{"id":493,"date":"2011-03-09T20:24:33","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T19:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.metal-festivals.com\/?page_id=493"},"modified":"2011-03-09T20:24:33","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T19:24:33","slug":"summer-breeze-2002-review","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/new.metal-festivals.com\/?page_id=493","title":{"rendered":"Summer Breeze 2002 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer Breeze 2002<\/strong>
\n3 days -2 stages – lots of bands …and just 2 eyes and ears to hear and watch! \ud83d\ude09 So here you\u00b4ll find my impressions – I haven’ t seen all bands – so maybe you\u00b4re missing one or more…<\/p>\n

Thursday<\/strong>
\nMain Stage<\/em>
\nEntwine<\/strong> The band from Finland played Gothic Rock, which is comparable to \u201eHIM\u201c and \u201eToo Die For\u201c, while sunshine. They presented their current output \u201eTime Of Despair\u201c and started with \u201eThe Pit\u201c. But the guys including the female keyboarder with the impossible \u201epony-hair-style\u201c acted much too static. Nevertheless songs like \u201eStream Of Life\u201c or \u201eSnow White Suicide\u201c point to a good future.<\/p>\n

Hypocrisy<\/strong> The Swedish Death Metal machine began with \u201eRoswell 47\u201c and \u201ePleasure Of Molestation\u201c. Peter T\u00e4gtgren and his three fellows showed a much better gig than the disappointing gig on this year\u2019s Graspop and finished with \u201eThe Last Chapter\u201c and the encore \u201eFractured Millenium\u201c. When I concentrated on the crowd I just saw banging heads.<\/p>\n

Edguy<\/strong> It seems to be \u201ein\u201c to like the fivepiece from Fulda. Whatever: To me they are just \u201eEdgay\u201c; middle class melodic metal with no significance. The fans enjoyed the gig which mainly contained \u201eMandrake\u201c-songs. The only moment of the show which I enjoyed was the message of frontclown Tobias Sammet that this was the last show for the next two years. Thanks a lot!<\/p>\n

Tiamat<\/strong> The last time I watched the Swedish band around their charismatic frontman Johan Edlund was on the Dynamo 1997 as a headliner, too. This time they were not as boring as befrore because of an interesting setlist. The band with their guitaristThomas Petersson who was disguised as Kiss\u2019s sixstringer Ace Frehley started with \u201eThe Return Of The Son Of Nothing\u201c. They did not earn big reactions from the crowd, but besides tracks from their newer albums (\u201eBrigther Than The Sun\u201c, \u201eCold Seed\u201c, \u201eVote For Love\u201c) they also offered old classics (\u201eWhatever That Hurts\u201c, \u201eThe Ar\u201c, \u201eThe Sleeping Beauty\u201c, the finishing encore \u201eGaia\u201c). Good show with atmosphere – for some to go to bed and for others to go ahead drinking, huhu!<\/p>\n

Pain Stage<\/em>
\nNight In Gales<\/strong> After we reached Abtsgm\u00fcnd the Melodic Death-Thrashers from the \u201eRuhrpott\u201c were my first band on this year\u2019s Summer Breeze. They won the crowd by hammer tracks like \u201eStormchild\u201c, \u201eNailwork\u201c and \u201eDeadmouth Daisies\u201c and finished a short (25 minutes), but celebrated, set. Besides that it was the last Open Air-gig of drummer Christian Basz for Night In Gales.<\/p>\n

Bonfire<\/strong> The German Hardrock-oldtimers were assisted by rhythm guitarist Are Haug. The group around original frontman Claus Lessmann celebrated their Party Rock with songs like \u201eReady 4 Action\u201c, \u201eSweet Obsession\u201c and \u201eBang Down The Door\u201c and showed a lot of routine.<\/p>\n

Red Aim<\/strong> Comedy-Party-Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll from Southern Germany: The fourpiece wore flame shirts and posed the hell out of themselves to their own songs as to their covers \u201eThe Trooper\u201c and \u201eRock You Like A Hurricane\u201c. A while after their cool fronter Dr. Rogers opened his shirt to show his beer belly, Night In Gales-singer Bj\u00f6rn Goo\u00dfes (\u201e104 kg balled erotic!\u201c) came on stage to do the same and to pose together with the band. What a show!<\/p>\n

