{"id":2340,"date":"2018-09-28T20:03:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T19:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.metal-festivals.com\/?page_id=2340"},"modified":"2022-07-18T04:00:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T03:00:06","slug":"summer-breeze-2018-review","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/new.metal-festivals.com\/?page_id=2340","title":{"rendered":"Summer Breeze 2018 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer Breeze<\/strong>
\nAfter evolving the festival area last year the SB organizers didn’t rest to continue developping the live options. The (two stages of the) twisting stage, which is unique in the Metal scene, got renamed from Main Stage and Pain Stage to just Main Stage. Next to the T-Stage that had become from a tent to an open air stage the Camel Stage got improved a lot by enlargement as getting a tent roof besides staying open to all three left sides. Inside the camping area the Ficken Party Stage took care about a party area especially close to the fans.
\nThe billing attracted by its headliners Papa Roach, Trivium, Behemoth, Arch Enemy, W.A.S.P., Powerwolf as especially by its balance on a remarkable high level. Besides that the mentioned Summer Breeze areas offered a good food as beverage variety and self-entertainment offers like a wooden skittle alley as a couple of drinking games. And as nearly every year the Summer Breeze described the weather conditions by its name. It became another weekend full of sun and joy. At this year’s Summer Breeze 130 bands appeared on 5 stages in four days for about 40000 visitors (Sold out!).<\/p>\n

Wednesday<\/strong>
\nT-Stage<\/strong>
\nAny Given Day<\/strong> In the afternoon sun the German Metalcore fivepiece was the right start into this year’s open air program. A variable voice and a tight band entertained from the opener \u201eEndurance\u201c until their debut classic \u201eHome Is Where The Heart Is\u201c and the Rihanna cover \u201eDiamonds\u201c.
\nThe Night Flight Orchestra<\/strong> The Hardrock project of Arch Enemy bassist Sharlee D’Angelo and Soilwork vocalist Bj\u00f6rn \u201eSpeed\u201c Strid, who wondered about his purple suit, didn’t attract such an audience than the starter before as the following act. So the Bond-reminding title \u201eSometimes The World Ain’t Enough\u201c described the situation pretty well.
\nFarmer Boys<\/strong> Much nostalgia followed by the return of the still fresh sounding quintet from the pretty close city of Stuttgart. Besides the new compositions \u201eYou And Me\u201c as \u201eRevolt\u201c the band achieved the most applause and motion for classics like the opener \u201eWhen Pigs Fly\u201c, \u201eThe Other Side\u201c, \u201eWe Sow The Storm\u201c, \u201eLike Jesus Wept\u201c and the final hit \u201eHere Comes The Pain\u201c.
\nKataklysm <\/strong>Tight as fuck became for another time the following 60 minutes of the self-titled northern hyperblast. By \u201eNarcissist\u201c and \u201eOutsider\u201c the Canadiens considered tracks from the brand new album \u201eMeditations\u201c. The most headbangers got counted while \u201eAs I Slither\u201c, \u201eAt The Edge Of The World\u201c, \u201eIn Shadows And Dust\u201c as \u201eCrippled And Broken\u201c. Fronter Maurizio Iaconi animated the crowd to move and initiated the security stress test inspiring lots of crowdsurfers.
\nSepultura <\/strong>Derrick Green celebrated his 20th anniversary being the voice of the Thrash Metal icon from Brasil. The chemistry between band as audience reached a special level resulting in much headbanging as pit support for the title track of their recent release \u201eMachine Messiah\u201c as for the classics \u201eTerritory\u201c, \u201eRefuse\/Resist\u201c, \u201eArise\u201c, \u201eRatamahatta\u201c and \u201eRoots Bloody Roots\u201c.
