{"id":262,"date":"2011-03-07T13:20:55","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T12:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.metal-festivals.com\/?page_id=262"},"modified":"2011-03-07T13:20:55","modified_gmt":"2011-03-07T12:20:55","slug":"with-full-force-2009-review","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/new.metal-festivals.com\/?page_id=262","title":{"rendered":"With full force 2009 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

WITH FULL FORCE 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n

For another time the With Full Force became a wonderful one. In our opinion the WFF is the logic successor of the legendary dutch Dynamo Open Air presenting you by Metal, Hardcore and Punk the main subgenres of hard music. This time the spectator had the opportunity to watch one of the very rare shows of Carcass, Down, Social Distortion, Static X, Pestilence and Suicidal Tendencies as many further attractive acts.
\nBesides that the WFF stands for a good organization and very fair ticket, food and beverage prices. In its 2009 \u2013 edition the sun always shined all the days raising the temperatures as the need of sun blockers. So probably this year’s WFF was the hottest one.
\nJust the opener of saturday’s Hardbowl \u2013 program Callejon had no luck. Their drummer Bodo had an accident behind the stage right before the show and got driven to hospital. They were forced to cancel their appearance and held an announcement to their fans on stage. So get well soon!
\nOn the airfield of Roitzschjora appeared 63 bands on two stages in three days for about 25000 visitors.<\/p>\n

Friday<\/strong>
\nMain Stage<\/em>
\nFacebreaker<\/strong> It was up to the Swedish fivepiece to open the 2009 \u2013 edition of With Full Force. They presented classic old school Death Metal their country is well-known for considering tracks from their debut \u201cBloodred Hell\u201d and their current album \u201cDead Rotten And Hungry\u201d while the sun shined very hot. Fronter Roberth didn’t seem to care about this fact performing in leather pants in front of an astonishing number of spectators.<\/p>\n

God Forbid<\/strong> First of all I got shocked noticing guitarist and clean voice of New Jersey’s finest Dallas Coyle had left the band. He got replaced by the former Himsa \u2013 sixstringer Matt Wicklund while Dallas’ brother Doc did the backing vocals besides playing the lead guitar. After opening with the classic \u201cAnti Hero\u201d they performed by \u201cWar Of Attrition\u201d and \u201cEmpire Of The Gun\u201d songs from their new \u201cEarth’s Blood\u201d – album which convinced as their stage \u2013 acting around the agile shouter Byron Davis did. The audience’s feedback raised when playing the hit \u201cTo The Fallen Hero\u201d and \u201cThe End Of The World\u201d before leaving stage.<\/p>\n

Static-X<\/strong> The WFF \u2013 organizers had worked hard to get this appearance done. But it disappointed. Besides technical problems the quartet played their set without any catchable vibe. The penetrate half naked wife of mainman Wayne Static (What a couple: Nina Hagen meets L\u00e4mmermann!) stuck on the fans’ nerves with her superfluous stage presence. So the new \u201cCult Of Static\u201d – track \u201cStingwray\u201d, their hit \u201cBlack & White\u201d, I’ m With Stupid\u201d and the final \u201cPush It\u201d didn’t achieve their effect.<\/p>\n

DevilDriver<\/strong> The fivepiece returned to Roitzschjora and entered the stage to perform an intense show, but it also didn’t convince at all. Fronter Dez Farfara’s voice sucked, so tracks like \u201cDie (And Die Now)\u201d, \u201cNot All Who Wander Are Lost\u201d, \u201cSwinging The Dead\u201d and \u201cClouds Over California\u201d caused the first circle-pit as motion in the first rows by their fans, but probably didn’t win many new.<\/p>\n

Legion Of The Damned<\/strong> After the older Static-X had presented modern sounds the newer Dutch band entered stage to entertain by traditional Thrash Metal. Anyway its members are no newcomers, years ago their formation had been called Occult. The sound worked better than the bands before, it just could have been a little bit louder. Promoting their two current outputs \u201cFeel The Blade\u201d and \u201cCult Of The Dead\u201d (re-released Occult-classic under their new name) combined with band classics it became too monotonous after a while. Most of the spectators seemed too agree taking a beer \/ some food or a look at the merch.<\/p>\n