Ektomorf<\/strong> The Sepultura-wannabes from Hungary presented their new album \u201eI Scream Up To The Sky\u201c. They gained a wild moshpit in front of the stage, but in my eyes and ears they sound to similar to their idols from Brasil without reaching the half of their intensity.<\/p>\n

Friday<\/strong>
\nMain Stage<\/em>
\nLeft Hand Solution<\/strong> The Swedish Gothic Rock-fourpiece around their sympathic female singer with her very own dark voice had their big moments when they played songs from their debut \u201eFevered\u201c. It was my first chance to watch them, hopefully it was not the last!<\/p>\n

Soilwork<\/strong> 35 minutes are definitely much too short for the Death Metal-sensation from Helsingborg whoose set mainly contained songs from their new album \u201eNatural Born Chaos\u201c! Bj\u00f6rn \u201eSpeed\u201c Strid who wore a red Ferrari-formula 1-jersey and his four bandmates conquered Abtsgm\u00fcnd with hits like the opener \u201eFollow The Hollow\u201c, \u201eNeedlefeast\u201c, \u201eThe Bringer\u201c and \u201eAs We Speak\u201c and achieved a big moshpit in front of the stage. The highlight of the festival!<\/p>\n

Emil Bulls<\/strong> Crossover from Munich with the only DJ in the festival billing: This band rocked much harder than expected and showed there are not just an \u201eMTVIVA\u201c-hype. Besides the well-known A-ha-cover \u201eTake On Me\u201c they surprised with an interesting intepretation of Megadeth\u2019s \u201eSymphony Of Destruction\u201c.<\/p>\n

The Gathering<\/strong> Netherland\u2019s finest showed courage by starting their set with their new as unknown track \u201eEven The Spirits Are Afraid\u201c which is pretty experimental. But with their third song \u201eStrange Machines\u201c they caught the masses and added with \u201eLeaves\u201c and \u201eEleanor\u201c other hits from their album classic \u201eMandylion\u201c which made this set so special. With this rare setlist, which was closed by \u201eSaturnine\u201c, and the charismatic voice of their singer Anneke Van Giersbergen it was easy for the band to succeed.<\/p>\n

Nightwish<\/strong> The Gothic\/Power Metal formation from Finland introduced their new bassist Marco Hietala to their fans. The band around singer Tarja Turunen played their songs (\u201eWishmaster\u201c, \u201eDeep Silent Complete\u201c) very tight and they convinced the crowd. Another triumph for the Finish Sensation.<\/p>\n

Dimmu Borgir<\/strong> The Norwegian Black Metal-giant were okay, but I expected much more. They combined the main part of their set consisting of their current \u201ePuritanical Euphoric Misanthropia\u201c-album with old classics (\u201eStormblast\u201c, \u201eBroderskapets Ring\u201c) and songs from the band\u2019s \u201emiddle ages\u201c (\u201eThe Insight And The Catharsis\u201c and the finishing hit \u201eMourning Palace\u201c). The sound was bad and the band did not seem to have their best day. Nevertheless they are a great band and next live situation they will kill again.<\/p>\n

Pain Stage<\/em>
\nAfter Forever<\/strong> The Gothic Metal-band from Netherland profited by ist very sympathic frontwoman Floor Jansen who mainly concentrated on two things: singing and headbanging. Her voice did not stuck on my nerves like on this year\u2019s Graspop and the whole band gained the crowd\u2019s sympathy.<\/p>\n

Disbelief<\/strong> The German Death Metal-group created live much more suspense than they usually do on CD. It was the first time I watched them since Dynamo 1998 and they still have this live power. With songs like their opener \u201eMisery\u201c they had no problem to win the spectators.<\/p>\n

