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The Scourge, Mordenom and Neurotech Pack Out Channel Zero! (2009)
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Channel Zero, LjubljanaConcert date: April 15, 2009Attendance: 160Ticket price: 5€/7€
The shaking of Channel Zero's foundations in Metelkova continues without mercy, as the club's…
Orlek – 20 Years of Knap ‘n’ Roll at Ortofest! (2009)
Author: Urban Bolta
Venue: Orto bar, LjubljanaConcert date: 04/13/2009Attendance: 45Ticket price: €8
The concert space at Orto bar, the upstairs room, is known around Ljubljana for its tiny stage. Even a five-piece band ends up tripping…
Interview with Društvo mrtvih pesnikov at Ortofest (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Orto bar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 13.04.2009Attendance: 30Ticket price: €9.00
The Društvo mrtvih pesnikov DMP show at Ortofest 2009, with the band celebrating its 21st…
HammerFall Barely Lived Up to Their Headliner Billing in Zagreb (2009)
Performers: Bloodbound, Sabaton, HammerFallLocation: Zagreb / Boogaloo / CroatiaDate: 08.04.2009
The concrete yard in front of Zagreb's Boogaloo club can be a pretty interesting and surprising place about an hour before showtime.…
Quo Vadis Pray for Satan in Sisak (2009)
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Skwhat / Sisak / CroatiaConcert date: 10.04.2009Attendance: 100Ticket price: 75,00HRK
Quo Vadis are considered one of the most respected bands in their homeland, Canada, and they hold…
Avtomobili Roll Into the Jubilee 10th Ortofest (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Orto bar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 10.04.2009Attendance: 100Ticket price: 10.00€
Avtomobili playing this year's Ortofest was one of those pretty much mandatory visits. Their…
Trashing Easter with Vendetta, Mortal Factor and Shadow’s Far (2009)
Author: Rok Klemše
Venue: Izbruhov bazen, KranjGig date: 10.04.2009Attendance: 100Ticket price: 12€
So, while all over Slovenia people were baking potica, dyeing eggs, cooking/roasting dead piglets, grating horseradish, celebrating the…
Elvis Jackson Fire Up the Crowd in Prekmurje Too! (2009)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Urban Bolta
Venue: MIKK, Murska SobotaConcert date: 09.04.2009Attendance: 300Ticket price: 8€
Just arriving at the big park in the middle of Murska Sobota, where the castle complex with the youth center stands,…
Da Phenomena at Ortofest (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Orto bar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 09.04.2009Attendance: 70Ticket price: 10,00€
In springtime, when gigs are raining down and things are generally buzzing "like crazy", or in…
Acoustic Joey Cape – A Treat for the Ears! (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Orto bar, Ljubljana, Slovenia Concert date: 09.04.2009Attendance: 180Ticket price: €10 in advance
Who doesn't know the little, bouncy guy, the chieftain of American punk rockers Lagwagon, Joey Cape, who…
The Tide Strike Their Morrison Pose at Ljubljana’s Sub Sub! (2009)
Venue: Sub Sub, Ljubljana, SloveniaConcert date: 08.04.2009Attendance: 100Ticket price: 8 €
The Tide, a quintet of versatile musicians who are busy these months recording material for their second studio album, put on a gig for all the…
Corkscrew Wash Down Their Debut at Gala hala! (2009)
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Nina Grad
Venue: Gala hala, LjubljanaConcert date: 08.04.2009Attendance: 150Ticket price: €6/€9
Nietzsche said, "What does not kill me makes me stronger!" and while you can slap that on countless situations, it…
The Ring of HammerFall’s Hammer Rang Out in Maribor Too (2009)
Performing: Bloodbound, Sabaton, HammerFallLocation: Maribor / UŠC Leon Štukelj / SloveniaDate: Tuesday, 07.04.2009
HammerFall! Thirteen years have flown by since their debut album. Now, wiser and more seasoned with seven studio…
HammerFall Barely Live Up to Headliner Status in Zagreb (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: 07.04.2009Attendance: 1000Ticket price: 170,00HRK / 190,00HRK
The concrete forecourt in front of Zagreb's Boogaloo club can be a pretty fascinating and surprising…