Mastodon<\/strong> In total contras to the next band: The Main Stage area became pretty filled, the fans seemed pretty focussed on their psychedelic progressive songs. The quartet introduced material from their new \u201cCrack The Sky\u201d – album like its hit \u201cOblivion\u201d as the epic \u201cThe Czar\u201d which held the level with well-known perls like \u201cBlood And Thunder\u201d. The crowd preferred to celebrate these groove-monsters without getting in any motion, they were too impressed. Just the vocals could have been much louder.<\/p>\n

Carcass<\/strong> Imagine a legend appears, but most people don’t care or most of them even know the band. Sad, but true! Anyway, the left fan crowd didn’t care celebrating an amazing show which turned out to a much better one then the reunion gigs last year. The band have become a tight unity, especially Bill Steer and Jeff Walker have improved their live performance a lot. The last mentioned one announced in the beginning of their slot the sympathic request about moshpits and circle-pits: \u201cFuck that shit! I only wanna see fists and headbanging!\u201d The fans complied with this and celebrated \u201cThis Mortal Coil\u201d, \u201cKeep On Rotting In A Free World\u201d, \u201cCorporal Jigsaw Quandary\u201d and the final \u201cHeartwork\u201d, assisted by original drummer Ken Owen on air \u2013 drums. An awsome appearance!<\/p>\n

Dimmu Borgir<\/strong> The Norwegians aren’t a consensus band for the With Full Force \u2013 visitors: Some love, some hate! For the first type of WFF \u2013 spectators this show became an entertaining one although Shagrath who wore a black skipper cap, Silenoz & Co didn’t move that much. The show was played tight, supported by a bombastic sound and songs like the opener \u201cSpellbound (By The Devil)\u201d, \u201cPuritania\u201d or \u201cKings Of The Carnival Creation\u201d felt somehow majestic. From \u201cThe Serpentine Offering\u201d on pyro effects supported them visually which ended in a little firework display while \u201cProgenies Of The Great Apocalypse\u201d. Some would have liked to hear \u201cMourning Palace\u201d, anyway: Good show! Time for a new album!<\/p>\n

Soulfly<\/strong> After ruling last year’s \u2013 WFF \u2013 sunday with his brother and The Cavalera Conspiracy Max Cavalera returned for another time with his own formation opening with the hits \u201cProphecy\u201d and \u201cBack To The Primitive\u201d motivating their fans to take part in from the beginning of the show. The supporters jumped to \u201cLiving Sacrifice\u201d, the new \u201cConquer\u201d – track \u201cWar Ghost\u201d as of course to \u201cJumpdafuckup\u201d. The whole audience welcomed the Sepultura \u2013 classics \u201cRefuse \/ Resist\u201d and \u201cRoots, Bloody, Roots\u201d with loud jubilation and several pits finishing this appearance.<\/p>\n

Tent Stage: Hardbowl<\/em>
\nMyra<\/strong> The local heroes from the close city of Leipzig started this year’s Hardbowl \u2013 happening. And the fivepiece surprised me with good songs and an intense stage \u2013 acting achieving the first pits of the 2009 \u2013 WFF \u2013 edition. Metalcore \u2013 smashers like \u201cThird Rate Violation\u201d and \u201cNew Blood Will Run\u201d from their current longplayer – debut \u201cThe Venom it Drips\u201d as \u201cTrigger Happy\u201d from the older self-titled EP animated the crowd to interact. More of that!<\/p>\n

Maroon<\/strong> Before the WFF one of Germany’s leading Metalcore \u2013 bands got the offer to play on Main Stage. But they decided to rock the Hardbowl before changing on the biggest stage next time. And they did it for sure, the tent was totally filled up, the quintet performed probably one of their very best shows causing many pits and crowdsurfers. Fronter as entertainer Andr\u00e9 Moraweck took part in during \u201c(Reach) The Sun\u201d: Getting back on stage he joked: \u201cYou stink like pigs!\u201d He dedicated the hit \u201cWake Up In Hell! to Michael Jackson. The crowd also celebrated new \u201cOrder\u201d – material like \u201cStay Brutal\u201d and its opener \u201cErode\u201d which marked the end of an awesome performance. The sound was okay, just the guitar solos weren’t really audible.<\/p>\n

