Friday 6th September, 2002

Amorphis – Forever More – AM Universum – Nuclear Blast
Cradle of Filth – No Time to Cry – Bitter Suites to Succubi – AbraCadaver
Eternal Oath – The Destiny Forsaken – Righteous – Gar
ZZ Top – La Grange – Greatest Hits – Warner
Rammstein – Ich Will – Mutter – Universal
Nightwish – End of All Hope – Century Child – Spitfire
Arch Enemy – Lament of a Mortal Soul – Wages of Sin – Century Media
Moonspell – The Hanged Man – Sin – Century Media
Lacuna Coil – The Ghost Woman and the Hunter – Comalies – Century Media
Diamond Head – Sweet and Innocent – The Friday Rock Show Sessions – Raw Fruit
Dimension Zero – Through the Virgin Sky – Silent Night Fever – Regain
Testament – DNR (Do Not Resucitate) – The Gathering – Spitfire
In Flames – Minus – Reroute to Remain – Nuclear Blast
Armageddon – Heart of Ice – Three – Toy’s Factory
Hypocrisy – Fractured Millenium – Hypocrisy – Nuclear Blast
Breed 77 – Eyes that see – Breed 77 – Infernal
Insomnium – Song of the Storm – In the Halls of Awaiting – Candlelight
Marilyn Manson – The Beautiful People – The Beautiful People single – Nothing
King Diamond – The Trees Have Eyes – House of God – Massacre
Megadeth – Rust in Peace…Polaris – Rust in Peace – Capitol
Metallica – Wiplash – Kill’em All – Elektra
Slipknot – People = Shit – Iowa – Roadrunner
Soilwork – Needlefeast – A Predator’s Portrait – Nuclear Blast
Dark Tranquillity – The Enemy – Damage Done – Century Media
Death – In Human Form – Individual Thought Patterns – Relativity
Zyklon – Zycloned – World OV Worms – Candlelight
Opeth – Demon of the Fall – My Arms, Your Hearse – Candlelight
Raging Speedhorn – The Hate Song – We Will be Dead Tomorrow – ZTT
Children of Bodom – Hate Me – Follow the Reaper – Nuclear Blast
After Forever – Yield of Temptation – Prison of Desire – Transmission
Kalmah – They Will Return – They Will Return – Spinefarm
Atheist – Mineral – Elements – Metal Blade

Photo Gallery

Ok, I’ve managed to find some time to add another photo gallery from the Opeth/Arch Enemy/Withering Surface gig at the Mean Fiddler. You can view the Gallery here [Opeth Gallery] Thanks to Stephan Norbert for taking photos and donating them while I was backstage taking pics of Maria with Arch Enemy! Hope everyone enjoys!

Friday 30th August, 2002

Nevermore – Beyond Within – Dreaming Neon Black – Century Media
Rotting Christ – Quintessence – Genesis – Century Media
Moonspell – Raven Claws – Irreligious – Century Media
Testament – Reign in Terror – First Strike Still Deadly – Spitfire
Lacuna Coil – Heaven’s a Lie – Comalies – Century Media
The Kovenant – New World Order – Death is just the Beginning VI – Nuclear Blast
Children of Bodom – Everytime I Die – Follow the Reaper – Nuclear Blast
Hypocrisy – Seeds of the Chosen One – Catch 22 – Nuclear Blast
Pain – Shut Your Mouth – Nothing Remains the Same – Stockholm
After Forever – Yield of Temptation – Prison of Desire – Transmission
In Flames – System – Reroute to Remain – Nuclear Blast
Soilwork – Mindfields – Natural Born Chaos – Nuclear Blast
Death – Pull the Plug – Leprosy – Combat
Armageddon – Final Destination – Three – Toy’s Factory
Nightwish – Ever Dream – Century Child – Spinefarm
Tiamat – Vote for Love – Judas Christ – Century Media
Samael – US – Eternal – Century Media
Shadow – The Arrival of the Last Quarter – Spinefarm
Sacrilege – Torment of Life – Lost in the Beauty You Slay – Black Sun
Zyklon – Terrordrome – World OV Worms – Candlelight
Immortal – Tyrants – Sons of Northern Darkness – Nuclear Blast
Krisiun – Messiah’s Abomination – Conquerors of Armageddon – Century Media
Dimmu Borgir – Hybrid Stigmata – Puritanical Euphoric Misanthopia – Nuclear Blast
Dark Tranquillity – My Friend of Misery – Metal Militia A Tribute to Metallica – Black Sun
Rapture – To Forget – Futile – Spinefarm
Sacrilege – Initio Silentium Noctis – Lost in the Beauty You Slay – Black Sun
Love Like Blood – 7 Seconds – Enslaved & Condemned – Hall of Sermon
Soilwork – Bastard Chain – A Predator’s Portrait – Nuclear Blast
Atheist – Green – Elements – Metal Blade
In Flames – Cloud Connected – Reroute to Remain – Nuclear Blast

