Old Hands at Teden mladih! (2012)

Arhiv Arhiv Last updated 3 October 2026

Author: Rok Klemše
Photos: Nina Grad

Venue: Down Town, Kranj
Concert date: 17.05.2012
Attendance: 100

Just like every year, this year’s Teden mladih in Kranj served up a night of metal in front of the legendary Down Town. Over the years the Down courtyard has hosted plenty of gigs by local metal bands, and as one of the first open-air events of the season it’s a nice kickoff to the summer festival run. This time, the still fairly chilly May temperatures in Kranj were heated up by Medvode sleazers Street Creeps, thrashers Eruption and veterans Requiem.

Medvode glam/sleaze outfit Street Creeps hit the stage at eight, in front of a completely empty crowd area that did slowly trickle full of a few more people in the end. Glam/sleaze metal is nowhere near my cup of tea, but I have to say Street Creeps played their half hour totally solidly. In the style of Mötley Crue, the guys, image and all, delivered original material that’s closest to newer European sleaze of the Crashdiet type, and the band’s biggest problem is that the songs sound way too much alike. The energetic Street Creeps look completely relaxed on stage, which is highly commendable given the band’s almost zero mileage. Frontman Nejc provided the theatrics, and he did a good job warming up and animating the crowd. I’m just not sure what pouring blood all over yourself has to do with glam metal.

With Eruption the night finally showed its true colors. A lot more people gathered in front of the stage, joining in with the band, headbanging, and by the end of the far-too-short set even spinning into a toxic waltz. Despite the sad circumstances, Eruption played the show with a huge dose of professionalism, aggressive and raw, with the pedal pressed to the floor. Buco is in better and better vocal form, and Tegla and Čuk, the now not-so-teenage mutant turtles, slotted into the band brilliantly. Tegla Hunting hit the drums without a shred of mercy, and Andrej proved that he and Tim already make one of the best guitar duos in Slovenia. The short time slot didn’t let Eruption fully loosen up, but they mercilessly fired off the anthems from their debut Lifeless Paradise – Democracy, Electrifried, Monumental Mind and The Auditors – and mixed them with songs that will find their place on the upcoming record. Unparticled Matter and Selfcaged are no strangers anymore, but with the premiere of the brand-new wrecker Fractured, Eruption proved they stop at nothing. The complexly built track is a bit reminiscent of Forbidden, and with its countless »hooks« and gate-crashing guitar lines it’s some of the best stuff we’ve heard from Eruption so far!

Thursday’s menage-a-trois was closed out by the old heavy metal tomcats of the Slovenian scene, Requiem, riding the wings of their recently released record Fallen Angel. The guys even opened the show with a new song, Let It Hurt, which blended seamlessly with the band’s classic material in no time and is (along with the other new cuts) proof that Fallen Angel really is an excellent record. A tight, in-the-mood band put on a show under the baton of the inimitable Sergej Škofljanec, the way only Requiem can. They held the crowd in their fist from the first note, and the incredibly positive energy that fills every Requiem gig didn’t let up until the very end. Sergio once again proved the vocal chops any heavy metal/hard rock singer could only wish for, and with his joking manner he tied the program together effectively, too, and it ran like clockwork. Requiem got the blood pumping with faster-paced songs (the obligatory Križarji, the racing All Night Long and the always fantastic Zvezdno nebo), and warmed up the crowd under the stage with punchier, slower hard rock numbers (Kaja, Čarovnice). We witnessed yet another top-notch Requiem show, which we’ve ultimately gotten used to from them – but we’re glad every single time that we get to see them.