Die Kassierer<\/strong> The Punk \u2013 weirdos from Bochum \u2013 Wattenscheid returned to headline the Hardbowl, and for another time it wasn’t boring at all. Fronter W\u00f6lfi celebrated the second one \u201cMein Sch\u00f6ner Hodensack\u201d with a spectator who obeyed W\u00f6lfi’s animation to strip while \u201cBesoffen Sein\u201d, \u201cSex Mit Dem Sozialarbeiter\u201d and \u201cMein Gehirnvolumen\u201d taking off clothes song by song. After some ironic anti-sexism-animation-choir-singalongs with the crowd before playing \u201cMach Die Titten Frei\u201d they also interacted with the audience in a varied version (\u201cMach Den Pimmel Frei\u201d) the fourpiece continued with \u201cKuckuck\u201d. W\u00f6lfi announced to perform \u201cMein Sch\u00f6ner Hodensack\u201d for a second time because of current reason and stripped himself. The madmen closed their set by \u201cArsch Abwischen\u201d, \u201cDas Schlimmste Ist, Wenn Das Bier Alle Ist\u201d, \u201cIch T\u00f6te Meinen Nachbarn Und Verpr\u00fcgel Seine Leiche\u201d, \u201cSchnaps Und Bier\u201d, the self-ironic \u201cMein Glied Ist Zu Gro\u00df\u201d, \u201cUfo\u201d and \u201cTot Tot Tot\u201d.<\/p>\n

Tent Stage: Kn\u00fcppelnacht<\/em>
\nPestilence<\/strong> I start with the Kn\u00fcppelnacht \u2013 conclusion: The opener became the absolute winner! The Dutch Prog Death Metal – legend rocked the stage and impressed by their tightness performing their complex compositions. During the gig more spectators arrived in the tent after the Main Stage \u2013 headliner had finished. The quartet considered songs from the new reunion \u2013 album \u201cResurrection Macabre\u201d (\u201cHorror Detox\u201d, \u201cHate Suicide\u201d) as their classics (\u201cThe Secrecies Of Horror\u201d, \u201cThe Process Of Suffocation\u201d, \u201cLand Of Tears\u201d, the final \u201cOut Of Body\u201d) and caused much headbanging action in the tent, supported by a great sound!<\/p>\n

God Seed<\/strong> This level was much to high for the blackies who had formerly been known as Gorgoroth, but Gaahl and King had lost the judicial process and were in need to change their band’s name. We can conclude: Two crosses on stage, with one man and one woman crossed, some said with the partners of the two mainmen. Call it gender justice, I don’t mind. The music as the performance of the corpsepainted group sucked totally.<\/p>\n

Asphyx<\/strong> Second winner of the night became another reunited Dutch band playing Death Metal! Supported by a powerful sound the fivepiece around fronter Martin van Drunen showed a powerful stageacting performing some material from their comeback-album \u201cDeath \u2026 The Brutal Way\u201d without ignoring classics like \u201cM.S. Bismarck\u201d, \u201cWasteland Of Terror\u201d, \u201cAsphyx\u201d and the final \u201cThe Rack\u201d. The band as all the fans celebrated the show with 40-minutes-lasting headbanging. After the show the musicians drove directly to Essen to perform another great show there on the next day, people told us.<\/p>\n

Helheim<\/strong> The surprise of the Kn\u00fcppelnacht were the Norwegians completely suited in chain shirts. Instead of a wannabe \u2013 evil \u2013 show the vikings showed their experimental epic compositions. Instead of ridiculous corpsepaint they chose the element of several video projections. And although a few tired spectators left the tent the quartet convinced most of the spectators. With a clear sound and songs from their current album \u201cKaoskult\u201d as older ones they created a cool atmosphere. Thumbs up for the best Black Metal \u2013 band of the night!<\/p>\n

Vader<\/strong> I expected another live massacre by the Polish Death Metal \u2013 commando like I had been used to. Many fans must have felt the same way because the tent got refilled. But this time the fourpiece disappointed. They played their highlights like \u201cSilent Empire\u201d, \u201cXeper\u201d and \u201cEpitaph\u201d, but somehow it didn’t work this night. I missed the energy on stage as in the tent at all. Next time!<\/p>\n

Eisregen<\/strong> Like their latest With Full Force \u2013 participation in 2003 it was up to Eisregen to finish the Kn\u00fcppelnacht between the deepest night and the early morning. But it wasn’t only the upcoming sun, the band mainly took care of a fast evacuation every airline or building management would have been proud of. Tracks like the opener \u201cEisenkreuzkrieger\u201d and comments by their mainman like \u201cCancer is out, Lepra is in\u201d were just superfluous as one of the mentioned sicknesses. Good night!<\/p>\n