Bl[a]flowerz<\/strong> The Gothic Metal-band from Aalen surprised the year before. The phenomenal voice of singer Kirsten Zahn is the most important voice of the fourpiece. And with more hits like \u201eLove-Sick\u201c they will a have a great future for sure.<\/p>\n

Vader<\/strong> Wherever you are you see the Death Metal-exotics from Poland. They blew away the crowd which turned into a big moshpit.<\/p>\n

Axxis<\/strong> The Hardrock-legend from Dortmund created a cool party. Singer Bernhard Weiss and his four fellows reached loud singalongs by \u201eEyes Of Darkness\u201c, \u201eMy Little Princess\u201c, \u201eLittle Look Back\u201c, \u201eBrother Moonlight\u201c and \u201eLiving In A World\u201c. We had fun!<\/p>\n

Pain<\/strong> With this name the Industrial Metal-combo of Peter T\u00e4gtgren was a logic headliner for the Pain Stage. Instead of Matthias Kamijo Hypocrisy-sixstringer Andreas Holm played the guitar. This exciting gig became another festival-highlight. With the opener \u201eIt\u2019s Only Them\u201c, the slow \u201eJust Hate Me\u201c, the Beatles-cover \u201eEleanor Rigby and the set closing hit \u201eShut Your Mouth\u201c from their new album \u201eNothing Remains The Same\u201c they succeeded as well as with their classic \u201eEnd Of The Line\u201c. Cool gig and great moshpit!<\/p>\n

Saturday<\/strong>
\nMain Stage<\/em>
\nFlowing Tears<\/strong> The German Gothic Metal-fourpiece rocked a lot for a band of ist genre. Besides an appealing glitter-optic of the band fantastic singer Stefanie Duchene knew how to inspire the spectatorship.<\/p>\n

Amon Amarth<\/strong> Besides Vader another band you always meet everywhereThe Swedish Death Metal-formation around chief-viking Johan Hegg built a great ocean of banging heads in the crowd while hot sunshine. With songs like \u201eThe Last Pagan With Blood\u201c this is definitely no surprise.<\/p>\n

Within Temptation<\/strong> Sharon den Adel who wore a red dress and her black-suited bandmates are a band you can describe as uprising. With their Gothic Metal they are no longer well-known just in their home country Netherland. First of all they astonished with their backline consisting of gum-trees which belong to the main theme of there last album \u201eMother Earth\u201c. With hits like the title track from that output, \u201eIce Queen\u201c or \u201eDeceiver Of Fools\u201c this show was great, better than their appearance on this year\u2019s Dynamo.<\/p>\n

Brainstorm<\/strong> The fivepiece from Southwest Germany were just one of a few Power Metal bands on the billing, but they were definitely one of the best in common. With Andy B. Franck they had the best and most active singer on this year\u2019s Summer Breeze. The fans celebrated songs from the new album (\u201eMetus Mortis\u201c, \u201eHollow Hideway\u201c) as to their classics (\u201eVoices\u201c, \u201eLiar\u2019s End\u201c). One big highlight of the festival.<\/p>\n

Sentenced<\/strong> The Finish formation around front giant Ville Laihiala and guitarist Sami Lopakka offered an interesting set which contained more songs from Ville\u2019s first Sentenced-album \u201eDown\u201c. But besides \u201eNoose\u201c, \u201eWarrior Of Life\u201c, etc. the guys rocked through their last few outputs by the opener \u201eCross My Heart And Hope To Die\u201c, the \u201eAmok\u201c-classic \u201eNepenthe\u201c, the hit \u201eDrown Together\u201c and the two encores \u201eThe Suicider\u201c and \u201eExcuse Me While I Kill Myself\u201c. Great gig by this group and another big highlight of Summer Breeze 2002.<\/p>\n

Samael<\/strong> The long awaited comeback after two years of abstinence by the fourpiece from Suisse. Supported by a great light show and fire juggling and spitting dancers it was the visual element which excited besides the acoustic one (\u201eMoonskin\u201c, \u201eJupiterian Vibe\u201c and the finishing \u201eMy Saviour\u201c).<\/p>\n