The Hammer Rings Out in Maribor Too (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: UŠC Leon Štukelj / Maribor / SloveniaConcert date: April 7, 2009Attendance: 500Ticket price: €23.00 / €26.00
HammerFall! Thirteen years have flown by since their studio debut, and…
Little Axe: Smaller, But Still Big Enough (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Gala Hala, Metelkova, LjubljanaConcert date: 06.04.2009Attendance: 250Ticket price: €15/20
We didn't have to wait long for yet another Living Colour member to make it to Slovenia. Not long ago Will Calhoun…
Bohem Caught Up in a Manifesto of Spring Love! (2009)
Venue: Cvetličarna Mediapark, LjubljanaConcert date: 06.04.2009Attendance: 700Ticket price: €12 in advance, €17 on the day of the show
"Manifesto of Spring Love". That was the slogan behind Bohem's first big solo show, and behind…
When Adam Gets Brave, Slips On a Fig Leaf and Heads to Orto bar (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Orto bar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 04.04.2009Attendance: 100Ticket price: 5,00€
The things that can happen to you just because you dialed a number to invite friends over for…
Night’s Wish to Chase the Day Out of Town (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Dražen Petrović Hall / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: 02.04.2009Attendance: 4500Ticket price: 220HRK (stands), 240HRK (floor), 260HRK (fan pit)
Finland's most popular symphonic power metal band, Nightwish,…
Nightwish: A Dance of Moonlight and Passion (2009)
"Ghost Love Score, and then for the grand finale the obligatory Wish I Had An Angel, which set the Palasport hall on fire and sent it sky-high for good. And that's how an unforgettable 1 hour 40 minute evening with Nightwish wrapped up, the…
Jeffery Broussard & The Creole cowboys Stuck in a Zydeco Rut! (2009)
Venue: Hotel Jama, PostojnaConcert date: 01.04.2009Attendance: 250Ticket price: 14 €
The 2008/2009 season of the Postojna blues festival has had a hard time sticking to the plans laid out last September. After plenty of guessing about…
Dancing with Nightwish in Moonlight and Passion (2009)
Venue: Palasport / Pordenone / ItalyConcert date: 31.03.2009Attendance: 3Ticket price: 35,00€ / 40,25€
Pordenone or Zagreb? Does it matter? Nope. As long as they're close! Nightwish - Finnish symphonic metallers! This time the…
Off to Mary’s Tea Party with The Subways! (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Orpheum, Graz, Austria Concert date: 31.03.2009Attendance: 500Ticket price: €20
This was no April Fools' joke. This was The Subways. It's a trio with the charismatic Billy Lunn calling the shots at the mic…
In Flames – Fiery Disappointment at Gospodarsko razstavišče (2009)
"The sound could probably have been handled a lot better too. It was downright catastrophic, and the biggest fans got shortchanged most of all, since the sound was supposedly worst right under the stage."
Flaming Disappointment at Gospodarsko razstavišče! (2009)
Author: Urban Bolta
Venue: Gospodarsko razstavišče, LjubljanaConcert date: 29.03.2009Attendance: 1800Ticket price: €27 / €32 on the day of the show
A few months back, the Slovenian metal crowd got word that one of the biggest European…
Darko Rundek and Cargo Orkester (2009)
Location: Tvornica / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: 28.03.2009Attendance: 1000Ticket price: 90,00HRK / 110,00HRK
To promote his latest album "Live u Domu Omladine", Darko Rundek and his Cargo Orkester played a show at Tvornica in Zagreb…
Manufactur — The Swiss Train That Also Stopped in Slovenia (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: KUD France Prešeren, LjubljanaGig date: 27.03.2009Attendance: 50Ticket price: €8/€10
Manufactur are Swiss acid jazzers who've built up quite a reputation worldwide with their original music, which mixes in…
Grimmski Mark the First Anniversary of Random saviour (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Orto, LjubljanaConcert date: March 25, 2009Attendance: 100Ticket price: 5 EUR
On Thursday night at Orto, Ljubljana's Grimmski were back in front of us to mark the first anniversary of their album Random…
Watch Out! Elvis Jackson Are Teenagers! (2009)