Saturday<\/strong>
\nMain Stage<\/em>
\nHackneyed<\/strong> After another brutal Kn\u00fcppelnacht the next day started with Death Metal continuing up-tempo-speed and grunts. Because of the short-term-cancelation of the Callejon \u2013 gig which should had happened on the Tent Stage right at the same time the number of spectators raised. The Death Metal \u2013 teens entertained them with tracks from their last year released debut \u201cDeath Prevails\u201d (the opener \u201cAxe Splatter\u201d, \u201cWorlds Collide\u201d, \u201cNeon Sun\u201d and their hit \u201cGut Candy\u201d) and showed some material from the forthcoming album (\u201cDeatholution\u201d, \u201cMarch Of The Worms\u201d) and earned applause from the audience.<\/p>\n

Nervecell<\/strong> This WFF \u2013 participant was an exotic one, but just from the geographic view. The fourpiece from Dubai presented Death Metal on a high international level. They convinced most of the left spectators with their material mainly based on their \u201cPreaching Venom\u201d – debut. Check it out!<\/p>\n

Warbringer<\/strong> The Californians had less popularity problems. The pretty new band celebrated old school Thrash Metal and did this with much passion and intensity. Their fans banged their heads to the well-balanced set between the band’s debut \u201cWar Without End\u201d and the brandnew \u201cWaking Into Nightmares\u201d.<\/p>\n

All Shall Perish<\/strong> The following fivepiece also calls the golden state their home. In contrast to Warbringer they sounded more modern without ignoring their roots which was probably the main reason for the meanwhile raised audience celebrating tight performed Deathcore \u2013 tracks like \u201cWage Of Slaves\u201d with a circle-pit.<\/p>\n

Suicidal Tendencies<\/strong> The return of the Crossover \u2013 founders turned out to one of the best comeback gigs ever and the best WFF-2009-show. Besides one new track the band played one hymn after another. Starting with the phenomenal uptempo-smasher \u201cYou Can’t Bring Me Down\u201d and the following \u201cWar Inside My Head\u201d they overwhelmed the huge audience from the beginning. So vocalist and bandleader Mike Muir announced the WFF \u2013 crowd the ‘church of suicidal\u201d before performing \u201cSend Me Your Money\u201d. The master himself ran the stage up and down and showed good fitness stamina for his age while his bandmates showed their abilities on their instruments without forgetting to be in motion. Drummer Eric Moore played the most amazing drum solo we probably all have ever seen. He didn’t only play drums, he played with the drums. So after one of Muir’s speeches about hundred fans populated the stage to appear with the band to the final song and band hymn \u201cPledge Your Allegiance\u201d. Outstanding!<\/p>\n

Sepultura<\/strong> This appearance fulfilled my as probably anyone’s expectations: The songs of the newer phase caused applause, the classics moshpits. After those three newer tracks the Brasilian Metal \u2013 icon started their best of phase with \u201cRefuse \/ Resist\u201d followed by \u201cDead Embryonic Cells\u201d, \u201cTroops Of Doom\u201d, \u201cEscape To The Void\u201d, \u201cInner Self\u201d, \u201cArise\u201d and the final \u201cRoots Bloody Roots\u201d while masses of fans raged in the pits. The new drummer Jean Dolabella did a good job and fronter Derrick Green showed another strong performance while the two bandleaders Andreas Kisser and Paulo Jr. acted pretty calm.<\/p>\n

Der W.<\/strong> To me it was the first time watching ex \u2013 Die B\u00f6hsen Onkelz \u2013 songwriter and \u2013 bassist Stephan Weidner, and I got surprised. The German Rock from his solo \u2013 debut \u201cH\u00f6her, Schneller, Weidner\u201d worked well, the honest lyrics, the melodic Rock and the sympathic performance of the instrumentalists in general as of mainman Weidner himself. So most of the present spectators reacted with applause to the opener \u201cDer W Zwo Drei\u201d, \u201cWaffen & Neurosen\u201d and \u201cSchatten\u201d. Just the person in front of me must have fought an inner conflict showing his middle finger during the whole show while clapping with one foot in the rhythm! Maybe he disagreed with the Svitek (Miami Vice) \u2013 remambrance \u2013 shirt of the dreadlocked bassist.<\/p>\n

