hell bent for metal

In 2008, we went to Slove­nia to stay with a friend – sadly, it was only for three days. It took less than one day to fall in love with the place – the breath­tak­ing nat­ural scenery, the his­tory that is all around you, the friend­li­ness of the peo­ple, the pivo – oh yes, the beer. Lasko, I miss you.

In Slove­nia, not far from where we stayed, they have a five day metal fes­ti­val, Metal Camp. It looks fuck­ing awe­some but five days is a very long slog. How­ever, I just read a report from Metal Rules about Metal Camp 2009 and from their (14 page!) account, it actu­ally sounds really good, much more laid back than Wacken or some of the other big fes­ti­vals. (If you can’t be both­ered read­ing all of it, skip to page 14 for the sum­mary).

Notably, bands don’t start until early evening, which means that there’s time to relax and if you feel like it, visit some of the local attrac­tions dur­ing the day. Much more civilised than try­ing to simul­ta­ne­ously deal with a hang­over, exces­sive light, queue for break­fast food and watch black metal bands at 11am!

Unfor­tu­nately the dates for 2010 are in early July, which means it’s a bit too early for us to con­sider trekking to. But it’s worth con­sid­er­ing for future years I think!

Has any­one been? What did you think?