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Wacken Rocks South Festival (Day One) – Meeting the Metal Minstrels In Extremo (2009)
Location: Rieden - Kreuth / GermanyDate: 08/27/2009
A whiff of the traditional Wacken Open Air festival, which has been going for 19 years now in the far north of Germany, finally reached us in a slightly scaled-down version, a bit!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Wacken Rocks South 2009 – Day Three
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Rieden-Kreuth / GermanyConcert date: August 29, 2009Attendance: 6,000Ticket price: €80.00
The third day of Wacken Rocks South served up a weaker lineup than day two, which wrapped…
Wacken Rocks South (Day Two) – Bowing Down to Thrash Metal Godfathers Slayer! (2009)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Rieden-Kreuth / GermanyConcert date: August 27, 2009Attendance: 8,000Ticket price: €80.00
After a wild first-day celebration with assorted sweet liquors of the alcoholic kind and…
Wacken Rocks South Festival (Day One): Meeting the Metal Troubadours In Extremo (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Rieden-Kreuth / GermanyConcert date: August 27, 2009Attendance: 3,000Ticket price: €80.00
We finally got a whiff of the traditional Wacken Open Air festival, which has been running…
FreQuency festival 2009: Day Three
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Vaz / St. Poelten / AustriaConcert date: 22.08.2009Attendance: 70
Seven years, seven FreQuency festivals, and not a single one without rain. For the seventh time in a row, FreQuency…
FreQuency Festival – Day Two (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Vaz / St. Poelten / AustriaConcert date: 21.08.2009Attendance: 70
The second day of FreQuency pretty much carried on the vibe of day one. The difference between the two lineups was…
FreQuency Festival 2009 – Day One
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Vaz / St. Poelten / AustriaConcert date: 08/20/2009Attendance: 70
The seventh FreQuency festival in a row is one of Europe's bigger festivals, and over its history it has hosted…
Krematorij with Agnostic Front in Klagenfurt (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Volxhaus / Klagenfurt (Celovec) / AustriaConcert date: 17.08.2009Attendance: 100Ticket price: 19.00€
After playing the Paranoid Open Air festival in Slovenia, in Ljubečna near Celje, and then pulling off…
Faith No More Blow Romanian Minds Too! (2009)
Author: Urban Bolta
Photos: Barbara Milharčič
Location: Sala Polivalenta, Bucharest (Romania)
Concert date: 08/14/2009
Attendance: 5000
Ticket price: €33
After a one-day visit to the "Spirit of Burgas" Black Sea festival in Bulgaria on…
Paranoid Open Air 2009 – Day Three (2009)
Author: Rok Klemše
Location: Avtopoligon Ljubečna, CeljeConcert date: 14.08.2009Attendance: 0
On a sunny morning, the last day of the festival, we were woken up at ten by Sagaris from Brežice, who, despite the really, really early hour,…
Faith No More Turn the Sandy Beaches of the Black Sea Into Paradise (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Spirit Of Burgas (festival) / Burgas / BulgariaConcert date: 14.08.2009Attendance: 20Ticket price: 50 LV (one day) / 120 LV (three days)
Some things in life are just meant to be. It's summer, August rolls…
Paranoid Open Air 2009 – Day Two (2009)
Author: Rok Klemše
Location: Ljubečna, CeljeConcert date: 13.08.2009Attendance: 0
Ah, how lovely it is to wake up when breakfast is half-price beer and First Strike drag you out of bed at ten in the morning, in a morning fog that would've…
Paranoid Open Air 2009 – Day One (2009)
Author: Rok Klemše
Location: Avtopoligon Ljubečna, CeljeConcert date: 12.08.2009Attendance: 0