Amon Amarth<\/strong> The vikings from Norway performed as expected: New \u201cTwilight Of The Thunder God\u201d – material like its title track and \u201cGuardians Of Asgaard\u201d got jubilated as the main classics like \u201cRunes To My Memory\u201d, \u201cDragon’s Flight Across The Waves\u201d, \u201cAsator\u201d, Live For The Kill\u201d, \u201cVictorious March\u201d, \u201cPursuit Of Vikings\u201d, \u201cCry Of The Blackbirds\u201d and the final \u201cDeath In Fire\u201d got jubilated by the fans. Supported by a cool (pyro) effect show the appearance became a special one. Just the individual perfomance seemed a bit too experienced after a long term of touring.<\/p>\n

Hatebreed<\/strong> In contrast to my as scene \u2013 typic expectations the nowadays leading Hardcore \u2013 band from New York celebrated their headliner \u2013 slot they got the first time in Roitzschjora with a respectable pyro show supporting their high live intensity visually. Fronter Jamey Jasta and his comrades renounced playing tracks from their current tribute cover album and preferred performing their own greatest hits with \u201cDefeatist\u201d, \u201cTo The Threshold\u201d, \u201cLive For This\u201d, \u201cThis Is Now\u201d and their hymn \u201cI Will Be Heard\u201d. The band felt great playing for the biggest crowd of the whole weekend which shouted especially the last three mentioned titles with thousands of voices. What a Harcore force!<\/p>\n

Tent Stage: Hardbowl<\/em>
\nNarziss<\/strong> Narziss filled up the tent in the afternoon. The Metalcore-band from Jena is well-known for their German lyrics as for their massive live-performances. So nobody took care about the fact there was no light show support and created several moshpits to \u201cMeine Kleine Seele\u201d, \u201cBeschlagene Gedanken\u201d (from the new \u201cEcho\u201d – release), the hit \u201cEntstelltes Bild\u201d, \u201cUnd Du Verblasst\u201d, \u201cMorgen Nicht Geboren\u201d. Fronter Alex impressed by his grunts, shouts, clean vocals and an active stageacting. He pointed out to their meet & greet including an ass-clap-offer. On the other side the fivepiece dedicated a song to a departed friend, performed a ballad and invited the Callejon \u2013 fronter to a guest \u2013 appearance on stage. Strong show!<\/p>\n

Emil Bulls<\/strong> What a comeback! Germany’s former leader in Crossover is back, and stronger than ever. After disappointing on last year’s Summer Breeze especially vocalist Christoph showed a much improved performance. Besides his usual microphone he had another one he had to knee down for use which happened several times. After Manowar’s \u201cThe Crown And The Ring\u201d as their intro the band started with the current single \u201cThe Most Evil Spell\u201d in their set. Their very agile performance caused several circle-pits and a respectable wall of death in the end of the show.<\/p>\n

Mucky Pup<\/strong> Pure entertainment followed in the tent. A long time had passed till I had the pleasure to watch the Funk Rock \/ Metal \u2013 \/ Crossover – weirdos from New Jersey. They entertained the audience with \u201c3 Little Pigs\u201d, \u201cKnock Knock\u201d, \u201cP.T.L.\u201d, \u201cDeath By Cholesterol\u201d, \u201cThree Dead Gophers\u201d, \u201cU-Stink-But-I-Love-You\u201d and their hit \u201cHippies Hate Water\u201d. Guitar – jack-of-all-trades Dan Nastase brought the groove, fronter Chris Milnes stripped in the end of the show finding a banana in his slip. Well done!<\/p>\n

Tent Stage: Saturday Night Fever<\/em>
\nThe Carburetors<\/strong> As in 2008 the Saturday Night Fever was a complete Rock ‘n’ Roll \u2013 event. Till this year I had never heard about this band from Oslo before I noticed them on several festival \u2013 billings. Many WFF \u2013 visitors must have known more about them celebrating the show with several fire effects as the title track from their current release \u201cRock ‘n’ Roll Forever\u201d which was supposed to become the attitude of the night.<\/p>\n

