A good time, three nights in Amsterdam and saw some punk bands one night, didn't care for Brussels as much but saw Fistula and Grime at the longstanding Magasin 4 venue there which was cool. Desertfest Antwerp was really well-run, three stages in one venue with an outside court with food trucks. Saw a lot of the usual bands kill it like Pentagram, Uncle Acid, Yob, Weedeater, Elder, Cough, Atomic Bitchwax and Torche, and caught a few euro highlights like Monkey 3, Lonely Kamel, Goat, La Muerte, My Sleeping Karma, Black Rainbows and Antwerp locals Black Swarm. Can def recommend the TRIX venue as a destination. I tend to not do a whole lot of sightseeing but metalchick666 introduced me to a resident of Antwerp who showed me some sights and shared an afternoon at a pub in the center. Met some other cool freaks at the fest including a Dutchman wearing an Annihilation Time patch that turned out to be friends with a bunch of people I know in Richmond which was real cool. All in all a good trip, would return.
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