{"id":496,"date":"2011-03-09T20:26:18","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T19:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.metal-festivals.com\/?page_id=496"},"modified":"2011-03-09T20:26:18","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T19:26:18","slug":"graspop-2002-review","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/new.metal-festivals.com\/?page_id=496","title":{"rendered":"Graspop 2002 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Graspop 2002<\/strong>
\nFriday<\/strong>
\nMarquee I
\n<\/em>Rage<\/strong> What a Threepiece consisting of Mainman and Bandfounder Peavey Wagner, guitar virtuoso Victor Smolski and drum animal Mike Terrana. The Band from Herne presented its new album unity (\u201eAll I Want”) and added tracks from earlier albums (\u201eFrom The Cradle To The Crave”, \u201eHigher Than The Sky”).<\/p>\n

Doro<\/strong> German Power Metal again: On every Metal-Festival it seems like the Metal lady is at home. Besides new tracks (\u201eAlways Live To Win”, \u201eFight”) there are especially the Doro classics (\u201eI Rule The Ruins”, \u201eBurning The Witches”, \u201eF\u00fcr Immer”) which motivates the fans to sing out loud.<\/p>\n

Moonspell<\/strong> Last year on the Summer Breeze the portuguese band around the charismatic singer Fernando Ribeiro showed there are back. Not a big gig, but the crowd is always thankful for hits like \u201eOpium” and \u201eAlma Mater”.<\/p>\n

Kreator<\/strong> The beginning of a trilogy of three hammer-appearances in a row on Marquee I-Stage. The Thrash Metal-fourpiece from Essen started with \u201eViolent Revolution”, the title track from their new album. With their classics \u201eTormentor”, \u201eFlag Of Hate” and \u201eExtreme Aggression” Mille & Co. motivated the fans to bang the shit out of them.<\/p>\n

Anathema<\/strong> The British genuises around the three brothers Vincent, Danny and the new Jamie Cavanagh fascinated the masses another time. Supported by clear sound and a nice light show they created a very own, pleasant atmosphere. With albumsa like the current \u201eA Fine Day To Exit” and undying songs like \u201eFragile Dreams or \u201eA Dying Wish” this band will always achieve such phenomenal reactions from the spectatorship.<\/p>\n

Saxon<\/strong> The NWOBHM-legend headlined over two hours on Friday with their eagle show. The older singer Biff Byford gets the better his voice clings to songs like \u201eKilling Ground”, \u201eMetalhead”, \u201eDogs Of War” and \u201eStrong Arm Of The Law”. In the beginning of \u201eThe Eagle Has Landed” the big eagle show element above the band first stuck a little bit, but after a while because of the intervention of a roadie it came to action. Great show!<\/p>\n

Saturday<\/strong>
\nMainstage
\n<\/em>Evergrey<\/strong> It was on the only band of the Prog Metal genre besides Dream Theater after the cancelation of Symphony X to open the Graspop-Mainstage in 2002. Mainman Tom S. Enflund introduced three new bandmates to the crowd and presented his band’s new album \u201eIn Search Of Truth” very successfully. Nobody expected so many people headbanging to \u201eThe Encounter” and the finishing \u201eThe Masterplan” in the morning.<\/p>\n

Tristania<\/strong> The Gothic Metal-institution from Stavanger didn’t get their best day in presenting their current album \u201eWorld Of Glass”. Vibeke Stene as the new male singer missed their tones much too often and generally it was weak gig.<\/p>\n

Halford<\/strong> The ex-Judas Priest-frontman Rob Halford was celebrated by a lot of fans and combined his set with new tracks (\u201eBetrayal”, \u201eGolgotha) and old Priest-classics (\u201eElectric Eye”, \u201ePainkiller”). But they had no luck because the sound switched off twice because of technical problems. The band left the stage very disappointed.<\/p>\n

Bruce Dickinson<\/strong> The Iron Maiden-fronter whose backing band was consisting of musicians from the band \u201eSack Trick” had more luck. His set held the balance between the best tracks of Bruce’s solo career (\u201eAccident Of Birth”, \u201eThe Tower”, \u201eTears of The Dragon, \u201eTattooed Millionaire”) and Maiden classics (\u201eRevelations”, \u201eBring Your Daughter To The Slaughter” and the finishing \u201ePowerslave”) and reached the loudest fan choirs of the whole festival. Respect!<\/p>\n