Venue: Cvetličarna Mediapark, LjubljanaConcert date: 25.03.2009Attendance: 900Ticket price: €15 in advance, €19 on the day of the show
The almost legendary "rockers" from Ajdovščina, Elvis Jackson, have stepped into their teenage…
Full of Hate Fest Rolls Into Zagreb’s Boogaloo (2009)
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: 22.03.2009Attendance: 600Ticket price: 250,00HRK
Early this year, a four-band package set off on a European tour full of hate: the Full of Hate…
Unified Presence Cast an Indescribable Rhythmic Spell Over Cvetličarna (2009)
Avtor: Aleš Podbrežnik
Kraj: Cvetličarna, LjubljanaDatum koncerta: 21.03.2009Število obiskovalcev: 200Cena karte: 27 €
On Sunday night, the top-notch jazz outfit Unified Presence rolled into Ljubljana's Cvetličarna. They're a trio of…
Dubioza Kolektiv – Positive Energy from Bosnia and Herzegovina! (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: klub Pauk / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: March 21, 2009Attendance: 0Ticket price: 70.00 HRK
Trip to Zion and Kazan brought one of the most popular bands from Bosnia and Herzegovina -…
A Motley Crowd of Electric Believers Got Exactly What They Came For! (2009)
Author: Jernej VenePhotos: Jernej Vene
Location: Milan, ItalyConcert date: 03/21/2009Attendance: 16Ticket price: 70 Eur
AC/Dc kicked off the tour for the Black Ice album last fall in the US. The reports couldn't have been clearer: the…
Bratko Bibič and the Madleys at Lokal Patriot (2009)
Venue: Lokal Patriot, Novo MestoConcert date: 20.03.2009Attendance: 50Ticket price: €8
Well, here we are again - back at the scene of the crime. Another chance came up to catch a gig by old stage cat Bratko Bibič and his gang of…
Mit Take the Win in Postojna and Head to the Grand Final of Škisova tržnica 09 (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Jazzy music club / Postojna / SloveniaConcert date: March 20, 2009Attendance: 150Ticket price: €0.00
The qualifying rounds for a spot in the final at this year's Škisova…
Metal United (2009)
Author: Rok Klemše
Venue: Gala hala, LjubljanaConcert date: March 19, 2009Attendance: 150Ticket price: €10
Metal has always been an incredibly tight-knit scene. The music itself matters, but so does the hanging out down by the stage, the…
Eric Sardinas Lives Up to His Rep as a Slide Guitar Wizard! (2009)
Location: Ljubljana/KUD Franceta PrešernaConcert date: 03/19/2009Attendance: 250Ticket price: €30
Eric Sardinas is a name that music fans in recent years have mostly linked with the concert idyll of Bluesiana in Velden. But times change,…
Univers Zero Show Off Their Universe (2009)
Venue: Posthof / Linz / AustriaConcert date: March 18, 2009Attendance: 50
When you get the chance to catch a show like Univers Zero, you have to go, if you're a fan, even if that means heading to a town like Linz. Linz isn't exactly the…
Unified Presence – A Hell of a Jazz Chemistry! (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Bluesiana / Velden am Woerthersee / AustriaConcert date: 17.03.2009Attendance: 50Ticket price: €30.00
The renowned musicians united as Unified Presence hardly need a big, detailed…
Me, You and Eagles of Death Metal! (2009)
Venue: Cvetličarna Mediapark, LjubljanaConcert date: 17.03.2009Attendance: 750Ticket price: €17 in advance
Who would have thought that the "doves of shit metal," as the legendary Axl Rose dubbed them back in 2006 when they were warming up…
Hell Has No Winter: Dalkhu, Age of Agony, Sathanas and Nunslaughter (2009)
Author: Rok Klemše
Venue: Channel Zero, LjubljanaConcert date: March 16, 2009Attendance: 70Ticket price: €15
While winter was slowly getting ready to blast one last wave of icy northern air our way and remind us that spring is for…
Catching Voodoo Circle at Their Promo Show in Munich (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Garage DeLuxe / Munich / GermanyShow date: 14.03.2009Attendance: 50Ticket price: 8,00€
Voodoo Circle is a band that grew out of a studio project, which put out its self-titled studio…
Soulfly in Zagreb (2009): Cavalera’s Onstage Meltdown
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Aquarius club / Zagreb / CroatiaShow date: March 11, 2009Attendance: 550Ticket price: 170,00HRK
The Soulfly show, fronted by charismatic boss Max Cavalera (the unmistakable…
