![]() The Summer Breeze bill isn’t short of classy death metal, from Suffocation to the recently reunited Gorguts, but Decapitated walk away with the Best Band Of The Weekend (DM Division) honours. What goes in black comes out black… Decapitated are the death metal band setting the pace It’s not naturally black, of course – more the dyed variety – but we suspect the end result will be the same. Think: black steak, black cheeseburgers, black chilli, black currywurst (a national German ‘delicacy’ that’s basically chopped up hotdog sausage covered in tomato sauce and chilli powder). Things you’ll only find at a German metal festival: a food truck that sells nothing but black food. Best of all is Turbo Bier, a bunch of snotty long-hairs whose songs revolve around boozing and partying. Summer Breeze showcases a load of local bands who deserve an international look-in, from excellently-named bruisers Excrementory Grindfuckers to alt-rockers Long Distance Calling. The large-scale snobbery from us Brits towards the German scene is up there with talk of the 1966 World Cup in terms of tired cultural clichés. ![]() There’s a whole parallel metal scene worth investigating
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