The biggest pilgrim trip for every lover of stoner, sludge, doom, black and everything in between has sadly come to an end after 4 days of pure awesomeness. Some vulcano ash led to the cancellation of a few big bands such as Candlemass, Sourvein, Yakuza, Jesu and Outlaw Order, but it couldn't spoil the fun. Metalrage attended the festival with 5 of its members and have summed up some of Roadburn's best performances. Enjoy reading!


THURSDAY


Kylesa – Main stage
The sludge mongers called Kylesa, straight out of the swamps of Savannah, Georgia were the first band to kick of this memorable, chaotic edition of Roadburn. They kicked off with an unusual psychedelic jam, that transferred after 5/6 minutes in a song from their third LP called Time Will Fuse Its Worth. Unfortunately for Kylesa it became clear pretty quickly, that the sound guy was still a sleep, because Kylesa had the worst sound by far of the whole festival! The sound was so terrible that mammoth songs like ‘Said And Done’ and ‘Unknown Awareness' didn’t do any justice. An utter shame from the sound guy, because this sympathetic band deserves way better. I could be mistaken, but I thought I saw a new member on stage. They gave themselves 100% and enjoyed themselves, but the sound killed the band and the vibe! (RoyBalowski)
www.myspace.com/kylesa

Ancestors – Green Room
After watching Kylesa play a few tracks, I immediately moved my ass to the Green Room to see the first, and certainly not the last, hippie-approved act! Their latest album Of Sound Mind has been on heavy rotation at my place lately, blending a fine formula of psychedelic rock with some more doom and stoner rock influences as well. The band was glad to open up the festival in front of a steadily growing crowd, enjoying their fine performance along with some trippy visuals. Even though I’ve heard their album Of Sound Mind quite a few times by now, their performance didn’t really stick in my head for long, but with so many good bands at the festival, it’s hard to really concentrate on everything. Nevertheless, probably a band we’ll see more often on European ground. (Brent_)
www.myspace.com/ancestorsband


YOB - Main Stage
This US doom band was one of the bands that I was so stoked about that they were playing on this edition of Roadburn. After seeing them 2 times in action, I only can conclude that this is one of the best doom/sludge bands around on this planet! The main venue was for the very first time during the festival pretty full with anxious waiting doomsters to what had to become one of the highlights of Roadburn 2010. The way Mike S. already humbly thanking all the Roadburners and just by being so thankful for this unique opportunity gave their performance immediately a certain vibe. From the very first moment Mike struck his guitar, the room was filled with his unrelentless heavy guitar sound, which is unmistakingly YOB’s sound. They started this set with ‘Ball Of Molten Lead’ from The Illusions Of Motion album. From that moment I had a piece in my throat and had the feeling that I wanted to cry and laugh at the same time… After that moment it is a blur what songs were played, but I had a mindtrippin’ blast. Together with Trinacria my personal highlight of Roadburn 2010. (RoyBalowski)
www.myspace.com/yobdoom

Earthless - Midi Theater
After Earthless’ Roadburn debut in 2008 at the main stage, which was recorded and released as a Live At Roadburn CD, the band now returned for two shows in the Midi Theater. One planned and one as substition for one of the cancelled bands due to the volcanic eruption. Even though I saw the band live only two weeks ago as well, I still decided to check out parts of both shows. Anyone who’ve seen this band before or was present at one of these gigs will understand why: Earthless is just one hell of a live band. Their instrumental songs have an average duration of 20 minutes, of which they played a couple, while they also had some time left for jamming in between. The on and on hard hitting drums, endless guitar solos and fitting bass work made this one hell of a psychedelic stoner rock trip that wasn’t boring at any time. Two great performances! (Mindsaver)
www.myspace.com/earthless

Eyehategod – Main Stage
I’d seen junkie sludgers Eyehategod just a few days before the Roadburn festival in Ghent (BE) and its been one of the best shows I’ve seen a band play in a while! So I was really curious to see if they would carry on the same formula; singer Michael Williams extremely drunk with a hunger for (hard) drugs and extremely dangerous nihilistic sludge music straight from the south. Well, the sound was definitely a little cleaner than before and the singer clearly had been given some instructions/restrictions before the show, but Eyehategod definitely managed to put on one hell of a show once again! The main stage was way too big for a band like this but it didn’t take too long before they announced Eyehategod would be playing on the Sunday in the Green Room as well. Even though the guys have been around for a while now and look pretty worn out, they still manage to sound thick and heavy like its 1988 again! (Brent_)
www.myspace.com/eyehategod