\nParadise Lost<\/strong> By their opener \u201eNo Hope In Sight\u201c the quintet from the UK set the rhythm for the following hour. Their groove and heaviness got represented by a best of set containing \u201eForever Failure\u201c, \u201eRequiem\u201c, \u201eErased\u201c and the rare played \u201eShadowkings\u201c. Their fans celebrated the professional performance, just vocalist Nick Holmes didn’t seem to have one of hist best days while his sense of humor worked well announcing \u201eMouth\u201c as a song not to deal with the issue of oral hygiene. Anyway, this hour rocked and finished by \u201eAs I Die\u201c and \u201eSay Just Words\u201c.<\/p>\n

Thursday<\/strong>
\nMain Stage<\/strong>
\nSirenia <\/strong>After eight albums (and the ninth one follows within two months) and several female singers Morten Veland’s band is still alive. Only negative aspect in my opinion: Their former incomparable as individual Gothic Metal style had turned to a usual Symphonic Metal sound. The appearance worked well as their new French female vocalist Emanuelle Zoldan did. After the encores \u201eMy Mind’s Eye\u201c and \u201eThe Other Side\u201c the Symphonic Metal fans got their expectations fulfilled, in contrast to me.
\nPro-Pain<\/strong> The Hardcore fourpiece around mainman Gary Meskill spread more straightness and groove onto the festival area. \u201eThree Minutes Hate\u201c, \u201eUn-American\u201c as \u201eDeathwish\u201c left no doubt about it, and the pits of the day started. So they left their supporters happy after \u201eMake War Not Love\u201c.
\nBackyard Babies<\/strong> Time for the Rock ‘n’ Roll commando from Sweden: \u201eDysfunctional Professional\u201c as \u201eBrand New Hate\u201c left no choice not to move. By \u201eShovin’ Rocks\u201c they even introduced a track from their forthcoming output while most people didn’t seem to recognize that fact during the party.
\nOrden Organ<\/strong> Because of a broken thumb their fronter was forced not to play guitar, so the band had decided to let the bassist play the second guitar and relinguishing the bass. The singalongs with the supporters while \u201eWe Are Pirates\u201c and \u201eThe Things We Believe In\u201c showed Power Metal works at Summer Breeze.
\nJasta <\/strong>The following hour showed the Hatebreed shouter Jamey Jasta besides playing own songs including the Hatebreed smasher \u201eDestroy Everything\u201c inviting a few old friends to perform together. The live collaborations with Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares for \u201eBody Hammer\u201c, \u201eEdgecrusher\u201c and \u201eReplica\u201c as with with Crowbar \/ ex-Down guitarist Kirk Windstein for \u201eEnlightened Extinction\u201c, \u201eLead The Ghosts Astray\u201c, \u201eBuried In Black\u201c, \u201eAll I Had (I Gave)\u201c and \u201eBury Me In Smoke\u201c became the main part of the show getting upgraded by far.
\nSchandmaul <\/strong>The Folk Rock sixpack knew how to entertain and kept the audience jumping and singing. Even technical problems couldn’t stop them as the positive atmosphere. So \u201eDer Teufel Hat Den Schnaps Gemacht\u201c, \u201eWalpurgisnacht\u201c and the final \u201eDein Anblick\u201c got celebrated a lot.
\nAlestorm <\/strong>Time for the Scottish party attack: Their Folk Metal as their too wannabe-funny attitude bored me, but amused their fans. Those ones partied to \u201eThe Sunk’n Norwegian\u201c, \u201eNo Grave By The Sea\u201c and \u201eCaptain Morgan’s Revenge\u201c although they didn’t start an orgy to the last named one as not seriously demanded by mainman Christopher Bowes.
\nEisbrecher <\/strong>The bit Rammstein-reminding sound didn’t attract as much spectators as the party band before. Anyway \u201eFehler Machen Leute\u201c, the title contrast to the present climatic conditions \u201eEiszeit\u201c and \u201eThis Is Deutsch\u201c caused applause. Alexx Wesselsky showed respect to all the volunteers making this festival happen by handshakes to each security person in the photo pit. The unavoidable hit \u201eMistst\u00fcck\u201c of his former band Megaherz marked the end of this gig.
