{"id":2224,"date":"2018-07-05T19:38:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T18:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.metal-festivals.com\/?page_id=2224"},"modified":"2018-07-05T19:42:09","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T18:42:09","slug":"with-full-force-2018-review","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/new.metal-festivals.com\/?page_id=2224","title":{"rendered":"With full force 2018 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Full Force<\/strong>
\nTo its 25th anniversary the With Full Force returned to Ferropolis to which it had moved from the former festival ground in Roitzschjora last year.
\nAnd the anniversary program turned out to become a special one: Lead by Parkway Drive, Judas Priest, Bullet For My Valentine, Soulfly, Hatebreed and the very rare appearance of Body Count featuring Mr. Ice Tea the final night got concluded by the Saturday Night Specials of Beatsteaks and Apocalyptica with their Metallica-only-set. The organization concentrated on the three stages known from the latest Roitzschjora-edition, so the Big Wheel Stage from last year’s friday as saturday didn’t happen again. After canceling the first festival day in 2017 due to stormy weather conditions, this year’s edition the climate was a WFF-fan as it mostly had been the years before causing sunny days at Ferropolis. At Ferropolis 70 bands appeared on three stages in three days for about 17.000 visitors.<\/p>\n

Thursday<\/strong>
\nFerox Stage<\/strong>
\nFor I Am King<\/strong> The Dutch fivepiece around their energetic female shouter opened this year’s program on the biggest WFF-stage. The mainly on their debut-longplayer based Metalcore like \u201eThe Crone\u201c animated the first spectators to move.
\nToxpack <\/strong>Maybe I’m the wrong person to review this band seemingly being the only person of our crew having no sympathies for the Punk-Streetcore quintet from Berlin. They released their ninth album last year, and so they attracted numerous fans to celebrate them in the afternoon.
\nPowerflo <\/strong>We awaited a real all-star-band consisting of vocalist Sen Dog (Cypress Hill), the guitarists Billy Graziadei (Biohazard) as Rogelio Lozano (Downset), bassist Christian Olde Wolbers (ex – Fear Factory) plus drummer Fernando Schaefer. Their Crossover mainly basing on the self-named debut as \u201eWhere I Stay\u201c or \u201eVictim Of Circumstance\u201c rocked as the performance of these experienced gentlemen did.
\nKataklysm <\/strong>As their WFF-participations before the Northern Hyperblast got a Main Stage slot for another time because of attracting more than just a few headbangers. Their Death Metal got performed very tight as usual. The Canadiens presented by \u201eNarcissist\u201c, \u201eGuilotine\u201c and \u201eOutsider\u201c three songs from their brandnew album \u201eMeditations\u201c. The most support fronter Maurizio Iacono & Co caused by the intro \u201eLike Angels Weeping (The Dark)\u201c, \u201eAs I Slither\u201c, \u201eAt The Edge Of The World\u201c and \u201eCrippled & Broken\u201c.
\nStick To Your Guns<\/strong> In front of the huge backdrop of their recent \u201eTrue View\u201c release the Californian Hardcore fivepiece started by its song \u201eThe Sun, The Moon, The Truth: Penance Of Self\u201c into their set. And this should include the first more than mentionable mosh-pit-action. No wonder, \u201eMarried To The Noise\u201c, \u201eWe Still Believe\u201c, \u201eAmber\u201c as \u201eNothing You Can Do To Me\u201c are well-known in the WFF-community which showed many voices taking part in its choruses.
\nBody Count feat. Ice T<\/strong> Finally the time had come to watch the Crossover icon lead by the personality of this weekend introducing himself as \u201eIce Motherfuckin’ T Bitch\u201c. The band opened by the Slayer-cover \u201eRaining Blood\u201c, and the motivated fanbase reacted from the first tone on. Ice T who had acted in several Hollywood movies as well showed his mean mimic over the whole show telling about racism in the music business as in the whole world. Each comment was worth listening to this man who got support by his son as his little daughter, their classics as \u201eManslaughter\u201c, \u201eVoodoo\u201c, \u201eHere Goes The Neighborhood\u201c, \u201eTalk Shit, Get Shot\u201c and \u201eCop Killer\u201c were it anyway causing much support by the audience for Ice T, Ernie C & Co. I just missed the hit \u201eBody Count’s In The House\u201c.
\nBullet For My Valentine<\/strong> The Welsh quartet appeared as a WFF-headliner for the second time. Supported by a strong light-dominated stage set Matt Tuck & Co welcomed numerous fans for the following 75 minutes. And by the opener \u201eDon’t Need You\u201c, \u201e\u201cOver It\u201c, \u201eLetting You Go\u201c and \u201ePiece Of Me\u201c they surprised by the exclusive live presentation of four songs from the forthcoming album. Besides this interesting material the well-known \u201eYour Betrayal\u201c, \u201e4 Words (To Choke Upon)\u201c, \u201eYou Want A Battle (Here’s A War)\u201c, \u201eAll These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)\u201c and \u201eScream Aim Fire\u201c lead to much support by crowdsurfers, headbangers and mosh-pit-activists. Those ones got completely satisfied after the set closing \u201eTears Don’t Fall\u201c and \u201eWaking The Demon\u201c.<\/p>\n

