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Brat

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I used the metal travel guide throughout my holiday and it was really useful even if some of the places mentioned were....yep :D

The verdicts:

Kelly's bar in Stockholm-great if you're into melodic metal

Tex bar in Copenhagen
Dead on a Mon or Tues night and we were only there for about 2 drinks and were listening to songs being repeated :(

Der Clohhard - Reeperbahn
Dark, filthy but I loved it...didn't really notice the music ;)

Munich
Wanted to get there but I was dealing with tantrums :rolleyes:

Didn't enjoy Italy as much as I thought I would...metal clubs would have helped :rolleyes:

Vienna
We found a metal shop called Totem just outside the ring but stay away from the Virgin just near it-a waste of time (off Hofburg Palace) but it specialised in black and death metal which was useless to us.

And with the clubs close to or inside the Ring (where we stayed), Graffiti was the best of a bad bunch, but at least it was open and had music midweek :) and it catered to both a goth and metal crowd at the same time.

In Paris we found some of the cd places (Monster Melodies was pretty hopeless) but we didn't have time to go to the one described as "the best for metal" plus it was the furthest away from where we were staying (a couple of blocks from Katabar which looked pretty busy for midweek).
Eventually we found an awesome metal collection (with power & traditional, black & death, and goth & industrial in separate sections) at Virgin megastore on the Champs Elysee. Quite surprising. We got what we came for and so much more! Even stuff that was limited edition and quite old :D sorry if I let that secret out ;)

Overall xpet! Your guide RULED!!!! Congratulations.
 

Sodomy&Lust

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Originally posted by Supercharger
Never been to Spain..which places shoud I visit when I go there? :D
MADRID!!! :)
Barcelona is another beautiful city (more than Madrid, I think, but Madrid is much funnier)

And the beaches? They all suck!! Long live swimming pools!! :D
 

Supercharger

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Jul 26, 2002
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hmm..you won't see me in Lloret de Mar, Costa blanca, Mallorca, Menorca and Salou. Way too many stupid trendy Dutch overthere lying idle all fuckin' day and drinking beer. I dislike discos too..:D

Would love to some nice Morish archetecture in Grenada and Cordoba :D
 

xpet

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Jan 25, 2002
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Originally posted by Brat
I used the metal travel guide throughout my holiday and it was really useful even if some of the places mentioned were....yep :D

The verdicts:

Kelly's bar in Stockholm-great if you're into melodic metal

Tex bar in Copenhagen
Dead on a Mon or Tues night and we were only there for about 2 drinks and were listening to songs being repeated :(

Der Clohhard - Reeperbahn
Dark, filthy but I loved it...didn't really notice the music ;)

Munich
Wanted to get there but I was dealing with tantrums :rolleyes:

Didn't enjoy Italy as much as I thought I would...metal clubs would have helped :rolleyes:

Vienna
We found a metal shop called Totem just outside the ring but stay away from the Virgin just near it-a waste of time (off Hofburg Palace) but it specialised in black and death metal which was useless to us.

And with the clubs close to or inside the Ring (where we stayed), Graffiti was the best of a bad bunch, but at least it was open and had music midweek :) and it catered to both a goth and metal crowd at the same time.

In Paris we found some of the cd places (Monster Melodies was pretty hopeless) but we didn't have time to go to the one described as "the best for metal" plus it was the furthest away from where we were staying (a couple of blocks from Katabar which looked pretty busy for midweek).
Eventually we found an awesome metal collection (with power & traditional, black & death, and goth & industrial in separate sections) at Virgin megastore on the Champs Elysee. Quite surprising. We got what we came for and so much more! Even stuff that was limited edition and quite old :D sorry if I let that secret out ;)

Overall xpet! Your guide RULED!!!! Congratulations.

finally... thanks a lot for the nice words and the feedback, Brat! :) :)
Gonna update the Guide soon, inlcuding your infos :)
 

Rosk

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Off curse the Metal Travel Guide Rules!!! I got drunk @ Oslo's ROCK IN with the guys from Dimmu Borgir and Borknagar thanks to it :D
 

Brat

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Feb 26, 2002
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I can't remember if these people were under your Vienna listings, but it's the group that organised the Vienna Metalfest I went to.

They seem to do something interesting regularly.

www.rockthenation.at

Wish I could be there for the Sentenced/Lacuna Coil show :(

Plus there's a place in Salzburg called Rockhouse. We'd read about it while there, but didn't go.

It looks like some of the metal bands are playing there.
 

xpet

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Jan 25, 2002
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Hamburg
finally I had time to update my guide. Though not all information provided by Brat is included yet :rolleyes:
anyway I wanted to tell you that there is a new page about Metal gigs and festivals, as many people have asked me to include that - I don´t have the time, but I found that (new) page and you can access it now through the Metal Travel Guide´s menu :)
 

xpet

W:O:A Metalhead
Jan 25, 2002
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Hamburg
yes, I know we are lucky. :rolleyes:
Is there really nothing to go out and listen to Metal at your place? There are places in the US as well I´ve heard, but they are obviously pretty rare...
and those pages I´m talking of are international anyway :)
www.metaltravelguide.com
 

Supercharger

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Jul 26, 2002
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hmm..been to london six years ago..wasn't a metalhead back then but I did get influenced a lot by metallica and guns n' roses

*plays Guns n' roses -paradise city*

that's for memories sake..nice having a nostalgic trip back..:D