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DAY OF DARKNESS FESTIVAL Overview 2004

4-5 July, 2008 : Ballylinan(co Laosis), Ireland

A venue which is called 'Peddigree Corner' is a home of Day of Darkness.There're a hall and a pub,and then food is available.The nearest train station is Athy,and then you can get the venue by taxi. There are special buses operated by the festival from some cities such as Dublin,Cork and Belfast,and Bus Eireann operates the bus route to Ballylinan as well.It takes about one and a half hour from Dublin.

Some lowcost airlines operating their flights to Dublin that is the nearest airport to the festival are below;


Based on London (Luton,Gatwick and Stansted Airport:UK) and many routes among European countries.The most active lowcost airline in Europe.
A Canadian lowcost airline which is operated between Canada and UK,Ireland.
Based on Southampton(UK),and the routes covers UK,Ireland,Portugal,Spain,France and Austria.
Based on Prague(CZE)
An Irish airline which flies between Ireland and other European countries,USA.
It's organised by Scandinavian Airline.The routes are based on Copenhagen and Stockholm.
Mainly flights between Birmingham and some southern Spanish cities for tourists.
Based on some airports in the UK,and their flights cover Ireland,Germany,France,Spain,and Portugal
Its operated by British Midland Airline.Their flights are mainly from Nottingham,and to several European countries.
Based on Kent(UK) and Shannon(Ireland),covering some European countries.
Based on southwest of England. Their flights are in the UK and Ireland.
Their routes are among the cities in the UK and Ireland,and Paris.
It serves 5 European destinations, Dublin, Nice, Malaga, Alicante and Faro.
Based on Cologne/Bonn and Stuttgart (GE)
A German based new airline co-operated with Hapag Lloyd Express. A lot of domestic and European flights
Based on Amsterdam and Rotterdam (NL)

Check details more for the festival in the official website!
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12th June,2004-Peddigree Corner/Ballylinan(Co Laois), Ireland

 

This festival was held as a third time this year,and the bands from other countries appeared for the first time.Not many metal bands play,and I wondered if there were any metal festivals in this county,so it was great to see this festival.
I got to Pedigree Corner by a special festival bus departed from Dublin. The venue was slightly smaller than I thought,but it was enough space and there were some seats outside to drink as well
There hadn't been many chances to see Irish bands for me,so it was good opportunity to do it.

I saw Sol Axis for the first time.I 've seen quite many black metal bands from other European countries,but it was the first time to see the Irish one. By the way,when I saw their gig, I thought I'd seen them before,and then I recognized that I'd seen them several times in Bruxcelles which was a metal pub in Dublin.I didn't know they played the black metal band until then
Unexpectedly,a Bathory tribute band played Bathoty's songs,to tribute to Quorthon from Bathory who passed away just before the festival date.
Which band hit to my mind the most in this day was definitely Mael Mordha.It was the first time to see them,and I didn't know even their reputation about their excellent gigs until then They represented their music was 'Gaelic Doom Metal',and it had really strong identity,so I suppose it would be unforgettable band if you see their gig once.
Ancient Rites played over the midnight as the first band from other countries in this festival. it was great gig as their appearance,and especially as a first gig after Gunther(Vo/Bass) had a skin head
When finally Dismember started to play,there was really cloud in front of the stage.Quite many people enjoyed diving,and feeling over the festival run high

After the festival,I got to Dublin by the special festival bus again,and then it was already 5:00 am Anyway,I really enjoyed to see the first Irish metal festival,and I hope it is getting bigger every year.

 


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Ancient Rites

Bands 2004

14:00-14:30
Fisted Sister
14:45-15:15
Demize
15:30-16:00
Mabus666
16:15-16:45
Sol Axis
17:00-17:30
Sinister Demize
17:45-18:15
Old Season
19:00-19:30
The Swarm
19:50-20:20
Putrefy
20:40-21:20
Mael Mordha
21:50-23:00
Abaddon Incarnate
23:30-01:00
Ancient Rites
01:20-02:20
Dismember

 

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Sol Axis

 

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Mael Móldha


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Dismember

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