PartySan Open Air Report Friday 18.08.2023
Beautiful morning, full of energy, seems like I had a nice sleep last night, and also the weather is perfect. I am excited about the band gonna play but before that let’s get some breakfast and do a checklist with the band I want to see. It is quite hard to decide which band I want to see because some bands I know and some I don’t know let’s see what happens letter, it can be surprising.
As usual at PartySan on Friday, the opening band is always some Grindcore, Goregrind band which means there will be to a big party soon at Main Stage, this time the Goregrind Brutal Death Metal band comes from Belgium, Brutal Sphincter. with two frontmen with two different characters, their music very catchy, groovy heavy mix Hardcore, Punk, Death metal Grindcore, Goregrind. Massive circle pit without ends at from row of the main Stage which wearing many kinds of funny Costumes. Balls, toilet brushes, and toilet paper flying in the air. It was a great show and a great party for the early day.
Next Melodic Death Metal from Australia Be’lakor. Heading all the way from Australia this Melodic Death Metal Outfit is the second band on the main stage on Friday. The band chose this early slot themselves as their touring schedule takes them up to Finland right after this show. Their mix of atmospheric and sometimes progressive Melo Death went down really well with the crowd, the sound was clear and powerful. The epic „Countless Skies“ closed off a really good but too short set, hope these guys come back soon!
Next up was the German Old School Death Metal band Endseeker who already played in the Tentstage
back in 2018, so this year they conquered the main stage, and well deservedly after 3 very solid albums! Their catchy and energetic HM2-driven Death Metal style in very loud and massive sound won over the crowd immediately, as did their likable frontman Lenny with his lunatic stage presence! he served up the appropriate texts for the intermezzo. What is impressive, however, is that they are getting better and better on stage thanks to the experience they have gained over the last few years. The very likable gang offered a nice and groovy performance that seemed to me like a successful hybrid of Bolt Thrower, Benediction, and US-Old-School Death
Yoth Iria The Dress Black Metal, hit the main Stage one hour early as scheduled because Mantar will not be performing for health reasons, Grave Miasma will replace at 9 p.m. The Greeks have released an EP, a split, and a studio album. Most recently the record As The Flame Withers – there’s no need to talk about the motivation. Frontman The Magnus goes all out and destroys his microphone on his trip from the stage to the audience. Rolling wildly across the stage, he is completely in his element. The presentation of the new black metal institution is not bad, with the classic Corpse Paint Eye Catcher. The sound is dark and full of doom elements that stay positive in your head. Great performance.
Kanonenfieber the Blackened Death Metal from Bamberg Germany, with a Large Zeppelin backdrop, it’s time for cannon fever from Bamberg. The southern Germans jump back to the time of the First World War. Founded by Noise, he pulls all the strings on the project and only receives live support. The Baptism of Fire, Fat Bertha, and The Battle of Tannenberg are received hungrily. In the last few months, the group around the mastermind has been able to make a name for itself as a top live actor and confirms this trend directly on the battlefield in Schlotheim. The atmosphere is frosty, the songs leave their mark and yet you can still speak of a really strong gig. The topic has its hard sides that cannot be glossed over. Trench Songs and The Fusilier place their dirty finger deep into the already festering wound. You should have cannon fever on your radar if you like German lyrics that sing about historical war chapters. The popularity is justified, the show, despite the live line-up, is a strong and awesome performance.
The Norwegian Black Metal Urgehal. It was delayed about 15 minutes, however, the entire stage set was changed twice in a very short space of time. Things have become damn quiet around the Hønefoss squad. With the last record Aeons In Sodom, it was over for the Scandinavians, who have been wanting to know it again since last year. Let’s see if there’s any new studio material or if they’ll just start playing live for now. The death of Trondr Nefas eleven years ago still resonates with Urgehal. Goatcraft Torment and Antireligiøs kick things off, followed by Satanic Black Metal In Hell. The veterans of the black genre are keen on the Norwegians, who are a little behind this year. Death Metal is clearly ahead at this year’s Party.San. However, Behemoth and Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult are already available for next year. After Urgehal’s toxic ride, the stage remains in Scandinavian hands.
Illdisposed. Time for the Death Metal from Aarhus Dänemark“is back! For the first time since 2006 these Danish veterans. finally, we are back at PSOA! Led by frontman Bo Summer with his hilarious and funny announcements that he isn’t drunk today The frontman describes himself as old, we would say grown up. The mix of Death Metal hardness and Melodic Death Metal atmosphere creates a successful sound they made the crowd move with their groove-laden Death Metal hits like „Dark“ or „I Believe in Me“. Massive sound and lots of fun made this an early highlight of the day!
The trio with black hoodies Midnight. The American Black speed punk seems ready to that the action. The power trio knows how to skillfully ignite the tinder that is inherent in the genre mix of speed metal, punk, and black ‘n’ roll: Athenar and his guitarist collect a lot of steps, sprint from left to right, and transfer the energy to the audience, that appreciated the show with raised fists, crowd surfing and… a swarm of deposit cups flying towards the stage provoked by the band. Great sound and, a killer live show, always fun to see the performance from them.
