Black Sabbath live on Jim Marshall Stage at Download Festival, 2012 : A review in pictures

Author : Itihas Shetty      Blog : Absurd History      Date : 9/9/2012 1:50:02 PM

'The title says it all. Possibly Black Sabbath‘s last performance of their career, and as expected drummer Bill Ward was replaced by Tommy Clufetos (drummer Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Alice Cooper).  They headlined Jim Marshall Stage on the final day of Download Festival 2012. Even after almost forty three years of the band’s formation, Black Sabbath showed more than a hundred [...]'

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Metallica live on Jim Marshall Stage at Download Festival, 2012 : In pictures

Author : Itihas Shetty      Blog : Absurd History      Date : 7/30/2012 9:13:59 PM

'Click to enlarge - Filed under: Photography, Uncategorized Tagged: 2012 rock and metal festivals, concert pictures, donington park, download festival 2012, england, james hetfield vocals guitars, jim marshall stage, kirk hammett lead guitars, lars ulrich drums, live event, main stage, metal festival, metallica band, modern rock/metal, music festival pictures, robert trujillo bass, rock festival, thrash [...]'

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August Burns Red live on Zippo Encore Stage at Download Festival, 2012 : Pictures

Author : Itihas Shetty      Blog : Absurd History      Date : 7/29/2012 8:54:17 PM

'Click to enlarge - Filed under: Photography, Uncategorized Tagged: 2012 rock and metal festivals, august burns red band, brent rambler rhythm guitars, concert pictures, donington park, download festival 2012, dustin davidson bass, england, jake luhrs lead vocals, jb brubaker lead guitars, matt greiner drums keyboards, melodic metalcore, metal festival, music festival pictures, rock festival, united [...]'

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Killswitch Engage live at Download Festival, 2012 : In pictures

Author : Itihas Shetty      Blog : Absurd History      Date : 7/29/2012 3:52:19 PM

'Pictures from American metalcore outfit Killswitch Engage‘s performance at 2012′s Download Festival. Venue : Donington Park Click on them to enlarge - Filed under: Photography, Uncategorized Tagged: 2012 rock and metal festivals, adam dutkiewicz guitars backing vocals, concert pictures, donington park, download festival 2012, england, jesse leach vocals, joel stroetzel guitars, justin foley drums, killswitch [...]'

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YOB in pictures : Live at I’ll Be Your Mirror, London 2012

Author : Itihas Shetty      Blog : Absurd History      Date : 7/28/2012 10:33:20 PM

'Fans of stoner doom rock n’ roll music benefited the most out of this year’s I’ll Be Your Mirror in London. Out of the six bands on the line-up, four were very closely related to the genre. YOB‘s front-man Mike Scheidt could not contain his feelings about being able to deliver a performance alongside some [...]'

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A Storm of Light’s set at I’ll Be Your Mirror, London 2012 : In pictures

Author : Itihas Shetty      Blog : Absurd History      Date : 7/2/2012 11:00:00 PM

'Day one of this year’s I’ll Be Your Mirror was opened by United States of America’s A Storm of Light. Meticulously planned with a video backdrop for every song, à la Roadburn, the first impression was already created by the festival as well as the band, and it was a very deluxe one. I had thought [...]'

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album review : Orkan (2012) – Vintersorg

Author : Itihas Shetty      Blog : Absurd History      Date : 7/1/2012 6:28:38 PM

'album : Orkan artist : Vintersorg genre : Viking/Folk Metal, Progressive Metal year : 2012 Jamming even more seriously to their own proggy folk tunes, the Swedish-duo reproduce their jolly good music, and while you’re playing the album you’ll even forget to wipe your nasal mucus. Effective, eh? Start a topic on folk metal and [...]'

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Rival Sons live on Zippo Encore Stage at Download Festival, 2012 : Pictures

Author : Itihas Shetty      Blog : Absurd History      Date : 6/30/2012 6:35:21 PM

'American blues rock band Rival Sons took to the Zippo Encore Stage on day 3 of Download Festival, 2012. Those of you who haven’t heard their second album Pressure & Time already should catch hold of it before you miss out on an opportunity to watch them play in your neighborhood only because you thought [...]'

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In pictures : Megadeth live at Download Festival, 2012

Author : Itihas Shetty      Blog : Absurd History      Date : 6/19/2012 11:11:32 PM

'Back in 2008, when Dave and his thrash orchestra Megadeth had hit Palace Grounds (Bangalore, India) I had lived through one of the most painful days of my life since I couldn’t attend the concert for some reason. Little did I know that years later I would watch one of my favorite band from the [...]'