Enslaved – Main stage
Enslaved started their set in almost a half empty main venue. I’m a bit pissed off about the fact that the "open-minded" Roadburn crowd ignored an influential black-metal band as this and their many side projects like Trinacria. They deserve way more credit than this! They are one of the few bands, which are really progressive, innovating, refreshing and trying something new in such a limited genre as black metal! The set we saw of this Norwegian horde was a great trip through their discography. Although the bulk of the set was built up of songs from the last three, more experimental, albums Isa, Ruun and Vertebrae. Especially a song like ‘Clouds’ from Vertebrae shows us a black metal band that really stands on their own, with an unique and very dynamic own sound. I like to call them the Pink Floyd of black metal, because I think this covers their music for a big part. Also songs as the mighty ‘Isa’ were perfectly executed, by a brilliant bunch of musicians, which know what they want! Again a great flight of progressive black metal at its best. Enslaved is a band that goes beyond boundaries and takes you along on their musical, magical trip! Awesome show by a unique band! (RoyBalowski)
www.myspace.com/enslaved

Monarch! – Green Room
The French black/doom/drone band Monarch! only plays songs of incredible length. For this show, they had to finish early because they had no songs they could play that would fit in their remaining time. Nevertheless the part that I saw invoked a dark and hateful atmosphere, with heavy drones, very few drumbeats and a panicking girl on vocals, that reminded a bit of Attila Csihar. The sound was very good, so I was kind of disappointed when they finished so early. Hope to see this dark act sometime soon again! (DemonDust)
http://www.myspace.com/monarchuberalles

Goatsnake – Main Stage
A reunion that no one saw coming, the mighty heavy doomers of Goatsnake were asked to headline the first day of Roadburn. The band, with Southern Lord chief Greg Anderson on guitar, were to play the first show with the original line-up since ten years. Expectations were high in the crowd, but as soon as they started to play, all you could have wished for in this band became reality. A perfect sound (especially the guitar was devastatingly low and loud), great vocals and a marvellous set-list with a lot of material from the Goatsnake Volume I record. Pete Stahl (what a name to have when you’re headlining a festival on the day that Peter Steele dies) did an excellent job, although you sometimes could hear that he wasn’t operating at a hundred percent anymore. Yet this small minor couldn’t bring this awesome show down, this was definitely one of the most memorable performances of this year’s edition. (DemonDust)
http://goatsnake.tripod.com/


FRIDAY


Church of Misery – Main Stage
There were a lot of schedule changes on this day with some bands being replaced and some being moved which created a bit of confusion among the crowd. But luckily, this meant that the worst clash for me, Thorr’s Hammer vs Church of Misery at the same time, would be history. So, these Japanese “stoner” doomers had the chance to open up on the main stage, after playing in the Green Room the last few years. Kicking in with ‘El Padrino’, the first track of last years Houses of the Unholy, it immediately became clear that Church of Misery isn’t meant to play on a big stage like this. The sound was too thin for a band like this and the singer clearly had a difficult time trying to find his right position on the huge stage. Nevertheless they played some fine tunes such as ‘Shotgun Boogie’, ‘ and the extremely catchy ‘Born to Raise Hell’, but comparing this show with the show at the Afterburner concert, I think it's pretty obvious why they shouldn't play such a big stage anymore. (Brent_)
www.myspace.com/churchofserialkiller

Valborg - Green Room
Playing their entire set at the same time as Church of Misery, Valborg had to play in front of a small audience that only slowly became bigger. I didn’t really mind it, because Valborg is an excellent band to remain quite unknown, releasing pearls in the underground. With the excellent Glorification of Pain released in 2009 and a new record (Crown of Sorrow) that had to come out one day after Roadburn, they had some great material to perform. Standing in the middle of the small crowd I could enjoy their atmospheric death-doom in all calmness which was an awesome experience. The vocals of the guitarist and bassist were a bit harsher and therefore holding more emotion than on record, while the sinister melodies were perfectly mixed with the basic drums. A unique band in many ways, thanks Tom G. Warrior for booking this space monster! (Mindsaver)
www.myspace.com/siebengebirge

