The White-Suited Blues Valentino Seduces Zagreb (2010)
Location: Zagreb / Boogaloo / CroatiaDate: Friday, 10/29/2010
Joe Bonamassa - a child prodigy who was already scratching at guitar strings at four, on a guitar his father first pushed into his hands without asking. The man comes…
W.A.S.P. Back at the Scene of the Crime: Short but Sweet! (2010)
Author: Urban Bolta
Location: New Age Club / Roncade (Treviso) / ItalyConcert date: October 30, 2010Attendance: 700Ticket price: €25 (presale) / €30 (day of show)
W.A.S.P. are one of the few glam metal bands left that can head out on a…
White-Suited Blues Valentino Seduces Zagreb (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: October 29, 2010Attendance: 900Ticket price: €29.00
Joe Bonamassa - a child prodigy who was already rubbing guitar strings at age four, with a…
A Pagan March Across Europe: Heidenfest 2010!
Author: Rok Klemše
Venue: VPK Mediapark, LjubljanaConcert date: 10/28/2010Attendance: 700Ticket price: 29€
It's the year of our Lord 2010 and Christian blood is flowing in rivers again. The pagan tribes have saddled their faithful steeds,…
Y&T Prove Their Greatness in Prague (2010)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Exit Chmelnice / Prague / Czech RepublicConcert date: October 27, 2010Attendance: 150Ticket price: €20.00
If love of music is your only compass, how big an act is commercially doesn't…
A Night of Sated Passions and Schizophrenic Tastes
Author: Rok Klemše
Venue: Menza pri koritu, Metelkova, LjubljanaConcert date: October 26, 2010Attendance: 200Ticket price: €15 (presale) / €18 (day of show)
A Wednesday evening and gloomy weather, hesitantly tipping into something between…
Instrumental Rock Supermen Get Ljubljana on Its Feet (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Orto bar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: October 23, 2010Attendance: 60Ticket price: €6.00
Top-tier musical virtuoso and Slovenian guitar ace Grega Habič brought his backing crew…
Grega Habič Band: A Typhoon From Jesenice Tears Through Carinthia! (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Kompleks / Ravne na Koroškem / SloveniaConcert date: October 22, 2010Attendance: 15Ticket price: €5.00
Grega Habič! Jesenice's guitar virtuoso, a creative musical genius with his very…
A Trip Down Memory Lane with Liverpool’s Wonder Boys (2010)
Author: Peter Podbrežnik
Location: Cvetličarna / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: October 21, 2010Attendance: 1,100Ticket price: €17.00
On Saturday, The Beatles Revival rolled into Cvetličarna, one of the best and most popular bands…
Rounding the Bend into a New Circle (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Kino Šiška / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 20.10.2010Attendance: 350Ticket price: €12.00 (advance) / €15.00 (day of show)
Društvo mrtvih pesnikov, 25 years! How time flies.…
The Ramones Parade at Cvetličarna (2010)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Cvetličarna / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 20.10.2010Attendance: 550Ticket price: €25.00 (advance) / €28.00 (day of show)
Want a bit of the spirit of the dead The Ramones? At least a partial…
At the Edge of Time with Blind Guardian! (2010)
Author: Rok Klemše
Venue: Gasometer, Vienna, AustriaConcert date: October 15, 2010Attendance: 2000
Four years after A Twist in the Myth, Germany's Blind Guardian are back with a new record, At the Edge of Time, which is without a doubt…
…and the Morbid Turns into Beauty (2010)
Location: Cvetličarna / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: October 15, 2010Attendance: 400Ticket price: €22.00 (advance) / €25.00 (day of show)
A dark silence has flooded the Slovenian capital. Its followers, the faithful worshippers…
Scratch bar Is Born (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Scratch bar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: October 15, 2010Attendance: 150Ticket price: €0.00 (free entry)
That's how our little world turns. It even "turns" so far that the…
Negligence Throw Šiška Into the Coordinates of Confusion! (2010)
Author: Rok Klemše
Venue: CUK Kino Šiška, LjubljanaConcert date: 12.10.2010Attendance: 300Ticket price: €10
October 2010 marks a new milestone for the Slovenian metal scene (really, for Slovenian music as a whole), because this month…
Leonard Cohen and the Glitz and Misery of Stožice (2010)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Arena Stožice / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 11.10.2010Attendance: 13
Delo recently ran a claim that Cohen, together with Dylan, Johnny Cash and Nick Cave, is one of four musicians of biblical…
Grinderman Roar Through Križanke! (2010)
Author: Urban Bolta
Location: Križanke / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 08.10.2010Attendance: 3500Ticket price: 35€ (presale) / 40€ (day of show)
A few years back, the sunny side of the Alps was chronically short on gigs by mid-sized…
MM&W’s Groove Shook Kino Šiška to Its Foundations! (2010)
Photos: Urban Bolta
Venue: Kino Šiška / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: September 28, 2010Attendance: 600Ticket price: €25.00 (presale) / €29.00 (day of show)
Kino Šiška has once again proven why it's becoming one of the…