We'd been waiting for it like a man dying of thirst waits for water since the day it was announced - Paranoid Open Air 2009! With a seriously…
U2 Finally Find Their Magic on Night Two in Zagreb (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Stadion Maksimir / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: 10.08.2009Attendance: 60Ticket price: 500,00HRK (floor) / 250,00HRK (stands) / 2000,00HRK (VIP boxes and Red Zone)
Day two of U2 in Zagreb had arrived.…
U2 in Zagreb (Day One) – When the Stage Overpowers the Performers (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Stadion Maksimir / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: August 9, 2009Attendance: 60Ticket price: 500.00HRK (floor) / 250.00HRK (stands) / 2000.00HRK (VIP boxes and Red Zone)
U2! New tour, new album, new…
Brutal Assault 2009 – Day Three (2009)
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Josefov, the Czech RepublicConcert date: 07.08.2009Attendance: 10Ticket price: 47€/54€
And so we woke up to one more Saturday morning, the last day of the festival. After a metal…
Van Der Graaf Generator Translate Concert Ecstasy Through Interference Patterns (2009)
"VDGG made us happy with a fantastic show, pretty much as expected, and the real feat was how an elated individual in a sea of seats managed to stay seated at all. "
Brutal Assault 2009 – Day Two (2009)
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Josefov, the Czech RepublicConcert date: 06.08.2009Attendance: 10Ticket price: 47€/54€
The second day of the festival was a real golden middle, with a small sea of bands lined up from…
Brutal Assault 2009 – Day One (2009)
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Josefov, the Czech RepublicConcert date: 05.08.2009Attendance: 10Ticket price: 47€/54€
What does a metalhead do when a festival with a killer line-up, cheap beer and a one-of-a-kind…
Van Der Graaf Generator Translate Concert Ecstasy Through Interference Patterns (2009)
Author: Peter Podbrežnik
Location: Piazza Unita d'Italia / Trieste / ItalyConcert date: 02.08.2009Attendance: 1Ticket price: €0.00 (free admission)
It doesn't happen all that often that a band of world stature, one that's also a bona…
Gong’s Teapot Rally Across the Vast Cosmos (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Piazza Unita d'Italia / Trieste / ItalyConcert date: 01.08.2009Attendance: 3Ticket price: €0.00 (free admission)
You go through plenty in a concert-going career, but for the…
James Rivera and Metalsteel Serve Up a Fine Night of Heavy Metal at Metelkova (2009)
Author: Urban Bolta
Venue: Gala Hala / Metelkova / LjubljanaConcert date: 31.07.2009Attendance: 200Ticket price: 15 €
James Rivera has gone from talk to action. What am I on about? At the end of May, Kranj's Bazen hosted the American…
One-of-a-Kind Lenny Kravitz Wraps Up His European Tour in Style in Tarvisio (2009)
Venue: Piazza Unita / Tarvisio / ItalyConcert date: 28.07.2009Attendance: 3000Ticket price: €46
All the poor souls who banged their heads against the wall in disappointment after Lenny Kravitz's June show at Hala Tivoli got cancelled soon…
Working on a Dream with Bruce Springsteen (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Stadio Friuli / Udine / ItalyConcert date: July 23, 2009Attendance: 40Ticket price: €57.50 (floor, on the day of the show)
After 2006, when Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen visited…
Steve Hackett and Djabe Play Slovenia for the First Time (2009)
"Hanging out with Steve and Djabe was one of those magical concert nights that everyone there, especially those of us who got a short chat with the legend, won't forget anytime soon."
