The Decade and the Future of Devilstone Culture

In commemoration of their decade in Anykščiai, the organizers of the festival gave the city a street art work presenting the most important local legend concerning the rooster, the devil and Puntukas. The idea is beautiful, but the painting of Belgium Dzia contributes to the trend of art in Lithuania, which is currently discussed, "imagine face to face, so that the boredom is clear". It seems that the prisoners and the war on the road will not succeed in this way.

A much more successful library of Anykščiai opened the exhibition of the famous Spanish comic Joan Cornellà. The black horn drawings combining pink beards with cut hands and cochlear lines accurately reflect the aesthetics of Devilstone. In the festival, you might encounter sparkling fairytale bads, rubbery face wrinkles monkeys and Playboy blackberries. The appearance of the listeners is a good indicator of the quality of the festival: there will be no audience as elegant, funny and free in any other Lithuanian festival.

Devilstone continued to push the nerves of metalworkers and attract new visitors. I do not know the official statistics, but this year the event looked about a third more than the previous one. Since metal has become an extreme rock roll, the festival now has the "techno scene" of Kabli (although the real techno does not figure in it, it does not show up. not exist), catching up with those who were late at night; ramp for skateboarders; poetry readings; and the "Barbablu" scene, where the metal does not smell.

The last scene gave me the greatest joy. Especially I was amazed by the Italian Sonic Jesus . The heavy and dramatic sound and the hypnotic rhythmic phrases have broadened the horizons of the post-bank now published. In the same way, a heartbreaking Lithuanian concert and very expected "No Real Pioneers" . The third generation post-Rocquely screamo released last week his first full album "No Real Friends" (https://norealpioneers.bandcamp.com/). And on record, and alive, they are always surprised by the inner strength and restraint.

The group "Ba" wisely reacted to the wave of hatred that had flooded them with the festival l & # 39; organizer. After announcing that the largest Lithuanian rock band will play Devilstone for the second time in a row, the metal community has been uploaded online: "It will be next year!", "Next year, SEL? " But he decided to do the opposite – politely talked about and professionally crushed. Maybe it's sad, but for no one. On the same stage, playing the next day "Colors of Bubbles" was clearly the most prolific festival group, but that made no difference. If you are nervous, at least that is important.

"Barbablu" also offered a lot of synth music choices. The best disco for me was the duet The First Hate . Deepish Low voices and impressive dance moves. The Danish is stopped with nostalgic and sweet melodies. The last issue of the concert was played by veterans of Lithuanian music "The Fugitive" . When I danced, I thought the time had finally pbaded. They could freely go to the mbades if they wished.

Much has been said about these disadvantages in the "Black Metal Phenomenon" in Lithuania and "Old School vs. New School." Among the speakers, Romanticism from the past dominated ("then community was the most important thing, and now it is growing", "then art was, now it's a product"). Only individual discourses were more open to change and praised the professionalism of the new groups, the efforts to do as much as possible abroad and the stylistic diversity.In evaluating the metal scene from the outside, I would say that these two pillars – the change and closure – are the mainstays of the subculture, among them, there is a creative tension that makes metal music and the community in Lithuania so viable.

The festival also saw examples of how to do it. old and new schools The foreign scene manages traveled "Above" and contract with one of the largest publishers of heavy music publishers "Erdeve" demonstrated in the western scene that their achievements are not accidental. Both groups are characterized by a very reserved professional stance on stage. They did not encourage the audience and did not decide (faces covering the black hoods "Above"): these mongrels who were most likely to be disappointed with their head shaking at the concert. However, listening to this music of glacial mbades, it was possible to hear the sound of the future of Lithuanian metal.

Black the metal clbadics represented one of the stars of the festival – Swedish Marduk and the Greeks "Rotting Christ" ]. Looking down from the hill moshpitus projectiles and last minute musical artillery, loved by the idea of ​​how many people have seen it, they have grown up and maybe even completely ignored in this hell like music. Scary, but beautiful.

The eastern scene seemed rather weak this year. I think it was the technical things that led Canadians "Concerns" . It is true that the 1945 print heads completely repurchased, overshadowed and became the number steak number for many weekend discoveries. Young people are shown in Belgium as postcard or post-metal, but that at first seemed to be a very good rock'n'roll. My most anticipated group of emotional pancroke Brutus – also from Belgium – was more alive, more abusive than the recordings. It is true that the singer drummer was always the hardest girl on stage.