After the successful Luxcore-Festival last Summer, Def Dump decided to go on for another festival this
time not only for local bands, but also to consider international hardcore bands. Therefore they organised
under the name of Fulfillment a great festival with outstanding bands at the Skatepark/Pipeline in
Messancy on March 16th. A location which reminds me of a local discotheque inside but... who cares? A
great place for a hardcore festival.
The festival began already early in the afternoon. No surprise that I missed the first bands, Eaves (hardcore from Aachen, former Sugai), Dead For A Minute (hardcore made in France) and as usually I missed the Ex-Inferis gig (I think they shouldn't get used to play always at an early hour).
As Reply cancelled their gig, D-Fact was the first band to play. Very short gig this time which didn't reflect the good impression I remembered from past shows. Maybe especially the singer was too involved in the festival organisation. Another reason could be that too many Luxembourgian people were in the audience.
Landmine Spring from the Czech Republic reminded me of some Italian alternative bands. They played rock-based music with maybe one or two steps in the post-rock direction. Why not? The audience really enjoyed the gig not only because this band was different to the hardcore majority this evening. If I had drunk less (you know the problem) [we do; the editors of the webpage] I think I would have bought a copy of their record. But important to mention I met some Czech people who had organised some gigs for some local bands in their country! So this is a little hope for us all, as local clubs are no longer close to the local scene as they pretend to be, and so organising gigs in Luxembourg gives me the chance to develop my homosexual side, you have to blow you know!?!?
Many people had awaited the gig from Deluge from the Netherlands. Not so hard to understand, this band is in fact a great live band. Hardcore meets emo and go skate! Best live appearance since the beginning of the festival.
Petrograd played for the first time with their new bass player (most of you know him, as he was in fact a member from the first line-up). The band tried to shake the hardcore guys with some lovely pop-music. That, in combination with Diff's comments between the songs is the reason for most festival organiser to hire this band. Yes it is not a shame to talk about the sense of the Liberation Day Festival... besides the music.
Burn Hollywood Burn, an American name for a French band. What could you expect?
What comes to my ears should be the content for a middle class hardcore band (if they pay me some
drinks... you guess it!)
Everybody stands for Def Dump. I think so. As I clearly remember the first Def Dump gigs yearssssss ago, I had to admit that this band will blow up many second class American hardcore bands. They played like professionals. A good feeling to see the crowd moving for a local band. GREAT GIG!!! It’s a pity that their records do not reflect the potential of the band.
You know my friend Raoul who used to drive me home when I’m drunk, well not this time... I forgot to mention the appearance from Like Peter At Home from Spain. Well I don't know Peter, but this Spanish band are a bunch of Seventies guys, maybe they will get their own radio show at Radio @#$. You know the station anyway!
I bought several records from Yage and never expected to see them live, but it happened that night. Yage are not at least one of the most interesting hc-emo band in the scene. Their music could appear in different forms: emotional truly aggressive. If you see Yage one time you surely will get a record (great lyrics) on the same occasion.
Shora played a very noisy gig, too noisy for drunk people, so forgive me for ending my review at this place.
Newborn from Hungary played a more metal oriented hardcore so I think it was no shame for leaving the location before their gig. After all thanks to Dep Dump and D-Fact for making this all happen. The success should be a reason to repeat this festival next year. Hardcore should be a piece of culture of us all, which is not accepted yet in the year 2002 in Luxembourgian media.
