{"id":1972,"date":"2015-09-27T10:07:21","date_gmt":"2015-09-27T09:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.metal-festivals.com\/?page_id=1972"},"modified":"2016-07-27T10:13:03","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T09:13:03","slug":"summer-breeze-2015-review","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/new.metal-festivals.com\/?page_id=1972","title":{"rendered":"Summer Breeze 2015 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Summer Breeze 2015<\/strong><br \/>\nIt has become a tradition each year the festival summer got finished by the Summer Breeze, a festival highlight which has become the favorite open air event to several editors as writers of this magazine.<br \/>\nThe second biggest Metal Festival of Germany still offers a chilled atmosphere in the landscape near by the nice town of Dinkelsb\u00fchl. Besides that we like the concept of considering a strong billing of all Metal or Metal-related subgenres happening on all stages in stead of mainly investing in the headliners. So Kreator, Nightwish and Trivium had the honor as the excercise to set main accents justifying their headliner slots after many strong performances each day. Besides that exclusive performances as Amorphis playing the \u201eTales From The Thousand Lakes\u201c in its entirety for its 20th anniversary, the Death To All nostalgy show honoring the passed Chuck Schuldiner or one of the rare Bloodbath appearences gave the billing another special update. This year&#8217;s weather was a very varied one: Between tropical heat and a storm warning everything was possible. The warning caused a break for about an hour. The mentionable organization took care about evacuating the festival area by loud speakers as the video wall. After the as well communicated all-clear the program continued including all bands playing with modified times. A new offer was the invented Green Camping for people who prefer a more silent as ecology-minded camping. On this year&#8217;s Summer Breeze 124 bands appeared on four stages in front of about 35000 visitors. (Sold Out!).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>T-Stage<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Panzer <\/strong>The traditional Nuclear Blast label night on the bigger of the two wednesday stages included the new project of Destruction&#8217;s mainman Schmier who got assisted by the well-known Herman Frank on guitar and Stefan Schwarzmann on drums. This in comparison to his main band more melodic-orientated combo didn&#8217;t really fascinate by the mateiral of their debut \u201eSend Them All To Hell\u201c.<br \/>\n<strong>Sonic Syndicate<\/strong> As expected the Swedes attracted the most spectators in the tent for the first festival day. Not only to my surprise bassist Karin Axelsson had left the band and got replaced by Michel B\u00e4rz\u00e9n. The quartet animated the crowd moving to the Modern Metal by \u201eRevolution, Baby\u201c, \u201eDenied\u201c, \u201eAftermath\u201c and \u201eJack Of Diamonds\u201c.<br \/>\n<strong>Death Angel<\/strong>The Bay Area fivepiece started by \u201eLeft For Dead\u201c into the last show of their European 2015 tour. The Thrash Metal fans celebrated \u201eBuried Alive\u201c, \u201eEvil Priest\u201c and the final \u201eThrown To The Wolves\u201c by moshpits while fronter Mark Osegueda and his comrades mobilized their last reserves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Main Stage<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Trollfest <\/strong>By using several instruments the Folk group from Oslo opened this year&#8217;s program on the main festival area and surprised interpreting the Britney Spears hit \u201eToxic\u201c.<br \/>\n<strong>The Sirens<\/strong> Behind the sirens hide the three grand ladies of the 90ies Gothic Metal wave Kari Rueslatten, Liv Kristine Espenaes and Anneke van Giersbergen who performed classics of their ex-bands The 3rd And The Mortal, Theatre Of Tragedy and The Gathering. Especially the last named band&#8217;s hit \u201eStrange Machines\u201c earned much support from the audience. The whole show of this Norwegian-Dutch collaboration turned out to the impression of a really brilliant idea.