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A review of the trip can be found in three parts: the first, the second and the third.
| WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY 19-20.06.2013 | |
| The Sonic Boom Box lies in wait... |
| I am looking pleased with my creation, and rightly so! |
| Planked? |
| It's more of a circus act, that... |
| Good to see someone's got their priorities right! |
| FRIDAY 21.06.2013 | |
 | I didn't catch all that much random idiocy this time round. But here's one from the morning of day one... |
 | This was a different set of Buckie connoisseurs to thoe Scots who were near us, but of a very similar mentality... |
 | The metal Hellfest tree moves closer to the action for this year... |
 | ...and replaces a huge, illuminated cross. I approve of this development! |
 | Stille Volk (1): not metal |
 | Stille Volk (2): still not metal |
 | SSS (1): more metal, but mouthy Scouse gits |
 | SSS (2): "Ey, la, let me tell you this, all the media's right wing, even this Hellfest official programme with us in it, and Napalm Death, and all those bands in the Warzone who haven't had a shower in 20 years because they think it's too capitalist, etc etc etc..." |
 | Týr (1): not mouthy Scouse gits |
 | Týr (2) |
 | No, your eyes do not deceive you, that is a genuine Minecraft sword! |
 | Týr (3) |
 | Týr (4) |
 | Týr (5): Heri "Mr. Fanservice" Joensen |
 | Saxon (1) |
 | Saxon (2) |
 | Saxon (3): Biff having a fine time, despite being almost old enough for a bus pass |
 | Saxon (4) |
 | Saxon (5) |
 | Aura Noir (1) |
 | Aura Noir (2) |
 | Aura Noir (3) |
 | Aura Noir (4) |
 | The forest of Muscadet. (Wait, shouldn't that be Le Foręt De Muscadet? This is France after all...) |
 | Testament (1): and no indication anything is about to go wrong... |
 | Testament (2): "I know it doesn't look like it, but I'm watching you, Chuck..." |
 | Testament (3) |
 | Testament (4): "DNRDONOTRESUSCITATEMEoh shit..." |
 | All glory to the mighty seven-league Kronenbourg bottle, which even Phil Anselmo may not be able to drink his way though! |
 | Primordial (1): "Fuck Aer Lingus!" |
 | Primordial (2): "We are bloodied yet unbowed..." |
 | Primordial (3): "...and one of these to Ryanair as well!" |
| Primordial (4): "See, Michael didn't even have time to comb his hair before we went on stage, now look, I'll have to do it mid-set..." |
 | Sleep (1): "Hey, Matt, should we play Jerusalem?" |
 | Sleep (2): "Drop... out... of... life... with... bong... in... hand... oh, wait, maybe not!" |
 | Black sky at night: Hellfest's on fire... |
 | ...although only the top of the merch stalls... |
 | ...seen better from this angle |
 | At The Gates (1): "GO!" |
 | At The Gates (2) |
 | At The Gates (3): *click* "AAAAAAAAARRRRGH!" |
 | At The Gates (4) |
 | At The Gates (5) |
 | At The Gates (6) |
 | The Flames Of The End (of day one) |
| SATURDAY 22.06.2013 | |
 | Surtr (1) |
 | Surtr (2) |
 | Procession (1) |
 | Procession (2) |
 | Procession (3): in a Judas Priest moment |
 | Procession (4) |
 | Procession (5) |
 | Equilibrium (1): from afar... |
 | Equilibrium (2): ...and I don't mean the Ensiferum album |
 | Equilibrium (3) |
 | The Old Dead Tree (1): odd |
 | The Old Dead Tree (2): still odd |
 | The Old Dead Tree (3) |
 | The Old Dead Tree (4) |
 | I have no idea who the random Frenchies were saluting... |
 | Down (1): throw a blow-up doll at Phil and this will happen |
 | Down (2): "have it back, goddamn it!" |
 | Down (3) |
 | Down (4): a closer shot of Kirk's dubious fashion sense |
 | Down (5): here comes the rain to make a proper N'orlin's swamp |
 | Down (6): the great instrument swap |
 | Karma To Burn (1): two thirds of... |
 | Karma To Burn (2): ...does not make a whole |
 | Rotting Christ (1): worth more than the entire Greek economy |
 | Rotting Christ (2) |
 | Amorphis (1): unhelpful members of Sunn 0))) just out of shot |
 | Amorphis (2): Tomi and his unorthodox microphone |
 | Amorphis (3) |
 | Amorphis (4): hey, at least the lights worked properly |
 | Amorphis (5): Tomi's hair is angry |
 | I couldn't possibly comment on this... |
 | Finntroll (1): apparently |
 | Finntroll (2): more visible |
 | Finntroll (3) |
 | Finntroll (4): "I can be just like Tomi Joutsen as well!" |
 | Manilla Road (1): easier to see than Finntroll... |
 | Manilla Road (2): ...though not exactly easy on the eye |
 | Manilla Road (3) |
 | Manilla Road (4) |
 | This giant mouse watched Bullet For My Valentine instead, and was suitably punished |
 | Immortal (1): "BLEH!" |
 | Immortal (2): "Hey, Apollyon, haven't you been on this stage already?" |
 | Immortal (3): the cold winds of Blashyrkh |
 | Immortal (4): "...in these mountains which I... what was the right word again?" |
 | Immortal (5): spurting sparks like a pro |
 | Immortal (6): smokescreens aplenty |
 | Immortal (7): ...and Quorthon roared his approval from Valhalla |
| SUNDAY 23.06.2013 | |
 | Camp Nottingham's early morning fashion parade |
 | Waltari (1) |
 | Waltari (2) |
 | Waltari (3) |
 | Waltari (4): "yeah, freak out!" (etc etc etc...) |
 | Svart Crown (1) |
 | Svart Crown (2) |
 | Krisiun (1) |
 | Krisiun (2) |
 | Krisiun (3) |
 | I couldn't have put it better myself |
 | The dreaded sub-five-euro wine claims another victim |
 | Two days of searching... and I finally found Camp Scouse! |
 | We want the finest wines available to humanity... |
 | ...we want them here and we want them now! |
 | And behold the Sonic Boom Box, on its last job before it has to leave the site... |
 | Alastair is impressed... I think? |
 | For a mere three euros you can fling yourself off this inflatable structure. For a five you can do it twice... |
 | Spiritual Beggars (1): or a cunningly disguised covers band? |
 | Spiritual Beggars (2) |
 | Spiritual Beggars (3) |
 | Spiritual Beggars (4) |
 | Newsted (1) |
 | Newsted (2) |
 | Korpiklaani (1): lost, one guitar: if found, return to a Mr. J. Järvelä |
 | Korpiklaani (2) |
 | Korpiklaani (3) |
 | Guardian of the Altar, stage right |
 | Guardian of the Altar, stage left |
 | Wintersun (1): against the odds |
 | Wintersun (2) |
 | Wintersun (3) |
 | Wintersun (4) |
 | Wintersun (5) |
 | Wintersun (6): he of the fearsome beak |
 | Wintersun (7) |
 | Down's second set (1): Clutch may be much missed, but the show goes on |
 | Down's second set (2): pretending to be Eyehategod with a substitute Mike |
 | Down's second set (3): a bit of Crowbar for y'all |
 | Down's second set (4): with added Newsted... |
 | Down's second set (5): ...for a fine impression of Corrosion Of Conformity |
 | Marduk (1) |
 | Marduk (2) |
 | Hypocrisy (1) |
 | Hypocrisy (2) |
 | Hypocrisy (3) |
 | Hypocrisy (4) |