It's been very well promoted - this Full of Hate tour 2012 including the mighty Cannibal Corpse. And I can't avoid a slight smile, about remembering this group around mastermind Alex Webster, who I've seen already back in 1990 at a tiny club, I think it was London... - a time, where this band were just about to make their firt footsteps in Europe, led by leadsinger Chris Barnes. 
No surprise, that over the years their albums often went on the index, because as the band name says, their music and lyrics have never shown any mercy. Although Cannibal Corpse has survived over all those years, many of them in the underground. Let's face it, whatever Alex Webster and Co. are doing here is... how shall I describe it best? - A Matter of taste I would say. For some people this is the highest art of Death Metal, for other's this is simply noise polution. And about their philosophy you could easily write a docter's exame. The question is only, whether that one gets accepted or not. 
Anyway, this Full Of Hate Tour 2012 has got to offer more goodies as well. And one of those comes out of Poland and is a true delight. Not so much because of the music but rather due to the fact, that obviously frontman Nergal has found his health again after a really bad illness, though he still doesn't look a 100 percent healthy. But at least he seems fit enough for this tour and takes the challenge. And so he is welcomed everywhere with lots of warmness and heart by all metal fans. 

In additon to that, we've got dutch metalheads Legion of the Damned here, the group with the most hair, I'd say. What Nergal is currently missing a little out of health reasons, Legion's singer Maurice Swinkels, has got almost too much. Because his microphone is fighting a constant battle finding it's way through the also constant hair curtain in front of his nose. 
Then we got Mysery Index from Baltimore, USA, who are celebrating thier Death-Grindcore for 11 years now and who are related closely to the group Dying Fetus. But I'm not telling you Die Hard Fans anything new by that, I presume. 


Sucidal Angels from Greece tell us kalimera as well, and those are not that unknown either. And last but not least Nexus Inferis from Great Britain are ringing the opening bells for this Heavy Metal Thunder. They are here, because they have won the so called Rock The Nation Award 2011. The band has also just released their album 'A Vision Of The Final Earth' in January. Reasons enough to jump on this tourtrek, though it's only the opener role. 
Well, that's the prologue for the Full Of Hate Tour 2012, whereby I allowed myself to roll the dice the other way round, what's up to the single band's participations. But same as all those acts have to play shorter showtimes because of the limited time schedule on one evening, I will also put things a little tighter together than normally. Over all, I confess, I'm not neccessarely a specialist for Death, Grind and Hardcore and other luvely sounds. But and that's the point, I' have always been very open to all kind of music and don't deny anything before I've even heard it. And the other thing is: every music has it's right to be here - so what?


Though I have to confess, that I do belong to those, who are not strike 6 p.m. at the spot, not because of ignorance or so, but rather due to the fact, that six hours of this rather exhausting music is just a little too much for an almost 50 year old like me. But because I'm doing a photo job here, and as I said, I have an open ear for everything, I arrive about 30 minutes later at our cathedral here, just to realize, that opener Nexus Inferis has played without me. 

So all I can say, is sorry about that. But I can see, that the place ain't that empty as I feared at this early time. It is said, that this tour is something special, so some friends of the grindcore culture have shown, that they can be early birds, if they want to.
Nexus Inferis must have been happy with this, because they really need some mor attention, otherwise, the victory at the Rock Nation Award from last year would be easily forgotten soon.
Right, - not much more to say here about this band, but you do find more infos about them on their my space site
http://www.myspace.com/nexusinferis

Suicidal Angels got imported by Hermes straight down from the Akropolis in Athens.

And at this point, there is once again my plead to all tour promoters and securites companies - that this is almost too much teasing - giving the press a permanent flash bann at such low light conditions. But at the same time, every fan in the first row and beyond is flashing with his or her pocket cam dozens of shots onto stage. And please don't tell me, that those musicians up there are irritatd by one photographer's flashlight but not by 30 flash's from a few inches further away. 
However, there are only 3 possibillities left. Either all these bands get asked individually, what they think about it, what I think, they don't get.... Or we photographers lay down our pro cams, take some pocket cams and stand in the first row and flash our shots as well from their, or third chance - same rights for everybody - no pictures at all. Whereby I definately belong to those photographers, who are using a flashlight only when there is no other way to get a decent shot. But this here is almost unacceptable. 
                                                                           

So, after Great Britain and beautiful Greece, we got the USA rolling along. And slowly we got aware, that this here is a multi culti event. 

And our golden number 3 in this band package here is Misery Index, who are also standing for colourful grindcore with tons of social critical and political ambitions in their lyrics. But to catch them, most of all when you're mother tongue ain't english, there is no chance left as to study the CD booklets. Because this message, which is provided live on Stage is acoustically not understood. But over all it's the entertainment aspect beeing most important and who wants political discussions at this point. I guess - nobody, as our fans here are much too busy to mosh the place down right now. 

Misery Index are standing for Death Metal, Grindcore and Hardcore. Halleluja I think, I will never learn the difference between those styles. But I assume, I'm not the only one. And so this group, who consist of former members of Dying Fetus,  works themselves throughout their songbook catalogue and are truly accepted by our posh selected grindcore audiance.  http://www.myspace.com/miseryindex

Next chapter in our metallic bible are Legion of the Damned, who do come from the cheese cake and tulips country the Netherlands and dry their hair with their headbanging thrash philosophys for the past eight years. 

It's a Fact by the way, that our usual photocall is not limited on 3 songs only as the other's, but here is no limit at all. But this freedom doesn't make the scenery lighter. So it actually doesn't matter, whether 5 or 45 minutes shooting the 50 or 150 pictures afterwards show the same dark shades.  So at least it's me sparing unneccessary efforts, as the temperatures in here meanwhile have risen up to a hight, reminding me slightly onto the Arizona desert incl. Death Valley in summer. 

Legion Of The Damned don't care and continue to beat the hell outta themselves with songs such as 'Bleed For Me' or 'Feel The Blade', so all fans find their satisfaction. 

We've got two more to go within our Thrashmetal Iron Man here. And then we're ready for Olympia. And the first one comes from Poland and are named Behemoth. 

The clock has striken 11 p.m.  So time for Cannibal Corpse, to put the last icing on this thrash metal cake tonight.