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| Roadburn 2022 Hits and Misses
So with my expectations as low as they have ever been going into my one week sanctuary of Roadburn Festival in Holland due to (for me) a less than impressive line up as well as a few newer rooms that I feel don't have the special vibe that the other have/had and an excuse of putting everything under the banner of 'Redifining Heavy' (urgh) giving you an excuse to just call anything you want heavy as your just 'Redefining' after all. I dunno. I just felt this could be the last one. Many of us did. What transpired was a week of utter joy and insane sets that I enjoyed it as much as any I ever have. Bumping into Mr Roadburn on the day before the beginning who said 'Ive got some good news Deez' and telling me they have addressed my issues with the newer rooms I was given some major hopium going in and after just one day I knew I had been foolish to not completely trust the Roadburn Festival, Their vision, goals and community at this point. I wont do that again. After 2 long years of Covid it was amazing to be there with 4000 like minded souls and my own Roadburn crew that only see each other once a year. A tremendous week and timely reminder of the importance in my life of live music and teh underground community in which I share this love with. Until next year. x Heres my top 10 | | 11 |  | Cloud Rat
Do Not Let Me off the Cliff
Cloud Rats Electro set sucked so much balls it was almost laughable. It started pretty solid but soon turned into electro ballads almost. Knew their 'normal' set would make up for it and it was a rager. | | 10 |  | Senyawa
Bronshoj (Puncak)
Crazy Indonesians doing their experimemtal Indonesian madness. Like a South East asian Mike Pattton backed by drone on some instruments you don't know or some shit. I was in that middle zone of coming down of the mushrooms, boozed up and not knowing what to do next so this crazyness was a nice reflection on how my mind was actually feeling at this point. Was hoping those African kids DUMA would bring me out of it but ended up my biggest disappointment. | | 9 |  | Grey Aura
1: Gelige, traumatische zielsverrukking
Was made up that a Secret show from these Dutch experimental 'Black' metal guys was announce. I LOVED last years album and despite starting off pretty fierce they did hit some of that quirky, avant garde, almost punk tinged stuff towards the end of the set. Great stuff. | | 8 |  | Lingua Ignota
SINNER GET READY
Seen Kristin a number of times and she is always phenomenal but now with her less aggressive new record comes a less hectic new stage show but no less emotionally impactful. Especially on that big stage with the religious visuals behind her. The womans a star. | | 7 |  | The Bug
Fire
Just what was needed after a day of heavy guitar music some absolutely filthy dub with a few MC's rabbitting absolute garbage. Was like being at an old dubstep night or something. A surprise, but it shouldn't have been. The Bug killed it. Got kids in black metal shirts bouncing to songs about the Mandem. Glorious. | | 6 |  | Warhorse (USA)
As Heaven Turns to Ash
A festival founded on its doom and stoner was relatively short in comparison this year but this set was the most old school, Quintessential Roadburn set. They were so happy to be there clearly as they barely play anymore apart from these bigger shows I think and along with many faces I knew personally I could recognise so many familiar faces vibing out to Warhorse as if that was was exactly what they needed. Probably high as fk chasing any fuzzy riff down all weekend. It is the Netherlands after all. | | 5 |  | Big|Brave
Ardor
Opened the first Roadburn since 2019 in the room I previously hated that now felt like a REAL Roadburn venue and levelled the place. Robin could barely speak but could still bellow across that entire hall. I waled out of a Big Brave set here years ago as it was unbearably hot so was majorly happy to see the finally and worth every second. | | 4 |  | Liturgy
H.A.Q.Q.
Yeah so I like some Liturgy and some I can do without but was definitely gonna see them when playing this in Full as it it my fave and then also doing the last record with full Chamber Ensemble and which was so ridiculously pretentious it was absolutely dope in its glorious none sense. The H.A.Q.Q set I WAS on shrooms though so I could have enjoyed anything at that point maybe. New drummer GOES. | | 3 |  | 40 Watt Sun
Perfect Light
Patrick and the boys may just have made me shed a tear ya know? Not for the first time mind you and nothing compared to the inner tears I cried finding out I missed his secret solo set i a Tiny Jazz club in Town. Seriously I will think about that for the rest of my life. Thats what I do. | | 2 |  | Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Thou's final secret set of Black Sabbath covers in a smaller room was right up there too. After missing half of their secret shows because I was not checking my phone for updates every 20 mins I wasn't missing this for the world and man...Thou playing Sabbath riffs was so so huge. The highlight of the entire weekend was Lingua Ignota joining then with Liam from Mizmor on drums and Andy Black on Guitar. Thats FOUR guitarist playing "Black Sabbath' Honestly wft.. It ended Roadburn the best way possible. Peeps smiling and having the time of their lives.
