Lovingly pinched from True Cult Heavy Metal ( Louise Brown, editor Terrorizer Magazine): Never has the phrase Portents Of Doom ever been so apt. We all know Roadburn is an earth-shattering event but coming off the plane (thank god we got the early one) in Eindhoven we didn’t expect to get calls from friends asking if we’d made it.
The Festibubble had already set in, I was miles from home, in another country, mentally preparing myself for 5 days of my favourite festival and we were getting word that the world was ending, that a volcano had erupted AND that Pete Steele had died (connection between the two not confirmed at time of writing). With no newspapers and no access to TV news, we stood, jaws on floor, taking in the craziness of the situation and then shrugged, settled in for a coffee at The Grass Co and planned what bands we would see over the 4 amazing days that Walter, Jurgen and the Roadburn crew had arranged for us.
Jarboe - Roadburn 2010 by Achrome Moments Photography
It was only when we recovened to the strip, Tilburg’s amazing row of bars, to sit in the sun and move onto something stronger that the impact of the Volcano started to dawn on us. I first got a call from Yvonne, Roadburn’s PR and my most awesome friend, to tell me she’d be late to meet me for lunch as she was stressing about how some of the stranded bands would make it.Wow, now this is serious. Who was here? Who was stuck?
This was the buzz around the bar, as we sat there with friends old and new from Greg and Steve from Sunn o))), Chris from Profound Lore, Enslaved. That’s the best thing about Roadburn. That you can settle in for a bevvy and be sat in the same bar as your musical heroes – no distinction between artists and fans. No backstage egos.
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