Next stop: Brazil

The 2012 festival season has started for us and two shows were played already, both were a lot of fun for us. Of course (as always on festivals) I missed all the bands that I wanted to see myself (Sodom on the Sweden Rock Cruise and Powerwolf & Freak Kitchen at the PPM Fest in Belgium), but since there are many more festivals to come I guess I will have some other chances to catch them, at least I am optimistic. Next stop for us is Brazil, where we will play a big festival and a couple of headlining shows, followed by a show in Montevideo and another festival in Chile. South America, be prepared, we'll be back soon!

Randy Rhoads

30 years ago we lost one of the best guitarists ever: Randy Rhoads. His work on Ozzy's first 2 albums (as well as his work on the first 2 Quiet Riot albums) was so outstanding, it still inspires and influences me today. Rest in peace Randy and thank you for your music!

My hitlist for 2011

As every year here is my annual hitlist:

Albums:

Arch/Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance
Machine Head - Unto The Locust
Powerwolf - Blood Of The Saints
Graveyard - Hisingen Blues
Joe Bonamassa - Dust Bowl

Gigs:


Death Angel @ 70000 Tons Of Metal Cruise
Sanctuary @ 70000 Tons Of Netal Cruise
Forbidden @ 70000 Tons Of Metal Cruise
Fates Warning @ Essen
Nevermore @ 70000 Tons Of Metal Cruise

Movies:


X-Men First Class
Agora
Kidnapped
Machete
I Spit On Your Grave

Books:


George R. R. Martin - A Song Of Ice And Fire
Stieg Larsson - Milennium Trilogy
Keith Richards - Life
Henning Mankell - The Man Who Smiled
Art Spiegelman - Maus

Timekillers:


World Of Warcraft (I know, big surprise...)
Diablo 3 Beta
Portal 2
Starcraft 2
Mass Effect

Best Investment:


My Kindle

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all of you, see you on tour next year :-)

The end of the tour

After 15 months on the road we just finished the "At the edge of time" world tour with a fantastic show in Warsaw. I want to thank our crew for making life on the road easy for us and a special thanks goes out to all of you guys for celebrating so many awesome gigs with us!
See you all again next year!