Reno Divorce<\/strong> The quartet from Denver offered a pretty Social Distortion \u2013 related sound. The audience had become a bit smaller, but those who had stayed had fun rocking to \u201cSay It\u201d, \u201cHow Long It’s Been\u201d, \u201cWhat Were You Sayin’\u201d and the Mot\u00f6rhead \u2013 classic \u201cAce Of Spades\u201d. Sympathic!<\/p>\n

Smoke Blow<\/strong> The time had come for the veterans from North Germany opening with \u201cZombie auf’m Klapprad\u201d. The Punkrock – sixpack with two fronters presented three new tracks from their forthcoming output. The crowd partied while \u201cAlligator Radio\u201d, \u201cDark Angel\u201d and the Billy Idol \u2013 cover \u201cRebell Yell\u201d.<\/p>\n

D:A:D<\/strong> After an Ennio Morricone \u2013 intro the quartet from Denmark started with \u201cRiskin’ It All\u201d in one of the show-highlights. Pyros, exotic costumes, several very exotic basses of fourstringer Stig Pedersen and a tight as technical high-skilled performance of \u201cJihad\u201d, \u201cNo Fuel Left For The Pilgrims\u201d, \u201cEverything Glows\u201d, \u201cReconstrucdead\u201d, \u201cBad Craziness\u201d, \u201cSleeping My Day Away\u201d before they bid farewell with the title track of the current \u201cMonster Philosophy\u201d – album marking the end of an awesome Hardrock \u2013 appearance.<\/p>\n

Sunday<\/strong>
\nMain Stage<\/em>
\nElsterglanz<\/strong> Comedy Rock \/ Metal \u2013 acts as a day opener have their own tradition at the WFF like AOK or Mambo Kurt had filled that role in the billing. This combo seemed to be pretty popular in East Germany populating the festivalsite with many supporters partying with an entertaining band in different costumes, funny stage show ideas as comments.<\/p>\n

Scarab<\/strong> The quintet from Cairo won the \u201cUnited We Rock\u201d – competition and qualified for a slot on the WFF \u2013 billing. It was probably the one and only formation for this position because the Egyptians were perhaps the only band still being able to act while those hot temperatures. So the number of spectators had become much less in comparison to Elsterglanz. Who expected some oriental sounds expected the wrong. The tight band combining tracks from their two EPs with material from their forthcoming full-length – debut sounded very US-Death-Metal-related, but also a bit too monotonous.<\/p>\n

Deadlock<\/strong> The securities reacted very astonished when listening to the techno-sounds of the intro \u201cThe Moribund Choir Vs. The Trumpets Of Armageddon\u201d which opened the set as the new masterpiece \u201cManifesto\u201d together with \u201cMartyr To Science\u201d followed by the first (\u201cCode Of Honor\u201d) and the new (\u201cThe Brave \/ Agony Applause\u201d) video – single. The young sixpiece showed their live abilities being placed right on the Main Stage. Fronter Johannes presenting the aggressive vocals part animated the crowd for the first little wall of death of the day while Sabine impressed with her clean vocals, especially in the end of \u201cAwakened By Sirens\u201d. The band played the following \u201cDeath Race\u201d without its rap-part. But the last title included its techno – passage, Sabine should just renounce these techno \u2013 shouts. Great gig!<\/p>\n

Raunchy<\/strong> First of all it was difficult to comprehend watching the fronter entering the stage wearing a cap as a sweat-shirt while this hot afternoon. Anyway, beginning with \u201cRemembrance\u201d and \u201cWatch Out\u201d the Danish band showed a strong performance playing Crossover with high hit potential each song. The presented \u201cBash\u201d as \u201cWarriors\u201d from the brandnew album \u201cWasteland Discotheque\u201d showed the the described catchyness as well. Pointing out on Michael Jackson’s death they played the Rockwell-cover \u201cSomebody’s Watching Me\u201d which worked very well in its rock \u2013 interpretation before rocking again by \u201cJoin The Scene\u201d with another \u201cDeath Pop Romance\u201d – hit. The vocals worked, the sound was clear as massive. This appearance rocked!<\/p>\n

Parkway Drive<\/strong> Wow, this fivepiece from Down Under had just released two longplayer albums, one EP and one split \u2013 album, but it called lots of fans their own celebrating their Metalcore \u2013 heroes. After shouter Winston McCall had entered the stage with a tricycle his band started performing their show with high energy. \u201cThe Siren’s Song\u201d, \u201cIdols And Anchors\u201d, \u201cCarrion\u201d, \u201cDeadman’s Chest\u201d and the final \u201cRomance Is Dead\u201d got celebrated by many fans in wild moshpits.<\/p>\n

