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A review of the festival can be found in two parts: 1 - 2. I never wrote about the time in Berlin, but I'm sure the pictures tell their own story.
| WEDNESDAY 12.05.2010 | |
| I need a drink after an even longer drive than it is to Wacken! |
| Caroline & Rik saw me coming... |
| Caroline, me & Dave - being a grumpy git |
| Milking The Goatmachine (1) |
| Milking The Goatmachine (2) |
| THURSDAY 13.05.2010 | |
 | Rik and a very close friend... |
 | Early morning mead! |
 | Someone's got his fashion sense from the band about to hit the Main Stage... |
 | Enforcer (1) |
 | Enforcer (2) |
 | Enforcer (3) |
 | Аркона (1) |
 | Аркона (2) |
 | Аркона (3) |
 | Аркона (4) |
 | I suspect this is still a working airfield that we're camped on... |
 | Thulcandra (1) |
 | Thulcandra (2) |
 | Thulcandra (3) |
 | Rotting Christ (1) |
 | Rotting Christ (2) |
 | Týr (1) |
 | Týr (2) |
 | Týr (3) |
 | Týr (4) |
 | Legion Of The Damned (1) |
 | Legion Of The Damned (2) |
 | Legion Of The Damned (3) |
 | Legion Of The Damned (4): with added fire |
 | Legion Of The Damned (5) |
 | Bolt Thrower (1) |
 | Bolt Thrower (2) |
 | Bolt Thrower (3) |
 | Bolt Thrower (4) |
 | Bolt Thrower (5) |
 | Bolt Thrower (6) |
 | Cauldron (1) |
 | Cauldron (2): cut the sides, don't touch the back! |
 | Cauldron (3) |
| FRIDAY 14.05.2010 | |
 | Armed with foam rubber and toy light sabres, we will go pillaging! |
 | Urgehal (1): they've been going as long as Mayhem, apparently... |
 | Urgehal (2) |
 | Urgehal (3) |
 | Varg (1) |
 | Varg (2) |
 | Vader (1) |
 | Vader (2) |
 | Vader (3) |
 | Vader (4) |
 | Vader (5): bald spot alert! |
 | Deicide (1) |
 | Deicide (2): inverted cross unfortunately invisible |
 | Deicide (3) |
 | What's he doing around Glen Benton? |
 | The Pagan Alliance (1): a.k.a. Eluveitie plus Finntroll, and proof that a huge supergroup can be a lot less than the sum of its parts... |
 | The Pagan Alliance (2) |
 | The Pagan Alliance (3) |
 | The Pagan Alliance (4) |
 | The Pagan Alliance (5) |
 | The Pagan Alliance (6) |
 | The Pagan Alliance (7) |
 | The Pagan Alliance (8) |
 | The Pagan Alliance (9): thank you and goodnight... why couldn't it have worked out better? |
 | The Pagan Alliance (10): the end of the alliance |
 | Testament (1): that's more like it! |
 | Testament (2) |
 | Testament (3): rain won't stop Chuck playing his mic stand like an air guitar... |
 | Testament (4) |
 | Testament (5) |
 | Marduk (1) |
 | Marduk (2) |
 | Heidevolk (1) |
 | Heidevolk (2) |
 | Heidevolk (3): skål! (Or whatever the equivalent is in Dutch...) |
| SATURDAY 15.05.2010 | |
 | Ze Churmans light the barbecue with a burning torch... |
 | They gave me free Nacken. I approve. |
 | Nacken und Česky pivo ist krieg! |
 | Death Angel (1) |
 | Death Angel (2) |
 | Death Angel (3) |
 | Sepultura (1): Andreas has a very dubious fashion sense |
 | Sepultura (2) |
 | Sepultura (3) |
 | Sepultura (4) |
 | Sepultura (5) |
 | Sepultura (6) |
 | Månegarm (1) |
 | Månegarm (2): in a Judas Priest moment! |
 | Månegarm (3) |
 | Månegarm (4) |
 | Månegarm (5) |
 | Behemoth (1) |
 | Jesus goes crowd surfing? Glen Benton didn't get him, then... |
 | Behemoth (2) |
 | Behemoth (3): the man in the iron mask |
 | Twilight Of The Gods (1): Alan Averill makes an entrance that Quorthon would be proud of! |
 | Twilight Of The Gods (2): "this is not Bathory..." |
 | Twilight Of The Gods (3): "...this is just a tribute, my friends, to a great man and some great music!" |
 | Twilight Of The Gods (4) |
 | Twilight Of The Gods (5): behinid the mic, Alan Averill |
 | Twilight Of The Gods (6): on guitar, Patrik Lindgren |
 | Twilight Of The Gods (7): on bass, Frode Glesnes, and on guitar, Rune "Blasphemer" Eriksen |
 | Twilight Of The Gods (8): Blasphemer again |
 | Twilight Of The Gods (9): on drums, Nick Barker |
 | Skyforger (1): Peters hides his balding head |
 | Skyforger (2): send for the paramedic |
 | Skyforger (3) |
 | Skyforger (4) |
 | Skyforger (5) |
 | Skyforger (6): "zugabe!" |
| SUNDAY 16.05.2010: IN BERLIN | |
 | The Bode Museum, and the TV tower in the background |
 | More firelighting at the Lemke Brauhaus (Hackescher Markt, Dircksenstraße, Mitte) |
 | I opt for Lemke's Maibock: it is a fine brew! |
 | Dave being unsociable in Marcus-Bräu (Münzstraße 1-3, Mitte) |
 | My Good Beer Guide to Germany attracts extra attention amongst Marcus-Bräu's bar staff, who are thrilled to see themselves included - even if her face doesn't quite show the excitement... |
 | The barman and the vast selection of mead at Rock und Wikinger-bar, Dolziger Straße 24, Friedrichshain. And yes, the horns are for drinking from... |
 | ...as I demonstrate, wearing their leather horned helmet as well. |
 | Dave liked their chilli tequila so much, he had a second shot |
 | Schloßbrau's Odin-Trunk (made with extra honey) and Lausitzer Porter: two of the fine beers I had at Rock und Wikinger-bar - where we stayed until gone three in the morning! |
 | We had some fine company! |
| MONDAY 17.05.2010 | |
 | The Brandenburg Gate, as seen from the former communist side |
 | On the other side of the gate, looking down Unter den Linden into the decadent capitalist West |
 | The East's notorious two-stroke resin-bodied shitheap finds new employment as an advertising board |
 | A fragment of the wall still remains as a memorial, seen from the East side... |
 | ...and the West |
 | More of the wall, a less well-kept section... |
 | ...along Leipziger Straße |
 | Another Trabbie put to good use; also seen, East Germany's famous Ampelmann, now an industry all of its own |
 | "Trabi-Safari" is apparently a tour of Berlin in Europe's worst car ever |
 | Now! That's What I Call Optimistic |
 | Checkpoint Charlie: now a tourist attraction |
 | Currywurst: Berlin's most famous fast food |
 | The back of the Reichstag |
 | The front of the Reichstag |
 | A veteran car with very weird controls, outside a hotel near the Brandenburg Gate |
 | "Trinkt mehr Bier!" is the message from Lindenbräu |
 | Lindenbräu's in-house silver brewing paraphernalia |
 | Someone in Friedrichshain's got the right idea! |
 | Another famous metal bar in Berlin: Halford! |
 | Inside Halford... it reminds Dave of the Three Of Cups in New York, with all its red lighting |
 | A huge hand, a Viking shield, and lots of Marshall stack amps on the wall... I like this place! |
 | ...and I celebrate with more mead! |