Just a quick few words on this: the best set of the night was probably Iron Fist of the Sun, really really strong and captivating; Sutcliffe Jugend were immensely powerful and ultra loud; BDN, featuring Lina Baby Doll and Thomas Ekelund, did deep bass rumbling and pounding and did the job very nicely indeed; and Trepaneringsritualen was pretty damn good too. Lina Baby Doll initially cancelled Deutsch Nepal, but then came on later anyway, apparently after a bit of coaxing. It was fine, but he was a bit pissed (for once!), and his set wasn't quite as vital as the previously mentioned ones. Nordvargar did a nice set of dark industrial ambience, while Raison D'etre were fine, too, but seemed a bit like a breather from the real action. There was a nice enough crowd there, possibly about 300, but some poor divil broke his arm - the bone was sticking out and all! It probably happened in the 'mosh-pit' that got going during the SJ performance. Anyway, not a bother on him - I hear he was off to the DiJ the next night, too!
All in all, a fantastic night, really - I'm only sorry we turned up a little late and missed Shift. Ah well, you can't have everything! Actually, I know a lot of people who went on to Death in June the next night, but I'd really have thought it'd have seemed rather insubstantial after the SE:UK shows! Or perhaps I'm only telling myself that as I couldn't make it...
