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With full force 2004<\/strong>
\nAfter the tenth anniversary last year it seemed like the WFF-organizors couldn\u2019t beat the 2004 program. Wrong, they could! This year they were able to offer an even better \u2018Best Of Metal, Hardcore, Punk And Crossover\u2019-programme for the same ticket price(s). On the airfield of Rojtzschora played 69 (aha!) bands on two stages in three days for about 20000 till 25000 visitors.<\/p>\n

Friday<\/strong>
\nMain Stage<\/em>
\nTape <\/strong>The band from Hamburg with the American female singer Dacia Bridges had been in the heavy rotation of some music television stations we don\u2019t want to mention. Opening the acting on the Main Stage and sounding like a riddle between mainstream and innovative experimental ideas they just reached little reactions on the visitor\u2019s side with their singles \u201cYeeha” and \u201cMother”.
\nThe Real McKenzies<\/strong> The Punk-band also had to live with small number of listeners. Punk? Not only! Because they are Scots the group wore kilts and used bagpipes. Supported by this traditional element they started with this little crowd a cool party.
\nSoilwork <\/strong>Helsingborg\u2019s finest were the first highlight of the festival to me. Bj\u00f6rn \u201cSpeed” Strid, Peter Wichers, the two Ola\u2019s and Sven Karlsson were supported by Dirk Verbeuren (lent from the French Death Metal-band Scarve) replacing Henry Ranta on the drums had more than enough strong material from their now five albums. Songs from the new release \u201cFigure Numer Five” (\u201cRejction Role”, the title track, the new single \u201cLight The Torch”) smashed the crowd which had growed remarkable in the meantime as much as the hits from former outputs (\u201cBastard Chain”, \u201cNeedlefeast”, \u201cAs We Speak”, \u201cThe Flameout”). Just the mainly wind dominated sound became a little desaster, but no reproach to the fantastic Swedes.
\nDeath Angel<\/strong> The reunited and still pretty young guys from the Bay Area-legend had a more difficult position than on the \u201cMetal-only festivals”. The fivepack had an earlier position and a smaller following on the visitor\u2019s side. Nevertheless frontman Mark Osegueda, Rob Cavestany and Co rocked the stage spreading fun on the band\u2019s as on the fan\u2019s side with \u201cVoracious Souls” and \u201cThicker Than Blood”.
\nThe Exploited<\/strong> The Scottish Hard Punk-institution started with \u201cLet\u2019s Start A War” in a little chaotic set which is pretty convenient for fronter Wattie and his group. Supported by ex-guitarist Robbie they celebrated evergreens like \u201cDogs Of War” and \u201cSex And Violence” as new stuff like \u201cNever Sellout” and “Chaos Is My Life”. Last one fitted to Wattie who needed to cancel two classics (\u201cFuck The USA”, \u201cPunks Not Dead”) because of his long smalltalks between the tracks.
\nHypocrisy <\/strong>The (live) quartett introduced with Horgh (ex-Immortal) a well-known new drummer who had replaced ex-member Lars Sz\u00f6ke. Opening the set with two tracks from the \u201cCatch 22″-release Peter T\u00e4gtgren and his band got most fan support for the debut-classic \u201cGod Is A Lie”, the midtempo-monsters \u201cFire In The Sky” and \u201cInseminated Adoption” and of course for their biggest hit which they named because of the to the festival region closest big city in \u201cLeipzig 47″. Well Done!
\nLife Of Agony<\/strong> The reunion of the Melodic Hardcore-legend from New York represented a much awaited one by their still numerous fans. Besides some new material the fourpiece concentrated on the songs released before the split. \u201cWeeds”, \u201cLet\u2019s Pretend” or \u201cHow It Would Be” were celebrated, but the most jubilation got debut-hits like \u201cThis Time”, \u201cUnderground” and \u201cThrough And Through”. Of course and that\u2019s why the main accent of the show lay on that album and the highlight was reached with \u201cMethod Of Groove” by another debut-classic when the stringers Joey Z and Alan Robert shouted and singer Keith Caputo sang the melodic chorus, a cool life presentation of that song! Generally this showcase was much better than those of the regular tour they had done before. But Keith should invest in a fashion manager who at least needs to hide his too big sunglasses with which he looked like a funny insect.
