• Dracula Film Festival

    LIVE REPORT: Dracula Film Festival [17 October 2026]

    Some stories are told through cinema, others through music, and a few take shape in images that seem to have wandered out of a dream best left unexplained. At the 14th edition of Dracula Film Festival, organised by Fanzin Cultural Association , these art forms converged in...
  • Bosphorus Open Air Metal Fest

    LIVE REPORT: Bosphorus Open Air Metal Fest [19 – 20 September 2026]

    Every quest begins with a questionable decision, a destination on the map and the vague suspicion that things might get out of hand. Ours took us to Istanbul, where Bosphorus Open Air Metal Fest was preparing to welcome Satyricon, I Am Morbid, Moonspell, Kataklysm, Kampfar, Moribund Oblivion and a...
  • LIVE REPORT: Old Grave Fest XIII [8 – 10 October 2026]

    Old Grave Fest, organised by Romanian Thrash Metal Club, arrived at Quantic in Bucharest between 8 and 10 October 2026 to smash our brains in and remind us why, for many years, the event has been home to heavy metal, thrash metal, death metal and NWOBHM. Acts we could...
  • QFest

    LIVE REPORT: QFest – Day V [2 October 2026]

    For those in Bucharest, as well as for people travelling from other parts of Romania and from abroad, autumn has meant QFest for quite some time now. Organised by Quantic, and reaching its 11th edition this year, the event has continued its tradition of bringing together national and international...
  • Bucharest Prog Day II

    LIVE REPORT: Bucharest Prog Day II

    On 25 September 2026, Quantic in Bucharest brought together Green Carnation, Euthymia, Uncle Leaf and Men in the Box for a show that progressive metal fans had been looking forward to for quite some time. Indeed, Bucharest Prog Day did it again! And it did so with names for...
  • Posada Rock Festival

    LIVE REPORT: Posada Rock Festival 2026

    A traveller’s place is on the road, but if the traveller is also interested in music, then going to concerts suits the wayfarer even better. And so, on 28 August 2026, I set off for Posada Rock Festival, held in Câmpulung Muscel, Romania, an event organised by Rock Culture...
  • Rockstadt Extreme Fest

    LIVE REPORT: Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2026 [Day V]

    Neither the heat nor fatigue could keep us away from Ghimbav on the fifth day of the festival. After all, how could they, with a line-up that still had plenty to offer and several names we were not about to miss? For me, Day V began with Feuerschwanz. German...
  • Rockstadt Extreme Fest

    LIVE REPORT: Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2026 [Day IV]

    Day IV of Rockstadt Extreme Fest was another one of those days when the line-up left little room for sitting still. Tiredness? What’s that? With plenty to choose from across the event, I set out to see where the day would take me. I found myself at the Brașov...
  • Rockstadt Extreme Fest

    LIVE REPORT: Rockstadt Extreme Fest 2026 [Day III]

    After two days of moving between stages, Day III of Rockstadt Extreme Fest was waiting with another packed programme and plenty of reasons to keep doing the same. For me, it began with Immolation, the American death metal group. No strangers to our country and maintaining the same no-nonsense...