Nancy’s Metal Orgasm with Municipal Waste, Ratos de Porao, No Limits, Negligence and Thraw…
Author: Rok Klemše
Venue: Izbruhov kulturni bazen, KranjConcert date: 20.07.2009Attendance: 0
The rule of thumb is that summer club shows get dismal turnouts. Metalheads are either making the pilgrimage to the countless festivals across…
Night Of Rock with Primal Fear and Jaded Heart (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Mehrzweckhalle Debant / Debant (Lienz) / AustriaConcert date: July 18, 2009Attendance: 500Ticket price: €15.00 / €18.00
Germany's Primal Fear are by now a firmly anchored name in heavy metal, one…
Motorhead in the Courtyard of Palladio’s Villa Contarini (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Piazzale Villa Contarini / Piazzola Sul Brenta (Padua) / ItalyConcert date: 07/17/2009Attendance: 10Ticket price: €35.00
Motorhead are a band that's always on the road. Even though the iron chancellor Ian…
Steve Hackett Plays Slovenia for the First Time! (2009)
Author: Peter PodbrežnikPhotos: Jernej Vene
Location: Slovenj GradecConcert date: 16.07.2009Attendance: 350Ticket price: 0,00€
This year the traditional Slovenj Gradec summer music festival served up a genuine sensation for all the music…
Guitar Shaman Brews His Medicine in the Middle of Trieste (2009)
Author: Peter PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Piazza d'Unita Italia / Trieste / ItalyConcert date: July 14, 2009Attendance: 6Ticket price: €41.00
Trieste's Piazza d'Unita, long known as the stage for some interesting musical…
Radar festival (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Gradski stadion / Varaždin / CroatiaConcert date: 12.07.2009Attendance: 8Ticket price: 290,00HRK
At the last minute, a trip to this year's third consecutive Radar festival squeezed…
Morcheeba with a French twist this time (2009)
Venue: Križanke, LjubljanaConcert date: July 11, 2009Attendance: 2000Ticket price: Presale: €37, day of show: €42
MORSO
Before Morcheeba came on, the stage belonged to the rockers from Rijeka, Morso, but they never quite managed to get the…
Talking Head David Byrne Wows a Packed Križanke (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Križanke / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 10.07.2009Attendance: 1000Ticket price: €39.00 / €44.00
David Byrne is an American musician and artist who was born in Scotland. He moved to the United States of…
Cynic Soar on Eagle Wings and Leave Traces in the Air (2009)
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Močvara club / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: 09.07.2009Attendance: 350Ticket price: 120,00HRK / 140,00HRK
When I first heard the cult record Focus, which changed the genre of…
Chickenfoot – Chicken Claws on Golden Sand (2009)
Location: Lignano Sabbiadoro / Arena Alpe Adria / ItalyDate: Sunday, 05.07.2009
Chickenfoot is an all-star lineup of veterans made up of Joe Satriani, Chad Smith (Red hot chilli peppers) and fifty percent of Van Halen (Sammy Hagar,!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Want a Tesla? Skip the Car, Catch the Band in Munich (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Metropolis / Munich / GermanyConcert date: July 8, 2009Attendance: 700Ticket price: €29.00
Of the 21 announced European shows by Tesla, those excellent American hard rockers from…
Steve Winwood Spins a Fairy Tale Behind the Castle Walls of Udine! (2009)
Venue: Piazzale del Castello / Udine / ItalyConcert date: 07.07.2009Attendance: 2500Ticket price: €25
Lately, chasing down gigs by big-name musical heavyweights has really gotten under the Rockline crew's skin. Good thing we live right…
Bang Your Head!!! 2009 – After-Show Party in the Spirit of Judas Priest
"Just Priest are a crew of seasoned old tomcats. The lineup features vocalist Udo Welz (Agent Orange), guitarists Tom Naumann (ex Primal Fear, ex Sinner) and Stefan Barth (Agent Orange), bassist Thomas "Huyz" Mössinger and drummer Didi…
Bang Your Head!!! Festival Day Two – See You in Valhalla (2009)
"Then they come back out with Horst E. Franz, the festival's head organizer, and sum up their impressions in front of an ecstatic crowd that just wouldn't stop singing the chorus: "Valhalla, deliverance, But you ever forgot me,..." Not even…
Chickenfoot Tear Up the Golden Sand (2009)
Venue: Arena Alpe Adria / Lignano Sabbiadoro / ItalyConcert date: 04.07.2009Attendance: 2000Ticket price: 35 eu
Chickenfoot is a star-studded lineup of veterans made up of Joe Satriani, Chad Smith (Red hot chilli peppers) and fifty percent…
Bang Your Head!!! Festival (Day One) – Journey’s Spaceship Touches Down (2009)
" Journey were a chapter all their own on day one, and the next day people were still talking about them in nothing but superlatives!"
