On a typical Tuesday evening in early July, with temperatures reaching a scorching 34 degrees celcius and after a full day’s work, I could think of nothing better to do than to make my way to TerraVibe, pumped up for listening to some quality music. An irritating fact of this year’s Rockwave festival (apart from it’s overall incongruous choice of acts) was that half of it was held on weekdays, and I regretfully was unable to be at the grounds for the start of day 4. Mahakala, Tardive Dyskinesia, Acid Death, Opera Chaotique, Chaostar, I’m sure you all did a good job despite the lack of people and the undying sun.
The mesmerizing Dead Can Dance were on my ‘Unmissable Acts’ list; even if they were playing in a cave or on the top of a cliff somewhere, I would not hesitate to attend. Actually, the setting of a (fenced!) cliff top with a view of the vast sea at sunset would be an excellent choice for a venue; perhaps I should put a suggestion in for future consideration.
Septic Flesh, whom I had seen once before, are one of the few Greek bands that have achieved world acclaim in their field, Symphonic Death Metal, so paying my respects to them for that.
Monophonics, the groovers, the funkers, the soul shakers, I was psyched to see, I had not had the chance to see them on their last visit to Athens nine months ago, and boy did they funk our world.
Craig Walker, ex member of Archive, I admit I was entirely indifferent to begin with, so his act had the best chance out of making a good impression from a clean slate. Let’s see how that went.
Helen Marie Joyce 