hell bent for metal

So all along, we’ve know that this year we were going to Wacken, and spend­ing more time in Poland. But how we would spend our time in between these two loca­tions was still up in the air.

Last year, we went (far too briefly) to Slove­nia, then spent a week in Italy. We were think­ing of spend­ing time this year in Nor­way and Swe­den, but in the end we’ve decided to go to Switzer­land instead.

Why Switzer­land, you may ask? Well, not for Toblerone, moun­tains, cheese, clocks or Swiss bank accounts – but for art and black metal. From Ham­burg, we’re going to fly to Zurich, then take the train to Gruyères to visit the HR Giger Museum. We have four nights all up and will divide our time between these two places, although exactly how we have not yet decided.

If pos­si­ble, I’m also going to try and get my hands on a death mask made by Tom Gabriel War­rior, of Hell­ham­mer, Celtic Frost and Trip­tykon fame. These masks are gor­geous works of slightly unset­tling art and while I’m not sure I’d trust deliv­ery to the reg­u­lar postal sys­tem, in-person pick up is appar­ently some­times pos­si­ble. Fin­gers crossed.