A Superb Finale to the Ljubljana Jazz Festival (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Križanke, LjubljanaConcert date: 03.07.2009Attendance: 2000
The Ljubljana Jazz Festival has racked up some serious mileage, and this year we got to see its fiftieth edition. The whole run of concerts…
Eric Burdon Leads Us Through the Realm of Animal Instincts! (2009)
Location: St. Veit an der Glan / AustriaConcert date: 03.07.2009Attendance: 400Ticket price: 38 €
Much like the obsessive state of heightened sexual activity of the average SDS voter, once a year the time comes for a quick hop over the…
Jethro Tull Throw a Proper Troubadour Revel Amid Castle Walls (2009)
Author: Peter PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Piazzale del Castello / Udine / ItalyConcert date: 02.07.2009Attendance: 5000Ticket price: €30.00
For part of the Rockline crew, catching the English progressive folk rock legends…
Bang Your Head!!! 2009: The “Warm-Up” Show
"As is tradition, the organizers laid on a "warm-up" show again this year. But unlike last year, when the warm-up gig went down in nearby Hechingen with Frobidden, Breaker and Firewind, this time it found its home in the brand-new Voklsbank…
Bang Your Head!!! After-Show Party, Judas Priest Style (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Loft / Balingen / GermanyConcert date: June 27, 2009Attendance: 400Ticket price: €5.00
When the second day of this year's Bang Your Head!!! festival wrapped up in the little German…
Bang Your Head!!! Festival (Day One) – Journey’s Spaceship Touches Down (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Messegelande / Balingen / GermanyConcert date: 26.06.2009Attendance: 20Ticket price: €85.00 (two-day ticket price)
The first day of Bang Your Head!!! had arrived, the fifteenth…
Bang Your Head!!! Festival, Day Two: Farewell to Valhalla (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Messegelande / Balingen / GermanyConcert date: June 26, 2009Attendance: 20,000Ticket price: €85.00 (two-day ticket)
The second day of the festival didn't exactly start on a rosy…
Bang Your Head!!! Warm-Up Show (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Volksbank Messehalle / Balingen / GermanyConcert date: June 25, 2009Attendance: 4500Ticket price: €25.00
Another year has rolled around, and it's time for a fresh Bang Your Head…
American Wolves Meet Dutch Plague in Ljubljana (2009)
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Nina Grad
Venue: Gala hala, LjubljanaConcert date: 23.06.2009Attendance: 200Ticket price: 22€/27€
Our favorite critters, the Dirty Skunks, keep working tirelessly and mercilessly to make sure our ears never get a…
Simply Red Say Goodbye to Ljubljana! (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia Concert date: 23.06.2009Attendance: 0Ticket price: 40, 50 €
Simply Red and their charismatic frontman Mick Hucknall are currently touring stages across Europe, and the road…
A Sinner Lulls Križanke Into Sweet Dreams! (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Križanke, Ljubljana, Slovenia Concert date: 21.06.2009Attendance: 2000Ticket price: €44
The pleasant summer concert season in our capital got another highlight on Monday, June 22, with the controversial…
Nova Rock Festival 2009 – Day Two – Mud Baths and Chicken Drumsticks for Dinner! (2009)
Location: Nickelsdorf, Austria Concert date: 19.06.2009Attendance: 80000Ticket price: €110 for all three days
Waking up to a cold, rainy morning never promises anything good. And sadly, that's exactly how it played out. It drizzled on and…
Nova Rock Festival 2009 – Day One – Faith No More Return, Plus Rain and a Power Outage!…
Location: Nickelsdorf, Austria Concert date: 18.06.2009Attendance: 60Ticket price: €110 for all three days
A year has flown by and the long-awaited Nova Rock festival has finally arrived, delighting us once again with a great lineup of…
Disturbed Drive Zagreb Wild for the Second Time (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: 17.06.2009Attendance: 700Ticket price: 190,00HRK
"Modern" American "groove" metallers Disturbed already sold out Zagreb's Boogaloo club…
Marco Eneidi and Donald Robinson Fire Blanks at Gromka (2009)
Venue: Gromka, Metelkova, LjubljanaConcert date: 16.06.2009Attendance: 40
Metelkova keeps serving up interesting jazz gigs, and sometimes they hand us a heaping plate of jazz goodness, while other times they toss us just the leftovers,…