\nBehemoth <\/strong>Ten years ago the quartet from Gdansk appeared in the sunny afternoon. After evolving over the years they performed in this headliner position while the sound suiting sundown in front of a filled festival area. By \u201eGod = Dog\u201c and \u201eWolves Ov Siberia\u201c they introduced two new tracks from their forthcoming album. The opener \u201eOv Fire And The Void\u201c, \u201eDemigod\u201c, \u201eOra Pro Nobis Lucifer\u201c, \u201eBlow Your Trumpets Gabriel\u201c and \u201eAt The Left Hand Ov God\u201c reached maximum support by the motivated fans, the atmosphere was optimal by the mentioned sundown and several pyros. So in the end there was just the question why they finished after \u201eChant For Eschaton 2000\u201c and \u201eO Father O Satan O Sun!\u201c about twenty minutes too early.
\nPowerwolf <\/strong>For the German Power Metal vampires it’s always like a home game to appear in Dinkelsb\u00fchl, so it turned to another one this year. Supported by many pyros the wolves started by \u201eBlessed & Possessed\u201c and \u201eArmy Of The Night\u201c into their set. By \u201eIncence & Iron\u201c, \u201eDemons Are A Girls Best Friend\u201c and \u201eFire & Forgive\u201c they considered three songs from their brand new album \u201eThe Sacred Sacrament\u201c causing much applause. Thousands of fans celebrated \u201eAmen & Attack\u201c, \u201eAll We Need Is Blood\u201c, \u201eWerewolves Of Armenia\u201c, \u201eResurrection By Errection\u201c, \u201eSanctified With Dynamite\u201c and \u201eWe Drink Your Blood\u201c resulting in a huge singalong area.
\nSuicidal Tendencies<\/strong> Time was up for the bandana band: The fivepiece played one of their rare festival shows, and the following hour became definitely intense. From the strong start \u201eYou Can’t Bring Me Down\u201c on fronter Mike Muir ran the stage up and down while his musicians impressed by their individual skills, especially the rhythm section. Mike held a speech about tough life and the band rocked by \u201eFreedumb\u201c, \u201eWar Inside My Head\u201c, \u201ePossessed To Skate\u201c and \u201eSend Me Your Money\u201c. Before the end of the show they assembled numerous fans on the stage performing together the band hymn \u201ePledge Your Allegiance\u201c. Awesome!
\nDie Apokalyptischen Reiter<\/strong> In contrast to this international blast before the German fivepiece seemed a bit provincial while beginning with \u201eWir Sind Zur\u00fcck\u201c and \u201eEs Wird Schlimmer\u201c. Anyway, many fans waited for the last Main Stage dance of the day\/night. And so they supported \u201eReitermania\u201c, \u201eFriede Sei Mit Dir\u201c as material from the recent \u201eDer Rote Reiter\u201c like the mentioned opener, \u201eAuf Und Nieder\u201c, the title track, \u201eH\u00f6rt Mich An\u201c, Franz Weiss\u201c and \u201eHerz In Flammen\u201c.<\/p>\n

T-Stage<\/strong>
\nExhorder <\/strong>It was astonishing just seeing a small crowd waiting for the Thrash Metal icon. But those ones got happy to see their heroes again. And from \u201eDeath In Vain\u201c on it became very intense. Classics like \u201eLegions Of Death\u201c or Slaughter In The Vatican\u201c didn’t need to be explained, they need to be experienced live.
\nObscura <\/strong>The Technical Death Metal quartet in best Death tradition from Munich performed another strong show. They considered by \u201eMortification Of The Vulgar Sun\u201c and the title song their new masterpiece \u201eDiluvium\u201c. As instrumentally high-skilled they also played the more well-known tracks like the opener \u201eTen Sepiroth\u201c, \u201eAkroasis\u201c and the phenomenal \u201eThe Anticosmic Overload\u201c, \u201eOde To The Sun\u201c and the final \u201eCentric Flow\u201c caused several headbangers.