\nHatebreed <\/strong>After somehow like a HipHop-Intro the nowadays biggest band of Hardcore must have felt honoured to be promoted to the co-headliner in comparison to their billing-position at last year\u2019s WFF and to play after their legendary colleges. The big number of fans who had assembled in front of the stage showed why. So Conneticut\u2019s finest took care of the first Main Stage-wall of death by \u201cLive For This” and \u201cThis Is Now” (from the 2003-record \u201cThe Rise Of Brutality”) as by the title track and the set ending \u201cYou\u2019ll Be Heard” from the current \u201cPerseverance”-album. Just the band could have moved a little bit more like their \u201cfrontrunner” Jamey Jasta.
\nSlipknot <\/strong>The audience had to wait for about 50 minutes before the Nu Metal-band from Iowa entered the stage. After being transferred from the Roskilde festival in Denmark where they had replaced David Bowie (What a replacement for the Bowie-fans!) and having some technical problems while the soundcheck band as fans didn\u2019t seem to have maximum motivation. Sure (single) hits like \u201cPeople = Shit”, \u201cWait And Bleed” or \u201cSpit It Out” were celebrated by the crowd, but enough spectators had left the Main Stage before the ninepiece finished. This appearance didn\u2019t convince at all caused by different conditions as by the band\u2019s engagement. Besides that just ten by the band\u2019s management chosen magazines were allowed to shoot photos and we didn\u2019t seem to belong to those band\u2019s darlings.<\/p>\n

Tent Stage: Hardbowl<\/em>
\nCaliban <\/strong>Fronter Andy couldn\u2019t have wished a better present on his birthday as this gig. Besides introducing new material (\u201cThe Beloved And The Hatred”) from the forthcoming album \u201cThe Opposite From Within” the metalcorlers from Essen partied with their numerous fans to \u201cForsaken Horizon” and \u201cThe Seventh Soul” followed by a few circlepits. Nevertheless their WFF 2004-gig had been better because this year\u2019s stageaction was pretty low.
\nDonots <\/strong>The Funpunk-band is well-known from music television as from the radio. I don\u2019t want to deny they are not my cup of tea. But live they were pretty okay, epecially their covers \u201cWe\u2019re Not Gonna Take It” from Twisted Sister and \u201cAll We Are” from Doro.
\nBeatsteaks Germany\u2019s nowadays hottest Rock\u2019n Roll-band fascinated the hole tent and motivated its \u201cinhabitants” to jump and party. Even if they\u2019re also not my cup of tea or glass of beer the Berlin boys knew how to entertain even on such a festival.<\/p>\n

Tent Stage: Kn\u00fcppelnacht<\/em>
\nDisbelief <\/strong>This Death Metal machine from Hessen leaves no option to be stopped. The band presented a strong selection from their release background between their self-titled debut and their current album \u201cSpreading The Rage”. The band transferred that psychedelic touch which makes their Death Metal so unique on stage successfully. Besides that I need to mention Karsten \u201cJagger” J\u00e4ger is a great frontman. Well done!
\nBenediction The British Old School Death Metal-institution offered a sympathic appearance starting at 2:35 am. It was nothing special, but it convinced their fans and maybe won some new.<\/p>\n

Saturday<\/strong>
\nMain Stage<\/em>
\nA.O.K.<\/strong> Frankfurt\u2019s Fun-Punkrock-combo began on saturday\u2019s Main Stage and tried to amuse the first festivalsite visitors at 2:00 pm. With no success because there was nothing to be amused about and the music didn\u2019t leave anything which is worth to be mentioned.
