I've been to three gigs so far on the German leg of my "world tour."
The week before last I went to Hammer of Doom V in Wurzburg. There was a warm up gig with Skull Fist, Enforcer and Bullet the night before. I missed Skull Fist thanks to following crazy Italians and Maltese who couldn't navigate from the pub to the venue. Enforcer were pretty lame, they seemed way too self-aware and not terribly genuine, pretty boys basically. Bullet were better, pretty stock standard WASP/Accept type hard rockish heavy metal, but fun live.
That night at the pub I met Arkham Witch, some of the guys from Argus and a very drunk Tom Phillips from While Heaven Wept. Also met some of the die-hard Irish and other Aussie drunkards who'd travelled there for the fest.
Arkham Witch opened and were killer, they played some new songs and were super tight.
Black Pyramid were shite, not my cup of tea at all.
Skipped half of In Solitude to drop off records back at the hostel, but they sounded okay.
Skipped Argus to have a beer in the car park with Black Goat and Cheryl from Barbarian Wrath/Witches Brew. BG played the pre-master of Arkham Witch's debut, which was absolutely awesome.
Atlantean Kodex were great, not quite as good the first time I saw them, but it their studio singer's first live gig, which was cool to see. Set list was half demos, half album.
Blood Farmers were phenomenal, total wall of sound. I nearly died when they played Behind The Brown Door.
Primordial were beyond words, definitely band of the fest for me. New song went down really well.
Not a big While Heaven Wept fan so I skipped them to sit down and have a bit of a rest for Pentagram.
Pentagram were great, not utterly stunning, but very good. Pretty obvious set list, but great to have Victor on guitars.
Last night I saw Baphomet's Blood, Ketzer and Witchunter at a pub in Berlin. Great gig, Ketzer were fucking savage. Witchunter were cool. Baphomet's Blood were cool, but all their songs sound the same, great fun live though. It was the last gig of the tour, so at the end all the bands got up on stage and did a cover of Killed By Death by Motorhead.
