Lineup Crushing Caspars: Snoopy (voc, g) – Timmer (g, voc) – Börn (b, voc) – Mäxx Hämma (dr)
Lineup Lionheart: Rob Watson (voc) – Earl Pitts (g) – Rob McCarthy (g) – Evan Krejci (b) – Jay Scott (dr)
Linuep Walls of Jericho: Candace Kucsulain (voc) – Chris Rawson (g) – Mike Hasty (g) – Aaron Ruby (b) – Dustin Schoenhofer (dr)
Lineup Terror: Scott Vogel (voc) – Martin Stewart (g) – Jordan Posner (g) – David Wood (b) – Nick Jett (dr)
Lineup Biohazard: Billy Graziadei (voc, g) – Bobby Hambel (g) – Scott Roberts (b, voc) – Danny Lamagna (dr)
Lineup Suicidal Tendencies: Mike Muir (voc) – Mike Clark (g) – Dean Pleasants (g) – Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner (b) – Eric Moore (dr)

Persistence Tour 2012.
I arrived at the end of Terror’s set. The sound during Suicidal Tendencies was awful. The Astra was packed but people began to leave during Suicidal Tendencies’ set.
Danny Schuler of Biohazard had to leave the band for the birth of his baby and was replaced on drums by Danny Lamagna of Sworn Enemy.

Setlist Biohazard:
1. Urban Discipline
2. What Makes Us Tick
3. Chamber Spins Three
4. Black and White and Red All Over
5. Retribution
6. Down for Life
7. Come Alive
8. Vengeance Is Mine
9. Shades of Grey
10. Love Denied
11. Punishment
12. Hold My Own

Setlist Suicidal Tendencies:
1. You Can’t Bring Me Down
2. I Shot Reagan
3. Fascist Pig
4. War Inside My Head
5. Subliminal
6. The Prisoner
7. Possessed to Skate
8. Cyco Vision
9. How Will I Laugh Tomorrow … When I Can’t Even Smile Today
10. Pledge Your Allegiance
11. Memories of Tomorrow

Lineup Thunder And Lightning: Norman Dittmar (voc) – Marc Wüstenhagen (g) – Benjamin Dämmrich (g) – Robert Rath (b) – Steve Mittag (dr)

Lineup Grave Digger: Chris Boltendahl (voc) – Axel Ritt (g) – Jens Becker (b) – Hans Peter Katzenburg (keyb) – Stefan Arnold (dr)

We arrived during the last song from Thunder And Lightning (“Iron Maiden”, Iron Maiden cover). Thunder And Lightning is a Berlin band.

Setlist Grave Digger:
1. Scotland United
2. Hammer of the Scots
3. Valhalla
4. Ballad of a Hangman
5. The Dark of the Sun
6. Highland Farewell
7. Twilight of the Gods / Circle of Witches / The Grave Dancer / Twilight of the Gods
8. Excalibur
9. The Last Supper
10. Morgane Le Fay
11. Knights of the Cross
12. Rebellion (The Clans are Marching)
13. The Round Table
14. Heavy Metal Breakdown

Thrashfest Classic 2011. Exodus and Sepultura were co-headlining, this evening Exodus closed the concert.

Running order: Mortal Sin, Heathen, Destruction, Sepultura, Exodus

Lineup Mortal Sin: Mat Maurer (voc) – Ryan Huthnance (g) – Nathan Shea (g) – Andy Eftichou (b) – Luke Cook (dr)

Lineup Heathen: David White (voc) – Lee Altus (g) – Kragen Lum (g) – Jon Torres (b) – Darren Minter (dr)

Lineup Destruction: Marcel „Schmier“ Schirmer (voc, b) – Michael „Mike“ Sifringer (g) – Wawrzyniec “Vaaver ” Dramowicz (dr)

Lineup Sepultura: Derrick Green (voc) – Andreas Kisser (g) – Paulo Jr. (b) – Eloy Casagrande (dr)

Lineup Exodus: Rob Dukes (voc) – Gary Holt (g) – Lee Altus (g) – Jack Gibson (b) – Tom Hunting (dr)

I arrived 10mn after Destruction had begun. Sepultura dedicated their set to Dimebag Darrell since it was the anniversary of his death and played 2mn of “Walk” from Pantera.