\nEktomorf <\/strong>Hungary\u2019s or Gypsy\u2019s (Whatever!) finest animated much more visitors than the group before. To me they still sounded to much like a Soulfly-clone. Nevertheless the fourpack animated the crowd to take part in \u201cDestroy”, \u201cFire” and the current single \u201cI Know Them”.
\nChimaira <\/strong>The Sixpack from Cleveland should offer a strong appearance while their set mainly consisted of the new release \u201cThe Impossibility Of Reason” without ignoring the debut \u201cPass Out Of Existence”. Frontman Mark Hunter did a great job while performing \u201cSevered” or the last title \u201cThe Dehumanizing Process” to which he organized a wall of death from the sound tower to the stage.
\nThe Bones <\/strong>Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll from Sweden, a trademark which had won a big following inside the Rock\/Metal-genre. Probably not on this festival or was it the wrong place-, wrong time-effect? Perhaps because somehow their party music didn\u2019t disturb anybody, but it also didn\u2019t reach that many interested spectators. Maybe next time!
\nIll Nino<\/strong> Another strong performance should be brought by the Nu Metal-Latinos around the variable singer Christian Machado who also knew to keep the crowd in suspense. The fans jumped to \u201cRevolution Revoluci\u00f3n”-debut-tracks (\u201cGod Save Us”, \u201cUnreal”, “What Comes Around”, \u201cI Am Loco”) as to the new \u201cConfessions”-songs (\u201cTe Amo…I Hate You”, \u201cHow Can I Live”). A hammer appearance by an active band which calls more than enough hits their own.
\nGrave Digger<\/strong> Power Metal at the WFF: An experiment which had worked well over the last years. This time it didn\u2019t! For some (Who knows for which?!) reason it started to rain while Chris \u201cBolle” Boltendahl and his bandmates walked on stage. They began with \u201cThe Keeper Of The Holy Grail” to present a Best Of-program (\u201cRebellion”, \u201cKnights Of The Cross”, \u201cExcalibur”, \u201cThe Grave Digger”, \u201cHeavy Metal Breakdown”) without winning more than just a few die hard-fans caused by the weather, but also by themselves. Their (sometimes) ridiculous stageacting motivated a college from a print magazine to the statement: \u201cGrave Digger got what they deserve!” Nothing to add!
\nFear Factory<\/strong> After a break of disorientation, trouble with ex-guitarist Dino Cazares and the short split they were back, and what a comeback! While it was still raining the Americans which had switched two positions (Byron Stroud, known from Strapping Young Lad and Zimmers Hole, is the new bassist and Christian Olde Wolbers turned from bass to the guitar) started with the two first songs from their comeback-album \u201cArchetype” (\u201cSlave Labor”, \u201cCyberwaste”) into their set before turning over to the classics, especially to those ones of their breakthrough album \u201cDemanufacture”. While playing its title track it suddenly stopped raining and the sun including a rainbow came out. The right sign to headbang, mosh and celebrate to \u201cMartyr”, \u201cReplica” or the wonderful title track of their new album \u201cArchetype”. What a comeback!
\nSix Feet Under<\/strong> The Florida-Deathers played their second WFF-show in a row. While the action on stage could have been much more the band around fronter Chris Barnes still had enough material that rocked. The fans didn\u2019t worry about the minimum of show and rocked on themselves. And so the band left the audience with their AC\/DC-interpretation of \u201cTNT”. Nice, but they can do better.
\nAgnostic Front <\/strong>Another comeback-gig on this year\u2019s WFF! The Hardbowl on the Tent Stage had ended just ten minutes before. A good decision because everybody on the festivalsite, especially the numerous Hardcore-fans, was interested in that show. The NYC-icon still knew how to party. Furnished by the cool entertainer Roger Miret they animated the spectatorship to jump and to party with them to their singalong-hymns like \u201cGotta Go”.
