Suicidal Angels

Despite apocalyptic downpours, we made it through the first full day of the festival thanks to killer sets from Iced Earth, Dool, Loudness, Absu, Batushka and Venom Inc.

This round of young thrash metal hopefuls won us over in places, but there were no big surprises …

If Warbringer and Havok are first-rate new-school thrash metal, then going by this show, Suicidal Angels belong in the second-rate or even third-rate bracket.

This time the old-school Bay Area tornado stuck its aching middle finger high in the air smack in the middle of the Slovenian Littoral, as Exodus and Heathen, backed by Greece's Suicidal Angels, conjured up a true wet dream for every thrash…

Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: Tolmin, SloveniaConcert date: 14.07.2011Attendance: 10 Day four of Metalcamp was actually the only day of this year's festival that woke us up with a sour, rainy, cold morning. So no…

Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Nina Grad Venue: Menza pri koritu, LjubljanaConcert date: March 23, 2011Attendance: 100Ticket price: 12€ Crowds usually don't take it well (and we're no exception) when bands keep coming back to our local stages,…

Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Venue: Cvetličarna MediaPark / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 16.12.2010Attendance: 1100 Last summer the festivals were ruled by thrash metal's big four: Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and…

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Author: Sandi Sadar Šoba Venue: Izbruhov kulturni bazen, Kranj, SloveniaConcert date: 04.04.2007Attendance: 0Ticket price: 12 € The third millennium. After decades of global metal dominance, and a short break while trends shifted,…