Röyksopp – A Chilly Nordic Breeze in the Heart of a Ljubljana Summer! (2009)
Venue: Križanke, Ljubljana, Slovenia Concert date: 13.06.2009Attendance: 2500Ticket price: €37 in advance, €42 on the day of the show
Norwegian duo Röyksopp, the team-up of Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge, is yet another…
Nove konzerve: Masters of Serving Up Rock & Roll With No Color, No Flavor… and No Balls!…
Location: Orto Bar, LjubljanaConcert date: June 12, 2009Attendance: 100Ticket price: €5
Last Friday RockLine kept up its series of visits to gigs organized to promote the freshly baked albums of mostly younger bands. This time, at the…
Faith No More Are Back From the Dead! (2009)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Urban Bolta
Location: Donington Park, United KingdomConcert date: 11.06.2009Attendance: 70000Ticket price: 180€ (weekend ticket)
More than eleven years have passed since Faith No More played what was (until now)…
Mestni postopači Launch Dobro Došlo! (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Cutty Sark / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 11.06.2009Attendance: 70Ticket price: €0.00 (free entry)
Once again, luck had me wash up exactly where I needed to be. Luckily, a person…
John Waite Is Brilliant in Graz, Even With Only a Handful of Fans (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Orpheum / Graz / AustriaConcert date: 10.06.2009Attendance: 50
Who still remembers The Babys and Bad English? Who remembers the hit Missing You, a number one in the US in the…
The Killers Break the “Curse” of Hipodrom Stožice! (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Hipodrom Stožice, Ljubljana, Slovenia Concert date: 06.06.2009Attendance: 25000Ticket price: €21.7
Hipodrom Stožice has fallen. The Killers became the first band to play the venue, which many other…
Behind the Scenes of the Don Mentony Live Album Recording (2009)
Venue: Studio 14 of Radio Slovenija, LjubljanaConcert date: 05.06.2009Attendance: 120Ticket price: free entry
Don Mentony's invasion of the public radio's Studio 14 had been a long time in the making, even if it was hardly a well-kept…
Helstar Summon the King of Hell at Bazen, With a Little Help From Rager and Dawn Patrol! (2009)
"There's no need to stress that Helstar are masters of their craft. Bazen came alive again with them in that old-school 80s vibe, and Helstar played, without a doubt, one of the best gigs on our soil in recent memory."
A Thousand Voices Sing Along with Prljavo Kazalište (2009)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Križanke, LjubljanaConcert date: June 3, 2009Attendance: 3000Ticket price: 27€ / 31€
The giants of Yugo rock are back among us, but this time for a very special reason. The show at the…
Lvmen and Nikki Louder Light Up a Gloomy Menza (2009)
Venue: Menza pri Koritu, Metelkova, LjubljanaConcert date: 03.06.2009Attendance: 100
Moonlee Records has been around on our scene for quite a while now, with a pretty impressive roster of quality underground acts from all corners of the…
Helstar Summon The King of Hell to Bazen, With a Little Help from Rager and Dawn Patrol! (2009)
Author: Rok Klemše
Location: Kranj, Izbruhov kulturni bazenConcert date: 30.05.2009Attendance: 150Ticket price: 15€
On top of the string of great gigs we've had here over the past year, a few months ago came one more announcement: the…
Macy Gray’s Angelic Voice Takes Over Ljubljana’s Križanke! (2009)
Photos: Jernej Vene
Venue: Križanke, Ljubljana, Slovenia Concert date: 05/26/2009Attendance: 2,500Ticket price: €39
Singer, songwriter, voice teacher, actress, Grammy winner, fashion designer, owner of a charity organization ... Macy Gray…
A Lesson in Primal Rock & Roll: AC/DC Live in Belgrade! (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Stadion Partizana / Belgrade / SerbiaConcert date: 26.05.2009Attendance: 60Ticket price: 48.40 (standing, back)
After months of impatient waiting, the end of May finally rolled around, and with it the…
Arch Enemy Prove Their Greatness in Zagreb (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: 05/24/2009Attendance: 500Ticket price: 160.00HRK (advance) / 190.00HRK (day of show)
We finally got the chance to catch the standard-bearers of melodic death metal,…
