Warm-Up-Party
Mittwoch/Wednesday, 24.05.2006
Manos / Ger (23.30h - 00.30h)
Exterminator / Bel (22.00h - 23.00h)
Infecdead / Ger (21.00h - 21.45h)
Recapture / Ger (20.00h - 20.45h)
Mortal Agony / Ger (19.00h - 19.45h)
Crowd / Ger (18.00h - 18.45h)

Donnerstag/Thursday, 25.05.2006
Extreme Noise Terror / Uk (23.50h - 01.00h)
Deranged / Swe (22.30h - 23.30h)
F.U.B.A.R. / Nl (21.15h - 22.15h)
Desecration / Uk (20.15h - 21.00h)
Accion Mutante / Ger (19.15h - 20.00h)
Pigsty / Cz (18.15h - 19.00h)
Mental Horror / Bra (17.00h - 17.45h)
Ambrossia / Ch (16.00h - 16.45h)
Keitzer / Ger (15.00h - 15.45h)
Gorezone / Ger (14.00h - 14.45h)
Mausoleia / Ger (13.00h - 13.45h)
Defloration / Ger (12.00h - 12.45h)

Freitag/Friday, 26.05.2006
Hate Eternal / Usa (23.50h - 01.00h)
Decapitated / Pl (22.30h - 23.30h)
Gadget / Swe (21.15h - 22.15h)
Prostitute Disfigurement / Nl (20.15h - 21.00h)
Isacaarum / Cz (19.15h - 20.00h)
Korades / Ger (18.15h - 19.00h)
Fleshgore / Ukr (17.00h - 17.45h)
Prejudice / Bel (16.00h - 16.45h)
Embedded / Ger (15.00h - 15.45h)
Sufferage / Ger (14.00h - 14.45h)
Vermin / Nl (13.00h - 13.45h)
Napalm Entchen / Ger (12.00h - 12.45h)

Samstag/Saturday, 27.05.2006
GUT / Ger (23.50h - 01.00h)
Lay Down Rotten / Ger (22.30h - 23.30h)
Totenmond / Ger (21.15h - 22.15h)
Driller Killer / Swe (20.15h - 21.00h)
Grind Inc. / Ger (19.15h - 20.00h)
Le Scrawl / Ger (18.15h - 19.00h)
Demolition / Aut (17.00h - 17.45h)
Dawn of Disease / Ger (16.00h - 16.45h)
Resurrecturis / Ita (15.00h - 15.45h)
The Lucifer Principle / Nl (14.00h - 14.45h)
Mental Amputation / Ger (13.00h - 13.45h)
Cerebric Turmoil / Ger (12.00h - 12.45h)

 

 

 

 

We dropped in just in time to see some songs of Mental Horror, an extreme Brazilian band that sounds a lot like Rebaelliun and Krisiun. The tracks were kick ass and the drums were incredibly fast, the speed record was held by this band! I especially liked the really fucked up version of Sepultura’s ‘Arise’ which was played 4 times as fast. Can you imagine that? Well, just try to, Mental Horror did it anyway! The sound was cool too, which added up to the extremity of this show. Yes, I’m glad we saw this band!

 

 

The second band I got to see this festival was a Dutch band. I have seen this band perform many times, but this time was actually the first time I saw this band completely wasted on alcohol. Man, it did do something to the music though, because it really pumped me up to headbang my head off. They played several stuff from the split with Matka Teresa and the split with Catheter. Luckily, they played the ‘Hate Campaign 2003’ track from the full length. To be honest, this was the only songtitle I recognised. The rest of the songs sounded familiar, but were nice to listen to nonetheless. Really, this band made me feel good about the rest of the festival.

There was a nice tent covering the main stage area, so people wouldn’t drown anymore. Just like last year, when the weather completely ruined the festival. The organisation of FTC (Bruchstein) thought it wouldn’t be nice for a band like gut to have 3 people watching because it was raining to hard. I recall last year’s show of Dissection at this festival. Dissection was supposed to play for 2 hours, but quit their performance in about 40 minutes, because there were so few people. I must say that the weather this year was optimal for a festival. It was dry and the sun was shining, and overnight it rained somewhat. There was some rain, but I can't say it bothered me.