Sir Oliver Mally Whips Up a Storm of Venomous Blues Rock (2009)
Location: Jamski dvorec, PostojnaConcert date: 10.03.2009Attendance: 250Ticket price: €14
The Slovenian mecca of blues music hosted an excellent Austrian guitarist yesterday, a guy by the name of Sir Oliver Mally. He's a fiery performer…
Heavy Metal Night 2009 (2009)
Author: Rok Klemše
Location: Športna dvorana, PostojnaConcert date: 06.03.2009Attendance: 0Ticket price: 12€/15€
We waited a long time for the new Heavy Metal Night. The last one went down on July 16, 2007, in Veliko Ubeljsko near…
Electrix Launch Deja Vu at Orto Bar (2009)
Venue: Orto Bar, LjubljanaConcert date: 04.03.2009Attendance: 50Ticket price: free entry
Every first Thursday of the month, Orto Bar has its traditional Eighties Night. This time Electrix used it to launch their debut album (Deja Vu),…
Gutbucket Kick Off Their European Tour for the New Album Right at Menza (2009)
Venue: Menza pri Koritu, Metelkova, LjubljanaConcert date: 03.03.2009Attendance: 50Ticket price: 5 €
American punk jazzers Gutbucket last played here just last year (in September), but with their excellent new album (A Modest Proposal)…
Play It Loud III Festival: Exciter Swept Away the Competition! (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Ke Me Meo club / Argelato (Bologna) / ItalyConcert date: February 28, 2009Attendance: 900Ticket price: €25.00
The third consecutive "Play It Loud!" festival is a sort of Italian…
Psihomodo Pop Do Their Bit for Slovenian-Croatian Relations (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Cvetličarna Mediapark, LjubljanaConcert date: 02/25/2009Attendance: 700Ticket price: €25
I first saw Gobac and the gang at the Golovec hall in Celje about 12 years ago (time flies, man!). Back then I was a…
A Day for METAL Like No Other – Saxon and Iced Earth Spark a Metal Resurrection in Zagreb…
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: February 21, 2009Attendance: 1,500Ticket price: 200.00 HRK
Saxon and Iced Earth on a joint tour! For any true lover of heavy metal sounds,…
The Beet Fleet at Dom sportova – The Split State of Mind Wins (2009)
Venue: Dom sportova / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: 20.02.2009Attendance: 9000Ticket price: 100,00HRK / 120,00HRK (on the day of the show)
Can The Beet Fleet fill Dom sportova?
That exact question kept coming up over the last few weeks. It…
Strangers in the Night? Not Quite! Iced Earth and Saxon at Cvetličarna (2009)
Author: Rok Klemše
Venue: VPK Mediapark, LjubljanaConcert date: 19.02.2009Attendance: 900Ticket price: 30€
Over the last few years, metal has been going through a real renaissance, more than any other genre, probably even its second…
Vlatko Stefanovski Trio in a Whirlwind of Balkan Rhythms (2009)
Venue: Cvetličarna, LjubljanaConcert date: 19.02.2009Attendance: 900Ticket price: 25 €
Vlatko Stefanovski is a regular on Slovenian stages, and as of 2009 Ljubljana's Cvetličarna remains one of the favorite stops on the Macedonian guitar…
Sepultura at the Altar of Fate: Cursed Roots and a Clockwork Orange (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: 19.02.2009Attendance: 800Ticket price: 190,00HRK
Sepultura! A cult name and a huge band whenever the talk turns to the achievements of the…
Napalm Death Prove They’re Every Bit as Brutal as Their Name (2009)
Venue: Gala Hala (Metelkova) / LjubljanaConcert date: 19.02.2009Attendance: 150Ticket price: 25 €
Thanks to the insane emotional charge before the gig (personally I was a nervous wreck about how it would all turn out, so I helped myself…
Larry Ray and His Band in Postojna (2009)
Venue: Jamski dvorec / PostojnaConcert date: 18.02.2009Attendance: 150Ticket price: €14
Postojna Blues Festival is traditionally a haven for all lovers of that optimistic style of music we call the blues. This time, Mr. Larry Ray showed up…
Richie Kotzen Plays First Mate and Navigator on the Rijeka Waterfront (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Nina II. / Rijeka / CroatiaConcert date: February 17, 2009Attendance: 130Ticket price: 60.00 HRK
Richie Kotzen, our good old acquaintance and master of the guitar craft, has taken the…
Three Cheers for We Can`t Sleep at Night and Islands! (2009)