Flight of the Bumblebee over Lake Wörthersee (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Bluesiana / Velden am Woerthersee / AustriaConcert date: 05/23/2009Attendance: 20Ticket price: €30.00
Kee Marcello is the guy who, twenty-three years ago, rather unexpectedly landed the guitarist gig in…
Bebek, Tifa and Alen String Together a Button-Studded Night in Postojna (2009)
Location: PostojnaConcert date: 22.05.2009Attendance: 2000Ticket price: 25 €
We live in confusing times, when nostalgic sighing, with the grains of time trickling through the hourglass, seems to be on the rise. Tribute bands are popping up…
Mala Suerte Down on Their Luck at Sub Sub! (2009)
Venue: Sub Sub, Ljubljana, SloveniaConcert date: 19.05.2009Attendance: 0
Empty gigs have become an increasingly nagging problem lately, and it has now hit French Latin-ska-punk-rock outfit Mala Suerte too. The eight-piece, who are spending…
RockLine fest II (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Orto Bar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: May 17, 2009Attendance: 0
An important event comes along, more important than you'd think, when after more gigs than you can count, all of them played out live…
Lene kosti (Lazy Bones) Plant Their Flag in Austria Too (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Bikerbar / Scheifling / AustriaConcert date: 15.05.2009Attendance: 2500
The little Austrian village of St. Lorenzen bei Scheifling, on the road toward Zeltweg (the town famous for its…
Everybody Hit the Dance Floor – Rock Shock Play Tonight (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Roxly / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 05/15/2009Attendance: 50Ticket price: €0.00 (free entry)
A Friday without a single downpour, and in the middle of May to boot, always begs for…
Backstage Rise from the Dead! (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Channel Zero, Metelkova, LjubljanaConcert date: 14.05.2009Attendance: 0
A year and a half of creative downtime, brought on by lineup changes, has finally put Backstage back on the scene, now in an expanded…
I Scream’s Debut Album Release Show! (2009)
Author: Urban Bolta
Location: Sub-Sub, LjubljanaConcert date: 13.05.2009Attendance: 90Ticket price: €8
For a small band that's still unknown to the wider crowd, putting out a debut is a big deal. It's that first step, or really already a…
Long Live Big Foot! (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Križanke, Ljubljana, Slovenia Concert date: 13.05.2009Attendance: 0Ticket price: €19.90 and €23 in presale, €29 on the day of the show
One of Slovenia's most legendary rock`n`roll bands, Big Foot Mama,…
Game Over Lose Their Innocence Again in Kranj (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: rock bar Downtown / Kranj / SloveniaGig date: 11.05.2009Attendance: 70Ticket price: €0.00 (free entry)
This year's Youth Week in Kranj remains a hugely important event, giving plenty of "exotic" Slovenian…
10 Days of Fire Festival in Šentvid pri Stični – Day Two (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: hippodrome / Šentvid pri Stični / SloveniaConcert date: 09.05.2009Attendance: 2000Ticket price: €0.00 (free entry)
So, the second day of the jubilee, 10th-in-a-row biker…
Hard Rock Friday Night Fever in Medvode! (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Jedro club / Medvode / SloveniaConcert date: 08.05.2009Attendance: 50Ticket price: €3.00
Does anyone still remember those summer days when the hot hits of Def Leppard, Europe, Scorpions and Whitesnake…
Tribute 2 Love – Old Hands, a New Story and a Bootleg at Ljubljana’s Orto bar! (2009)
Venue: Orto bar, Ljubljana, Slovenia Concert date: 07.05.2009Attendance: 150Ticket price: €10
Despite claims that Tribute 2 Love would never put out a record, it finally happened. Not in the traditional form we're used to, though, but as a…
E.C. Scott spins a first-rate web of vocal blues and soul (2009)
Venue: Hotel Jama, PostojnaConcert date: 06.05.2009Attendance: 250Ticket price: 14 €
Under the pressure of the recession, the finale of the 5th season of the Postojna Blues festival moved itself, on its own initiative, to early May this…
Judgment Day with Church Of Misery at Channel Zero (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Channel Zero / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 05.05.2009Attendance: 40Ticket price: 7.00
