Verslag van Thunderdome, 2 december 2006

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THUNDERDOME - „Dark is the Blood that runs through our vains“

Date: 02-12-2006 / Location: Jaarbeurs Utrecht

Considering all the great parties that already came along this year (Project-Hardcore.be & Project- Hardcore.nl, MOH Brabanthallen Den Bosch & MOH Westfalenhalle Dortmund, Decibel Outdoor, Defqon.1, Megarave, Hellraiser & Ghosttown) and they way how Q-Dance and ID&T promoted this event, could let you come to only one conclusion, and that's total excitement for this Saturday, the 2rd of December 2006. The fact, that this would be my 1rst time to Party at the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht made me even more excited than I already was. And of course not to forget all the great artists that had been booked for tonite, for example Dj Promo, The Producer, Nosferatu, Hamunaptra, Outblast, Ophidian vs. Synapse, Shadowlands Terrorists, Akira and Tommyknocker vs. The Viper. And as if that wouldn't have been enough, there also was the performance of tue Art of Fighters aka. Meccano Twins from Italy, the guys behänd „Earthquake“ and „Synapse“. It's been a very long time since I saw he perform the last time (last year in Italy). The only unpleasant thing was, that Jens wasn't able to accompany me like usual because of a heavy injured knee - too bad. Fortunately it wasn't too hard to find someone to take his place, and so me and my buddys Ron & Volker got on the road to Utrecht where we arrived after 1,5 hours of driving at half past midnight. A few minutes and the usual Security-check later we entered the Main Hall just in time for Nosferatu ! NOSFERATU had the honour to infect Thunderdome with the Enzyme-Virus. To my surprise I had ran into Erwin on the VIP-Deck earlier tonite. My chance to hear from himself what he was planning to play. Although he only said „Be Surprised“, I already had a vague idea of how this night was going to end. And it turned out to be a good guess, as „INVASION“, "Fuck the Frame",
Reformation“, „A Journey Of Force“, „The Mine“, Ki-Real's - „The Warning“, „Blacklist Amok“ & „Get A Little Stupid“. And you can trust me that I hadn't been the only one who wanted him to spin this track at the end, 'cause a lotta people went absolutely crazy for one last time before the turntables finally came to rest after 10 hours full of almost every type of Hardcore-Sound. I hereby bow my head for Nosferatu - he know what the crowd wanted and definately hit my nerv with his set ! Next aritst waiting in line was Dj Promo. Promo got behind the turntables and surprised me again by laying down a good set, just like on Project-Hardcore.nl three weeks ago. His set included many former and recent hits like „Claime To Fame“, „A Way Of Life (Promo rmx)“, „The World Is Mine“, „After Me There Will Be None“, „W.O.III“, "Demons", „Exlaxl (DT6 remix)“, „Phreak Ya Speaka“ and „Princess Of The Posse“ ! Next on the list was the performance of tue Art Of Fighters together as The Meccano Twins. They delivered a very nice set playing a great variety of records like „Revenge“, Art Of Fighters feat. Mc Justice - „Premonition“, Tommyknocker - „Learn From The Pain“, Trse Creatures Allied - „Disposal Of Outer Power (Eardrums On Blood Mix)“, Art Of Fighters & Tommyknocker - „Follow Me“, Art Of Fighters - „Redemption“, „Synapse“, „Earthquake“, Meccano Twins vs Art Of Fighters - „Dualism“, „Breath“, „Illusion“, AOF - „The Thousand Faces Conspiration“ and the Track „Pure Intentions“ - Great finish ! It now was time for the sound to go from the more Mainstream-orientated style of Art of Fighters to the much rougher and darker Sounds of DJ The Producer. And even if this performance had a few little flaws, it was much better than the other performances I had seen from The Producer through out this year. Their choice of records fitted me also better than usually, as it included tracks like „The Mine“, „House Of Pain“, „The Desrtoyer“, „Demons(Promo rmx)“, „Acid Rain“, „Fucking With My Shit“, „Jealousy Is
A Motherfucker“, „Lying Through Your Teeth“, „Murder Was The Case“ and „I Am A Criminal“ ! DJ Outblast took over the wheels of steel afterwards and laid down a good mainstyle-set with tracks like
„Chronic disorder“ , Angerfist - „Raise your fist“, „State of Emergency“, „Killing Scum“, „Bone Crusher“ and Angerfists „With The Fresh Style“. A standard set, really nothing beyond the ordinary ! It now was already time for the last performance for tonite: Tommyknocker vs. The Viper. And right were they stopped Tommy Marra alias Tommyknocker was able to push everybody even further. His Battle included almost every of his most successfull productions, like „Revolution“, „Twist“, „The Prophecy Unfolds“, "Nocturnal Rituals“, „Domination“ , „Shogun“ as well as some actual floorfillers like „Angel“ , „Keep Them Titties Jumpin' (a brandnew remix)“, „You Will Die“, „Your Choice“, „Fuck those titties“, „Outside World“, „Never Fall Asleep“ and as finisher his latest co-production „Step Into Our World“, which he made together with Jappo a.k.a. Unexist, again another very popular Italian. I can only repeat myself and say that you better keep an eye on everything he has his fingers in - this guy has the potencial to become and to remain one of the big names in the hardcore-business. Tommyknocker & Viper = TOP HARDCORE SET ! To bring this report to an end I'll gather all the relevant facts: the Jaarbeurs turned out once more to be a really great location for these huge Hardcore-Parties and the organisators did a great job too by putting this edition of Thunderdome in a fresh new outfit. The gigantic stage, an awesome light- and lasershow, the fire-fountains at each side of the stage and the cages hanging under the roof were really worth looking at. The only manko was the sound system. While the sound was clear and loud in front of the stage, the sound in the back of the hall was a bit crappy, but definately NOT as bad as many say it was. Besides that I can't think of another thing to complain about - firm, but always friendly security, enough FREE toilets, lots of different stands (food/ drink/ massage/ piercing/ merchandise), a lotta funny people, most of the time a great atmosphere and some really nice sets from Nosferatu, Tommyknocker & Viper and Outblast in the main hall and Dr.Rude and The Shadowlands Terrorists in the Early-Area made this one to another great events of this year ! Oh, and Ron & Volker, thanx for doing your part - it was really funny as hell with you [[ain't no party like a alcoholic Party ]] - thanx to all the other party-people and see ya on the next THUNDERDOME 2007 ! Marcel Griesbach @ Offensive-Hardcore.de