<br \/>\n<strong>Corvus Corax<\/strong> The German medieval Folk sevenpiece returned to satisfy their fans, but probably nobody more. \u201eSpielmannstanz\u201c as \u201eTwilight Of The Tundergod\u201c stuck on my nerves while the first rows moved to it.<br \/>\n<strong>Die Apokalyptischen Reiter<\/strong> When the formation from Weimar enters any stage in Germany, the party is guaranteed. So they did in Dinkelsb\u00fchl. It&#8217;s not my cup of tea, but it was astonishing watching thousands of fans singing along with \u201eRevolution\u201c, \u201eEs Wird Schlimmer\u201c, \u201eReitermania\u201c or the rare played \u201eDer Rausch\u201c.<br \/>\n<strong>Black Stone Cherry<\/strong> A nice change of sound got fulfilled by the Southern Rock fourpiece from Kentucky. While hot temperatures there weren&#8217;t that many fans in front of the stage, but those ones who were, saw a rocking show containing \u201eWhite Trash Millionaire\u201c, \u201eRain Wizard\u201c and \u201eBlame It On The Boom Boom\u201c<br \/>\n<strong>Opeth <\/strong>The quintet from Stockholm began by \u201eEternal Rains Will Come\u201c and \u201eCusp Of Eternity\u201c from their current album \u201ePale Communion\u201c causing moderate reactions like applause. When the show became harder by \u201eThe Drapery Falls\u201c as the awesome final consisting of \u201eHeir Apparent\u201c, \u201eThe Grand Conjuration\u201c and \u201eDeliverance\u201c lots of fans headbanged and jubilated. But the problem was that in contrast to former festival shows when Mikael Akerfeldt &#038; Co always had played the best show of the whole weekend this time they set to many atmosphere blocking calm tracks in between the amazing ones.<br \/>\n<strong>Kreator <\/strong>It was up to the fourpiece from Essen to set the final highlight of the Big Teutonic Four &#8211; package being integrated on today&#8217;s open air program. Supported by much confetti Mille &#038; Co opened by \u201eEnemy Of God\u201c, and from now on they pushed the huge crowd to its maximum power. Singalongs, headbanging and several moshpits were the steady companions to \u201ePhobia\u201c, \u201ePhantom Antichrist\u201c, \u201eExtreme Aggression\u201c including a big wall of death, \u201eBlack Sunrise\u201c and \u201eHordes Of Chaos\u201c. An amazing show including fronter Mille&#8217;s CO2-gun as pyros which got concluded by \u201eViolent Revolution\u201c and \u201ePleasure To Kill\u201c. Just \u201eFlag Of Hate\u201c was missed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pain Stage<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Megaherz <\/strong>After some technical problems the German formation returned on stage playing their Rammstein-influenced sound. Highlight became for another time their final hit \u201eMistst\u00fcck\u201c.<br \/>\n<strong>Kyle Gass Band<\/strong> To whom I had talked before nearly everyone mentioned the wish to watch this pretty early placed Rock fivepiece in hope of listening to some Tenacious D material. This hope didn&#8217;t become fulfilled. But the show rocked anyway culminating in a cover medley consisting of \u201eI Want You Back\u201c, \u201eBlack Or White\u201c and \u201eThe Fresh Prince Of Bel Air\u201c.<br \/>\n<strong>Tankard <\/strong>By \u201eZombie Attack\u201c the fourpiece from Frankfurt opened the thrashback-section of the german big 4 Thrash Metal acts. Supported by Holy Moses drummer Gerd L\u00fccking who replaced the sick Olaf Zissel this weekend. Lead by fronter Gerre and his funny comments the fans banged to \u201eThe Morning After\u201c, \u201eChemical Invasion\u201c and the final \u201e(Empty) Tankard\u201c.<br \/>\n<strong>Destruction<\/strong> The second part of the german Thrash section became less interesting. Supported by a couple of pyros mainman Schmier and his two bandmates celebrated nothing but their old school reference. But there still were several supporters being happy with \u201eNailed To The Cross\u201c, \u201eMad Butcher\u201c, \u201eThe Butcher Strikes Back\u201c and \u201eBestial Invasion\u201c.