Machine Head<\/strong> The Neo-Thrasher from the Bay Area around mainman Robb Flynn and new guitarist Phil Demmel opened their set with the strong \u201eDavidian”. Not less powerful were \u201eThe Blood, The Sweat, The Tears”, \u201eTen Ton Hammer, \u201eOld” and the title track of the band’s current album \u201eSupercharger”. Machine Head brought a surprise with a fantastic cover of Metallica’s \u201eCreeping Death”. Besides the fact that Robb’s every fifth word minimum was fuck they played a great gig.<\/p>\n

Dream Theater<\/strong> New York’s Prog Metal-kings decided to play the harder side of their repertoir (\u201eThe Mirror”, \u201eLie”, \u201eScenes From A Memory”). They integrated Metallica’s \u201eMaster Of Puppets” into their hit \u201ePull me Under” and closed their set with the intro of Slayer’s \u201eRaining Blood”. Brilliant!<\/p>\n

Slayer<\/strong> The thrash kings (with Dave Lombardo on the drums again) played their hits (\u201eRaining Blood”, \u201eSouth Of Heaven”, \u201eSeasons In Th Abyss”, \u201eAngel Of Death”), but didn’t convince me. There was no big movement or motivation to perceive, so that’s maybe one possible reason why I slept in in front of the Mainstage while the headliner bored.<\/p>\n

Marquee I<\/em>
\nDismember<\/strong> The Death Metal-lunatics from Stockholm smashed the tent stage away with \u201eAnd So Is Life”, \u201eQuestionable Ethics” and \u201eMutual Animosity” in the noon. Just one word: Cool!<\/p>\n

Arch Enemy<\/strong> The swedish Death Metal-assault around the two brothers Christopher and Michael Amott introduced their new album \u201eWages Of Sin” and their new female grunter Angela Gossow from Cologne. She has to work on her stageacting while the two brothers and the rhythm section were phenomenous.<\/p>\n

Hypocrisy<\/strong> Another big swedish Death Metal band: But in contrast to other shows of the band around Peter T\u00e4gtgren they were very weak this time. Just in the beginning of their set they appeared with their hits \u201eRoswell 47″, \u201eApocalypse” and \u201eBuried”, but it didn’t help. But I’m confident that Hypocrisy will find back to their usual strength in the next live situation.<\/p>\n

Cannibal Corpse<\/strong> In contrast to Germany the band from the state of the lost election ballots is allowed to perform their old gore hits \u201eA Skull Full Of Maggots” and \u201eHammer Smashed Face” in Belgium. Those (in Germany forbidden) tracks found as much celebration than their live standards \u201eBloodthirsty” and \u201eFucked With A Knife”.
\nImmortal<\/strong> The norwegian Black Metal-combo had less sound and technical problems than on last year’s Summer Breeze. Fronter Abbath spitted fire and his threepeace won their Black Metal-battle with \u201eTyrants” and the bombastic \u201eDamned In Black”.<\/p>\n

My Dying Bride<\/strong> In the beginning of their performance the british Doomsters didn’t have a good sound, but after a short while this problem was solved. Over the years Aaron became a less introverted better frontman and hits like \u201eMy Hope, The Destroyer ” (from their new masterpiece \u201e The Dreadful Hours”), \u201eThe Cry Of Mankind”, \u201eShe Is The Dark and the finishing \u201eThe Fever Sea” achieved a bang ocean in the tent. Excellent!
\nConclusion:
\n<\/strong>Graspop 2002 was a new festival to me. It was a well-organized festival with great billing and a sympathic atmosphere. I have to mention there was also a Marquee II-tent-stage with a billing mainly consisting of Hardcore-bands. It was impossible to review all bands on all stages because it was a spontaneous decision to go there and I was alone. Hopefully next year we’ll get accredition to present you the whole festival containing exclusive pics.<\/p>\n

See you in Dessel at the Graspop 2003!!!
\nAt the Graspop 2002 in Dessel (Belgium) rocked, drank and partied Tobi Wan Kenobi!!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Graspop 2002 Friday Marquee I Rage What a Threepiece consisting of Mainman and Bandfounder Peavey Wagner, guitar virtuoso Victor Smolski and drum animal Mike Terrana. The Band from Herne presented its new album unity (\u201eAll I Want”) and added tracks from earlier albums (\u201eFrom The Cradle To The Crave”, \u201eHigher Than The Sky”). Doro German … <\/p>\n

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