\nComeback Kid<\/strong> Lead by the enormously agile fronter Andrew Neufeld the fivepiece from Winnipeg started by \u201eGM Vincent & I\u201c in an inspiring show. From then on most of the T-Stage area kept jumping to \u201eFalse Idols Fall\u201c, \u201eDo Yourself A Favor\u201c, \u201eBroadcasting …\u201c, \u201eTalk Is Cheap\u201c as \u201eDie Knowing\u201c. Andrew didn’t hesitate to do a crodsurfing trip. So by their hit \u201eWake The Dead\u201c the band set the final point after a sweat as amazing show.<\/p>\n

Friday<\/strong>
\nMain Stage<\/strong>
\nAnnisokay <\/strong>Years ago horrible Symphonic Metal sirens opened each morning, nowadays it starts with good live bands like Annisokay. Presenting by \u201eComa Blue\u201c and \u201eUnaware\u201c two songs from their strong new album \u201eArms\u201c turned out a bit like a release show, being released on this day. Little fun fact became the situation when fronter Dave Grunewald did some crowdsurfing, ran behind the stage to enter it from there again, and he spoke through the microphone he’d be searching the entrance. Besides that their fans celebrated \u201eThumbs Up Thumbs Down\u201c, \u201eCarry Me Away\u201c as \u201eWhat’s Wrong\u201c of this early first live highlight of the day.
\nMegaherz <\/strong>Another Rammstein-soundalike after the formation of their ex-vocalist the day before performend on friday noon. By the opener \u201eVorhang Auf\u201c, the title track and \u201eNicht Genug\u201c the combo played songs from their new output \u201eKomet\u201c. And like the other mentioned band they finished by by their hit \u201eMistst\u00fcck\u201c.
\nNorthlane <\/strong>While intensively hot conditions the quintet from Sidney entered the stage. They seemed to be used to it dealing with the situation without losing live quality. Lead by the variable voice of singer Marcus Bridge compositions like \u201eRot\u201c, \u201eColourwave\u201c, \u201eCitizen\u201c and the final \u201eQuantum Flux\u201c convinced completely. The fans didn’t move too much while those temperatures, but their jubilating support was clear. An excellent concert which just left the question why they didn’t play \u201eHeartmachine\u201c. But that’s a question on a high luxury level.
\nAmaranthe <\/strong>Lead by the vocalists Nils Molin and the beautiful Elize Ryd the sixpiece opened with \u201eMaximize\u201c and \u201eOn The Rocks\u201c. It seemed a bit like their variable Modern Metal wasn’t everone’s case, but maybe the weather was the reason for the loss of visitors during the show. The band itself played a solid gig and bid farewell by \u201eNexus\u201c.
\nDanko Jones<\/strong> The best good mood medicine against tropic weather is the trio from Toronto. \u201eSugar Chocolate\u201c, \u201eFirst Date\u201c as \u201eGonna Be A Fight Tonight\u201c left no other spectator’s option than to move, rock and dance. Danko Jones himself showed for another time his entertainer qualities by several funny comments as by animating the crowd. Cool concert!
\nJ.B.O.<\/strong> From then on everything seemingly turned to pink. Of course, the Comedy Metal combo from the close town of Erlangen started another home game. The area was completely populated celebrating the opener \u201eAlles Nur Geklaut\u201c and \u201eDu Hast Dein Smartphone Vergessen\u201c from the new release \u201eDeutsche Vita\u201c as the older \u201eI Don’t Like Metal\u201c, \u201eBolle\u201c, \u201eEin Guter Tag Zum Sterben\u201c, \u201eVerteidiger Des Bl\u00f6dsinns\u201c and the final \u201eEin Fest\u201c. Another complete success for the fourpiece.
\nSaltatio Mortis<\/strong> When the sevenpiece entered the stage the first rain drops fell. But that didn’t stop them as their fans. They were witnesses of the live premier of \u201eGrobe Tr\u00e4ume\u201c, \u201eDorn Im Ohr\u201c and \u201eBrunhild\u201c of the just the same day released new output \u201eBrot Und Spiele\u201c. Their supporters applauded to those ones as to the more well-known \u201eWo Sind Die Clowns\u201c, \u201ePrometheus\u201c, \u201eRattenf\u00e4nger\u201c and the final \u201eSpielmannsschwur\u201c.