Venue: Sub-Sub, Ljubljana, SloveniaConcert date: 17.02.2009Attendance: 230Ticket price: €13 in advance, €16 on the day of the show
How do you stand out and be one of a kind in a flood of young, ambitious bands? How do you swim into the new…
Kotzen Finally Works Up the Nerve to Cross the Karavanke (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Orto klub, LjubljanaConcert date: 15.02.2009Attendance: 80Ticket price: 25 €
Maybe the greatest achievement of Poison, aside from the fact that its members single-handedly kept the hairspray industry afloat…
Fingers on the Dragon’s Speed Rack (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Štuk / Maribor / SloveniaConcert date: 02/14/2009Attendance: 600Ticket price: €23.00
Turisas and Dragonforce, a downright winning combo in 2009 teamed up for a tour of Europe, are…
Kotzen’s Traditional Show at Bluesiana (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Bluesiana / Velden am Woerthersee / AustriaConcert date: 02/13/2009Attendance: 150Ticket price: €29.00 (advance) / €32.00 (day of show)
Richie Kotzen! The guy hardly needs an…
Friday the 13th Featuring Young Metal Bands (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Channel Zero, Metelkova, LjubljanaGig date: 12.02.2009Attendance: 200Ticket price: 6/8 €
This time, Friday the 13th at Channel Zero was all about metal (big surprise!). The organizers decided to invite…
Multiball and The Days That Follow! (2009)
Location: Sub Sub, Ljubljana, SloveniaConcert date: 12.02.2009Attendance: 200Ticket price: €8 with reservation / €10 on the day of the show
Being superstitious on Friday the 13th is a matter of judgment, but being at the release party for…
Rebels Without a Cause Take Over Ljubljana’s Orto bar! (2009)
Venue: Orto bar, Ljubljana, Slovenia Concert date: 11.02.2009Attendance: 280Ticket price: €8
When Zablujena generacija admitted at the end of last January that they're old farts ("stare pizde") and put out their sixth studio album under…
A Fiery Cynic Paradise with Brother Firetribe and Pain in Vienna (2009)
Author: Rok Klemše
Location: Szene, ViennaConcert date: 10.02.2009Attendance: 400Ticket price: 20€
Pain, the Finnish band, or rather side project of Hypocrisy mastermind Peter Tägtgren, put out their sixth studio album, Cynic…
Kreator Thrash Out the Heart of Zagreb! (2009)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: February 10, 2009Attendance: 1,000Ticket price: €24.00
The legends of German thrash metal known as Kreator are attacking Europe again at the…
Iron Maiden Kick Off the Third Leg of the Somewhere Back In Time Tour in Style! (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Arena / Belgrade / SerbiaConcert date: 10.02.2009Attendance: 10Ticket price: €37.80 (stands) / €43.80 (floor, back) / €56.80 (floor, front)
The last leg, or more precisely the third…
Icy Finns, Black Roses and Soap Bubbles! (2009)
Venue: InBox, Industrijska cona Rudnik, Ljubljana, SloveniaConcert date: 08.02.2009Attendance: 280Ticket price: €32 in advance, €35 on the day of the show
Icy Finns, black roses and soap bubbles? Words without meaning. That is, until we…
Jumpin’ Johnny Brings the Heat to the 2008/09 Blues Season (2009)
Venue: Jamski dvorec / PostojnaConcert date: February 4, 2009Attendance: 300Ticket price: €14
Last Thursday, Postojna hosted the next installment of the only credible blues festival in Slovenia, which for the fifth year running has been…
Up on the Gallows with Grave Digger in Zagreb (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: February 4, 2009Attendance: 450Ticket price: €22.00
The new tour from the legendary German old school heavy metallers Grave Digger, which…
Marillion Show Once Again the Road to Peak Concert Joy (2009)
Author: Peter PodbrežnikPhotos: Peter Podbrežnik
Location: Live Club / Trezzo (Milan) / Italy Concert date: 04.02.2009Attendance: 2000Ticket price: 25,00€
Trezzo, a small town near Milan, got the honor of hosting Britain's most carefully…
Grave Diggers Dig Up Cvetličarna (2009)
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: VPK Mediapark, LjubljanaConcert date: 02.02.2009Attendance: 250Ticket price: 23€
The legendary German heavy metal raiders Grave Digger were formed back in 1980 by Chris Boltendahl, today…