Metal Hammer Stage<\/strong>
\nDagoba <\/strong>After many years the quartet from Marseille returned to the WFF and convinced for another time. Appearing on the smallest stage they attracted more and more spectators onto the sand ground right before it. Their modern sound including several Industrial-elements and mainly a groovy sound as the agile performance of fronter Shawter inspired while \u201eStone Ocean\u201c and \u201eInner Sun\u201c as during the older \u201eThe Things Within\u201c and \u201eThe Man You’re Not\u201c. I just missed \u201eThe Great Wonder\u201c. Anyway, more of that!<\/p>\n

Tent Stage: Impericon Hardbowl<\/strong>
\nMiss May I<\/strong> The fivepiece from Ohio turned out to become the first highlight in the sunny afternoon. Their inspiring performance as the catchy chorus melodies of \u201eHey Mister\u201c, \u201eLost In The Grey\u201c, \u201eMasses Of A Dying Breed\u201c and \u201eRelentless Chaos\u201c left no doubt about having a talented band with strong songwriting as live abilities on stage.
\nBeing As An Ocean<\/strong> A very special highlight followed in the Hardbowl Tent. The Post Hardcore quintet from San Diego released by \u201eWaiting For Morning To Come\u201c a masterpiece, and by \u201eOK\u201c, \u201eGlow\u201c, \u201eDissolve\u201c, \u201eBlack & Blue\u201c and \u201eThorns\u201c loud jubilated compositions from it on stage. The atmosophere of their music including the two voices created felt incomparable. It must have felt the same to the protagonists when vocalist Joel Cartuccio took a crowdsurfing bath in the audience while he was still singing. By their classic \u201eThe Hardest Part Is Forgetting Those Who Swore You Would Never Forget\u201c they finished a memorable show. No wonder they are declared as the headliner of the European \u201eImpericon Never Say Die!\u201c – festival tour happening in november as some big banner at the WFF showed.
\nCaliban <\/strong>I must have seen Germany’s Metalcore icon for several times at the WFF, and for another time they shouldn’t disappoint me. With their new strong \u201eElements\u201c-album they improved their setlist by the opener \u201eThis Is War\u201c, \u201eIntoxicated\u201c and \u201eBefore Later Becomes Never\u201c. The filled tent jumped and sang along, a few of the fans climbed the tent pillars a bit above celebrating their faves combined with a better view without more danger in this height. After the Rammstein-cover \u201eSonne\u201c the fivepiece bid farewell by \u201eWe Are The Many\u201c and the seemingly very well-known \u201eMemorial\u201c.<\/p>\n