 

 

The next band that was announced on the bill was Deranged, but some dude of the organisation came on the stage telling that Deranged was delayed and would be playing tomorrow, so instead Embedded from Germany would play in their place. I really wanted to see Deranged, because I have to review their new record “Obscenities In B-flat”, but Embedded covered up deliciously. Brutal death metal like Defloration, Debauchery and Devourment. I did not know this band, but I’ll keep an eye out for this. The combination of heavy hasj smoking and drinking cocktails did enhance the good feeling I got about this band. Headbang!

 

 

This band from the UK produce some very heavy crustgrind tingled with brutal death metal. I’m not going to say that I like all their records. Matter of fact is that I find most of their records quite crappy to listen to, except for the record “Being And Nothing”, which is so overproduced that it sounds very extreme. Live, this band can always entertain me and tonight wasn’t any different. I really enjoyed all their tracks and was stunned by their extremely cunning live performance. Imagine 6 lunatics totally freaking out on stage and a crowd that went extremely wild, that is exactly why I like these shows: no ordinary metal can compete with that feeling.

 

 

 

 

We dropped in halfway during the show and there was some consternation about the name of the band we were seeing. The line up of the festival was completely changed, so nobody had any idea of what they were watching. I noticed a very decently grunting chick on stage and it took us 5 hours before we discovered that this band was Sufferage. I have seen this band back at Obscene Extreme, but I had totally forgotten they had a chick on vocals. Damn, they really kicked ass and it was quite a hilarity when Jasmin announced the song ‘I Hate My Cunt’, from the new album “Raw Meat Experience” Nice show!

 

This technical death metal band from Belgium have really convinced me of their music a few years ago. I hadn’t seen these guys perform in a long time, but I really liked their new album that came out some years ago. The music sounded really tight this time and it is quite obvious that this band has grown in several ways. I really enjoyed their tracks and stayed for quite a long time. There were enough people headbanging and enjoying the music, so it was a nice show to watch.

 

Yes! I was really thrilled when I discovered that Fleshgore was performing now. This ultra brutal death metal from the Ukraine is distinct by the extreme vocals, heavy riffs and blasting. The music sounded like a mix between Devourment and Disgorge with those ultimate vocals ( imagine something like: whiieeeewhiieeeuuuuuwhhhhwhiieehhh). The songs sounded like hail from a shotgun and totally dismembered the crowd. Yeah, this really was a heavy band hahaha. Another great show for Fuck The Commerce.

 

 

I simply love this band and listen to them quite often. This is the second time I’ve seen them and the best one for me. At Obscene Extreme I was too wasted to watch this band, so I had another chance now. I was treated with some very nice tracks like ‘Cock Control’ ‘Teenage Cunt Powerplay’ and ‘Piss Fighter’. I really enjoyed this band with a beer and watched the entire show. Nicely done!

 

Another Dutch band on the German ‘Buhne’ and a brutal band it was! I saw them recently at the No Mercy festival and was impressed by their performance. Tonight, the show wasn’t different and the set list was quite the same. I enjoyed myself greatly again and moshed it up with a lot of Germans. Prostitute Disfigurement had a very active crowd and everybody was enjoying those songs. The vocals are again of the calibre uuuuu urrrruuuu whiieee uuuuuuu uu uu uuuuuuu, so that really cleared my sinusses. FTC is only getting better and better and I’m not even drunk now!

 

 

This band stands or falls with the sound. I remember a show of Hate Eternal with an extremely nice sound and everything was clear and understandable. I also remember a show where the sound was fucked and the set was completely destroyed. I watched 3 or 4 songs, but the sound wasn’t optimal. I was forced to choose. My options were a cocktail with a joint or watching Hate Eternal with a crappy sound until the end of the show. I really love this band and they sound absolutely marvelous on album, but too bad that live there wasn’t anything left of the music. I really want to see this band with a decent sound another time.

 

 

 

 

A friend of me made the mistake to read Resurrected, a German death metal band. No problem though, because frankly I don’t care which band is playing. Resurrecturis were sounding extremely cool and had a big mix of Disgorge and Cannibal Corpse like songs. I watched several songs but after some time I became bored and went back to the cocktail area, my favorite hang out!!!!