Channel Zero, the alternative stronghold of Slovenia's rock underground, came alive on…
Mayday Massacre in Klagenfurt (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Kwadra:t / Klagenfurt / AustriaConcert date: 02.05.2009Attendance: 40Ticket price: €5.00
The May Day holidays can often turn out to be busier than actual working days. Especially if…
Thundering Through Rage’s 25th Anniversary in Villach (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Parkhotel (Bambergsaal) / Villach / AustriaConcert date: 01.05.2009Attendance: 200Ticket price: €15.00 / €20.00
25 years is no small thing. A venomously crafted setlist meant for the band's most…
Menza Gets Woolly with Vuneny (2009)
Venue: Menza pri Koritu, Metelkova, LjubljanaConcert date: 29.04.2009Attendance: 120Ticket price: 5 €
The dust hadn't even settled in my head after the Korai Orom show at Gala Hala when another interesting band from abroad landed on…
Sitting In on a Lene kosti Rehearsal (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Ljubljana (Vič) / SloveniaDate of the gig: 29.04.2009Attendance: 2Ticket price: 0,00€
Sometimes you get completely set on going to a gig more than 100 km from home, you pour all…
New Saga Shine Alongside It Bites in a Half-Empty Hall (2009)
Author: Peter PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Komma / Wörgl / AustriaConcert date: April 28, 2009Attendance: 200Ticket price: €25.00 / €28.00
The legendary Canadian progressive rockers Saga, who have gotten plenty of…
Adam Bomb – Bomb n’ Roll Rips Up Orto Bar (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Orto bar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: April 27, 2009Attendance: 50Ticket price: €8.00 / €12.00
Just like last year, the indestructible bomb n' roller Adam Bomb once again graced…
A Pack of Filth and a Spell of Moonlight in Zagreb (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: April 25, 2009Attendance: 400Ticket price: €28.00
Britain's Cradle Of Filth are among the best-known names in extreme metal worldwide, and ever since they first…
Headbanging KUD #2 (2009)
Author: Rok Klemše
Venue: KUD France Prešeren, LjubljanaConcert date: 24.04.2009Attendance: 100Ticket price: €12/€14/€16
Beautiful sunny Saturday weather, with spring finally here, is tailor-made for a family picnic, a day trip, pulling…
A Little Night of Gothic (2009)
Venue: Backstage (Im Klub) / Munich / GermanyConcert date: 24.04.2009Attendance: 270Ticket price: €14.00 (advance) / €18.00 (day of show)
Delain are a Dutch symphonic metal band founded in 2002 by Martijn Westerholt, the former keyboardist…
Korai Öröm – a Hungarian Dance Without the Csárdás (2009)
Venue: Gala Hala, Metelkova, LjubljanaConcert date: 22.04.2009Attendance: 130Ticket price: 13/15 €
Korai Öröm are a legendary Hungarian psychedelic outfit who have been stirring up the European underground for years with their…
Ez3kiel – A Magical Show of Noise at Gala Hala! (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Gala Hala, Metelkova, Ljubljana Concert date: April 21, 2009Attendance: 200Ticket price: €13 with a reservation, €15 on the day of the show
Ez3kiel. A modern noise installation, a kind of mix of post rock…
The Eagles Have Landed! (2009)
Location: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: 19.04.2009Attendance: 1200Ticket price: 140,00HRK / 180,00HRK
It's been a little less than two years since Eagles of Death Metal last visited Zagreb. For plenty of people that visit stayed…
Cold Dew and Alkonost Bring the Metal to Orto fest (2009)
Author: Rok Klemše
Location: Orto bar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 19.04.2009Attendance: 100Ticket price: 12€/16€
Orto fest is in full swing, and in its traditional tenth edition this year it served up some material that's worth…
Moonleejada 2009! (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Menza pri koritu (Metelkova) / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: April 18, 2009Attendance: 150Ticket price: €8.00
This time around, Moonlee Records label put the spotlight on the five…
“Cool Hands Luke” Wraps Up the Ever Changing Times Tour in Zagreb (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: The Best / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: 16.04.2009Attendance: 250Ticket price: 150.00 HRK
A club slash disco on Jarun might strike some as a pretty odd place for a rock show, but then Steve Lukather is a…