The Black Dahlia Murder, Cephalic Carnage, Psycroptic and Sylosis Heat Up Gala Hala (2009)
Author: Rok Klemše
Venue: Gala Hala, LjubljanaConcert date: 02.02.2009Attendance: 250Ticket price: €20/€25
Mother Nature could hardly have cooked up a more fitting atmosphere for death metal than she did that day. She dumped a good 20 cm…
Chaosstar Bring Down the Roll Bar with Lifetime (2009)
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Rollbar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: January 30, 2009Attendance: 70Ticket price: €0.00
Chaosstar were formed in 2004 by four music enthusiasts who wanted to play metal blended with…
Hotty MkkNotty Take Us Back to the Fun Eighties (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Orto bar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: January 30, 2009Attendance: 100Ticket price: €8.00
January's run of shows at Orto wrapped up in a seriously entertaining way. The bill had…
Urbane and in Tune: A Musical Journey with Urban and His Foursome (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Cvetličarna Mediapark, LjubljanaConcert date: January 28, 2009Attendance: 1,000Ticket price: €20/€25
Gigs by bands from our former shared homeland have long drawn good crowds in Slovenia. But the five…
LastDayHere Find the Missing Pieces of the Puzzle! (2009)
Venue: Cvetličarna Mediapark, LjubljanaConcert date: 27.01.2009Attendance: 700Ticket price: €12 in advance, €14 on the day of the event
Besides a video premiere, what else do you serve up to a packed crowd so they'll remember a gig with a…
On a Secret Voyage with Blackmore’s Night in Zagreb (2009)!
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Dvorana Vatroslav Lisinski / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: January 27, 2009Attendance: 3000Ticket price: 190.00 HRK
Remember Blackmore's Night in Ljubljana on April 22, 2007? That show…
Master Bombed Orto to Smithereens! (2009)
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Orto Bar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 26.01.2009Attendance: 50Ticket price: 18,00€
We've barely stepped into the new year and our concert stages are already groaning under the weight…
German Bomber Raid an Austrian Winter Idyll with a Motorhead Tribute (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Biker Bar / Scheifling / AustriaConcert date: 24.01.2009Attendance: 130Ticket price: 12,00€
Henny Wolter is the guitarist of German heavy metallers Primal Fear and of their countrymen…
A Scandinavian Black Metal Masterclass at Channel Zero (2009)
Venue: Channel Zero, Metelkova, LjubljanaConcert date: 21.01.2009Attendance: 130Ticket price: €14/€18
Black metal has been breathing easy in Slovenia lately. For the most part we get to see Slovenian bands that are seriously good even by…
Reamonn Wow the Crowd in Graz! (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Orpheum, Graz, Austria Concert date: 15.01.2009Attendance: 1000Ticket price: €32
When Irishman Rea Garvey moved to Germany in 1997 with his head in the "clouds" and a demo version of an album in his pocket,…
Psycho-path Join Forces with RSQ (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Sub Sub / LjubljanaConcert date: 14.01.2009Attendance: 300Ticket price: 8/10 €
Not long ago the RockLine crew put on its first gig, with Children of the Night, Železobeton, Stone Orange and Lady's First on…
Seeing Srce Through Gal Gjurin’s Eyes! (2009)
Venue: Dvorni bar, Ljubljana, SloveniaConcert date: 12.01.2009Attendance: 200Ticket price: 0 €
Gal Gjurin, a contemporary Slovenian singer-songwriter best known to the wider public for his projects "Olivija" and "Gal in galeristi",…
Christmas and Pre-New Year Partying with Eddie and the Iron Median Crew (2008)
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Orto bar, LjubljanaConcert date: December 27, 2008Attendance: 150Ticket price: 6€
Ah, tradition... It's especially strong at this festive time of year, when families stuff themselves around…
A Tribute to the Metallica Catalog in Rijeka (2008)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Dvorana Stereo / Rijeka / CroatiaConcert date: 27.12.2008Attendance: 600Ticket price: 40,00HKR
After a hot concert night with Iron Maiden (an Iron Maiden "tribute to" band from…
