FESTIVAL REVIEW – Hell’s Pleasure Festival, Possneck, Germany

19+20/7/13

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I still remember the shiver that ran up my spine that fateful night, as a chain of events were set in motion spelling my inevitable doom.  Rumours of an approaching supreme evil, cryptic writings telling of the imminent unleashing of unimaginable horrors from beyond. I could not sleep, I was compelled, drawn to join other cultists in the dark forests of Thuringia, there to bow down and worship, accepting a descent into madness upon an altar that a humble human mind could not comprehend.  For those of a non-Lovecraftian nature, at the last minute I’d heard that the Australian band Portal (above) were making their first visit to Europe, and I was there!More