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Ghost (Swedish band) in pictures : live at Download Festival, 2012

Author : Itihas Shetty      Blog : Absurd History      Date : 6/18/2012 12:19:48 AM

'Mysterious Swedish heavy metal outfit Ghost played this year’s Download Festival too, and they took to the Pepsi Max Stage on the last day (read Sunday, the tenth of June) of the fest. Particularly at 19:30 hours. With just one album out since their formation in 2008, and absolutely no piece of official information about who [...]'

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album review : My Dark Symphony (2012) – 1833 AD

Author : Itihas Shetty      Blog : Absurd History      Date : 6/12/2012 11:52:13 PM

'With the Indian black metal scene starving to a painful death, one band has managed to break open the vaults and is making it difficult to be ignored. Open your ears to 1833 AD. album : My Dark Symphony artist : 1833 AD genre : Black Metal year : 2012 Introductory thoughts We are living in an exciting time when metal bands from across [...]'

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The weekend’s not near, it’s here : Download Festival 2012

Author : Itihas Shetty      Blog : Absurd History      Date : 6/8/2012 7:39:32 AM

'Initially started as a blog to document my personal escapades and experiences, Absurd History has now diversified into a professional web-zine that is teaming up with the best of record labels, artists, bands and organizers from across the globe. But, even today, all of this fails to silence the excited boy inside me (I turned [...]'

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Melvins live at I’ll Be Your Mirror, London 2012 : A review in pictures

Author : Itihas Shetty      Blog : Absurd History      Date : 6/5/2012 3:22:00 PM

'Melvins definitely know how to have fun while performing. While they rocked and rolled the audiences, I was standing right below them with goosebumps. Melvins wrote the principal set of laws for the genres of sludge/drone sometime around 1984, and have been captivating the metal lovers ever since. They have been quoted as an influence by [...]'

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Wolves in the Throne Room live at I’ll Be Your Mirror, London 2012 : A review in pictures

Author : Itihas Shetty      Blog : Absurd History      Date : 6/5/2012 12:02:56 PM

'Without an iota of glow on-stage right from Wolves in the Throne Room‘s entry, through their performance and even after they left the band left everyone clueless as to which member was standing where. But being a fan of the band’s music, especially the last record Celestial Lineage, it really was a big deal for me [...]'

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Sleep live at I’ll Be Your Mirror, London 2012 : A review in pictures

Author : Itihas Shetty      Blog : Absurd History      Date : 6/3/2012 8:05:14 PM

'As I had expected from them, United States-based stoner doom legends Sleep took the audiences at Alexandra Palace to another space with their solid compositions, and they chose to perform songs that made the ones watching them for the first time (including me) want to watch them over and over again. Having inhaled a lot [...]'

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Slayer live at I’ll Be Your Mirror, London 2012 : A review in pictures

Author : Itihas Shetty      Blog : Absurd History      Date : 6/3/2012 3:40:55 PM

'That thrash metal would not have completely evolved without the six-lettered Slayer‘s contribution to the genre is as true as the fact that they have the most violent and crazy fans out of the big four of thrash or any other thrash band for that matter. I know, today it does not matter who or [...]'

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album review : Phantom Antichrist (2012) – Kreator

Author : Itihas Shetty      Blog : Absurd History      Date : 6/1/2012 2:48:17 AM

'album : Phantom Antichrist artist : Kreator genre : Thrash Metal year : 2012 The thrash veterans are making an attempt to master the laws of heavy metal so they can continue composing music albeit having lost their original identity somewhere. That Burzum wore a t-shirt of Kreator‘s classic 1986 release Pleasure to Kill when [...]'

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Baptized in Alcohol

Author : Itihas Shetty      Blog : Absurd History      Date : 5/21/2012 11:49:43 PM

'This is just a small proportion of the total amount of alcohol that was consumed at this year’s BoltFest at HMV Forum, London. Attendees can try looking for everything that kept their hands busy before, during and after the gig. Your time starts now. No luck? No worries. Alright, now all of y’all, raise your [...]'

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album review : Where the Corpses Sink Forever (2012) – Carach Angren

Author : Itihas Shetty      Blog : Absurd History      Date : 5/16/2012 12:07:20 AM

'album : Where the Corpses Sink Forever artist : Carach Angren genre : Symphonic Black Metal year : 2012 ‘Where the Corpses Sink Forever’ is a much needed new chapter in the grueling genre of extreme symphonic black metal. Let’s see what we’ve got here. A symphonic black metal release. This genre, if not the [...]'

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album review : Obsidium (2012) – Enthroned

Author : Itihas Shetty      Blog : Absurd History      Date : 5/13/2012 6:21:04 PM

'album : Obsidium artist : Enthroned genre : Black Metal year : 2012 After a few not-so-terrific releases, Enthroned has managed to capture the essence of some real black metal we all need at the moment. That Pentagrammaton wasn’t an impressive album is something I had made very clear but little did I know that [...]'

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