Interceptor

"So, to draw the line under it all: the first open air edition of Metaljot raspaljot will go down as a very warm memory. The festival's organization was top-notch and there were really no major shortcomings to speak of. The lineup was…

Last Friday, Laško, otherwise known mostly for Pivo in cvetje, hosted a much, much smaller but far more heartfelt festival tailor-made for heavy metal fans, and with its very first "open air" edition Metaljot raspaljot has already earned…

"Celebrating the 30th birthday of Slovenia's oldest heavy-sound festival, staged by the legendary Interceptor, with Big Bad Wolf, Fuck Logic and Marax along for the ride."

30 years have passed since the Fuck Off Commercial festival was founded. That makes it the oldest heavy music festival in Slovenia, and this year it's celebrating a pretty serious jubilee. To mark the occasion, the legendary Styrian metal…

"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…

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…

Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Nina Grad Venue: Gala hala, LjubljanaConcert date: 27.11.2009Attendance: 150 Ahead of the December madness, Gala hala drew people into its bosom with a tasty lineup. What did they serve up? The answer is waiting…

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…

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…

Interceptor, by now a pretty legendary Slovenian band, was born way back in 1991. That was the year Slovenia entered its first year of independence, and in Žalec the band's only two remaining original members

Author: Rok Klemše, Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Concert date: 29.08.2008Attendance: 158Ticket price: 1200 Paradise on Earth? What the hell on Earth is this?… Uh, oh, ah... a new morning… Well, that's how…

Photos: Rok Klemše Venue: Orto bar, LjubljanaConcert date: 13.04.2008Attendance: 120Ticket price: €6.00 It's not often that all the elder statesmen of Slovenian thrash metal end up under one roof and fill the room, too. Monday's…

Interceptor is a name Slovenian metalheads know all too well. The legendary Slovenian band, which had its heyday between 1990 and 1999, released three albums of quality death/thrash metal – The Beginning (1993), Fade (

Author: Rok Klemše Venue: Channel Zero / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 14.11.2007Attendance: 150Ticket price: 5,00€ Last week, on Thursday, November 15th, Channel Zero, the club in Ljubljana's urban alt-quarter Metelkova, opened…