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| Nag's Graspop Report
It was great. | | 1 |  | God Seed
I Begin
First band I saw. We meant to start with Moonspell who were playing on the same stage a little earlier, but the drive/parking/getting to the festival terrain took longer than expected. Since there was nothing else of particular interest playing at that time, we stuck around for these guys. I thought they were ok; nevertheless it was a good way to warm up for what was to come. | | 2 |  | Ghost B.C.
Infestissumam
Only listened to their albums today, after seeing them in the flesh, and I must say those songs really came to life with their performance. Ghost were an unexpected highlight: the masks and hooded robes seemed nothing more than a gimmick to me, but I was pleasantly surprised at how well-executed a show they put on. The vocals were far more powerful, the little theatric gestures and interaction with the crowd were great. The sound was really clear too, all in all a lot of fun. | | 3 | | Iron Maiden
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Maiden were the main reason for attending the festival, of course. I previously saw them two years ago on The Final Frontier tour, which was actually a little dissapointing (partly because of the length and number of newer songs). Yesterday it was all forgotten, as they played a great set of classics centered around Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, and put on a great show as they always do. Such great fun roaring along with every chorus, although they did not play Hallowed Be Thy Name. Alas, somehow I was satisfied enough to forgive them this blasphemy. Screeeam for me, Graspop! | | 4 |  | Testament
Dark Roots of Earth
We had a little disagreement about seeing King Diamond or Testament, who were playing at the same time at the very end of the evening, as the others in my party had already seen Testament before. As I was intent on seeing them myself, we went our seperate ways for the final act. Getting away from Maiden took a while, so I didn't have a great view of the band itself, but they played an absolutely great set, almost only songs from their first two and last two albums. They played them faster and heavier, and they ruled. The perfect way to close the night. | |
Nagrarok
07.01.13 | Maiden setlist:
Moonchild
Can I Play With Madness
The Prisoner
2 Minutes to Midnight
Afraid to Shoot Strangers
The Trooper
The Number of the Beast
Phantom of the Opera
Run to the Hills
Wasted Years
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
The Clairvoyant
Fear of the Dark
Iron Maiden
Encore:
Aces High
The Evil That Men Do
Running Free
Testament (not entirely accurate I think but close enough):
Rise Up
More Than Meets the Eye
The Preacher
Native Blood
True American Hate
Dark Roots of Earth
Into the Pit
Practice What You Preach
The New Order
The Haunting
Over the Wall
Disciples of the Watch
D.N.R.
The Formation of Damnation
Alone in the Dark | ViperAces
07.01.13 | awesome maiden setlist. testament not so much but still nice | Nagrarok
07.01.13 | Wanted to see Clutch, but they cancelled. Also caught a glimpse of In Flames, but as I feared the were only playing newer stuff which isn't half as good as what they used to make. | Nagrarok
07.01.13 | I was really happy with the Testament setlist. I'm curious, what are you missing? | Tyrael
07.01.13 | I'm surprised by this
the line-up was hilariously bad this year
did you get a chance to catch Dimmu Borgir? | ViperAces
07.01.13 | i just dont really like their newer stuff, looking again there is actually a decent amount of old stuff so thats pretty cool actually. kinda weird iron maiden didnt play anything new on the other hand | Nagrarok
07.01.13 | @Tyrael: yeah, there were a lot of throwaway metalcore bands and such but we just avoided those! And I don't think Dimmu Borgir were playing at all...
@Viper: I think Testament has made one of the stronger comebacks of the classic thrash bands, really enjoy TFOD and DROE personally. I was also surprised there was actually nothing after Fear of the Dark in Maiden's setlist. But it seems that's what they're doing again this tour, playing the classics. | Tyrael
07.01.13 | Holy shit that was last year
my bad
I'm glad I skipped this year too then, there were like 5 bands I actually wanted to go see
especially the inclusion of asking alexandria was a disgrace to everything metal | Nagrarok
07.01.13 | Yeah I get that. | ViperAces
07.01.13 | yea, id actually prefer testament playing only the classics and iron maiden throwing in something new, but yea that line-ups seem awesome as hell too | JamieTwort
07.02.13 | Sweet Maiden setlist. Testament setlist is pretty good too. | TrueBlood
07.02.13 | jt knowz |
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