The Hungarian Iron Maiden Tribute Is by Far the Closest Thing to the Original Yet (2008)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Dvorana Stereo / Rijeka / CroatiaConcert date: December 26, 2008Attendance: 450Ticket price: 40.00 HRK
I'd heard a lot about a killer band that devotes its entire live repertoire to…
What Mit Get Up To When They’re Not Mit (2008)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Klubar / Kranj / SloveniaConcert date: 25.12.2008Attendance: 150Ticket price: 2.5€
Honestly, the Christmas holidays can be awfully pointless. You're forced to sit at home without…
The 15th Christmas Concert in Postojna: A Cozy Way to Close Out the Year (2008)
Venue: Športna dvorana PostojnaConcert date: 24.12.2008Attendance: 2000Ticket price: 15 €
This year Postojna once again hosted the traditional Christmas rock fest, which for 15 years running has been dutifully taking care of burning off…
Urban & 4 – Christmas Concert at Zagreb’s Tvornica (2008)
Location: Tvornica Kulture / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: December 23, 2008Attendance: 1100
On December 23, Zagreb's Tvornica hosted one of the most popular artists in Croatia, the Rijeka-born musician and singer-songwriter, lately also…
Lene kosti – A Short but Sweet Cracking of Bones and Walls (2008)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Gromka club (Metelkova) / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 20.12.2008Attendance: 120Ticket price: 0,00€
This year's reunion of Lene kosti, Ljubljana's boogie metallers, is a hugely…
Voodoo Glow Skulls Are Back in Slovenia! (2008)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Menza pri koritu, Metelkova, Ljubljana, SloveniaConcert date: December 13, 2008Attendance: 200Ticket price: €13 with reservation, €15 on the day of the show
This year's fruitful concert season is slowly…
Instead of Lipizzaners, We Got Italian Stallions (2008)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Casino Lipica / Lipica / SloveniaConcert date: 12.12.2008Attendance: 100Ticket price: €0.00
Le Orme come from Venice and have swung through here, or at least close to Slovenia, quite a few times, so it was…
Uriah Heep in Top Form in the Heart of Ljubljana (2008)
Author: Peter Podbrežnik
Location: LjubljanaConcert date: 12.12.2008Attendance: 900Ticket price: 35
Well, the happy day has finally arrived. After 25 years since their last appearance on our soil, the legendary Uriah Heep have at long…
RockLine fest #1 (2008)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Channel Zero, LjubljanaConcert date: December 11, 2008Attendance: 50Ticket price: €7
Anyone who loves quality rock and metal has probably dreamed of standing on a stage someday. Or, failing that, at least of…
Jinx Leave Cvetličarna Smelling Sweet (2008)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Cvetličarna Mediapark, LjubljanaConcert date: 08.12.2008Attendance: 1100Ticket price: €22/€25
After stopping by the idyllic Križanke this summer, Jinx are now working their way through the indoor halls, and…
Motorizing Motorhead and the Saxon Invasion of Bavaria (2008)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Zenith Halle / Munich / GermanyConcert date: December 7, 2008Attendance: 5Ticket price: €40.00
Motorhead traditionally hit German stages in December. As a rule, every year they also…
An Unforgettable Journey with Cynic and Opeth
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Nina Grad
Location: Vienna / Arena / AustriaConcert date: 06.12.2008Attendance: 800Ticket price: 23€
The 2008 concert year had a ton of great stuff on offer, from the spectacular Iron Maiden Somewhere Back in…
Art Knockout – In the Rehearsal Room with Rijeka’s Judas Priest (2008)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Rijeka / CroatiaConcert date: December 6, 2008Attendance: 2Ticket price: €0.00
It happened completely out of the blue, totally unplanned. I'm sitting in good company, in an…
Orlek from Zasavje Sing and Spin Yarns (2008)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Urban Bolta
Venue: Celjski mladinski centerConcert date: 04.12.2008Attendance: 70Ticket price: 8 €/10 € on the day of the show
Celjski mladinski center has come up with some really interesting themed nights. The…