<br \/>\n<strong>Sodom <\/strong>The opener \u201eAgent Orange\u201c got visualized by orange smoke leading into a thrashing setlist filled with classics. The \u201eOutbreak Of Evil\u201c \/ \u201eThe Saw Is The Law\u201c &#8211; medley, \u201eNuclear Winter\u201c, \u201eSodomy &#038; Lust\u201c, \u201eNapalm In The Morning\u201c, \u201eBlasphemer\u201c and the finisher \u201eAusgebombt\u201c shouldn&#8217;t have left the most fans&#8217; wishlists open.<br \/>\n<strong>Saltatio Mortis<\/strong> The Folk Metal sevenpiece was about to release their new record \u201eZirkus Zeitgeist\u201c of which they introduced its new single \u201eWo Sind Die Clowns?\u201c. As always their sound as performace was too medieval and too less Metal \/ Rock to me.<br \/>\n<strong>Amorphis <\/strong>Today&#8217;s final show on the open air stages was supposed to become a very special one. To it&#8217;s 20th anniversary Finland&#8217;s finest performed the album classic \u201eTales From The Thousand Lakes\u201c in its entirety. The fans seemed really had been waiting for starting headbanging and singalong to \u201eInto Hiding\u201c and \u201eThe Castaway\u201c which became even more intense while \u201eBlack Winter Day\u201c and \u201eIn The Beginning\u201c. After the full interpretation of the mentioned masterpiece the band added by the \u201eElegy\u201c compositions \u201eBetter Unborn\u201c, \u201eAgainst Widows\u201c and \u201eMy Kantele\u201c further classics. An exclusive as overwhelming appearance!<\/p>\n<p><strong>T-Stage<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Agalloch <\/strong>The artists from the boomtown Portland created a compact atmosphere nobody could flee from. The band around mainman John Haughm fascinated by \u201eGhosts Of The Midwinter Fires\u201c, \u201eHallways Of Enchanted Ebony\u201c as \u201eInto The Painted Grey\u201c leaving astonished spectators in the tent.<br \/>\n<strong>Death To All<\/strong> A big hour of nostalgy was about to follow. Honoring the opuses of the left Chuck Schuldiner as his band Death the ex-musicians Steve DiGeorgio, Gene Hoglan and Bobby Koelble got completed by Max Phelps who astonished by his look, the grunts as even how he held his guitar. All was similar to Chuck. But he didn&#8217;t provoke to be like his clone. In phases with no vocals he stepped behind let focus the spot light on his bandmates. The communication got done by Steve. The setlist considered represented by the opener \u201eThe Philosopher\u201c, \u201eLeprousy\u201c, \u201eSymbolic\u201c, \u201eSpirit Crusher\u201c, \u201eCrystal Mountain\u201c and the final \u201ePull The Plug\u201c all different band phases. Awesome!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Main Stage<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Any Given Day<\/strong> In the early forenoon the Metalcore quintet from Gelsenkirchen enthused the first few hundred supporters on the festival area. The well-known Rihanna cover of course turned out to the most jubilated highlight, but the opener \u201eHome Is Where The Heart Is\u201c, \u201eNever Say Die\u201c and \u201eThe Beginning Of The End\u201c showed there&#8217;s much more to discover.<br \/>\n<strong>Kissin&#8217; Dynamite<\/strong> The fivepiece came from the close town of Reutlingen to spread some good mood over the festival area. Similar to the Pagan Folk group on the neighbored stage right before this just worked with the die-hard fans.<br \/>\n<strong>Alestorm <\/strong>The Folk Metal commando from United Kingdom introduced many fans in front of the stage. To me the most exciting show aspect was the very colored backdrop reminding to a hippie-influenced one. The fans partied until the final \u201eCaptain Morgan&#8217;s Revenge\u201c.