Friday 23rd August, 2002

Prong – Whose Fist is this Anyway? – Cleansing – Sony
Autumn Leaves – Autumn Fever – As Night Conquers Day – Serious Entertainment
Celtic Frost – Circle of the Tyrants – Parched with Thirst Am I and Dying – Noise
Dark Tranquillity – Hours Passed in Exile – Damage Done – Century Media
Judas Priest – Breaking the Law – Metal Works 73’93’ – Columbia
Fozzy – To Kill a Stranger – Happenstance/EPK – SPV
Arch Enemy – Enemy Within – Wages of Sin – Century Media
Meshuggah – Perpetual Black Second – Nothing – Nuclear Blast
Vader – Wolftribe – Revelations – Metal Blade
Therion – O Fortuna – Deggial – Nuclear Blast
Kataklysm – In Shadows & Dust – Shadows & Dust – Nuclear Blast
Beyond the Embrace – The Bending Sea – Against the Elements – Metal Blade
In Flames – Reroute to Remain – Reroute to Remain – Nuclear Blast
Kreator – Shadowland – Endorama – Drakkar
Lacuna Coil – Unspoken – Comalies – Century Media
Sirenia – Meridian – At Sixes and Sevens – Napalm
Deicide – Dead by Dawn – The Deicide Remasters – Roadrunner
Scarve – Emulate the Soul – Luminiferous – Listenable
Dan Swanö – Creating Illusions – Moontower – Black Mark
Carcass – This Mortal Coil – Heartwork – Earache
Sacrilege – Dim With Shame – The Fifth Season – Black Sun
Atheist – Air – Elements – Metal Blade
In Flames – Cloud Connected – Reroute to Remain – Nuclear Blast
Moonspell – Soulsick – The Butterfly Effect – Century Media
Slayer – Bloodline – God Hates Us All – American Recordings
Rotting Christ – Release Me – Genesis – Century Media
Lacuna Coil – The Ghost Woman and the Hunter – Comalies – Century Media
Extol – Undeceived – Undeceived – Century Media
Kalmah – Skin of my Teeth – They Will Return – Spinefarm
Samael – Together – Eternal – Century Media

Friday 16th August, 2002

NonExist – A Halo Askew – Deus Deceptor – New Hawen
Shadow – The Arrival of the Last Quarter – Spinefarm Sampler – Spinefarm
Tiamat – Angel Holograms – Judas Christ – Century Media
Carcass – Buried Dreams – Heartwork – Earache
Soilwork – As We Speak – Natural Born Chaos – Nuclear Blast
Sirenia – At Sixes and Sevens – At Sixes and Sevens – Napalm
Misfits – Die Die Die My Darling – Coffin BoxSet – Caroline
Motörhead – Orgasmatron – The Best of Motörhead – Castle
Blind Guardian – Punishment Divine – A Night at the Opera – Virgin
Halford – One Will – Crucible – Metal-is
Dark Tranquillity – Exposure – In The Eyes of Death II – Century Media
Armageddon – Heart of Ice – Three – Toy’s Factory
Katatonia – Dispossession – Last Fair Deal Gone Down – Peaceville
In Flames – Cloud Connected – Reroute to Remain – Nuclear Blast
Beyond the Embrace – The Bending Sea – Against the Elements – Metal Blade
Moonspell – How We Became Fire – Darkness and Hope – Century Media
Tristania – Heretique – Beyond the Veil – Napalm
Lacuna Coil – Daylight Dancer – Comalies – Century Media
Dark Moor – In the Heart of Stone – The Gates of Oblivion – Arise
Kreator – Phobia – Outcast – Gun
Witchery – Unholy Wars – Symphony for the Devil – Music For Nations
Samael – Son of Erath – Exodus – Century Media
Fields of the Nephilim – From the Fire – Fallen – Jungle
Armageddon – Well of Sadness – Three – Toy’s Factory
Vader – The Nomad – Revelations – Metal Blade
Penetralia – Dead Girls Boogie – Seelenkrank – Last Episode
Akercocke – A Skin for Dancing in – The Goat of Mendes – Peaceville
Sentenced – Broken – Crimson – Century Media
Sculpture – Whatever – Sculpture – Nuclear Blast
Crematory – The Fallen – Believe – Nuclear Blast
Lacuna Coil – Swamped – Comalies – Century Media

Show’s playlist available soon

You’ll all be happy to hear that the show’s playlist will be available on the site very soon.
That should make things easier for your poor ears during the show (I know catching all those names on air with my accent is quite a challenge!) and ensures that you all know what goodies to get on your record shopping sprees.
You can access it here for now: [Latest Playlist]

Wacken 2002

To all of you that are going to Wacken Open Air just a little message to say: have a great time and rock like crazy!
For those of us who are staying behind this year, there will be a little report from Beardy Weirdy live from Wacken on Friday’s show.

In Flames unveil new album on the show

In Flames will be joining Maria on Friday July the 26th on Sex to 9 (6 – 9 pm UK time) to unveil their most awaited and latest masterpiece "Reroute to Remain" (not on stores until September the 2nd). Don’t miss this chance to hear not only an incredible number of new songs but In Flames themselves putting their points across for the first time. Friday July the 26th: In Flames and Maria, the hottest match on air!

Thank you all

Very special thanks to everybody for all your messages of congratulations on my marriage. You are the sweetest people on earth and both Micah and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Dark Tranquillity on the show

On Friday July the 19th you will be able to hear Mikael Stanne talking about Dark Tranquillity’s new album ‘Damage Done’ as well as several tracks from the album.

Don’t forget the show gets repeated now on Saturdays between 6 and 9 am UK time so everybody gets the chance to listen!