Thorr’s Hammer – Main Stage
Another reunion no one saw coming, the mighty Thorr’s Hammer (the first band to feature both Sunn O))) guitarists) came to reign down thunder upon the crowd. And they did so with ease, as the struck the first tones, it was as if you were attending a Sunn O))) concert with drums. The guitars were tuned so utterly low and turned up so utterly loud, you could literally feel your clothes tremble because of the sound waves. Now this band only existed for 6 weeks, they had a Norwegian girl on vocals and she left for home at the time, so in reality they could only play the twenty minute record of Dommedagsnatt. The band had taken the occasion to write another song for this show though, which was an awesome addition to their setlist. Vocalist Runhild talked mostly in her native tongue between the songs to keep the vibe going, as the songs are also completely in Norwegian. Her clean vocals at the start of the track ‘Norge’ were a nice treat, yet unfortunately after the grunt part kicked in, she stuck with that for the rest of the show. And she can only do one grunt, so it started to become a tad annoying after a while. Nevertheless the band as a whole sounded awesome as hell, Thorr would have been proud for sure. (DemonDust)
http://www.myspace.com/southernlordrecordings

Suma – Bat Cave
Just in time before Roadburn, I got a hold on Suma’s second album Let The Churches Burn and it is an awesome record, so I was quite anxious to see this Swedish stoner/doom outfit perform in a full and overheated Bat Cave. Getting in the Bat Cave was already a struggle that took me over 15 minutes, but by the time I was in I witnessed a band in shape. This band is best described as a more stoner psychedelic version of Electric Wizard. They have the same kind of vibe as the UK doomsters, but with a more stoner approach. They got a lot of great feedback of the crowd and in front of the stage there was quite some movement. Luckily I heard a bunch of songs of the Let The Churches Burn album. They also played some songs of their new album Ashes. These songs have a different vibe to them, not as heavy and groovy as the older songs and with a bit more postrock influenced. Overall a great show, especially the older, heavier songs. (RoyBalowski)
www.myspace.com/sumanoise

Trinacria – Main Stage
Trinacria was supposed to kick of the Friday on the Main Stage, but due to the volcano smoke, they couldn’t get to the festival by plane and made their way to the festival through a 20 hour drive. Now that’s the spirit! Trinacria is a collaboration between 2 Norwegian bands; the black metal imprint Enslaved and noise act Fe-Male. Their 2008 album Travel Now Journey Indefinitely is one hell of a fine experimental black/noise album and I was extremely curious to see them live as they only perform on special occasions. Even though the room was only half filled with people, which was an absolute shame after such a long drive to get to the festival, this act turned out to be one of the highlights for me on the festival. The hour-long set was a complete trip with especially those Enslaved elements I like (guitar parts, heavy screams…), mixed with intense noise elements and original use of instruments such as a horn. These elements fitted in its place so well and convinced me that Trinacria can be seen as a band, rather than some side project in between Enslaved and Fe-Male’s regular albums. Hope to hear and see more from these guys in the future! (Brent_)
www.myspace.com/trinacriamusic

Shever – Bat Cave
This was the very first show ever in the Netherlands for this all female Swiss doom band. Well, no better way than to present yourself on a huge festival like Roadburn. These four Swiss Wicca doomsters proved once again that heavy music has no gender boundaries. Their music is an ultra heavy, thick, crunchy form of doom-metal. Think of old Cathedral jamming together with Crowbar and you will get the picture. This executed by 4 girls with a mammoth loud volume. They released one full length and an EP in the last two years and most of the songs where from those two albums. Unfortunately for them they weren’t well known, so the Bat Cave was full but not packed. I still am absolutely confident that they gained a lot of new fans on Roadburn. Solid, down tuned and heavy female doom! (RoyBalowski)
www.myspace.com/sheverdoom

Darkspace – Green Room
This German atmospheric/ambient black metal project is one of those bands you won’t see very often like a lot of the bands on this years festival. Especially the third full length, simply called III, has been on heavy rotation lately and I was curious if they would set the same atmosphere as their albums. I must say that Darkspace was maybe the only major disappointment on the festival. The band uses a drum computer, which could make their show a lot easier, but the only thing you could hear were some sloppy snares with way too loud fills in between where you could suddenly hear the kicks. If the drums sounded like the fills, this would sound a lot better. Besides that, the band members were standing still all the way through the set and just playing simple black metal chords on their guitars/bass while the rest of the atmospheric parts on the tracks were played off cd. The volumes of the screams from all three members were so different from each other that it was a pain in the ass to listen to. After half an hour or so I gave up. As the set lasted for another hour it became clear Darkspace, just like a lot of black metal bands, should stick to making (great) cd’s! (Brent_)
www.myspace.com/darkspaceofficial