The Polish Extreme Technical Death Metal,Decapitated the band I had been waiting for. I have been following this band for quite a long and also I have shown them several times live Performances. is once again giving it their all and the current studio album “Cancer Culture” also offers some absolute hits for the live setlist, the audience exhausted themselves a bit at the previous show. It’s a shame, but it’s still an entertaining and rock-solid three-quarters of an hour that guitarist Wacław Kiełtyka and his colleagues put together.
Grave Miasma the Death Metal Band from the UK. Usually, the band plays at the Tent stage, but now they play at the main stage to cover slots for the band Mantar, they can’t come because of Corona. However, this last-minute change doesn’t go so smoothly, because the band has to struggle with some technical difficulties at the beginning of the set: repeatedly too much bass, too little guitar, and the vocals are often lost. In return, GRAVE MIASMA gets a lot of pyrotechnics: walls of flames and fog support the black death metal of the Brits, who are certainly happy about the chance to take over the main stage at the best time of the year. However, you can already tell that the stage is a big one for GRAVE MIASMA – the band’s haunting sound works better on a smaller one with a stronger club feeling.
Dying Fetus, for the 6th Time this US Trio presented their unique Death Metal to the crowds at PSOA! In maybe the best sound of the whole festival the guys fired off their mix of brutal & technical
but yet often groovy DM Hits like „In the Trenches“ or the fantastic „Grotesque Impalement“. The Americans deliver a colorful set from their entire creative phase and also have two pre-release singles from the upcoming album in their luggage. It was impressively demonstrate how Death Metal is presented to perfection on stage, without losing even a minimum of brutality and authenticity. With the last song “Wrong One To Fuck With” there is a huge hammer blow before you leave the stage for the outro of kool & the Gang.
A once again amazing co-headlining gig from them!.
Hypocrisy, headlining on Friday were the Swedes of Hypocrisy. With an epic futuristic stage set their setlist contained a big variety of classics like „Fractured Millenium“ and „Roswell 47“, new tunes like „Chemical Whore“ and „Children of the Gray“ and some old, rarely played tracks like „Inferior Devotees “, Impotent God“ or „Mind Corruption“. The band around Peter Tägtgren was in good shape, but the sound was not perfect however as the bass and bass drum
were too loud and the vocals a bit too low in the Mix. But all in all a worthy headliner with very cool setlist!
It was a great time and enjoyed seeing all the band performances on the Main Stage. even some of them are not the type of music I listen to. Already late now time to go get sleep and save the energy for tomorrow
Story by Mirko van der Veen and Nova
Atomwinter
Frozen
The heavy thunderstorm passes the festival by a hair’s breadth. Although it rains during Ellende’s performance, the lightning storm and the heavy rain can only be seen on the horizon. Thor has mercy on us and prefers to leave 
It’s time for the 
Impiety
The legendary of Death Metal Band Veterans From
Borknagar
the Canadian Death Metal band guested for the 4th time at PSOA. Their modern Style made the crowd circle pitting and crowd surfing pushed by frontman Maurizio Iacono. Some older hits like „Manipulator of Souls“, „Shadows and Dust“ or „As I Slither“ were the highlights for me, with too much newer material being played for my taste.
Enslaved
Seem the Pandemic season already passed behind us, and most of events indoor and outdoor festivals starting to continue events as before, one of them is the PartySan open-air this year which is the 2 time PartySan open-air after the Pandemic. PartySan open air is kind of like a family meeting for all Metalheads, and this year the PartySan open air Visitor is more than last year. More than 60 Bands will be performing for 3 days, from Thrash Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal, And Grindcore.
The big Canon bell is ringing it means the party is going to start with the opening band from Poland 
Even though the weather getting worse, the schedule must move on with the second band that will come up is 
Gatecreeper
The next band I have been waiting for, I have been following them for quite a long but I never show them in life performance. The Canadians Technical Death Metal 
Deströyer 666 the Black Thrash Metal band from Australia, the band already quit long on the root which almost 30 years, correct me if Im wrong. The band already 3 times played PartySan now the 4th. There is quit anougth crowded at the time at mein stage. I don’t know so much about this band know just view track from them. The band sound like heavy classic thrashy, melodic, versatile and atmospheric
The second band I have been waiting for is the Death Metal band from South Carolina, 
Finally, the last band for this evening is the Old School Death Metal from USA Obituary, every metalhead knows this band the band has already been long in the metal scene also already has many albums bring. It was not the first time they played at PartySan but when you see Obituary live show you will never get boring can see them more and more. The Music The groovy catchy riff and the Melodie it will stay in your mind. This was the first time I heard that frontman “John Tardy” was speaking to the Audience, I did show them many times but he never did that. The performance was amazing the perfect sound it was more than the last time they played here. The setlist was a mix of the old and new it was the perfect setlist of course the Audience likes to hear from old staff like Slowly We Rot, Slow Death, and more. Was enjoyed all long the show it was like a happy ending for the first day of PartySan 2023.
Was thinking of going to the Party after show but my body said no need for some rest. it was an amazing day with many great bands and also hanging out with old friends that I just show once time in a year, I can’t complain. Before hitting bed want to get some food and save some energy for tomorrow