 

 

This German band sounded very familiar to me, with several cool influences and a lot of own influences as well. At least I didn’t know what to make of it, but the sound was indeed cool. Another brutal US styled death metal with a nice grunt and several cool riffs. Nothing impressing, but not bad either. Enjoyable.

 

This really was the band that made me move, but it was too bad that many people left the main stage area to eat, so there were 6 or 7 people headbanging their asses off, including me. The music is a very tightly played combination of thrash metal with nice death metal influences. This band from Austria was totally unknown to me, but it seems they are performing for a long time, so that’s probably why their show was so cool. Don’t ask me any song titles, I don’t know and I don’t care. I just know that I really enjoyed this band and that I afterwards asked the vocalist for an interview, which will be finished soon.

 

 

I was totally surprised when I saw that Le Scrawl had to play here. I saw this band once at Obscene Extreme and I really enjoyed that show! A combination of Ska, Jazz and Grindcore in one band. Keys, saxophone, guitar and bass and grunting. This is the weirdest band I ever saw, and I really love that weird music as well. This was a big plus for Fuck The Commerce. I enjoyed myself, while many not-so-open-minded-people were leaving, but the amount that stayed was quite large. The skanking, dancing and grinding Le Scrawl managed a very nice show! The only song that I really remember was ‘World Of Shit’, undescribably for people who haven’t seen this band perform. It’s an art.

 

Again I was tipped off by one of my companions about the quality of this band. He did not lie, because the show was one of the most brutal shows I ever saw. Moshing, grinding and mincing through a very decent set of songs, this band entertained the crowd marvellously. Fast songs, moshing riffs and a shrieking guitar sound were normal for this band. I have nothing left to write about this band, except that every self respecting extreme music fan should listen to this one!

 

 

Extreme is a word that describes this band best. There are more extreme bands, but this one really kicks ass! Driller Killer play a very fast kind of crust punk with touches to grind and death, but mainly it’s fast pumping punk riffs combined with a voice that can make roadkill come back to life again. The show was very decent and entertaining, so I was forced to headbang again. Drinking more and more and more and finally Driller Killer ended their show. Man, I was completely wasted!

 

 

This band has some very nice songs, but they played none of them. Instead, I really was flabbergasted when I heard the songs. I really thought this band sounded completely different than I knew them from their albums. I did not really like what I saw, and after I finished that joint I went back for beer. Damn, perhaps I should listen to it somewhat better, but at the time I wasn’t really liking it. No problem though, I’ll try to visit another show of them without so much other bands, perhaps I will be able to like it then.

 

 

Death/Metalcore, that’s the only thing I can think of. I heard some influences from Skinless, Cannibal Corpse and Arkangel. The crowd was certainly loving it, because everybody flew through the air and moshed each other up. Very aggressive music and a very aggressive vocalist, who really swooped the crowd. After a few songs I thought I had enough and was mentally preparing myself for the confrontation with Gut, Germany’s most weird people.

 

How can I ever describe this band. I simply love the simplistic gore grind that they produce and most important of all: they were the first band to create this kind of music! Many bands followed the lead of Gut, including my own band, because we all really love this band. We thought it impossible to watch this band live once, because they were split up for a long time. Gut have come back with a new studio album called “The Cumback”, which is quite obvious. Gut is back in the circuit and I was going to watch them, finally! The show started with some sound samples and when Bukkake Boy started his vocalising terror, the crowd just went mad. The legends of gore played several classic tracks like ‘Sperminator’, ‘Anal Sushi’ and of course ‘Cripple Bitch’. Those three songs I really expected and I wasn’t disappointed. They also played several new tracks like ‘G.U.T. Forever’, ‘Reign In Bukkake’ and ‘Jenna Haze (You’re A Pro)’. I expected so much of this band, and I got it all! The show was incredible and the sound was monstrous! The bass sounded really dirty with several overdrives and distortions and the pit was immense. The only little annoying thing was that Bukkake Boy really talked too long and whined about getting women on stage. His call was finally heard and Jasmin of Sufferage entered the stage. Some headbanging later it was finished and Gut have really survived all the critics! Goddamnit, this really was the best closing band for this festival. I really had a fucking good time!