Sarke – Main Stage
Yet another supergroup on this festival that you wont see playing very often. Sarke is a collaboration between Khold and Tulus’ Sarke and Darkthrone’s very own Nocturno Culto. After seeing the first part of the extremely disappointing Darkspace performance, I was hoping this would really blow me away. As the band only released one album last year, Vorunah, I was hoping (Darkthrone’s) Fenriz would be so kind to have given his permission to let Sarke play a few Darkthrone tracks as well. Only wishful thinking of course, because the band played only Vorunah tracks and two brand new songs which Nocturno Culto didn’t know the lyrics for yet, so he needed a note to sing the lyrics from. It became clear why Darkthrone isn’t a touring band as Nocturno Culto is probably one of the worst frontman I’ve seen to date. The instrumentation was alright but nothing more, nothing less. Compared with a band like Trinacria who played before them, this really gave me the impression of a side project, rather than a full band. (Brent_)
www.myspace.com/sarkeofficial

Triptykon – Main Stage
Headlining his own Only Death Is Real festival, Tom Gabriel Fischer and his Triptykon played a show which made everyone in the crowd’s mouth water. The metal god had a set-list ready with classics from Celtic Frost, tracks from the Triptykon record and most pleasantly (for me), some songs from the last Celtic Frost record Monotheist. The sound was awesome (as it was for most of the festival on this stage) and I was pleased to hear that Tom himself had an excellent voice tonight, something I have seen otherwise with his previous CF reincarnation. I’m glad that it turned out as great as it did, for this new project is surely one I hope to be seeing a lot in the future, like everyone that saw this performance here. (DemonDust)
http://www.myspace.com/triptykonofficial

www.myspace.com/derclubofgore

Dive - Bat Cave
Dive is the brainchild of Belgium’s Dirk Ivens, who was personally invited by Tom Warrior for his Only Death is Real event. Now it might not be the first time that we could hear some industrial-influenced music on Roadburn, but Dive’s harsh beats surprised me nonetheless. The Bat Cave was however quite empty. The alternation between all the doom ‘n stoner (and Garcia singing Kyuss at the main stage at the same time) and Dive’s noisy and repetitive beats and screamy vocals was a bit too heavy for this moment. (Mindsaver)
http://www.myspace.com/divebelgium

Dream Of An Opium Eater – Main Stage
After a long and heavy set of Triptykon, it was the time for a psychedelic after party with Dream Of An Opium Eater. This was the fourth ever show this collaboration band played. They did Roskilde, Wacken and Reading in the past and this time Roadburn was up for a show. In this band we find Enslaved guitar-player Ivar Bjornsson on guitar, but also Ben Calvert from Killing Joke and some musicians of bands like Million Dead/Johnny Truant. From the moment the curtains opened up again on the main stage, it became clear this would be a special show. The setting of this band is totally different than other bands. On one side of the stage we had the drummer and on the other side of the stage we had the rest of the band. Instead of facing the crowd, they faced each other! What we got of this band, was a remarkable, brilliant psychedelic postcore trip. Musically they reminded me of bands like Omega Massif, Pelican, mixed with elements out of bands like Mogwai and Sigur Ros. This resulted in a dreamy, psychedelic musical trip of heavy yet comfortable easy listening music. The perfect after party and surprisingly good at it, this band had an unbelievable drive in their sound. This accompanied by the short horror-flicks, this band intentionally wrote the music for, made this to a unique event! Another highlight of Roadburn 2010. (RoyBalowski)
www.myspace.com/dreamofanopiumeater


SATURDAY


Death Row – Main Stage
In all honesty I found out about this legendary band when visiting Roadburn this year. Death Row played their second set today on the main stage and the Pentagram spin off band quickly convinced me to become a fan. Their straight-forward rock music might sound a bit simplistic, but it is so damn effective you’ll be nodding along in no time, quietly enjoying the basic rhythms and riffs. The trio made a very good and lasting impression on me for sure, if I get the chance to see them again soon, I will definitely do so! (DemonDust)
http://www.placeofskulls.com/deathrowusa.html

Astra – Midi Theater
I can’t think of a better way to start the third day of Roadburn than to watch a psychedelic rock band opening at the Midi Theater. The American Astra (not the Italian death metal band) had the chance to open up the pretty filled Midi Theatre this Saturday afternoon for some serious Pink Floyd worshipping. Besides the few tracks they played off their debut album The Weirding, they played some jam sessions in between as well. The sound was absolutely perfect at this point and the visuals, almost National Geographic like, only sucked me more into their music. Having listened to their album way too many times, their live performance definitely lived up to my expectations. Not everybody liked it, but it also drove some folks wild! (Brent_)
www.myspace.com/astrasound