Black Skies of Doom Over the Croatian Capital! (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaShow date: 28.09.2010Attendance: 900Ticket price: 170.00HRK (presale) / 190.00HRK (day of show)
Every time planet Earth wraps itself in coal-black…
The Band That Knows How to Turn Technical Trouble Into a Good Time (2010)
Venue: Spring & Airbrake / Belfast / Northern IrelandConcert date: 26.09.2010Attendance: 300Ticket price: 18.5 £
For us southerners, Belfast is a mysterious place in its own right, and definitely worth a visit. If hard rock champions…
A Screaming Beast Shakes the Banks of the Sava (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Močvara / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: September 25, 2010Attendance: 250Ticket price: €12.00 / €15.00
That's what happens when Tim "Ripper" Owens goes wandering around the concert…
Laibach’s Second Night in the Coal Country (2010)
Venue: Dealvski dom TrbovljeConcert date: 09/24/2010Attendance: 500
In the foyer of the Delavski dom in Trbovlje on Thursday, September 23, Milan Kučan ceremonially opened the exhibition Rdeči revirji + črn križ, kicking off four days of…
Laibach Kick Off the Anniversary Weekend in Grand Style (2010)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Delavski dom / Trbovlje / SloveniaConcert date: 23.09.2010Attendance: 500
The last weekend of September was a big one for Slovenian culture. Especially for Laibach, a band that (by name at…
Eskobars Celebrate the Release of Their Debut (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Orto bar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 22.09.2010Attendance: 60Ticket price: €0.00 (free entry)
Eskobars have literally exploded in no time. In two years of existence they've put…
25 Years of Pop Design at Križanke (2010)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Križanke / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: September 16, 2010Attendance: 2,500Ticket price: 25€ (presale) 29€ (day of show)
Pop Design used to be a byword for success. Hit records came…
Wishing Peter Green Well: Wishbone Ash Step In at St. Veit an der Glan (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Herzogburg / St. Veit a. d. Glan (Klagenfurt) / AustriaConcert date: September 11, 2010Attendance: 1,300Ticket price: €32.00 (presale) / €35.00 (day of show)
It's a tradition by…
Great musicians, great music, great gig — but a clinically dead city (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Full House / Celje / SloveniaGig date: 04.09.2010Attendance: 35Ticket price: €0.00 (free entry)
Uroš Planinc Group are one of the few, if not the only, real torchbearers of…
Rock The Lake (2010)!
Location: Sachsenburg Floßländ / AustriaConcert date: 02.09.2010Attendance: 0Ticket price: 55,00€ (three-day ticket)
With the summer of 2010 winding down, we're chasing the last scraps of this year's festival season! So the RockLine…
The Last Day Before the Dawn at Orto Bar (2010)
Author: Rok Klemše
Location: Orto bar, LjubljanaConcert date: 02.09.2010Attendance: 120Ticket price: 8€
Summer is over, sadly, and the summer festivals with it. But along with the rain, the gloomy weather and the cold, autumn thankfully…
Interceptor Drop Napalm on Velenje (2010)
"Interceptor really got the crowd on its feet. A good 300 heads got a first-class helping of napalm cluster bombs on the spot, courtesy of the thrash metal foldout of Slovenia's legendary interceptor, and we wish it returns next time armed…
Interceptor Carpet-Bomb Velenje with Napalm (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: MC Velenje / Velenje / SloveniaConcert date: 28.08.2010Attendance: 350Ticket price: €0.00 (free entry)
Ever climbed into your car in the middle of the worst downpour imaginable, a…
Lizzy Borden – Double Murder in a Stuffy Viennese Hole (2010)
"A voltage-charged show confirmed the band's incredible form. There's only one thing you'd wish for: that a band like this always gets a stage big enough to unleash its famous horror theater to the max."
Double Homicide in a Stuffy Vienna Dive (2010)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Escape-Metal Corner / Vienna / AustriaConcert date: 23.08.2010Attendance: 250Ticket price: €15.00
Does anyone out there happen to know who Lizzy Borden are? Does anyone still remember this band? Hardly,…
Alpe Adria Rock festival 2010 (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Burgruine / Finkenstein (Villach) / AustriaGig date: August 21, 2010Attendance: 500Ticket price: €18.00
The big day had arrived: August 21, 2010. A sun-soaked Saturday, and time for…
Iron Maiden Take the Path of Least Resistance in Codroipo (2010)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Codroipo, ItalyConcert date: August 16, 2010Attendance: 12000Ticket price: 70 €
Maiden's only show this year anywhere near Slovenia promised a lot. The spectacular Vila Manin in Codroipo near Udine is a…
Alice Cooper Casts His Spell on Nearby Majano with the “Theatre of Death”! (2010)
"Even if you squint and look the other way, you still have to admit that despite the merciless ticking of Alice Cooper's biological clock, catching one of his shows remains a real treat, worth the trip for every music gourmet out there."