Already on this years Wacken the four Norvegian knew to enthuse and that is just what they also did at the Oktoberhallen at Wieze. The music can be sorted inside the area of progressive and symphonic metal with decent hard rock influences. Especially front woman and bassist Ida Haukland could impress with her somehow lower voice.
Stylistic we stay at comparable realms after Operatika. As now the Hungarian newcomer VelvetSeal could show that they do not look impressive optically but also in musical kind of way.
The contrast could not be any larger as after the brutal starting with the death metaller of Diary About My Nightmares the symphonic/power metaller of Operatika entered the stage.
Last festival day and again a really cold night passed in the tent. So quickly the ice covered tent including its interior put into the trunk and directly over to the venue to heat up. That this works properly the German band Diary About My Nightmares really beat their music around the audiences head directly coming down to the nitty-gritty.
As closure of the day the grande dame of metal Doro Pesch could show what she still has it got. And that was quite a lot. Two years ago on Metal Female Voices Fest Vii she was honored for her lifetime work, last year she celebrated her 25th stage jubilee. On this evening she directly continued where she stopped two years ago at the very same place.
The first headliner were the regular guests of Leaves' Eyes. Overall this was their fifth gig on Metal Female Voices Fest and this time they had again a new album with them. After it was "Njord" last year, this year it was something from the current album "Meredead".
Also Diabulus In Musica is a well known band, were the Spanish from Pamplona already last year providing a really good show. The work on their new album for their new label Napalm Records are also widely progressing and during each stage setting break on this weekend the new video to the first single of it "Sceneries Of Hope" was shouting towards one from the screens.
After they were already guests two years ago on this festival the Norvegian around front woman Catherine Paulsen and grunter Ronny Thorsen were allowed to have one more gig on Metal Female Voices Fest to be added this year. They did not bring new material with them and the last album is also available for some time now (at least since 2009) but instead you cannot expect a bad show.
After the French death metaller of Dylath-Leen around front woman Kathy Coupez were already guests during last years edition of the festival they brought their new just released CD "Cabale" with them.
The first American band of the festival was Benedictum. It was quite impressive by what power the valkyre Veronica Freeman swirled across the stage. But not only the woman itself had an incredible power, but her voice, too.