<br \/>\n<strong>Ensiferum<\/strong> The Pagan combo filled up the festival area. Thousands of fans celebrated everything including the opener \u201eAxe Of Jugement\u201c, \u201eHeathen Horde\u201c, \u201eWarriors Without A War\u201c and the final \u201eTwo Of Spades\u201c from the new output \u201eOne Man Army\u201c.<br \/>\n<strong>Sepultura <\/strong>After a one hour lasting break due to climate conditions Brasil&#8217;s finest aroused a storm on their own. From the opening classic \u201eTroops Of Doom\u201c on the quartet kicked ass inspiring the fans to headbang and take part in moshpits. Especially the classics \u201eInner Self\u201c, \u201eTerritory\u201c, \u201eArise\u201c as \u201eRefuse\/Resist\u201c enthused a lot. So \u201eRatamahatta\u201c and \u201eRoots, Bloody Roots\u201c closed a jubilated show and left many sweaty as satisfied fans.<br \/>\n<strong>Powerwolf <\/strong>It must have been the fifth or sixth time the wolves appeared at Summer Breeze, and in the meantime they raised to the co-headliner over the years. And so the festival area was pretty packed when they started with \u201eSanctified With Dynamite\u201c. Lead by front entertainer Attila Dorn and his funny comments thousands sang along with \u201eAmen &#038; Attack\u201c, \u201eResurrection By Errection\u201c, \u201eWerevolves Of Armenia\u201c, \u201eAll We Need Is Blood\u201c as \u201eWe Drink Your Blood\u201c. And \u201eArmy Of The Night\u201c, \u201eArmata Strigoi\u201c as the title track from the just exactly four weeks young new album \u201eBlessed &#038; Possessed\u201c got celebrated as well. What a triumphant show!<br \/>\n<strong>Trivium <\/strong>The quartet from Florida filled the following 100 minutes with their stirring music somewhere between Thrash and Modern Metal in which became clear for another time how many hits they had written. \u201eDown From The Sky\u201c, \u201eStrife\u201c, \u201eLike Light To The Flies\u201c, Built To Fall\u201c and \u201ePull Harder The Strings Of Your Martyr\u201c left no doubt about it, the wall of death didn&#8217;t as well. Just Matt Heafy&#8217;s monotonous crowd animations between the songs turned out unnecessary. The fans supported \u201eThroes Of Perditions\u201c, \u201eBlack\u201c and \u201eA Gunshot To The Head Of Trepidation\u201c as much as the opener \u201eSilence In The Snow\u201c and \u201eBlind Leading The Blind\u201c from the forthcoming album. So \u201eIn Waves\u201c marked the end of a great show in front of an amazing stage set. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Pain Stage<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Heidevolk <\/strong>The Dutch Pagan Folk formation communicated in friendly german and tried to invent the first party atmosphere of the day. This plan worked well in the first few rows, the others still were damaged from the latest one.<br \/>\n<strong>Blutengel <\/strong>I don&#8217;t know why there&#8217;s a need to book a Gothic Pop &#8211; act like this one. While the female singer did a good job, the male one missed his vocals a few times. The assisting erotic dancers couldn&#8217;t compensate this anyway.<br \/>\n<strong>Kadavar <\/strong>After the hippie backdrop of Alestorm right before on the neighbored Main Stage it was time for real hippie music. The Stoner trio introduced by the opener \u201eLord Of The Sky\u201c and \u201eInto The Night\u201c new material from the forthcoming album being named by their home town \u201eBerlin\u201c to be released the following week.<br \/>\n<strong>Pyogenesis <\/strong>And after all the people forget: Ten years since their latest live activities it felt much too empty on the festival area when the Gothic Metal \/ Crossover quartet played their german comeback show.  This looked very special when the pyro show started. Anyway, the band rocked enormously by \u201eUndead\u201c, \u201eEvery Single Day\u201c, \u201eTwinaleblood\u201c and \u201eLove Nation Sugarhead\u201c. But \u201eSteam Paves Its Way\u201c and \u201eThe Swan King\u201c from the comeback masterpiece \u201eA Century In The Curse Of Time\u201c fit into the bands&#8217; live sound. Mainman Flo stagedived on an air mattress and \u201eFade Away\u201c closed a cool gig. This needs to be continued!