themselves to end the set on a high note. Well
done guys.
PREVALENT bring us back to the cosy
basement stage. But their loud and in your face
hardcore grunts and growls, erase all that was
cosy on the stage. They will definately never be
mistaken for just another rock band.
Understanding their lyrics is like trying to
understand locals, iff you're on holiday in a
country far away: they speak a dialect even people
one town over may not understand. What always
comes to mind when I see a hardcore band, is that
they may not even need words to bring their
message across. They will try to insert their
message through the pores of your skin. Resisting
is not possible.
BERELØR are one of the biggest names on stage
tonight. Their music has brought them to stages
on bigger festivals already. Their experience has
made them into a well oiled machine. Starting to
talk to the crowd while you are still backstage,
walking on stage and shaking each others hand
wishing all a good show. It's all part of the show,
and it works. It shows BERELØR have thought
things through. And singing about beer, drinking
and summerbarbeques always helps to speak to a
crowd. The people at OOSTMALLE ROCKT
clearly felt a home with the band, their music and
their show. And the band did what any bad
should do, anywhere they play: they had a hell of
a good time.
Returning to the basement stage, COLOURS
DEAD BLEED just started their set. Hard, in
your face rock music, that seems to be written to
break every bone in your body. And it's played
that way as well. With drums that never seemed
to miss a beat, guitar riffs that could be the
soundtrack to the next underground horror movie
and vocals that resonated in my head, quite a
while after the set. This is hardcore of a different
kind. Still heavy and brutal, but distilled like a
fine wodka and riped as a 20 year old whisky. Full
bodied as the first crowdsurfers of the day. The
music was a great companion for those in the
moshpit, that suddenly turned the small basement
into a boiling cesspool of arms and legs, seemingly
no longer attached to the bodies they once
belonged to.
GROHL is a name that will ring a number of
bells with rock fans. No need to explain where
this cover band got their inspiration. With songs
as 'Bridge Burning', 'All My Life', 'Break Out'
and 'Learn To Fly', these guys had no trouble
getting the crowd to party hard. Approaching the
original sound, but staying far enough from the
FOO FIGHTERS' work is the perfect mix to
cover the work of DAVE GROHL and friends.
At times, it felt his Grohlyness himself was on
stage, and gave it his all. Again, this is a great
band to see live and it shows the people behind
OOSTMALLE ROCKT have the skills to build a
decent line-up. Attracting a mixed crowd isn't
easy. Keeping them all for the most part of your
evening, is an even bigger task. The punkers,
rockers, mothers and sons I'd seen before, were
all still in front of the stage, an they were having a
hell of a party.
With a very powerfull start to their set,
MOMENTS convinced from the first notes they
played. The fans of hardcore and other core
styles related to metal, were very much catered
for on this years OOSTMALLE ROCKT. A style
that doesn't really relate to the other bands in the
basement. MOMENTS had the technicians
running to save the cables. Assisted by people in
the crowd iff needed. With a vocalist jumping all
over the stage and in the crowd, guitar players
interacting with the drummer, jumping up and
down with one foot on the bassdrum, and creating
havoc the entire set long. To start talking to the
crowd about how you always should cherish the
time you have with your loved ones. That's rock
'n roll in my book. Hardcore isn't nessesarily a
violent style of metal... It's about disposing of the
energy you have, and giving it your all. On stage
or in the crowd.
With BLACK JACK, OOSTMALLE ROCKT
has lined up real legends. You may better know
them as KILLER, and they are around since the
eighties. To some of our readers that may sound
as ancient history, to me that's nothing less then
legacy. As BLACK JACK, they play covers. With
music from TED NUGENT and ZZ TOP,
BLACK JACK start their set strong. This is a
party for lovers of screaming guitars, epic solo's
and good old rock 'n roll. Let the good times roll
and party all night long. BLACK JACK is in
town motherfuckers.
Wim Op de beeck