Lovingly pinched from True Cult Heavy Metal (Blog by Louise Brown, Editor Terrorizer): Sorry I didn’t post day two of my Roadburn blog before this. That’s what happens after festivals. Life gets ya. It brings you down to the earth with an almighty punch in the lady garden. And blimey, I came down quicker than the BAA were predicting planes would, if they’d decided to actually keep flying rather than screw with my plans.
But here I am, two weeks later and I’m still not recovered, not mentally anyway. And I’ve been so manic I wish I was back at Yvonne’s with a glass of rum and coke talking about the days highlights and planning which bands I’d see the next day. Life would be so amazing if it were Roadburn everyday.
With all the Volcanic disruptions everyone seemed to congregate at the 013′s main arena as doors opened to hear, once and for all, who would and wouldn’t make it. The good news was that Trinicria and Sarke had jumped in a bus and were making the 20 hour journey from Oslo to Tilburg by road. And with a bit of juggling backstage the bands all rallied together to change their slots to make way for the Norse warriors.
Church Of Misery were the first to jump at the chance to move from their later Midi Theatre slot into the opening main stage position and what a wake up call, is there any other band on the planet with that much energy? Yoshiakki Negishi is a man possessed onstage, a manic shaman luring you into his murderous cult while images of Charlie Manson flash before your eyes on the big screen.
Continue reading: TRUE CULT HEAVY METAL: ROADBURN 2010 DAY TWO: THE MIND MELTS.
Tags: church of misery, Comus, dream of an opium eater, enslaved, Nocturno Culto, Pagan Altar, Roadburn, roadburn 2010, Roadburn Festival, Roadburn Festival 2010, Sarke, Tom Gabriel Warrior, Trinacria, triptykon, Yoshiakki Negishi
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