Sober Assault

The second day of this year's Metaldays served up a genre-hopping cross-section of acts, crowned by two outstanding sets from German heavy metal veterans Accept and Swedish black metal giants Watain.

Metaldays has become a festival you wait for as anxiously and impatiently as the birth of a firstborn, moving into a new house, or a wedding. I'm exaggerating, of course, but I'm not exactly far from the truth either.

Mid-April doesn't just bring the usual shitty weather and arteries clogged with Easter treats, it also brings something that gets welcomed with a lot more open arms. The traditional Metal Weekend at Trainstation Subart in Kranj!

For the first time in their four-decade career, NWOBHM elders Raven honored us with a visit, proving that sixty-somethings can kick the kids' asses for fun.