Friday<\/strong>
\nFerox Stage<\/strong>
\nPsychostick <\/strong>After beginning the second festival day by so-called Porn Grind \u2013 combos in the latest years, in 2018 it was up to a modern-sounding, but still not less fun-referred US-formation to enthuse by several costumes as tracks like \u201eObey The Beard\u201c and \u201eBeer!\u201c. All in all a question of personal humor!
\nDritte Wahl<\/strong> I don’t know why their eleventh record was named \u201e10\u201c, but it had been 25 years since publishing the debut to the release of their current output last year. The Punk Rock – institution from Rostock played a best of set from their backcatalogue like \u201eDer Spiegel\u201c, \u201eSo Wie Ihr Seid\u201c as \u201eFliegen\u201c.
\nEktomorf <\/strong>One day before its original the Hungarian copy of Soulfly appeared in Ferropolis. After playing \u201eThe Prophet Of Doom\u201c material from the new output \u201eFury\u201c the well-known WFF-guests performed by \u201eBlack Flag\u201c, \u201eOutcast\u201c, \u201eI Know Them\u201c and \u201eFuck You All\u201c classics inspiring their supporters to mosh-pits.
\nMadball <\/strong>Another steady guest of the WFF returned onto the stage by the NYHC-institution. Besides introducing by \u201eOld Fashioned\u201c and \u201eRev Up\u201c tracks from the brand new release \u201eFor The Cause\u201c the very agile and this year astonishing long-haired Freddy Cricien animated by \u201eSet It Off\u201c, \u201eNew York City\u201c \u201eDemonstrating My Style\u201c, \u201eLook My Way\u201c and \u201eGet Out\u201c to jump and to get into the pit.
\nEskimo Callboy<\/strong> The Metalcore sixpack with undeniable Danceflloor-influences can count themselves to the faves of numerous WFF-visitors. Although sounding too much easy-listening to the harder majority of the community they populated the infield to start with the title track, \u201eBack In The Bizz\u201c and \u201eThe Shallows\u201c from the recent \u201eThe Scene\u201c release. Their fans danced and sang along to those ones as to \u201eIs Anyone Up\u201c, \u201eMuffin Purper-Gurk\u201c and \u201eCrystals\u201c. The band itself showed humor when a few haters threw cans onto the stage inviting the whole audience to throw their cans on stage. Good for the festival sparing some deposit.
\nHatebreed <\/strong>Besides Slayer this Hardcore institution can be called the most familiar WFF-band.After several Roitzschjora-appearances the fivepiece returned on stage for the first time in Ferropolis. And they left no doubt about to conquer this new place by starting with the smashers \u201eLive For This\u201c and \u201eDestroy Everything\u201c. The very active shouter Jamey Jasta animated the fans to go crazy again and again, and so they did joining mosh-pits while \u201eTo The Threshold\u201c, \u201eLooking Down The Barrel Of Today\u201c, \u201eThis Is Now\u201c and the finisher \u201eI Will Be Heard\u201c.
\nJudas Priest<\/strong> Time was up for the very first appearance of the NWOBHM-legend at the WFF. Assisted by an astonishing digial backdrop showing suiting projections to the songs the quintet opened by the title track of their new album \u201eFirepower\u201c before offering a greatest hits show within 90 minutes after the special Judas Priest curtain had fallen. And this set contained by \u201eGrinder\u201c, \u201eThe Ripper\u201c, \u201eTurbo Lover\u201c, \u201eTyrant\u201c, \u201eYou’ve Got Another Thing Comin’\u201c, \u201eHell Bent For Leather\u201c and \u201ePainkiller\u201c many classics which got celebrated by their die-hard-community. Rob Halford handled all tones, just his concentration on the teleprompter sometimes irritated. But the fans didn’t care about this detail celebrating this show until its final marked by the encores \u201eRising From Ruins\u201c, \u201eMetal Gods\u201c and \u201eBreaking The Law\u201c.<\/p>\n