<br \/>\n<strong>Suicide Silence<\/strong> In spite of the beginning rain there still were more than enough fans left to watch the Californians. They shouldn&#8217;t get disapointed. The fivepiece performed a very intense hour of Deathcore by \u201eFuck Everything\u201c, \u201eInherit The Crown\u201c, \u201eYou Can&#8217;t Stop Me\u201c, etc..<br \/>\n<strong>Bloodbath <\/strong>The Swedish all-star &#8211; Death Metal band honored Dinkelsb\u00fchl with one of their rare appearances introducing their new fronter Nick Holmes, known from his main band Paradise Lost. Starting by \u201eLet The Stillborn Come To Me\u201c with the opener of the recent album \u201eGrand Morbid Funeral\u201c the fivepiece (mainly) from Stockholm started a headbanging orgy. The fans celebrated \u201eSo You Die\u201c, \u201eBreeding Death\u201c, \u201eCancer Of The Soul\u201c and \u201eSoul Evisceration\u201c in exactly that way all over the festivalsite. The fronter entertained by his british humor between the songs, and a successful concert found its end by \u201eEaten\u201c and \u201eCry My Name\u201c while singalongs turned into gruntalongs.<br \/>\n<strong>Cradle Of Filth<\/strong> The British Black Metal icon returned to perform another late night open air show in Dinkelsb\u00fchl. There were still enough fans left to rock. Assisted by two female fire-breathing dancers the sixpack considered songs from all their band phases up to \u201eRight Wing Of The Garden Triptych\u201c from the brand new release \u201eHammer Of The Witches\u201c. But the most inspiring live section got reached with the final consisting of \u201eCruelty Brought Thee Orchids\u201c, \u201eHer Ghost In The Fog\u201c and \u201eFrom The Cradle To Enslave\u201c.<\/p>\n<p><strong>T-Stage<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Lantlos <\/strong>The mainly instrumental orientated band started a great atmospheric sound orgy which caught all present spectators. \u201eBliss\u201c, \u201ePulse \/ Surreal\u201c, etc. inspired everyone to move, head or foot shaking minimum. What a stirring concert by the quintet from the west german city of G\u00fctersloh. More of that!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Main Stage<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Serum 114<\/strong> Punk Rock was about to wake up the party-tired visitors on the last day of this year&#8217;s SB-edition. To strenghten this fronter Esche entered the stage with a Bengal light. That worked for those few visitors in front of the stage so far.<br \/>\n<strong>Be&#8217;Lakor<\/strong> The quartet from Melbourne appeared in Dinkelsb\u00fchl for the third time. Like in 2010 and 2012 they had an early slot on the main festival area. Too early for a probably much bigger audience. Their Melodic Death Metal is hard as catchy as \u201eCountless Skies\u201c or \u201eVenator\u201c showed. Cool band!<br \/>\n<strong>Betontod <\/strong>The German Punkrock fivepiece can pick their live tracks from a long discography list. So a greatest hits selection satisfied their supporters partying. The most impressing moment happened when the crowd kneeled down to set a sign against racism right before \u201eViva Punk!\u201c.<br \/>\n<strong>Kataklysm <\/strong>The Canadien Death Metal machine played the last of a row of summer festivals in 2015 this year.  While \u201eAs I Slither\u201c vocalist Maurizio Iacono initiated the security stress test causing the probably highest number of crowdsurfers this weekend.  But besides this the fans knew how to celebrate while \u201eAt The Edge Of The World\u201c, \u201eBlack Sheep\u201c (from the brandnew album \u201eOf Ghosts And Gods\u201c), \u201ePush The Venom\u201c, \u201eTaking The World By Storm\u201c and \u201eAmbassador Of Pain\u201c by headbanging and taking part in the several moshpits. So the quartet left by \u201eShadows And Dust\u201c and \u201eCrippled And Broken\u201c a happy as in the end powerless crowd.