Setlist Mortal Sin:
1. Psychology of Death
2. Blood, Death, Hatred
3. Lebanon
4. Hatred
5. I am Immortal
6. Mayhemic Destruction

Setlist Heathen:
1. Pray for Death
2. Goblin’s Blade
3. Open the Grave
4. Hypnotized
5. Mercy Is No Virtue
6. Death by Hanging
7. Opiate of the Masses

Setlist Destruction:
1. Total Desaster
2. Satan’s Vengeance
3. Mad Butcher
4. Black Mass / Antichrist / Death Trap (Medley)
5. Invincible
6. The Ritual / Thrash Attack
7. Tormentor
8. Eternal Ban
9. Bestial Invasion
10. Curse the Gods

Setlist Sepultura:
1. Beneath The Remains
2. Territory
3. Dead Embryonic Cells
4. Desperate Cry
5. Mass Hypnosis
6. We Who Are Not as Others
7. Altered State
8. Infected Voice
9. Subtraction
10. Inner Self
11. Kaiowas (with Luke Cook, Darren Minter, Wawrzyniec “Vaaver ” Dramowicz and Tom Hunting)
12. Refuse/Resist (with Gary Holt)
13. Arise

Setlist Exodus:
1. The Last Act of Defiance
2. A Lesson In Violence
3. Fabulous Disaster
4. Deranged
5. Exodus
6. Brain Dead
7. Pleasures of the Flesh
8. Piranha
9. The Toxic Waltz
10. Strike Of The Beast

Lienup Sister: Jamie (voc) – Lestat (g) – Rikki (b) – Carie (dr)

Lineup Sister Sin: Liv Jagrell (voc) – Jimmy Hiltula (g) – Strandh (b) – Dave Sundberg (dr)

Lineup U.D.O.: Udo Dirkschneider (voc) – Stefan Kaufmann (g) – Igor Gianola (g) – Fitty Wienhold (b) – Francesco Jovino (dr)

Missed Sister, I arrived at the end of Sister Sin’s set (they played “Rock ‘n’ Roll” from Motörhead).
The C-Club was full. “Fast As A Shark” was not supposed to be in the setlist, but the crowd kept singing the intro to the song so they decided to play it.

Setlist U.D.O.:
1. Rev-Raptor
2. Dominator
3. Thunderball
4. Leatherhead
5. Screaming for a Love-Bite (Accept cover)
6. Vendetta
7. Princess of the Dawn (Accept cover)
8. I Give As Good As I Get / Guitar Solo
9. Neon Nights (Accept cover)
10. Break the Rules
11. Man and Machine / Drum Solo
12. Up to the Limit (Accept cover)
13. Two Faced Woman
14. Metal Heart (Accept cover)
Encore:
15. Bogeyman
16. I’m a Rebel (Accept cover)
Encore 2:
17. Fast as a Shark (Accept cover)
18. Balls to the Wall (Accept cover)

Lineup Insense: Tommy Hjelm (voc, g) – Martin Rygge (g) – Ola S. Hana (b) – Truls Haugen (dr)

Lineup In Solitude: Pelle Åhman (voc) – Henrik Palm (g) – Niklas Lindström (g) – Gottfrid Åhman (b) – Uno Bruniusson (dr)

Lineup Ghost: Papa Emeritus (voc) – Nameless Ghouls (all instrumentalists: 2 guitarists, 1 bassist, 1 keyboardist, 1 drummer)

Great venue, great sound. Ghost was on tour opening for In Flames and made a headlining concert in Berlin on a day off. Insense was also on the In Flames tour.

Setlist Ghost:
1. Genesis
2. Con Clavi Con Dio
3. Elizabeth
4. Prime Mover
5. Stand By Him
6. Death Knell
7. Satan Prayer
8. Here Comes The Sun (The Beatles cover)
9. Ritual

Lineup Graveyard: Joakim Nilsson (voc, g) – Jonatan Ramm (g) – Rikard Edlund (b) – Axel Sjöberg (dr)

Lineup Loaded: Duff McKagan (voc, g) – Mike Squires (g) – Jeff Rouse (b) – Isaac Carpenter (dr)

Lineup Motörhead: Lemmy Kilmister (b, voc) – Phil Campbell (g) – Mikkey Dee (dr)

Missed Graveyard. We arrived during the 1st song of Loaded, Duff and Jeff swapped their instruments for “It’s So Easy”. The C-Halle was sold-out.

