Many Baroeg visitors will remember the (sold out) Korpiklaani gig in 2007. This folk metal band from Finland realised a smashing concert and made us all dance and sing along. Nowadays Korpiklaani is way too big for our venue, so we're very happy to have them on stage at Baroeg Open Air.

When we talk about classic death metal albums, we cannot ignore 'Cross The Styx' and 'Diabolical Summoning' by the (originally) Rotterdam band Sinister. In the early 90's the band managed to put death metal on the map, together with Pestilence and Gorefest. Bandleader and fellow founder Aad Kloosterwaard started as a drummer, but in 2005 he decides to go for the vocals.

Things went pretty fast for the relatively young hardrock trio Vanderbuyst from Brabant. After the release of their untitled debut album, which was unanimously well received by the press, things started rolling for Vanderbuyst. Not only did they play all important venues and festivals in the Netherlands, they also smashed many stages throughout Europe.

We think it's a good thing that there's a true revival of styles such as hardrock, heavy metal and thrash metal. Not only do we see a lot of cool reunions, there are also some great new bands. One of them is Canadian band Skull Fist. These four guys play true heavy metal like in the old days.