Altar Of Plagues – Green Room
This Irish post ambient black-metal band is making a name for them pretty fast and it was no wonder that the green room was pretty packed for this band. Musically this band is in the same directions as a band like Wolves In The Throne Room, especially in the fast parts, but this Irish band uses more influences of postcore and electronics. This result in a show full with dynamics and twists, from calm, eerie sounding electronics a song will burst into a frenzy of high-speed black-metal chaos. Although this was a really tight and good set, my mind wandered off after 3 songs. Good band with good ideas, if they evolve even more in the future we can expect some greatness of them in the very near future! (RoyBalowski)
www.myspace.com/altarofplagues

Sons of Otis – Midi Theater
Sadly, I missed out on Sons of Otis’ first set the first day of Roadburn, but the good thing about this year was the fact that a lot of good bands played twice. This set was a special one as well, as Sons of Otis planned only to play songs of their classic album Templeball here. When guitarist Ken Baluke did his first soundcheck I knew this was going to be right and it sure was! Even though this band is only a three-piece, they destroyed the whole venue with their extremely stoner doom sound. Highlights included their alternative version of Saint Vitus’ classic ‘Born Too Late’ (on the album simply called ‘Vitus’) and the instrumental jam session ‘Windows Jam’. They sadly couldn’t play all the tracks of the album due to a time limit, but enough to convince me. This band needs to tour more often! (Brent_)
www.myspace.com/sonsofotis

www.myspace.com/nachtmystium

Moss – Green Room
The band I was looking forward to the most this day was definitely this U.K. black/doom trio named Moss. Celebrating their tenth anniversary, these dudes played some deadly slow and heavy blackened doom metal. Ultra slow beats and a guitar hooked up to two amps and a bass amp was all the instrumentation on stage, on top of that vocalist Olly Pearson screamed his lungs out with a huge echo/reverb on it. Together this created an extremely uncomfortable, depressing and hateful atmosphere not fit for many people. The trio performed about four songs in their hour of playing time, including one from their awesome Cthonic Rites. Perfect music for watching a dead body decay in the mud… if you ever get the chance to do that. Hope they’ll come over to The Netherlands more often! (DemonDust)
http://www.myspace.com/cthonicrites

YOB – Midi stage
After the already amazing set on the main stage, I had to make sure to be upfront in the Midi Theater once again to witness the riff-master called Mike S. with his band. We were there with a cold beer in our hands and how can I be objective? The show we saw this night in the Midi Theater is probably one of the best shows I’ve seen in my entire life! This was genius from the point, when the first thunderous riff was rolling in from the song ‘Burning The Altar’ from their last album. Shivers down my spine, tears in my eyes and just banging my entire body on the massive waves of riffs Yob is producing in the venue… Pfff, just thinking about it again, makes me emotional. After that song the set continued with the best Yob song of all time called ‘Quantum Mystic’ from the The Unreal Never Lived album. Unfortunately Mike had some problems with his distortion pedal, but fixed it quickly and continued shredding riffs out of his cabinets. We got a pleasant surprise from YOB as well, because they played the song ‘Aeons’ from their mighty debut album Catharsis. They hadn’t played that song for over 8 years live anymore, but they played it flawless and heavy as fuck. After that I’m not sure in what following order, I heard songs like ‘The Lie That Is Sin’, ‘Doom#2’ and ‘The Great Cessation’. Unbelievable heavy and emotional mammoth second set, which was even better than their already awesome first one. In fact, my girlfriend and I were ran over by none else than Greg Anderson, who just wanted to thank and hug Mike S. for this amazing show! I can say without any doubts now that Mike S. can stand with pride, side by side next to Matt Pike of High On Fire, for being the two best riff-gods alive on this planet! Brilliant show from a brilliant band, I’m thankful for being able to be present at their shows. Thank you! (RoyBalowski)
www.myspace.com/yobdoom

