98-08-16 Reply – D.S.A. – Lifecycle – Inflexible – Ashlar – Caliban –...
Introduction => 98-08-14&15&16 HardCore – The Next Generation festival Laurent Chopard (from Besançcon, France) wrote in his zine Co-existence (that he did with his mate Olivier Bresson):...
View Article99-08-20 Hundred Years Of Forgetting – JR Ewing – Once Never Again – Surface...
Introduction => 99-08-20&21&22 Ieper HC festival Laurent Chopard & Olivier Bresson (from Besançcon, France) wrote in their zine Co-existence: (1&2) This year we went to the famous...
View Article99-08-21 Ochtenddauw – H-Street – Stroke Of Grace – Redemption – Ananda –...
Introduction => 99-08-20&21&22 Ieper HC festival Laurent Chopard & Olivier Bresson (from Besançcon, France) wrote in their zine Co-existence: (1) Overall, the second day announced to be...
View Article96-09-22 Strain – Elision (photos)
More on this concert: 96-09-22 Strain – Ananda – Systral – Elision – Sektor – Vitality – Family Of Dog photo-shoot by Sarah Van de Mosselaer Eric Thorkelsson, ‘Strain’ bassist Chris Rayes, ‘Strain’...
View Article99-08-22 Instinct – Point Of Few – True Blue – Jane – Sunrise – Reaching...
Introduction => 99-08-20&21&22 Ieper HC festival Laurent Chopard & Olivier Bresson (from Besançcon, France) wrote in their zine Co-existence: (1) The third day also had its share of...
View Article96-09-22 Sektor – Vitality (photos)
More on this concert: 96-09-22 Strain – Ananda – Systral – Elision – Sektor – Vitality – Family Of Dog photo-shoot by Sarah Van de Mosselaer ‘Sektor’: ‘Lenny’ Wouter Cael (bass), Bert Guillemont...
View Article2000-08-18 Ensign – Voorhees – Reiziger – Serene – Cast In Fire – Building –...
Introduction => 2000-08-18&19&20 Ieperfest Laurent Chopard & Olivier Bresson (from Besançcon, France) wrote in their zine Co-existence: Arriving at the entrance it seemed like we heared...
View Article2000-08-19 Grade – Good Clean Fun – Leiah – Sad Origin – Firestone – Evanesce...
Introduction => 2000-08-18&19&20 Ieperfest Laurent Chopard & Olivier Bresson (from Besançon, France) wrote in their zine Co-existence: After a a few hours of sleep, we took the distro to...
View Article2000-08-20 As Friends Rust – [Walls Of Jericho] – Stigmata – Length Of Time –...
Introduction => 2000-08-18&19&20 Ieperfest Laurent Chopard & Olivier Bresson (from Besançon, France) wrote in their zine Co-existence: 3rd day: some interesting bands in the afternoon...
View Article94-01-08 Blindfold & Shortsight (extra photos)
More on this concert: 94-01-08 Growing Concern – Congress – Blindfold – Shortsight Here’s a series of photographs taken and donated by Jean-Paul Frijns: (also present: Chantal Collard, Jan ‘UJ’...
View Article93-06-13 Spirit Of Youth & Wheel Of Progress (extra photos)
More on this concert: 93-06-13 Bloodline – Transcend – Schizma – Spirit Of Youth – Wheel Of Progress Here’s a series of photographs taken and donated by Jean-Paul Frijns: (also present: Bart Van...
View Article98-03-14 Born From Pain – Surface – Anticipation – Legion – Conspiracy
We (and probably the other bands too) were contacted by a German guy to play at the V.V. No-one local seemed to be involved. I think there were only about 5 paying visiters (the rest were...
View Article98-09-18 Money Drug – Hellfiller – Charlie Don’t Surf – King Creole – Lieselotte
Intro: 98-09-18&19 10th Leedfestival ‘King Creole’ (from Deinze) was the band my mate Frederik ‘Fré’ Danneels (who ran Bezoumny distribution and was part of our Newland collective) played bass in....
View Article98-04-26 Sektor – Spineless – Canvas – Arkangel – Natural Order – Outcast –...
This one was announced as a presentation for the new ‘Spineless’ album (A Talk Between Me And The Stars), released by SoberMind recs (Hans Verbeke)… but Roland Frey might have taken care of some of...
View Article94-07-27 As Usual
No idea if this was an actual gig at the Vort’n Vis… The only indication is the entry in the guestbook below… But the date mentioned is a Wednesday (which would be pretty unusual for a gig at the...
View Article97-05-31 Sufficide – Suppository – Dead Infection – Kadath – Distress
This was a concert organised by Frederic Driessens, a fan of black/death/doom metal. Davy ‘nachtthoth’ Bauwen (co-organiser of the Ieperfest, vocalist of ‘Edgecrusher’) ‘Distress’ was the D-beat band...
View Article98-04-11 Sorehead – Lifecycle – D.S.A. – Striker – Kalashnikov – Ignominy –...
The V.V. notes mentioned that ‘Lorre’ (Laurent Peene) & ‘Sientje’ (Nico Sinnaeve) were on bar-duties that day. The bands were mostly, if not all, locals. It probably wasn’t an announced gig...
View Article99-09-11 Disbeer – Insult – Suppository – BloodSuckers – Sickness –...
Second day of the 1999 Leed festival – “a meeting of grind, HC, punk, crust & noise” – organised by Frederic Driessens. The day before (99-09-10) ‘Yacøpsae’ played and their guitarist ‘Stoffel’...
View Article90-09-28 Dreft – C.O.D.A. – K.U.N.T.
An almost forgotten gig with local ‘bands’… The second gig of ‘Dreft’ here (a year after 89-07-09) – from the Izegem-Kortrijk area. Here in their grindcore phase (they started in ’85 but things got...
View Article92-11-01 Nessun Dorma – Bad Influence – Pleum – [Steve Ignorant’s puppet-show]
Half a year after their previous appearance (92-05-02) Bristol-based ‘Nessun Dorma’ were back already. In Oct 1991 their Chew It Over LP was released on Mike Foster’s label M.C.R. so they were...
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