\nDimmu Borgir<\/strong> The Norwegians appeared on their exclusive only festival-show in 2004 and started with \u201cSpellbound (By The Devil)” from their third and breakthrough album \u201cEnthrone Darkness Triumphant”. Was it too cold or too late? Somehow many visitors left the festivalsite and somehow the band wasn\u2019t able to create some headliner atmosphere. In my opinion a better sound could have helped a lot. Shagrath, Silenoz and Co were motivated and after stressing the two last orchestral orientated albums \u201cPuritanical Euphoric Misanthropia” (by \u201cProgenies Of The Great Apocalypse”, \u201cFor The World To Dictate” or \u201cEradication Instincts Defined”) and \u201cDeath Cult Armageddon” (by \u201cHybrid Stigmata – The Apostasy” or \u201cPuritania”) they closed Saturday\u2019s Main Stage by \u201cSpiritual Black Dimensions”.<\/p>\n

Tent Stage: Hardbowl<\/em>
\nBorn From Pain<\/strong> After Caliban, Hatebreed and Six Feet Under the fourth band of this year\u2019s WFF which had played on this festival the year before, too. The Dutch Metalcore-band and especially their fronter Ch\u00e8 Snelting proofed their agility once again. The circlepits on the spectatorside were just the obvious consequence. Because of the rain many visitors searched protection against the rain, and so after that cool performance they won some new fans for sure.
\nLokalmatadore <\/strong>After the chaos-group \u201cDie Kassierer” at WFF 2004 this year \u201cDie Lokalmatadore” played the role as the band with the worst flavoured humor. With tracks like \u201cPillemann, Fotze, Arsch” no matter to them.
\nIgnite <\/strong>What now followed should be one of the best showcases I have ever seen. I came with little expectations and so I was surprised with which power the four Californians began. The spectatorship just seemed had been waiting for this 40 minutes of excellent Melodic Hardcore and the hole tent turned to a jump- and crowdsurf-party. Besides their great musical as live qualities the singer qualified himself with intelligent political statements which didn\u2019t sound opportun anyway. Deepest respect to this live show of a great band!<\/p>\n

Tent Stage: Saturday Night Fever<\/em>
\nMnemic <\/strong>Another hammer show was brought by this newcomers. After the release of their debut album \u201cMechanical Spin Phenomena” the Danish were something like a secret hint to me before the WFF. And the fivepiece confirmed and even excelled my supposition. They started with the record opener \u201cLiquid” in their set which of course contained the \u201cMechanical…”-tracks. Singer Michael and band noticed from the beginning the tent was full at 0:15 and they took their chance. With their musical mixture between Meshuggah and Fear Factory and an outstanding live performance of their debut songs (\u201cThe Naked And The Dead”, \u201cGhost”, \u201cBlood Stained”, ) as two tracks of their forthcoming album (\u201cDoor 2.12″, \u201cDeathbox”) they strenghtened all the energy the spectators had left that night.<\/p>\n

Sunday<\/strong>
\nMain Stage<\/em>
\nHanns Martin Slayer<\/strong> Because Slayer didn\u2019t play this WFF after two years in a row the organizers engaged this German Slayer-tribute-band with the nice name. Their set obviously consisted of Slayer-material (\u201cSouth Of Heaven”, \u201cAngel Of Death”, the final and unavoidable \u201cRaining Blood”) to wake up the crowd for the last festival day.
\nHatesphere <\/strong>After the drop out of the Danish national team in the quarter final of the European Soccer Championship, Danish bands showed how to give a first-class billing their accent. Mnemic did it the night before and Hatesphere ruled in the early Sunday afternoon. Being on tour with Crowbar anyway the fivepiece replaced Exhumed. In spite of some circumstances which especially happened to singer Jacob and drummer Anders last drunk night we don\u2019t want to mention about they should teach one of the best Thrash Metal-lessons that has been taught at the festival. \u201cBloodsoil” from their self-titled debut as \u201cPlague” or \u201cLow Life Vendetta” from the \u201cBloodred Hatred”-album were celebrated by the crowd. Their live-experience they had earned over the last tours was easy to recognize. Especially frontman Jacob Bredahl ran the stage as the photo pit up and down. Someone needs only to explain why the band was cut off short time before the last title \u201cDeathtrip” would have been finished. Anywhay: Impressing!
