:: Darker :: Harder :: Louder ::

Hocico - Covenant - Combichrist - Feindflug - DAF - Leæther Strip - KMFDM - Patenbrigade: Wolff

Xotox - Mind.In.A.Box - Mergel Kratzer - Cyborg Attack - She’s All That

Again a new festival wants to get off the grid and establish itself in our sizzling capitol. The company behind Amphi Festival, Zita Rock and the Ball Festivals wants to be :: Darker :: Harder :: Louder :: then the rest. Mission accomplished I’d say ;)
At very hot temperatures outside the Columbia area saw around 4000 people shuttling between the C-Club and the C-Hall. Between both venues was enough room for a shopping mall, a chill out zone and drinks. But when it came to food it looked pretty poor. Only 2 food stands, one with bratwurst and one with rolls and filled vine leaves (I actually robbed because I was soooo hungry), and both totally at the crowd’s mercy. Dear organizers, next time you have to care for much more food!
I on the other hand was deeply impressed by the crew behind the bar at C-Hall. You hardly see so many people working that efficient and fast at such events. No queues, no waiting. In no time you got your cold brewski ;) Much less impressing the air condition was. No grain of oxygen down in the hall, upstairs on the balcony (when opened at the middle of the festival), it was windy and almost too cold. Same goes for the sound: down it was bad, dull and unbalanced, upstairs sound was almost brilliant.

:: Bands :: Pics ::

Anyway, for 35/45 Euros a great billing was offered with most bands equally to each other. COVENANT as a synth Pop band felt a bit misplaced and delivered - as if it was foreboding - the worst gig ever in their history. Other bands I have never heard of before but emerged as surprisingly great ;)

But before I could enjoy everything the E-TROPOLIS FESTIVAL had to offer our ride sharing had to take the approx. 400 km towards Berlin. It was unbelievably hot and we melted in the one or the other traffic jam. In between we allowed ourselves cake and ice cream… in one, and even tasty, followed by boozy evening with friends when we finally arrived (thanks a lot for this great weekend *cuddles*) :) The festival day saw me feeling a bit queasy *laughs* but prevented me from drinking booze at the festival, which was generally a good idea and kept me away from headaches the next day ;)

Ok, since the first edition of E-TROPOLIS FESTIVAL was a full success, the organizers already confirmed the second edition, taking place on September 3, 2011. Same place. Looking forward… ;)

story & pics © Dajana