Report by: Roel and Tabitha Pictures by: Ingrid After a short discussion with Ingrid, months before the actual festival, I (Roel) decided to go to the Dong Open Air 2023 festival. It has a...
Turbinenhalle, Oberhausen, 16th of December 2022. About two years ago, Amorphis would have been supporting Nightwish during their European Tour. Sadly, due to Covid restrictions, that tour was postponed, which made them cancel their...
Metal Exposure’s yearly pilgrimage was due – heavily packed for a long journey up the sacred Dong mountain, we made our way to the unique location that is the Halde Norddeutschland. Together with other...
Swiss folk metallers Eluveitie haven’t had the easiest of years. Three of the band’s long-time members – hurdy-gurdy player/vocalist Anna Murphy, guitarist Ivo Henzi, and drummer Merlin Sutter – departed the band last summer,...
Swiss folk metal institution Eluveitie experienced serious upheaval in its ranks this past May, when long-time members Anna Murphy (hurdy gurdy, vocals), Ivo Henzi (guitars), and Merlin Sutter (drums) announced their departure from the...
Once in a while, bands stray from their regular path of just making music. We all know the Dutch symphonic metal formation Epica has proved to be able to pull off a big production...
In a few weeks, metal-exposure will be heading towards the Dong Open Air Festival once more. Since 2007, our crewmembers have been visiting this festival, and we haven’t missed a single year after that....
28-09-12 – As a huge Eluveitie fan (and amateur hurdy-gurdy player), I was very excited to have the chance to sit down and talk to Eluveitie’s Anna Murphy before the band’s recent show in...