Ignite<\/strong> After headlining the Hardbowl on their latest WFF \u2013 participations the quintet evolved to the Main Stage this year. \u201cOur Darkest Days\u201d was and is still their current release, in deed a very strong one. Anyway, they’re able to fill the place in front of them and to rock this place. From its beginning by \u201cBleeding\u201d and \u201cLet It Burn\u201d the crowd jumped and partied while fronter Zoli who mentioned to be proud to share the stage with Mike Ness’ Social Distortion had some problems with a stage technician. A little bit later he took as always the chance to point out on a social organization as this time for the ‘Children Of The Night’. After performing \u201cFear Is Our Tradition\u201d and \u201cBy My Side\u201d Zoli proclaimed against national pride (\u201cWe’re all people!\u201d) to continue with \u201cPoverty For All\u201d. After the U2 \u2013 cover \u201cSunday, Bloody Sunday\u201d and Zoli’s apologizes for being sick singing not in his usual level the band closed with \u201cLive For Better Days\u201d and \u201cVeteran\u201d.<\/p>\n

Down<\/strong> When the quintet entered the stage this wasn’t just a super star group. No, this was a bunch of good friends having lots of fun together on stage besides playing undying perls of their three masterpieces. Sixstringer Kirk Windstein hugged bassist Rex Paul for several times and even kissed him while Phil Anselmo showed an impressing vocal performance. Their numerous fans saw an awesome show of an amazing band and celebrated \u201cNew Orleans Is A Dying Whore\u201d, \u201cLifer\u201d which was dedicated to Dimebag Darrell, \u201cGhosts Along The Mississippi\u201d, \u201cLysergic Funeral Procession\u201d and \u201cStone The Crow\u201d. After \u201cHail The Leaf\u201d and \u201cBury Me In Smoke\u201d the band left the stage rendering their instruments to their crew. The pretty stoned Phil returned to perform the seemingly unscheduled Led Zeppelin \u2013 classic \u201cStairway To Heaven\u201d. Compliment for the persons in charge for being kind as for the great sound.<\/p>\n

Social Distortion<\/strong> Probably the most awaited band of the festival was the Punk ‘n’ Roll \u2013 legend who got a loud welcome while entering the stage after some mexican \u2013 sounding intro to play one of their especially in Europe very rare gigs. This one also contained with \u201cCan’t Take It With You\u201d and \u201cStill Alive\u201d two new tracks. The rest of the set consisted of a greatest hits – program including \u201cThe Creeps\u201d, \u201cMommy’s Little Monster\u201d, \u201cDon’t Drag Me Down\u201d, the Johnny Cash \u2013 tribute \u201cRing Of Fire\u201d, \u201cReach For The Sky\u201d, \u201cDon’t Turn Away\u201d, \u201cNickels & Dimes\u201d, \u201cAlone And Forsaken\u201d, \u201cHighway 101\u201d and \u201cThe Story Of My Life\u201d. After this last of three encores mainman Mike Ness and his comrades left the stage after some nice gig which probably may have caused more energy in a club. Anyway, cool to see them on the WFF \u2013 Main Stage!<\/p>\n

Mot\u00f6rhead<\/strong> The last time I watched a Mot\u00f6rhead \u2013 appearance at WFF was in 2005 and Lemmy didn’t really look comfortable, so I got afraid about Mr. Kilmister. But for god’s sake I was wrong. His trio opened with \u201cIron Fist\u201d, \u201cStay Clean\u201d and \u201cRock Out\u201d. From the first minute they got massive support of all the Rock ‘n’ Roll \u2013 fans having their outstanding day on the Main Stage with Down, Social Distortion and Mot\u00f6rhead. So they celebrated \u201cMetropolis\u201d, \u201cKilled By Death\u201d (assisted by Skew Siskin’s Nina C. Alice), \u201cGoing To Brazil\u201d, \u201cOver The Top\u201d, \u201cAnother Perfect Day\u201d and the indestructable double finisher consisting of \u201cAce Of Spades\u201d and \u201cOverkill\u201d. Mot\u00f6rhead are still on top!<\/p>\n