Luckily someone filmed this part.
https://youtu.be/LHET7lbXqgM | | 1 |  | Mizmor and Thou
Myopia
A secret no more. The news of this collab was released on the day that we found out they would play that very night. With 3 guitars on that main stage it sounded absolutely massive and exactly how I wanted it to sound. Not too much Mizmor and not too much thou but a perfect meeting in the middle. Seeing Liam and Bryan both stood next to each other on the mic was surreal. Two extreme vocalists I love. Thou especially with 4 sets where the glue of this edition again. Copped that Vinyl six whole months before its released too. Suck it. | |
Deez
04.28.22 | Ok top 10 plus 1 cos I forgot the mighty Grey Aura, also Emma Ruth Rundle doing Engine of Hell was fire. | Dewinged
04.28.22 | So fucking jealous, sounds like you had a hell of a time. Roadburn never disappoints, you got to see some really cool stuff dude. I would have gone for all these too: Year of no light, Solstafir, Slift, Messa, Full of Hell, Alcest, Wiegedood, Primitive Man, Five the Hierophant, Kaelan Mikla, Midwife, Ulver, Lamp of Murmuur , and some more, but I guess it was already a busy schedule.
Gonna watch that YT Sabbath video now and cry myself to death. | Dewinged
04.28.22 | Kristin: "I DON'T KNOW THIS SONG!" lol fcking killed me ahaha | Deez
04.28.22 | Never fails man honestly. So good. Although the abundance of secret sets kinda annoyed me as you need to keep checking your phone. So you might have to leave a band youve waited 8 months to see or maybe you come to peace with that you chose them over another you woulda liked and then suddenly you have to make a decision half way through watching the one you chose. Its annoying. Should be encouraged people NOT to be using their phones so much at shows. The 'Thou and Freinds' was about 200 deep just waiting while some people in there could take it or leave it anyway. Frustrating.
I saw Wiegedood (best Ive seen them so far) , Saw Primitive Man but not their secret set and they killed as always, Midwife and Lamp of Murmur also.
hahah dude honestly you should have heard how insanely heavy those Sabbath riffs where plyed by them, Face crunching everywhere!! | hangth3dj
04.28.22 | I caught 40 Watt Sun locally for a warm-up gig for Roadburn the other week. Was speaking to Patrick and he was saying he needed to cut 15 minutes from the set in order for it to fit in his Roadburn slot - I wonder he ended up cutting because it was all incredible! | parksungjoon
04.28.22 | senyawa
huh | JesperL
04.28.22 | ahh, so jealous! one day i'll have enough money to go to roadburn lol
sounds like you had an amazing time, really glad emma's doing a headline show here later this year | parksungjoon
04.28.22 | cool stuff on this list sad to hear about cloud rat | Deez
04.28.22 | @hang He basically played all the new record plus Stages I think If I remember. Emma ruth Rundle was supposed to do a song with him at the secret show' but turned up late (she had a walking stick) which I'm so happy about cos I'd probably have fking killed myself missing that.
@jesp It was great to see her do EOH once, I don't need to see it again and still much prefer her normal sets with a guitar, solo or with the band. It is an expensive week oioe but I just treat it like a holiday. Worth every penny and work know I'll just leave if I don't get it off at this point!
| Relinquished
04.28.22 | def my favorites were Thou, Full of Hell, and Primitive Man
the comraderie is strong with them all | Deez
04.28.22 | Not a full of hell fan so missed most of the sets saw the nothing Collab and was bored shirtless, wish I'd caught one of them though tbf
Yeah seeing them all just bouncing off each other, playing each others sets, thou)mizmor/colour rat/Lingua/PM. just great to see. My mate was out with them mist nights too in the strip club and shit (he's out a few of their records out) and said it was Hella fun.
You get into it miss any secret shows Wolfe?? | Relinquished
04.28.22 | just the black sabbath one, made friends with Thud and Andy from Thou so they let me know
that phone checkup thing is real as fuck lol def related. got babysitters asking me to come back | Deez
04.28.22 | lol
I met Bryan and Mitch crossing the road on the first day and was like "ohhhh secret set is it' and theywere 'Nooo were just here to hang out' Twats. They did also hint ' i might check the Skate park later' though which i totally missed.
Saw Tyler later and was real drunk and was saying 'Why your fking bandmates not give me a heads up when I asked the assholes!' so he told me about the collab and that they would play again in the green room but no times and shit. Got the last 2 songs of Thou and friends just by pushing to the front of the queue and telling people to fuck off. Not very RB but hey.
The Sabbath one was sooooo dope though. | Relinquished
04.28.22 | pays to be a big man, I rushed near to the front and batwinged my big back around my wife to protecc from the mosh
I had to go tho, with or without I told er | Deez
04.28.22 | hahha Yes. Priorities Mrs Wolfe, Deal with it | Deez
04.28.22 | The Koepelhal is far better now to hey Wolfe with the windows blacked out and ugly ass scaffolding hidden. Like a different room.
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