The crowd started to get their armbands a bit too late so when WOLAND started to play, most of the people were still in line back at the Black Heart. We got the fast lane for press/photo but I still missed a couple of songs in the beginning. Great show, tho!!!! They were really good! The lights didn´t work with me that well but that´s my standard complain:)
AURA NOIR never fail. Never ever. They´re always great and I love them to death. Oh and me and Ester were the only ones with the permission to shoot anytime, all the time! Love Håkon & the guys at Electric Ballroom!
Incineration Fest 2015 in conclusion: Cons: They were too late to start handing out the wristbands. Lots of people were still in line waiting to get theirs when the bands already started to play.
Quite many overlapping gigs:/ They were throwing out everyone from backstage about 10 minutes after the last band played. So the last band had about 10 minutes to get the fuck out of there.
The shuttles were supposed to pick the bands up right after but IRL they were standing outside the venues at least a couple of hours. I was waiting with the Swedes and ImpNaz for 1½ hours then I got tired of it and went to the afterparty. Passed by Electric Ballroom and the situation was the same. All the bands sitting outside waiting…
Not many of the bandmembers (if any?) showed up at the Dev and later I heard that the shuttles finally arrived and drove the bands to the hotel. Which was very close to the airport way out of town. So no afterparties xD Pros: Great gigs & people & security, the best guy Håkon. Had so much fun!!! xD
My very first time ever in Norway and Bergen!! I met Peik, the vocalist, with his other band CAVUS when they visited Stockholm a couple of years ago. WOLAND started up in 2010 and released their debut album ‘Hyperion’ on Indie Recordings just a couple of weeks ago. Great gig and nice to meet the guys (and Laura!:)).
Btw…they share the drummer with SHINING! The magnificent Rainer!:) Line up: W – VocalsL / XIV – Guitars / JC – Bass / CHCl3 – Drums