Tent Stage: Hardbowl<\/em>
\nThe Sorrow<\/strong> The Metalcore \u2013 shooting stars from Austria were obviously motivated. They animated the crowd to massive crowdsurfing while performing material from their new release \u201cOrigin Of The Storm (\u201cWhere Is The Sun\u201d, \u201cScars\u201d) as tracks from their \u201cBlessings From A Blackened Sky\u201d – debut (\u201cFar Beyond The Days Of Grace\u201d, \u201cSaviour Welcome Home\u201d). Fronter M\u00e4tze convinced with his variable voice as his bandmates with their tightness although the criticism proves them right souding very similar to Killswitch Engage. Anyway, the crowd rocked with circle-pits and a wall of death.<\/p>\n

Tent Stage: The Last Supper<\/em>
\nEnd Of Green<\/strong> First of all the Dark Rockers from South West Germany had the bad \u2013 luck their appearance overlapped with the last 15 minutes of Mot\u00f6rhead who were still playing on the Main Stage. Nevertheless they rocked the tent as its raising number of spectators by \u201cKillhoney\u201d and \u201cDie Lover Die\u201d from their current \u201cThe Sick’s Sense\u201d – album as by the familiar \u201cHighway 69\u201d and \u201cDrink Myself To Sleep\u201d. The band fitted to the last tent night ideally.<\/p>\n

My Dying Bride<\/strong> The first Last Supper just happening with three instead of four acts in WFF – history had a simple reason: The two legends My Dying Bride and Anathema who travelled together by nightliner from Great Britain to Roitzschjora shouldn’t just play as usual for 40 minutes, they got an hour. The absoute right decision by the organizers! The band around the mystic vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe put their main focus on their new masterpiece \u201cFor Lies I Sire\u201d like the opener \u201cFall With Me\u201d or the final \u201cMy Body, The Funeral\u201d. Of course they didn’t forget wonderful epics like \u201cTurn Lose The Swans\u201d, \u201cThe Cry Of Mankind\u201d, \u201cShe Is The Dark\u201d and \u201cThe Dreadful Hours\u201d. The band performed, but didn’t animate, being a complete antithesis to most of the bands in the scene as of the weekend. The powerful music did the talking. Just bassist Lena should leave her stupid hat in the wardrobe.<\/p>\n

Anathema<\/strong> Due to technical problems it took some time before the three Cavanagh \u2013 brothers and their bandmates were able to begin. Danny took care about some atmosphere in the crowd. When they started with \u201cFragile Dreams\u201d it turned out to one party celebrating great compositions like \u201cEmpty\u201d, \u201cLost Control\u201d, \u201cCloser\u201d, \u201cA Natural Desaster\u201d, \u201cOnly You\u201d and \u201cJudgement\u201d, the last three mentioned ones with the female vocals of Lee Douglas. Suddenly the band got the message they had just five minutes left. So they played the fabulous \u201cSleepless\u201d before leaving. But they got the chance to return for an encore, just singer Vincent didn’t get the news. So after waiting and jamming for some time the band started without him performing Pink Floyd’s \u201cComfortably Numb\u201d and Danny did the vocals excellently. In the middle of the song Vincent returned. The Cavanagh \u2013 brothers as the band got completed and played this wonderful end of an outstanding show together.<\/p>\n

Conclusion:<\/strong>
\nThe With Full Force 2009 was probably the hottest one of all times! The sun shined all the day(s). Besides the weather the organization worked well for another time. The only cancelation was the mentioned one.
\nThe prices for food and beverages had been for another time as fair as the WFF is well-known for it (e.g. 2,40 Euro for a 0,4l beer or softdrink).
\nWe sadly need to mention a young woman had lost her life on the camping area before the festival program already started. The police denied any possibility of an criminal act or exterior impact. We wish all the best to her family and to her friends!
\nOur special thanks go out to Wolf-R\u00fcdiger M\u00fchlmann, Bogo Ritter and the WFF-team!!!!!
\nAt the With Full Force 2009 rocked, drank and partied Tobi Wan Kenobi and Sebi Sebericks!!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WITH FULL FORCE 2009 For another time the With Full Force became a wonderful one. In our opinion the WFF is the logic successor of the legendary dutch Dynamo Open Air presenting you by Metal, Hardcore and Punk the main subgenres of hard music. This time the spectator had the opportunity to watch one of … <\/p>\n

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