\nDoro <\/strong>The following 75 minutes mainly consisted of a flashback to the Warlock era. Afte a strong rain and technical problems classics like \u201eI Rule The Ruins\u201c, \u201eBurning The Witches\u201c, \u201eF\u00fcr Immer\u201c as \u201eHellbound\u201c got much support by the audience. A bit strange felt the choice to perform the Wacken-hymn \u201eWe Are The Metalheads\u201c at the Summer Breeze. Anyway, the metal queen performed another successful show which found its end by the Judas Priest cover \u201eBreaking The Law\u201c and the singalong-animating Doro hit \u201eAll We Are\u201c.
\nTrivium <\/strong>Wow, what a start: After the Iron Maiden intro the quartet from Orlando opened by \u201eThe Sin And The Sentence\u201c and \u201eThroes Of Perdition\u201c. After the rain the festival area got re-populated, so numerous fans jumped, headbanged and sang along to \u201eUntil The World Goes Cold\u201c, \u201eDown From The Sky\u201c as \u201eLike Light To The Flies\u201c. The performance was a very tight one, and Matt Heafy entertained through the set. In a few moments everything felt a bit too planned and too professional. Heafy’s many animations to jump could have been done a bit less. But this is critissism on a high level. By the encores \u201eStrife\u201c and \u201eIn Waves\u201c they finished a jubilated show.
\nArch Enemy<\/strong> Another band with the little danger of acting too routined professional entered the stage, this time without guitarist Jeff Loomis due to familiar reasons. And they started phenomenal as well by the smashers \u201eThe World Is Yours\u201c, \u201eRavenous\u201c, \u201eWar Eternal\u201c and \u201eMy Apocalypse\u201c let nobody think too long about taking part in. And the number of headbangers even incrased while \u201eYou Will Know My Name\u201c. Alissa White-Gluz showed for another time her stage qualitiy. The band played tight as usual. So after the encores \u201eAvalanche\u201c, \u201eSnow Bound\u201c and \u201eNemesis\u201c the Swedes left a happy crowd.
\nSatyricon <\/strong>Time was up for one of the biggest Black Metal bands from Oslo. The newer \u201eMidnight Serpent\u201c and \u201eOur World, It Rumbles Tonight\u201c began somehow a bit retained. But from the following \u201eBlack Crow On A Tombstone\u201c this show became magic around midnight. The upright acting fronter Satyr motivated the fans for several times, so those ones headbanged to \u201eNow, Diabaolical\u201c, \u201eMother North\u201c, \u201eThe Pentagram Burns\u201c, \u201eFuel For Hatred\u201c and the finisher \u201eK.I.N.G.\u201c. A tight band, the mainman Satyr throning over everything and a curious crowd resulted in an exellent show.
\nTurisas <\/strong>The latest release had been 5 years ago, but the Pagan group was still ready to appear live in Dinkelsb\u00fchl. Their supporters didn’t care and celebrated them from \u201eThe March Of The Varangian Guard\u201c to the encores \u201eStand Up And Fight\u201c and the Boney M cover \u201eRasputin\u201c<\/p>\n

T-Stage<\/strong>
\nAt The Gates<\/strong> After the rain the founders of Gothenburg Melodic Death Metal entered the stage. The many fans reacted hungry celebrating the title song, \u201eA Stare Bound In Stone\u201c and \u201eThe Chasm\u201c of their new album \u201eTo Drink From The Night Itself\u201c as to \u201eSlaughter Of The Soul\u201c, \u201eAt War With Reality\u201c, \u201eNausea\u201c and \u201eSuicide Nation\u201c. Fronter Tompa seemed very happy about the reactions. He and his tight band fellows marked the phenomenal end of this show by \u201eBlinded By Fear\u201c and \u201eThe Night Eternal\u201c.<\/p>\n

Saturday<\/strong>
\nMain Stage<\/strong>
\nParasite Inc.<\/strong> The last day of this year’s Summer Breeze started with Melodic Death Metal from the close town of Aalen. The quartet released their new album \u201eDead And Alive\u201c and considered by the opener \u201eCountershock\u201c, \u201eOnce And For All\u201c, \u201eThis World\u201c, Flesh Decadence\u201c as the title track several new songs from it and gained the first headbangers of the day.