Garcia Plays Kyuss - Main Room
Garcia plays Kyuss, hell yeah why not?! A reunion will most certainly not happen in the near future, probably mainly because Josh Homme is way too busy with Them Crooked Vultures and Queens of the Stone Age, and we just want to hear the beginning of the modern stoner again! Garcia surrounded himself with two Dutchmen: drummer Rob Snijders (Agua de Annique ao) and bassplayer Jacques de Haard (Celestial Season, Agua de Annique ao) and guitar player Bruno Fevery (Arsenal, Stash ao). I bet this was an awesome experience for them because you could easily see and hear how freaking exciting they were, just as John Garcia himself. The audience totally got along with this vibe and never there was the sense that this was something fake, although Garcia admits he started it because he was fired from his job, who fucking cares. For both the people that never saw Kyuss live and the once that did, this was a satisfying show though they obviously left everybody craving for more and the real-deal. (Sledgehammer Messiah)
www.myspace.com/garciavsgarcia

Karma To Burn - Green Room
To get a descent spot in the Green room the last few songs of Garcia plays Kyuss were skipped, because Karma to Burn was playing their second set at Roadburn. So the volcano-eruption actually also did some good: the people who choose to see Triptykon during Karma to Burn's first set now had a chance to make it up with this inserted second show. And you know what you get with Karma to Burn, plain pure desert stoner without any hassle and vocals. All focus on the groove and the riff! They do this amazingly well and effective, thank god that these guys have reunited. They also released a new record after nine years: Appalachian Incantation, which is released through Napalm Records and produced by Scott Reeder, who replaced Nick Olivieri on bass in Kyuss. It's a small world. (Sledgehammer Messiah)
www.myspace.com/karmatoburn

Jex Thoth – Midi Theater
Formerly known as Totem, occult traditional doom with some hard rock influences in the veins of bands like The Devil’s Blood mixed with Serpentcult with a psychedelic feel, but actually completely different. In other words: Jex Thoth. I was extremely excited about seeing this band for the first time as the 2008’s self titled album completely blew my mind. Combining female vocals with traditional doom elements doesn’t seem like the right combination (Serpentcult anyone?), but Jex Thoth does this in such a proper and atmospheric way that it can be called brilliant. The band kicked in with the classic ‘When the Raven Calls’, followed by personal favorite ‘Nothing Left to Die’. After that it only got better. They even played a few new tracks as well, which sounded a bit more psychedelic, and the setting of the show was also absolutely perfect. A bit like The Devil’s Blood, there’s a bit of show element to this as well, lead singer Jessica Toth burning smelly candles all the time and waving them around added some dimension to the atmosphere. After an hour long set, which sadly didn’t include ‘Warrior Woman’, I left completely stunned by their performance. Hope to see them more often, if Jessica will crawl from underneath her stone again! (Brent_)
www.myspace.com/totemdoom

Enslaved/Shining – Main Stage
After the already impressing shows by both Enslaved and Shining, I was anxious to find out what would happen if these worlds would collide. Well, when the curtains opened, there stood a nine-headed multi-instrumentalist sonic death machine, ready to blow away all that still stood straight up. Their first song mostly seemed like a drone effort, reaching out to the gods of Sunn O))) and the likes. I was quite interested. The second song could have been the best song of the latest The Dillinger Escape Plan album. I was on the tip of my toes from now on during this show. For the rest of the show, the band lingered between drone and mathcore, adding and replacing things here and there, making this show an eclectic whole with extremely good musicianship and feel for experimentation. I simply cannot describe what all went down in this bizarre yet utterly compelling show, so if you weren’t there, please feel bad about it. I hope they’ll do some more shows with this cooperation somewhere, sometime soon! (DemonDust)
http://www.myspace.com/enslavedmusic
http://www.myspace.com/shiningofficial


SUNDAY / AFTERBURNER


Orange Sunshine – Green Room
This band seems to be the regular ‘fill-in’ band for Roadburn. This was the third Roadburn in a row that I was present Orange Sunshine played a sloth, without being on the actual bill! This band from Holland is a heavy blues/stoner band that is heavily influenced by a band as Blue Cheer. In fact they played Blue Cheer’s version of ‘Summertime Blues’ as well as a Rolling Stone cover song. It all sounded good and solid, but judging the half empty Green Room, I probably wasn’t the only one that was slightly annoyed by the fact that they played on Roadburn again just because they are always present as visitors on this fest! Hopefully I will see this band in a small café or venue, were I like to see them, and not again on Roadburn 2011! (RoyBalowski)
www.myspace.com/orangesunshinerocks



See you at Roadburn 2011, taking place 14-17 April!


Special thanks to Paul Verhagen for allowing us to use his photos. Please check out his website www.achromemoments.nl for more photos of Roadburn 2010 and other events!