\nHeaven Shall Burn<\/strong> Many supporters awaited Th\u00fcringen\u2019s finest which demonstrated why they are together with Caliban Germany\u2019s leading Metalcore-band. The fivepiece around the very active shouter Markus Bischoff introduced their new \u201cAntigone”-album combined with \u201c…In Battle” and \u201cWhatever It May Take”-tracks. Despite the bad sound smashers like \u201cBehind A Wall Of Silence” or \u201cThe Weapon They Fear” showed their effect on an outraging crowd which was told by Marcus to take care of their neughbour\u2019s health. A strong appearance!
\nCrowbar <\/strong>Now everything was slowed down because the Doom-machine from New Orleans performed on stage. With classics like the opener \u201cSelf-Inflicted” or \u201cAll I Had (I Gave)” mainman \/ fronter Kirk Windstein and his comrades attended their fans, but nearly only them. This professional gig just found a lower number of spectators.
\nShadows Fall And another astonishing appearance was showed by the guys from Massachusetts. Because of the horrible sound the visitor needed to choose the right position noticing and enjoying the showcase. Otherwise they could have missed a lot. Introducing very interesting songs (\u201cWhat Drives The Weak”, \u201cThe Power Of I And I”) from their forthcoming album the fantastic live-band lead by front-dreader Brian Fair didn\u2019t forget to celebrate their hits from the \u201cFear Will Drag You Down” (\u201cThe First Noble Truth”)- and the \u201cThe Art Of Balance” (\u201cThoughts Without Words”, \u201cDestroyer Of Senses”)-outputs with the fan-crowd.
\nRose Tattoo<\/strong> The Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll-legend from Down Under taught one of their rock-lessons. That was the right music to a sunny late afternoon. The \u201ckangaroos” needed to replace original guitarist Pete Wells who stayed in Australia because of cancer. The \u201cperforming metre” \u201cAngry” Anderson looking in his white overall like a strange interpretation of some comic figure performed their songs with heart and soul. And with \u201cScarred For Life”, \u201cRock\u2018n\u2019Roll Is King and the band hymn \u201cNice Boys (Don\u2019t Play Rock\u2019n\u2019Roll)” they had enough singalongs to entertain the audience.
\nDark Tranquillity<\/strong> To the well-known Melodic-Deathers from Gothenburg it was an easy job to excite their fanship. The fivepiece which apparently had never done a bad gig played another strong role on a festival. \u201cPunish My Heaven”, \u201cHedon”, \u201cThereIn”, \u201cThe Wonders At Your Feet” and \u201cMonochromatic Stains” were celebrated by the hungry crowd like the new song \u201cOne Thought” from their forthcoming album. And because of his stageacting I need to mention my suspicion vocalist Mikael Stanne was prepared by Haile Gebrselassie for this appearance. Maybe he got paid per metre \/ kilometre!?
\nTurbonegro <\/strong>Then the time had come for chaos-Rock\u2019n\u2019Roll from Oslo. Supported by a lot of fans (The WFF-organizers offered the first international (Turboyouth-camp which had seeminly found much consideration.) Hank Helvete and his group with the gay image started with \u201cThe Age Of Pamparius” into their set. But that just impressed their numerous die-hard fans, but not the majority of the interested neutral visitors. Of course the Norwegians had classics like the rocking \u201cGet It On” (Why didn\u2019t they play \u201cAre You Ready (For Some Darkness)”), but after ten minutes this showcase became boring. Finally the stage-management didn\u2019t do the fans as itself a favor by switching off the sound while the community was celebrating the hymn \u201cI Got Errection”. Or was the late beginning of this showcase the band\u2019s fault? Who knows!