Saturday<\/strong>
\nFerox Stage<\/strong>
\nManos <\/strong>Their latest release \u201eGenocide\u201c is eleven years old, but in East Germany the Fun Death Metal trio is still pretty popular. So a few mainly older fans didn’t miss to watch \u201eHol Mir Ne’ Bockwurst\u201c, \u201eUprising Of The Dead\u201c and \u201eBiene M.\u201c
\nPro-Pain<\/strong> After Madball and Hatebreed the third Hardcore-generation from New York City appeared at this year’s WFF in Ferropolis. For Gary Meskill and his three bandmates it was one of several WFF-participations. As each time they could count on their fan base celebrating together \u201eIn For The Kill\u201c, \u201eFoul Taste Of Freedom\u201c, \u201eShine\u201c and \u201eMake War (Not Love)\u201c.
\nIn This Moment<\/strong> What followed was the craziest performance of this weekend. The stage set attracted attention by several crosses and especially by a little church symbolizing tent in the middle of the stage a few metres behind the microphone, where the charismatic Maria Brink went in to change stage costumes suiting to the songs while the muscians finished or started the instrumental parts of their compositions. Besides \u201eRiver Of Fire\u201c and the Billy-Idol-cover \u201eBlack Wedding\u201c from the current \u201eRitual\u201c-album the quartet from Los Angeles performed, assisted by a few dancers\/actors\/figures, the opener \u201eBlood\u201c, \u201eAdrenalize\u201c, \u201eRoots\u201c and \u201eBig Bad Wolf\u201c. After the announced \u201eWhore\u201c their 45 minutes lasting set was over. Their fans celebrated them anyway, but we all were a bit impressed by the very original sound and the impassionate performance.
\nEmmure <\/strong>The US-Deathcore-quintet decided for many tracks from the current release \u201eLook At Yourself\u201c by the opening five \u201eYou Asked For It\u201c, \u201eShinjuki Masterlord\u201c, \u201eSmokey\u201c, \u201eNatural Born Killer\u201c and \u201eIce Man Confessions\u201c as later by \u201eTorch\u201c and \u201eFlag Of The Beast\u201c. But that didn’t seem to stop their fans who of course created the fastest circle-pits while the more familiar \u201eR2 Deepthroat\u201c, \u201eNemesis\u201c and \u201eChildren Of Cybertron\u201c. By the way, the shouter in white, the six- as fourstringer in black and the drummer in a flower-filled shirt resulted in a colorful combination.
\nLife Of Agony<\/strong> After a disappointing appearance at last year’s Summer Breeze the quartet started strong by the classics \u201eThis Time\u201c, \u201eThrough And Through\u201c and \u201eOther Side Of The River\u201c. There had been a few changes in the latest time. After twelve years the band released by \u201eA Place Where There’s No More Pain\u201c a new album they introduced by \u201eMeet My Maker\u201c. And Sal Abruscato got replaced by Veronica Bellino who did a great job on drums, so Life Of Agony had evolved from a male-only- to an equal-sex-band. Mina Caputo obviously enjoyed the concert and fascinated by her voice intoning \u201eWeeds\u201c, \u201eRiver Runs Red\u201c as \u201eUnderground\u201c which got co-assisted by Gary Meskill from Pro-Pain. I just missed \u201eMethod Of Groove\u201c, but anyway this show rocked!
\nSoulfly <\/strong>The Neo-Thrash-project around Max Cavalera also returned to the WFF after they had been appearing for a couple of times in Roitzschjora. Opening by \u201eFire\u201c and \u201eProphecy\u201c they marked a speed as heavyness factor for the following 50 minutes. And although I don’t like this simple sound, it was much more interesting than their Ektomorf-clones the day before. The crowd celebrated \u201eNo Hope = No Fear\u201c, \u201eBack To The Primitive\u201c, the Sepultura-classic \u201eRefuse\/Resist\u201c as \u201eEye For An Eye\u201c anyway. Besides that Max’s son Zyan Cavalera astonished by his variable drumming. But his grown abilities as age also put the focus back on the father who had obviously grown old. His stage performance wasn’t a very active one, but his shouts sounded like years\/decades before.
\nParkway Drive<\/strong> For the first time of this weekend the infield was completely packed which showed the evolution of this quintet. After fulfilling the first day’s headliner position in 2015 the band from Down Under got the final headliner slot for this year long time before. And nobody should regret that, what followed turned out to become outstanding. The opening \u201eWishing Wells\u201c and \u201ePrey\u201c from the new album \u201eReverence\u201c inspired the infield to jump, and this got maximized by \u201eCarrion\u201c and \u201eVice Grip\u201c. The fans sat down and did some kind of imagenary oaring to \u201ePrey\u201c while the show got assisted by an amazing fire works full of pyros and many more special effects. The five guys from Byron Bay showed themselves agile, but that was incomparable to the motion on the infield they caused by their music and its energy. The band obviously enjoyed these 90 minutes as their fans what became clear while each announcement of vocalist Winston McCall. His bandmate on guitar, Jeff Ling, looked a bit like Tom Cruise’s killer role Vincent in \u201eCollateral\u201c with his hoary hair, by the way. \u201eIdols And Anchors\u201c, \u201eKarma\u201c and \u201eDestroyer\u201c kept the whole crowd in motion before \u201eWild Eyes\u201c finished the regular set. But the band returned onto an inflamed stage with the encore \u201eCrushed\u201c during which drummer Ben Gordon twisted headfirst with the whole rotating drum kit construction. The almighty \u201eBottom Feeder\u201c finished one of the best shows we have ever seen! With their final pyros the WFF-anniversary fire works started which held the special effects level of the headliner show.<\/p>\n