<br \/>\n<strong>Paradise Lost<\/strong> The British innovators of Gothic Metal seem to become like a good wine better each year. In Dinkelsb\u00fchl they performed a best of show that shouldn&#8217;t have left too much wishes open. Besides presenting by \u201eNo Hope In Sight\u201c as \u201eTerminal\u201c from the new masterpiece \u201eThe Plague Within\u201c the opener \u201eEnemy\u201c, \u201eTragic Idol\u201c, \u201eOne Second\u201c, \u201eHallowed Land\u201c, \u201eFaith Divides Us &#8211; Death Unites Us\u201c showed all the different phases of the band. Vocalist Nick Holmes did his second live job after performing with Bloodbath just the day before and entertained with his british humor. So an excellent show found its worthy end by \u201eAs I Die\u201c and \u201eSay Just Words\u201c.<br \/>\n<strong>Hatebreed <\/strong>After Grindcore on the neighbored Pain Stage New York City Hardcore ruled the festival area. From the opener \u201eEveryone Bleeds Now\u201c over \u201eTo The Threshold\u201c, \u201eLive For This\u201c, \u201eThis Is Now\u201c up to \u201eI Will Be Heard\u201c and \u201eDestroy Everything\u201c the crowd jumped, sang along, crowdsurfed and took part in the several moshpits. Shouter Jamey Jasta knew what to say on this festival and emphasized the unity between Hardcore, Metal and Punk.<br \/>\n<strong>Nightwish <\/strong>The Finnish Gothic \/ Symphonic Metal institution with the Dutch vocalist followed with a monstrous show including several kinds of pyros shooting in different directions to the rhythm of each song and a couple of other special effects. Self-confident they introduced by the opener \u201eShudder Before The Beautiful\u201c, \u201eYours Is An Empty Hope\u201c, \u201eMy Walden\u201c, \u201e\u00c9lan\u201c and \u201eWeak Fantasy\u201c many songs from the new album \u201eEndless Forms Most Beautiful\u201c. But the new voice Floor Jansen (known from her ex-band After Forever) showed she also knows how to interpret classics like \u201eAmaranthe\u201c or \u201eI Want My Tears Back\u201c. It seemed like she had been accepted by the fans right when she joined the band. What a show!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pain Stage<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Majesty <\/strong>The German True Metal act didn&#8217;t attract much people to support them. Considering by the opener \u201eHawks Will Fly\u201c and the title track of the new output \u201eGeneration Steel\u201c the fivepiece didn&#8217;t give any arguments to spend time for such an old-fashioned appearance.<br \/>\n<strong>Haudegen <\/strong>The German speech Rock duo bored enormously for the following 45 minutes. \u201eEin Mann, Ein Wort\u201c and the new \u201eZiemlich Beste Freunde\u201c from the forthcoming release united the little dumber part of the visitors.<br \/>\n<strong>Emil Bulls<\/strong> The quintet from Munich returned to Summer Breeze to show for another time their immense live qualities. The many supporters celebrated their party-compatible Crossover by singalongs and jumping to \u201eThe Most Evil Spell\u201c, \u201eThe Way Of The Warrior\u201c and \u201eHere Comes The Fire\u201c. Just the sound didn&#8217;t really work well. Anyway, the band itself rocked and finished by \u201eWhen God Was Sleeping\u201c and \u201eWorlds Apart\u201c an inspiring gig.<br \/>\n<strong>Knorkator<\/strong> Like two years ago there was the question why the weirdos from Berlin didn&#8217;t get a slot on the Main Stage. The place in front of the second biggest Pain Stage was a bit too small again. \u201eDing Inne Schnauze\u201c, \u201eAlter Mann\u201c, \u201eUltimativer Mann\u201c, \u201eWir Werden Alle Sterben\u201c, \u201eB\u00f6se\u201c and the Boney M. Cover \u201eMa Baker\u201c left no other option than to party. The hightlight got reached when the agile fronter Stumpen crowdsurfed inside a gum ball.<br \/>\n<strong>Cannibal Corpse<\/strong> There&#8217;s alway just a pro or contra about the US Grindcore fivepiece. The music as lyrics doesn&#8217;t leave any compromise about it. So it did in Dinkelsb\u00fchl. By \u201eStripped, Raped And Strangled\u201c, \u201eDisposal Of The Body\u201c, \u201eMake Them Suffer\u201c, \u201eHammer Smashed Face\u201c and the final \u201eDevoured By Vermin\u201c fronter Corpsegrinder &#038; Co enthused their fans which probably were more than enough.