Paradise Lost<\/strong> The British Legend headlined the Summer Breeze: What an event! For this festival they appeared with a very interesting setlist containing tracks from the last three albums with the opening \u201eSay Just Words\u201c, \u201eMouth\u201c and \u201eSo Much Is Lost\u201c or the last encore \u201eOne Second\u201c, one song from their next output \u201eSymbol Of Life\u201c (\u201eSelf Obsessed\u201c) and a lot of classics (\u201eAs I Die\u201c, \u201eEmber\u2019s Fire\u201c, \u201eRemembrance\u201c, \u201eTrue Belief\u201c, \u201eHollowed Land\u201c, \u201eForever Failure\u201c, \u201eThe Last Time\u201c). Technical problems were no difficulties for the band around the well-entertaining singer Nick Holmes, who made jokes by laying down under the drum-riser or by pointing out with the comment: \u201eThere Is A ghost in our machine.\u201c They did not earn big reactions from the masses, but to me it was great gig from the fivepiece after a long time.<\/p>\n

Pain Stage<\/em>
\nUndertow<\/strong> The local heroes surprised with their Doom-Metal in the tradition of Crowbar. Besides their grooving songs the anouncements of the fronman won much sympathy. More of that, please!<\/p>\n

End Of Green<\/strong> Another local heroes band, but this time a well-known one. And they grooved for sure with hits from their new album \u201eSongs For A Dying World\u201c (\u201eMotor\u201c, \u201eOnly One\u201c, \u201eDeath In Veins\u201c, \u201eGodsick\u201c) and even newer tracks (\u201eTormented Sundown\u201c, \u201eEvergreen\u201c, \u201eHighway 69\u201c). Cool riffs combined with a variable voice meaned: Another big festival-highlight.<\/p>\n

Stormwitch<\/strong> The return of the Avantgarde-Melodic Metal-legend turned out into a great and fantastic show. The original member singer Andy M\u00fcck found new fantastic musicians who realised the high level of this appearance. With their songs \u201eDance Of The Witches\u201c \u201eStronger Than Heaven\u201c, \u201eAshes On Fire\u201c (supported by pyros) and the classics \u201eRavenlord\u201c (many may knew it because of the cover version from Hammerfall) and the finishing \u201eWalpurgis Night\u201c they fascinated the crowd. Highlight of the show was the acoustic \u201eTears By The Firelight\u201c with the guest appearance of original guitarist Stefan Kauffmann. Guitarist Fabse who grinned most time of the set and the keyboarder Alex who spent nearly as much time jumping in front as playing his instrument in the back did the rest to make this show unique. Great!<\/p>\n

Prime sth<\/strong> Nice Melodic Punkrock from Sweden, but maybe on the wrong position. They should have switched them with some of the darker band which had done their show while sunshine. But pushed by the Nuclear Blast-sub-label Rebelution Entertainment which possibly was the reason for that wrong decision the fourpiece got this position in the running order. But this was not a favor for the unknown band and the spectators. This band played cool material from their forthcoming debut album \u201eUnderneath The Surface\u201c that would have better fitted to sunshine. And with more hits like \u201eI\u2019m Stupid (Don\u2019t Worry \u2018Bout Me)\u201c, \u201eIn My Head\u201c, \u201eI Don\u2019t Envy You\u201c or the title track Noa, Martin, Jspr and Kaz may have a good future.<\/p>\n

Pro-Pain<\/strong> Besides Pain the day before there could not be any better band to headline the Pain Stage. The American Hardcore-legend finished Summer Breeze \u201902 blew the crowd away with \u201eDon\u2019t Kill Yourself To Live\u201c and the Seals & Crofts-cover \u201eSummer Breeze\u201c (well-known as a cover version from Type O Negative) which chorus frontman Gary Meskil often repeated in the breaks between the other songs what created a cool atmoshere between the moshpits. Cool!<\/p>\n

At the Summer Breeze 2002 in Abtsgm\u00fcnd rocked, drank and partied Tobi Wan Kenobi!!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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