\nBetraying The Martyrs<\/strong> The sixpiece from Paris continued and evolved this by their grooving sound. The opener \u201eLost For Words\u201c, \u201eLiberate Me Ex Inferis\u201c, \u201eThe Resilient\u201c and the finisher \u201eThe Gread Disillusion\u201c rocked, the band performed agile as tight and the supporters started the first pit of the day.
\nCarnifex And there were more up to follow: The Deathcore commando from San Diego set their brutal highspeed sound from \u201eDrown Me In Blood\u201c to \u201eLie To My Face\u201c while the crowd got in intensive motion.
\nBannkreis <\/strong>The side-project of Eric Fish and three more members of Subway To Sally with the blind singer and multi-instrumentalist Johanna Krins set a more silent accent than the acts before. Their set of course mainly consisted of material from their dabut \u201eSakrament\u201c. A surprise became the live interpretation of \u201eSweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)\u201c.
\nPhil Campbell & The Bastard Sons<\/strong> The ex-Mot\u00f6rhead guitarist brought his threes sons on guitar, bass and drums as vocalist Neil Starr to Wacken to rock. Their set contained material from their debut release \u201eThe Age Of Absurdity\u201c and covers of Phils ex-band. Of course \u201eRock Out\u201c, \u201eGoing To Brazil\u201c, \u201eBorn To Raise Hell\u201c and \u201eThe Ace Of Spades\u201c got the loudest reactions.
\nFeuerschwanz <\/strong>The sixpack from the close town of Erlangen had some kind of a home game. But probably they would have succeeded anyway: From \u201eHexenjagd\u201c and \u201eBl\u00f6de Frage, Saufgelage\u201c to the encores \u201eZuckerbrot Und Peitsche\u201c and \u201eDas Niemals Endende Gelage\u201c they played party songs numerous fans had been longing for.
\nKorpiklaani <\/strong>Another Pagan party group entered the stage. The six Finns from Lahti introduced by \u201eAallon Alla\u201c, \u201eHarmaja\u201c and \u201eKotikonnut\u201c material from their forthcoming output \u201eKulkija\u201c. Their supporters celebrated everything, especially the known final party songs \u201eBeer Beer\u201c and \u201eVodka\u201c.
\nDirkschneider <\/strong>Mainman Udo, his sidekick Stefan Kaufmann and their band presented a complete Accept nostalgia setlist. From the opener \u201eMetal Heart\u201c over \u201eBreaker\u201c, \u201ePrincess Of The Dawn\u201c, \u201eRestless And Wild\u201c, \u201e Son Of A Bitch\u201c, \u201eI’m A Rebel\u201c to the encores Fast As A Shark\u201c and \u201eBalls To The Wall\u201c the two ex-Accept-members as their colleges performed these classics well and made several fans very happy.
\nPapa Roach<\/strong> Many visitors were curious about the appearance of the quartet from Sacramento. They opened by the title song from their current album \u201eCrooked Teeth\u201c into an energetic set. It didn’t take long letting the crowd freak out when they played the hits \u201eGetting Away With Murder\u201c and \u201eBetween Angels And Insects\u201c which seemingly everyone knew. Same procedure happened with the former MTV-hit \u201eBroken Home\u201c and the Blur cover \u201eSong 2\u201c. Fronter Jacoby Shaddix and his three comrades showed a performance with much motion and emotion. So he held a speech about fighting depression. Later on they included into \u201eForever\u201c a part of Linkin Park’s \u201eIn The End\u201c dedicated to the passed singer Chester Bennington. The rest of the show had a happy atmosphere and ended with the encores \u201eScars\u201c, \u201eNone Of The Above\u201c and the top-hit \u201eLast Resort\u201c.