\nMonster Magnet<\/strong> The groovy Dope-Rockers had one important problem which would have had every band on this billing position. No, it wasn\u2019t the Backyard Babies playing on the Tent Stage. Rather it was the final of the European Soccer Championship which was showed on a big video screen on the campsite the band had to play against. Nevertheless bandleader\/singer\/guitarist DaveWyndorf and his formation fascinated by songs from the new album \u201cMonolithic Baby” (\u201cSupercruel”, \u201cRadiation Day”, \u201cMonolithic”, \u201cThe Right Stuff”) as by their elder hits like \u201cSuperjudge”, \u201cNegasonic Teenage Warhead”, \u201cPowertrip”, \u201cHeads Explode” and \u201cSpacelord”). Cool show by a cool band, next time hopefully with more luck!
\nSoulfly<\/strong> After headlining the Friday at the WFF 2004 it was the mission of mainman Max Cavalera and his band to close this year\u2019s Main Stage(-action). They started with the current video-single and title track of the new longplayer \u201cProphecy”, followed by the hit of the former release \u201c3″ (\u201cSeek \u2018n\u2019 Strike”) and by the first Sepultura-classic of this showcase (\u201cRoots Bloody Roots”) to what the crowd, which was growing bigger after the finished Eurpean Soccer Cup-final, reacted especially massive. Besides inspiring the fans by \u201cBack To The Primitve”, \u201cBleed” and \u201cEye For An Eye” and stucking on their nerves by performing \u201cTree Of Pain” with Max\u2019s son Ritchie again, they were celebrated the most for playing further Sepultura-classics (\u201cTroops Of Doom”, \u201cTerritory”, \u201cMass Hypnosis”, \u201cInner Self”). While I still prefer the original Sepultura I need to say it was a good appearance, just the co-performance of Max\u2019s family members does nobody really need.<\/p>\n

Tent Stage: Hardbowl<\/em>
\nWalls Of Jericho<\/strong> Before the WFF I read about this Metalcore-band with female voices (!) from the USA and I thought: Hey, there you can go, that might be cool! But it wasn\u2019t, I could have better taken a sunbath. The music wasn\u2019t really innovative at all, Candace Kucsulain sounded like an average hardcore shouter or even worse and her stageacting by fighting the evil air with dirty hits and nasty kicks turned out to one of the most ridiculous ones I have ever seen. Okay, it was an atempt (for this time a failed one)!
\nBlood For Blood<\/strong> The Hardcore-institution from Boston arrived 20 minutes after the beginning of their show because of too much traffic and so they had just 25 minutes left. Nevertheless the tent was still full awaiting them. And the show was short, but cool. Celebrating their party-grenades from their hammer albums \u201cLivin\u2019 In Excile”, \u201cRevenge On Society”, \u201cSpit My Last Breath”, \u201cWasted Youth Brew” and \u201cOutlaw Anthems” the whole tent turned out to a Hardcore-\/Punk-party.
\nBackyard Babies<\/strong> The Swedish Rock \u2018n\u2019 Rollers had as Monster Magnet on the Main Stage one problem taking inluence on their audience which is nearlier described in the Monster Magnet-review. I just say: \u2018Soccer\u2019! Dregen and Co rocked the stage and while \u201cFriends” they got support by Turbonegro-guitarist Euroboy and the band The Peepshows. Despite the concurrence of the Main Stage and soccer a nice Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll-party to finish this year\u2019s Hardbowl!<\/p>\n

Tent Stage: The Last Supper<\/em>
\nAtrocity <\/strong>To the \u201cConan”-Soundtrack-intro the band around frontman Alex Krull (Or \u201cWolfgang Amadeus” Krull as one of my colleges called him, huhu!) entered the stage and opened their set by \u201cReich Of Phenomena”, \u201cBlut” and \u201cThe Great Commandment”. But with classics like \u201cNecropolis” or \u201cSend Me A Angel” from their most elling record \u201cWerk 80″ and the support of ex-Theatre Of Tragedy singer and Alex\u2019s wife Liv Kristine Espenaes this performance didn\u2019t really inspire too much and became boring by the time.