Ferox Stage: Saturday Night Special<\/strong>
\nApocalyptica <\/strong>performing Metallica by four Cellos After their last year’s headliner slot got canceled as the whole thursday program the four Finns came back with the honor to finish this anniversary-WFF with the same program just containing their Metallica-interpretations with four cellos and one drummer. Nearly exactly 22 years after publishing their debut \u201ePlays Metallica By Four Cellos\u201c they played those songs as a couple of further Metallica-covers. Their versions of the opener \u201eEnter Sandman\u201c, \u201eFor Whom The Bell Tolls\u201c, \u201eBattery\u201c and \u201eOne\u201c earned much applause by the audience who also did the vocal parts which made this experience much more atmospheric. After finishing by \u201eSeek & Destroy\u201c including an intermezzo of AC\/DC’s \u201eThunderstruck\u201c the musicians concluded by the encore \u201eNothing Else Matters\u201c. What a closure, simply magic!<\/p>\n

Metal Hammer Stage<\/strong>
\nDool <\/strong>\u201eFlame Set\u201c This special set meant 4 inflamed tons next to the stage, two each on both sides. So the music was much more special. Lead by the strong voice of Ryanne van Dorst and a tight band their Rock songs like \u201eGolden Serpents\u201c, \u201eIn Her Darkest Hour\u201c and Vantablack from their debut album \u201eHere Now, There Then\u201c convinced the audience.<\/p>\n

Tent Stage: Impericon Hardbowl<\/strong>
\nAsking Alexandria<\/strong> Their red dominated stage set showed who was up next. The British fivepiece should astonish for another time with their energetic live performance. The band put their main focus on their recent self-entititled album playing \u201eInto The Fire\u201c, \u201eAlone In A Room\u201c, \u201eWhen The Lights Come On\u201c, \u201eUnder Denver\u201c and \u201eWhere Did It Go?\u201c. The fans were into it as into the older songs like \u201eRun Free\u201c or the final \u201eThe Death Of Me\u201c. I just missed the variable hit \u201eClosure\u201c. But before \u201eMoving On\u201c the band showed by two guys with two guitars and one voice what they are able to. It nearly sounded like a megaseller-Hardrock-band. Hope to see them again soon.<\/p>\n

Tent Stage: Saturday Night Special (Big Anniversary Surprise)<\/strong>
\nBeatsteaks <\/strong>This cofirmation was a real surprise before the festival. In 2005 the Punkrock-fivepiece from Berlin co-headlined before Iron Maiden. Since then they have evolved to one of Germany’s most famous Rock bands. So this was a very worthy Big Anniversary Surprise. The Tent Stage of the former Impericon Hardbowl got filled to start the party with \u201ePanic\u201c and \u201eJane Become Insane\u201c. The band was motivated as their fans celebrating own classics like \u201eCut Off The Top\u201c and \u201eHello Joe\u201c as the covers \u201eFrieda Und Die Bomben\u201c of Fu Manchu and Beasty Boys’ \u201eSabotage\u201c. To its great final \u201eLet Me In\u201c fronter Arnim crodsurfed to the people who had climbed a few steps higher at the tent pillars while he continued singing. Memorable!<\/p>\n

Conclusion:<\/strong>
\nAs mentioned the organization worked very well. This year there was no big screen to watch the first preliminary games of the soccer world championship. In contrast to the years before, when the biggest public viewing of whole Saxony got hosted by the WFF, there were no quarter finals due to the earlier date as there was no game with Germany participating, so nearly nobody worried about. Germany’s first game happened on sunday when everybody left the festival area returning to home. The strong billing, the unique location and the sunny weather made this year’s WFF fantastic!
\nOur special thanks go out to Madeline Friedemann and the WFF-team!!!!! In the city of iron rocked, drank and partied Tobi Wan Kenobi, Wirwa and Densen!!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With Full Force To its 25th anniversary the With Full Force returned to Ferropolis to which it had moved from the former festival ground in Roitzschjora last year. And the anniversary program turned out to become a special one: Lead by Parkway Drive, Judas Priest, Bullet For My Valentine, Soulfly, Hatebreed and the very rare … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “With full force 2018 Review”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/new.metal-festivals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2224"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/new.metal-festivals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/new.metal-festivals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/new.metal-festivals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/new.metal-festivals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2224"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/new.metal-festivals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2231,"href":"http:\/\/new.metal-festivals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2224\/revisions\/2231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/new.metal-festivals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}