\nW.A.S.P.<\/strong> A bit sad was the aspect most of the people left the festival area after a strong Papa Roach show. So the Metal legend from Los Angeles had to appear in front of a much smaller audience in comparison to before. But those fans who had stayed shouldn’t regret their decision when mainman Blackie Lawless & Co started furious by \u201eOn Your Knees\u201c, \u201eInside The Electric Circus\u201c, \u201eThe Real Me\u201c and \u201eL.O.V.E. Machine\u201c. A special highlight became the magic \u201eThe Idol\u201c. The band got celebrated by their loyal fans and finished their jubilated show with \u201eChainsaw Charlie (Murders In The New Morgue)\u201c, \u201eWild Child\u201c and \u201eI Wanna Be Somebody\u201c.
\nBloodbath <\/strong>The Death Metal machine from Stockholm consisting of artists well-known from Katatonia and Opeth as fronter Nick Holmes from the British Paradise Lost, who seemed in much better voice condition than he had been three days before with his main band, returned to smash the fans into the last night. And so they did from the strong beginning by \u201eLet The Stillborn Come\u201c, \u201eCry My Name\u201c, \u201eSo You Die\u201c and \u201eBreeding Death\u201c on. Their fans astonished by their motivation as fitness right after four days as midnight. So \u201eCancer Of The Soul\u201c, \u201eOutnumbering The Day\u201c and the final \u201eEaten\u201c became a real pleasure between hundreds of headbangers.
\nCarpenter Brut<\/strong> This year the organizers got a new concept to finish the Main Stage program of this edition: The Electro Metal trio from France animated by their sound for the final dance ending in its highlight, the \u201eManiac\u201c cover sung by several after-midnight-partyheads.<\/p>\n

T-Stage<\/strong>
\nNapoleon Time for Djent:<\/strong> I had never seen the quartet from the UK, but this show turned out to one of the unexpected highlights of this weekend. From the opener \u201eAfterlife\u201c on they showed very variable songs combined with an agile performance during which especially Samuel Osborn impressed by his guitar skills. So the place got more and more filled. Hopefully the next live option will happen soon!
\nWolfheart <\/strong>In front of the beautiful stage set consisting of trees in winter the band from Lahti around mainman Tuomas Saukkonen entered the stage. In the late afternoon the quartet inspired by their dark sound including \u201eThe Hunt\u201c, the previously unreleased \u201eBreakwater\u201c from their forthcoming album and the final \u201eBoneyard\u201c.
\nOmnium Gatherum<\/strong> Another Melodic Death Metal formation from Finland was supposed to follow: And they presented by the opener \u201eThe Burning\u201c, \u201eRefining Fire\u201c and \u201eGods Go First\u201c three new songs from their forthcoming new album \u201eThe Burning Cold\u201c to be released two weeks later. Besides that the fans headbanged to the well-known \u201eFrontiers\u201c, \u201eThe Unknowing\u201c, \u201eNew Dynamic\u201c and \u201eNew World Shadows\u201c. Animated by the never resting vocalist Jukka Pelkonen there was no option left than to participate.<\/p>\n

Conclusion:<\/strong>
\nThe organization ran well as known. Different water stations for free helped the visitors a lot to stay comfortable while these hot temperatures. The technical problems after the strong rain were solved fast. And what we really need to mention: The Summer Breeze 2019 offered most of the time as for most bands a phenomenal sound. Besides that the food mile offered the well-known variety while most of the prices for food and beverages stayed constand (e.g. 4 \u20ac for 0,4 l can of beer or softdrink).
\nSo we are looking forward to Summer Breeze 2019!!! Special thankts go out to David Gregori and the SB-team!!!!! On the airfield of Dinkelsb\u00fchl \/ Sinnbronn rocked, drank and partied Tobi Wan Kenobi, Wirwa, Fleiter, Nina, Paganola & Michael!!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summer Breeze After evolving the festival area last year the SB organizers didn’t rest to continue developping the live options. The (two stages of the) twisting stage, which is unique in the Metal scene, got renamed from Main Stage and Pain Stage to just Main Stage. Next to the T-Stage that had become from a … <\/p>\n

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