\nTiamat <\/strong>After a long time I had the opportunity to watch the Gothic Metal-icon. After beginning with the phenomenal \u201cWhatever That Hurts”, Johan Edlund and Co presented the band\u2019s newer phase by \u201cBrighter Than The Sun”, \u201cCain” and \u201cAngel Holograms” and created a cool mystic atmosphere. In the end the Swedes considered their classics \u201cIn A Dream” and \u201cThe Sleeping Beauty” from the so-titled album and even with \u201cOn Golden Wings” a track from \u201cThe Astral sleep”-longplayer before finishing with the silent \u201cWildhoney”-wonder \u201cGaia”. Especially \u201cOn Golden Wings” and \u201cIn A Dream” hadn\u2019t been played for many years. Great comeback on a \u201cFestival From The Hard Side”!
\nLake Of Tears Another Swedish band which I hadn\u2019t seen for years. After a long live-absence they started with their \u201cA Crimson Cosmos”-milestones \u201cBoogie Bubble” and \u201cCosmic Weed”. Daniel Brennare who wore a fly agaric-cap, Mikael Larsson and Johan Oudhuis introduced their new album \u201cBlack Brick Road” by \u201cMaking Evenings”, \u201cCrazyman” and \u201cThe Organ” and earned for those big applause as for \u201cThe Shadowshires” (from \u201cThe Neonai”) and \u201cPagan Wish (from \u201cForever Autumn”). But the classic \u201cHeadstones” got the most support while a cool gig. And so I can just recommend to play more classics like \u201cDevil\u2019s Diner”, \u201cRavenland” or some track from the \u201cGreater Art”-debut next time.
\nThe Vision Bleak<\/strong> The new German Gothic Metal-formation with the orchestral touch cooperated with the classic \u201cdepartment” from \u201cDie Letzte Instanz” to perform the whole \u201cThe Deathship Symphony”-album (including \u201cThe Fog”-cover \u201cElisabeth Dane”) less one song and the variation they played \u201cThe Lone Night Rider” as the encore in the end. But this exclusive cooperation didn\u2019t turn out be the big thing. It became to boring and much to pathetic. No chance against all the hammer appearances of this year!
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\nConclusion:<\/strong>
\nAfter our first visit at the tenth anniversary of the With Full Force last year it was clear we wanted to return. But this year excelled our expectations. Especially the high quantity of high quality appearances was overwhelming. That speaks for the strong, attractive and different billing! Additional to this the organizors offered a huge video screen to watch the second semi-final on Thursday as the final on Sunday of the European Soccer Champinchips. The visitor still had the opportunity to look at skateboard and motorcycle stunt-events. The organization of this festival was great and the prices for food and drinks were low again (e.g. 2,30 Euro for a 0,4l beer or softdrink). All of that the organizers offered for the same ticket price(s). Any questions? I don\u2019t think so!<\/p>\n

A special thanks to Susann \u201cSusi” Raditzky and the WFF-team!!!!!
\nAt the With Full Force 2004 rocked, partied and drank Tobi Wan Kenobi, Melli, Helga and Nicole!!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With full force 2004 After the tenth anniversary last year it seemed like the WFF-organizors couldn\u2019t beat the 2004 program. Wrong, they could! This year they were able to offer an even better \u2018Best Of Metal, Hardcore, Punk And Crossover\u2019-programme for the same ticket price(s). On the airfield of Rojtzschora played 69 (aha!) bands on … <\/p>\n

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