![BRDigung Intro](/images/phocagallery/konzerte/2012_03_31_BRDigung_Essen/Preview/2012_03_31_BRDigung_Intro.jpg)
On Saturday evening BRDigung and Frei.Wild visited the Essen Gruga-Halle for their final concert of the "Alleine Nach Vorne" tour. Directly from the start they were pushing quite hard and nobody was thinking of the originally planned club concert taking place at a hall in front of 4500 guests. Two bands completely having fun on stage and an audience following them blindly made the concert a really great one!
![Stream Of Passion Intro](/images/phocagallery/konzerte/2012_03_16_Stream_Of_Passion_Tilburg/Preview/2012_03_16_Stream_Of_Passion_Intro.jpg)
Last Friday Epica stood on stage at the sold-out 013 at Tilburg to present their new album "Requiem For The Indifferent". As support act the Dutch-Mexican band Stream Of Passion joined them presenting a great set across their three released albums. So the crowd was already well temperatured when Epica finally entered the stage at 21:15 and played all songs of their new album. The set was filled up with old ones making it really a great one. But unfortunately the new songs are not all suitable for live-performance so that I have to admit that I already saw better shows of them. Nevertheless also despite of that it was a good concert where I was having quite a lot of fun.
![GEC Ritter Nordhorn - Romijnder Devils Nijmegen Intro](/images/phocagallery/eishockey/2012_03_09_GEC-Nijmegen/Preview/2012_03_09_GEC-Nijmegen_Intro.jpg)
Last Friday on 09.03.2012 the current Dutch champion of the second icehockey league visited Nordhorn. What sounds that big finally ended up in not being a suitable opponent for the Ritter who sent them home with a 12:4. Unnecessarily it was again a penalty festival on both sides having its culmination in the last third where a mass brawl took place. So it still remains that the Ritter are waiting for an adequate opponent on their homeground and are now able to fully concentrate on winning the championship.
![Deathstars Intro](/images/phocagallery/konzerte/2012_03_04_Deathstars_Rotterdam/Preview/2012_03_04_Deathstars_Intro.jpg)
On this years "Made In Germany" tour the followers stopped on 04.03.2012 at the Ahoy Rotterdam. The renewed and modernized arena was a great place for the Swedish industrial and gothic metal men of Deathstars to show their skills. Their entertaining show prepared the audience for the main act of the evening: Rammstein. Two hours they were moving the crowd in front of the stage. Lots of pyros and great show ideas were surrounding the best-of compilation with a cross section of all their albums. A really great show, fantastic moods on and in front of the stage letting one go home with a big smile on the face.
![EHC München - Krefeld Pinguine Intro](/images/phocagallery/eishockey/2012_02_26_Muenchen-KEV/Preview/2012_02_26_Muenchen-KEV_Intro.jpg)
With roughly 500 Krefeld supporters the away block at the Munich ice rink was quite crowded and the long way down was more than worth it. Because the visitors not only saw an exciting game where the Krefeld team finally was the lucky one winning with 3:1 but also the vibes from the stand was very enthusiastic. This means that not only the positions inside the league were swapped with the Munich team and Krefeld is now situated on a pre-playoff rank but additionally they are in control of their own destiny to remain there.
![GEC Ritter Nordhorn - CRE Salzgitter Icefighters Intro](/images/phocagallery/eishockey/2012_02_10_GEC-Salzgitter/Preview/2012_02_10_GEC-Salzgitter_Intro.jpg)
On 10.02.2012 it came to the top match of the Regionalliga Nord between GEC Ritter Nordhorn and the CRE Salzgitter Icefighters. Because of the large number of visitors the game started 20 minutes late. But with 1642 visitors a new season record was reached. The game had everything that a top match is promising. Gripping game scenes on both sides, exciting course of the game but unfortunately (seen with the eyes of a Ritter) at the end Salzgitter Icefighters won the game deservedly. Not nice was the huge bunch of penalties that were given during the game and also temporarily disturbed the game.
![GEC Ritter Nordhorn - Heerenveen Flyers 2 Intro](/images/phocagallery/eishockey/2012_01_20_GEC-Heerenveen/Preview/2012_01_20_GEC-Heerenveen_Intro.jpg)
Finally something new and not just a little bit. First the second game of the Euregio Cup of the GEC Ritter Nordhorn against the only left over team the Heerenveen Flyers 2 took place. After the leaving of Gijs Bears Groningen Heerenveen and Nordhorn agreed on continuing the tournament with a best of three. The first game the Ritter lost at Heerenveen narrowly and could now egalize the series by winning 4:1 in a exciting game. Only one week later the EHC Grizzly Adams Juniors Wolfsburg were guests of the next Regionalliga Nord game. Against very inconvenient playing opponents the Ritter could finally keep the points at home with a 6:1 final score.
![GEC Ritter Nordhorn - Gijs Bears Groningen Intro](/images/phocagallery/eishockey/2012_01_08_GEC-Groningen/Preview/2012_01_08_GEC-Groningen_Intro.jpg)
Finally the Euregio-Cup at Nordhorn should start and with the Dutch second division team Gijs Bears Groningen an opponent at the same level arrived. But it was only a very short evening because during the second third the Groningen players left the ice without any reason and left back angry Nordhorn fans. How the Euregio Cup will proceed has to be decided later but the behaviour of the Groningen players was really inexcusable.
![Leprous Intro](/images/phocagallery/konzerte/2011_12_28_Leprous_Osnabrueck/Preview/2011_12_28_Leprous_Intro.jpg)
On 28.12.2011 the "Beginning Of Time" tour stopped at the Hyde-Park at Osnabrück. With them the Finns had not only their new album but also many old songs enthusing the people in front of the stage. Beside them to warm up the crowd the two bands The Man-Eating Tree and Leprous were joining them but both could not completely satisfy the audience at the well filled club.
![Anvil Intro](/images/phocagallery/konzerte/2011_11_26_Anvil_Hengelo/Preview/2011_11_26_Anvil_Intro.jpg)
Although the Metropool was sold out the hall filled very unhurriedly like it is usual at the Netherlands. So there weren't many people around when the support act Crimes Of Passion opened the evening. But those who were there did not regret that. Very nice classical heavy metal was presented and afterwards it should even get better.