A metalhead doesn’t need much to be happy. If there is enough beer, a few tables and benches under shady trees and heavy metal being blown through your ears almost all day, then everything is fine. Far from any commerce, reduced to the essentials, that’s exactly what the fans appreciate about this small family festival.
Due to my long journey and many traffic jams on the freeway, I unfortunately missed EPIDEMIC SCORN, AGATHODAIMON and SACRIFIRE. However, the start with WARPATH was all the more intense.
WARPATH
Friday, June 10
6:20 pm – 7:10 pm
WARPATH is a power and thrash metal band from Hamburg, which was founded in 1991 and broke up around 1996. The band has been active again since 2014, and their first album since their comeback was released in 2017. WARPATH made some hair fly with their thrash metal and got the neck muscles up to operating temperature. Crisp riffs, fat hooks and the charismatic singer Dirk “Dicker” Weiss set an early exclamation mark. Guitar Player Roman Spinka takes his axe, climbed over the ditch and played directly between the fans. That’s exactly how it should be. Lots of fun.
WARPATH is:
Dirk “Dicker” Weiss – vocals
Claudio Ilanes – guitar
Norman Rieck – drums
Sören Meyer – bass
Roman Spinka – guitar
PROTECTOR
Friday, June 10
7:30 pm – 8:25 pm
Next up came PROTECTOR. PROTECTOR is a German thrash metal band formed in Wolfsburg in 1986. Since the band’s re-establishment in 2011, the band’s headquarters have been in Stockholm and Uddevalla (Sweden).The thrashers didn’t miss a beat and went straight into the full force.Heavy stompers with headbang guarantee were fired in a continuous loop, while front grunt Martin Missy roared and was the eye-catcher par excellence with his huge studded bracelet.
PROTECTOR is:
Martin Missy – vocals
Micke Carlsson – guitar
Norman Rieck – drums
Mathias Johanson – bass
CYTOTOXIN
Friday, June 10
8:45 pm – 9:40 pm
CYTOTOXIN is a brutal and technical death metal band from Chemnitz, Saxony, formed in 2010.
Because ATROCITY had to cancel their appearance due to illness, the local matadors of CYTOTOXIN jumped in. The Saxons played a mixture of brutal technical Death Metal, which came along musically complex between groovy, dull thrashing and melodic, atmospheric tracks. Circle pits included.
CYTOTOXIN is:
Sebastian “Grimo” Grihm – vocals
Fabrice “Fonzo” Töpfer – guitar
Stephan “Stocki” Stockburger – drums
Vitalis “V.T.” Kast – bass
Jason “Mathias” Melidonie – guitar
DESERTED FEAR
Friday, June 10
10:00 pm – 11:10 pm
DESERTED FEAR is a German Death Metal band founded in 2007. The group plays classic Death Metal.
The sympathetic group served outstanding, melodic Death Metal with hooks that you just couldn’t get out of your ears. The guys did not get the grin out of their faces and let their joy of playing run wild. Playful and technically at the highest level, DESERTED FEAR provided the highlight of the day late at night.
DESERTED FEAR is:
Manuel Glatter – vocals
Fabian Hildebrandt – guitar
Simon Mengs – drums
Session bass player – bass
DECEMBRE NOIR
Friday, June 10
11:30 pm – 00:30 am
DECEMBRE NOIR is a Thuringian death doom band from Erfurt, Germany formed in 2008. Those who were still able to stand up after DESERTED FEAR were slowly but surely lulled to sleep by DECEMBRE NOIR with their doomy-melancholic Death Metal and the first day of CMOA came to an “soft” end.
DECEMBRE NOIR is:
Lars Dotzauer – vocals
Martin Ortlepp – guitar
Fabian Regmann – drums
Mike Schubert – bass
Sebastian Görlach – guitar
FOLLOW WARPATH
FOLLOW PROTECTOR
FOLLOW CYTOTOXIN
FOLLOW DESERTED FEAR
FOLLOW DECEMBRE NOIR
Music safed my live in many times! I love to capture the moment and concertphotography became my passion!
When I’m not going to concerts I cruise with my Harley Davidson through my beautiful home in Upper Bavaria.
