FESTIVAL REVIEW: Keep it Low

Keep it Low Festival:

When Elektrohasch Records celebrates their 10^th anniversary, you can´t stay at home. So we packed our bags and went to Munich, we've been looking forward to a day with 15 Bands on 3 Stages.

The Location is called “Feierwerk”, a really nice place with 3 Stages and a small outdoor area.

After our arrival, we got informed that Rotor cancelled their show. Not the message you want to read, but that bad message had something good in it, Colour Haze decided to play a second 45 minute long show.

The first band, Parasol Caravan from Austria, started early at the “Orange” Stage, but it was a great start into this heavy day. With their merciless Stoner/Heavy Rock our neck muscles had a 40 minute work out, but this was just the warm up. Read more about Parasol Caravan in our category “Bands you should know”!

Parasol Caravan

After this awesome show we needed a short pit stop at the bar. Because of the overlapping stage times on the 3 stages and the beers, we missed a lot of Orcus Chylde. A 70s inspired Psych-Prog-Rock band from Germany. But when Hellroom Projectors started, we've been in the front row. Ok, this wasn't that hard, because the “Hansa 39” stage, the biggest one, was not that crowded this early. The Hellroom Projectors are a Stoner Metal band from Switzerland, with heavy riffs and a dark voice.

Hellroom Projectors

Mother Engine, are one of the newcomer bands of 2013. Since their camp site gig at the Stoned from the Underground Festival this year, they are well known, at least in Germany. We hope to see them soon in Austria. A lot of stonerheads entered the “Kranhalle” stage to see Mother Engine and they didn't get disappointed. A rifftastic instrumental stoner, with great speed changes and low tones from both drum and bass that felt like a massage to your body.

After these awesome shows, we decided to take a little brake outside, where we met old and made new friends. I don´t know how it happened, but we missed The Machine, shame on us. So whats the next band now? Colour Haze! The first of two shows they played that day, and it was amazing, even though Philipp was a little ill, he made a great job.

Colour Haze

Then we missed My Sleeping Karma, because the “Kranhalle” stage was so full, they closed it. Btw.: MSK played with David (from The Machine) on the keyboards.

If you've ever been at a Truckfighters gig, you know how it is: loud, hot and with lot of Fuzz in the air.

The day before we've seen them in Austria supported by Parasol Caravan, but you never can get enough of their great show. Oskar and Niklas jumping and running on the stage, it´s a one hour power workup for both of them and for the crowd, you can´t stand still and just watch, you have to move till you are dehydrated.

Truckfighters

After a really short brake we walked to Grandloom. I saw them once in Austria and knew they are great, but this gig was unexpectedly good! One reason, why I was positively surprised, was the new drummer. After the exhausting Truckfighters show, Grandloom was really perfect! I laid back and enjoyed this awesome instrumental stoner rock. Sometimes psychedelic, slow and suddenly a hard “Karma to Burn” wall of sound with breaks in the most unlikely moments.

Grandloom

So, the last band for this awesome day – how else could it be – was Colour Haze, for the second time! They started their set with “She Said” from their latest album and as a surprise with a guest musician from Austria. Our friend Robert Schossleitner, drummer from the recently splitted band Been Obscene supported them on stage with percussions. The rest of the show was amazing, with a video wall on the back and a great setlist:

• She Said
• Moon
• Slowdown
• Transformation
• Peace, Brothers & Sisters!
• Tempel

• Love
• I Won't Stop


All in all it was a great day, with lots of music and awesome people. The only sad thing was that we couldn't see all the bands we wanted to see, because the stage times overlapped or it was too crowded. But you know that in advance, when you buy a ticket for a one day festival with 15 bands on 3 stages. 

by Victor