Setlist Loaded:
1. Sick
2. Seattlehead
3. Sleaze Factory
4. New Rose (The Damned cover)
5. Executioners Song
6. We Win
7. Dead Skin
8. Cocaine
9. Your Name
10. Lords of Abbadon
11. Attitude (Misfits cover)
12. It’s So Easy (Guns N’ Roses cover)

Setlist Motörhead:
1. Bomber
2. Damage Case
3. I Know How to Die
4. Stay Clean
5. Metropolis
6. Over the Top
7. One Night Stand / guitar solo
8. The Chase Is Better Than the Catch
9. Get Back In Line
10. The One To Sing the Blues / drum solo
11. Orgasmatron
12. Going to Brazil
13. Killed by Death
14. Iron Fist
Encore:
15. Whorehouse Blues
16. Ace of Spades
17. Overkill

Lienup Sister: Jamie (voc) – Lestat (g) – Rikki (b) – Carie (dr)

Lineup Fozzy: Chris Jericho (voc) – Rich Ward (g) – Billy Grey (g) – Paul Di Leo (b) – Frank Fontsere (dr)

Setlist Fozzy:
1. Paraskavedekatriaphobia (Friday the 13th)
2. Eat the Rich (Krokus cover)
3. Pray for Blood
4. Grail
5. Wanderlust
6. God Pounds His Nails
7. Let the Madness Begin
8. With the Fire
9. Whitechapel 1888
10. To Kill a Stranger
11. Feel the Burn
12. Martyr No More
Encore:
13. Enemy

All’s Well That Ends Well Tour.
I missed him last year (7 November 2010 at the Columbia Club) so I was really happy to have the opportunity to see him this year. They played nearly 2h, great concert !

Setlist:
1. Darkness In My World
2. Hero With A Thousand Eyes
3. Extinction Blues
4. Butterfly (Herbie Hancock cover)
5. Watching The World
6. Jam (Jones, Weingart, Valentine)
7. Song for Jeff
8. Don’t Say It’s Over
9. Stab in the Back
10. Tumescent
11. Simon’s pants (incl. Valentine solo)
12. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (The Beatles cover)
13. Tears Of My Own Shame
14. Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix cover)
15. Jam with Weingart
16. Can’t Look Back
Encore:
17. Flash In The Pan

Lineup Walter Trout: Walter Trout (voc, g) – Rick Knapp (b) – Sammy Avila (keyb) – Michael Leasure (dr) – Andrew Elt (add. voc, g)

1st concert of the Giants of Bluesrock Tour. Popa Chubby played 1h30, the setlist including “Manic Depression” and “Hey Joe” from Jimi Hendrix. Walter Trout played after that and a jam with Popa Chubby and Walter Trout ended the concert.

Lineup Ginger Wildheart: Ginger Wildheart (g, voc) – Rich Jones (g, voc) – Tom Spencer (b, voc)

Lineup Headcat: Lemmy Kilmister (b, voc) – Danny B. Harvey (g) – Slim Jim Phantom (dr)

This concert was initially set to take place at the C-Club but was moved to the Huxley’s due to high demand (the Huxley’s was sold out).
Ginger Wildheart played an acoustic set during 30 min, Headcat played 1h15. Excellent concert actually.

Setlist Headcat:
1. Good Rockin Tonight
2. Something Else
3. American Beat
4. Always In My Way
5. Let It Rock
6. Not Fade Away
7. Fool’s Paradise
8. Suzie Q
9. Big River
10. Shakin All Over
11. Eagle Flies On Friday
12. It’ll Be Me
13. Bad Boy
14. I Can Tell
15. Rock This Town
16. My Babe
17. Matchbox
18. Crossroads
Encore:
19. Say Mama
20. Blue Suede Shoes