gone to headbang my head off 23 -> 26

[Xavier]

Yep, I'll be away a couple of days. I'm going to the Graspop festival in Belgium
here's the website: http://www.graspop.be/

and here are the bands that will be playing:

Friday 23 June

WHITESNAKE
LACUNA COIL - SATYRICON
DIE KRUPPS - MOONSPELL
MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP
EVERGREY - EDGUY - TRIVIUM - Y&T
THE GATHERING - LEAVES' EYES
STREAM OF PASSION - GOJIRA
SOILWORK - 36 CRAZYFISTS
ANVIL - SENGIR - DARKANE


Saturday 24 June

GUNS N' ROSES - SOULFLY
ALICE IN CHAINS - STONE SOUR
OPETH - MY DYING BRIDE
DEATH ANGEL - AVENGED SEVENFOLD
JON OLIVA’S PAIN – ILL NINO
OBITUARY - THE NEW YORK DOLLS
NILE - BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
ANCIENT RITES - THE DATSUNS - AKERCOCKE
BLOODSIMPLE + CALIBAN


Sunday 25 June

MOTORHEAD
SAXON - HELLOWEEN - IN FLAMES
CRADLE OF FILTH - ARCH ENEMY
AFTER FOREVER - EXODUS
ARMORED SAINT - AGNOSTIC FRONT
DEVIL DRIVER - AS I LAY DYING - DRAGONFORCE
BEYOND FEAR - IGNITE - ENTHRONED - ENSIFERUM - INQUEST - MACHINE MEN


wow this is going to be so awesome

[used:)]

It looks fun, but I'm sorry to say I don't know who hardly any of those bands are.

[Cullen Heath]

Have fun Xav! Sounds fun...Just remember to collect your head again, before you remturn .

[OANST]

So many horrible bands in one place. One wonders if the system can handle it.

Also, how are Alice in Chains playing? Layne Staley has been dead for a couple years now.

[Statikk HDM]

Death Angel, Obituary, Opeth, Helloween, Beyond Fear, Armored Saint, Edguy, AND Dragonforce? You lucky, lucky, rat bastard! Ozzfest's lineup in Wisconsin sucks balls compared to that! Dammit, I wish I could go to that.
Edit: Agnostic Front too? I'M SO EFFING JEALOUS!!!

[E'l Scrabino]

Dude, that's awesome! And if you get back on the 26th, you can celebrate mah birthday! yay...

[Statikk HDM]

OANST, you're asking how Alice in Chains is gonna do without asking the more obvious question: How is GNR gonna do? They've only got 1 or 2 original band members committed at all times, haven't toured extensively in years, and haven't put out a studio album of new material in well over a decade.
I think they're a little out of line with the types of bands scheduled, too.

[Kimon]

Go Alice in Chains!


Woo. Bye Xav, enjoy.

[Xavier]

I'm back

Wow that was some pretty amazing stuff, I'm sure I'll go there next year again if my exams are not too late.

this is without doubt the best festival I've ever been to

ps: me with Arjen Lucassen, creator of Ayreon and Stream of Passion (and many other things )
pps: this guy is absurdly tall: 2.02 meters or 6'7"

[Patrick Vykkers]

WHITESNAKE?! Isn't that an 80's band?