<br \/>\n<strong>Dark Tranquillity<\/strong> The co-founders of the Gothenburg Melodic Death Metal sound returned to Summer Breeze to perform an amazing set containing \u201eWhite Noise \/ Black Silence\u201c, \u201eThe Lesser Faith\u201c, \u201eThe Wonders At Your Feet\u201c, \u201eThereIn\u201c, \u201eTerminus (Where Death Is Most Alive)\u201c, \u201eFinal Resistance\u201c and causing much flying hair. The whole place was jubilating. Fronter Mikael Stanne showed himeself very agile as close to the fans for another time. Generally the band still seemed their biggest fans besides the other several thousand ones which celebrated until \u201eMisery&#8217;s Crown\u201c in massive singalongs. Overwhelming show!<br \/>\n<strong>Venom <\/strong>This year&#8217;s final open air stage show should be done by nothing less than the Black \/ Thrash Metal legend from Great Britain. The new release \u201eFrom The Very Depths\u201c just got considered by \u201eLong Haired Punks\u201c, the rest of the setlist was filled with classics like \u201eHammerhead\u201c, \u201eWelcome To Hell\u201c, \u201eCountess Bathory\u201c and of course the final \u201eBlack Metal\u201c while the rain started for the following hours. Nevertheless the Venom fans enjoyed every second of the show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>T-Stage<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Morgoth <\/strong>The German Death Metal icon returned to introduce their new fronter Karsten &#8216;Jagger&#8217; J\u00e4ger, who is known from Disbelief as well, and by the opener \u201eUngod\u201c, \u201eGod Is Evil\u201c and \u201eTraitor\u201c fresh material from the first album since nearly two decades which worked well between the classics \u201eSold Baptism\u201c, \u201eResistance\u201c, \u201eSuffer Life\u201c, \u201eUnder The Surface\u201c and the final \u201eIsolated\u201c which all got interpreted very well by Jagger. Morgoth at its best &#8211; what a return!<br \/>\n<strong>Ghost Brigade<\/strong> Suomi&#8217;s finest in Death Doom Metal returned into the tent to play another strong concert. To other bands it would be a too high risk to play new material for more than half of the set, not to the sixpiece which performed the opener \u201eWretched Blues\u201c, \u201eAurora\u201c, \u201eStones And Pillars\u201c, \u201eElectra Complex\u201c and the final \u201eEl\u00e4m\u00e4 On Tulta\u201c from the recent masterpiece \u201eIV \u2013 One With The Storm\u201c. The fans celebrated them anyway like the a bit older \u201eInto The Black Light\u201c, \u201eBreakwater\u201c and \u201eClawmaster\u201c. What an intense concert experience!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><br \/>\nDespite it has grown to one of the biggest Metal festivals in Europe the Summer Breeze still preserved its relaxed atmosphere while its organization raised with the size being a very professional one. After several years of enormous heat and last year&#8217;s colder edition this year&#8217;s SB had nearly every weather circumstances during the four days.  The food mile offered the well-known variety while most of the prices stayed constant in comparison to the year before (e.g. 3,50 \u20ac for 0,4 l can of beer or softdrink).<br \/>\nSo we are looking forward to Summer Breeze 2016!!! Special thanks go out to David Gregori and the Summer Breeze team!!!!! At the Summer Breeze rocked, drank and partied Tobi Wan Kenobi, Dumbo, Densen, Starvin&#8217; Marvin, Evil-in &#038; Yell-Midge!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer Breeze 2015 It has become a tradition each year the festival summer got finished by the Summer Breeze, a festival highlight which has become the favorite open air event to several editors as writers of this magazine. 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