Roskilde Festival Guide 2013

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VOLBEAT/ DK

Rock, roll and metal in perfect harmony has been the foundation that has helped Volbeat all the way to the top. On an unparalleled ride towards the top of the metal scene, the lads have developed a unique blend of melodic stadium heavy rock packed as tight as a bale of straw with equal parts power and hit potential. In 2013, Volbeat will make an impact again. A new, galloping rock album was released this spring.

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VOODOO GLOW SKULLS/ US

WHEN SAINTS GO MACHINE/ DK

Flamboyant When Saints Go Machine opened Orange Stage in 2010 with their velvety electronic pop. International music media have also taken note of the Copenhagen dandies fronted by the incomparably versatile singer Nikolaj Vonsild. Their impressionistic sound is permeated by a desire to experiment. Yet, the melodies and delicately swaying hips are never abandoned. And the towering ambition has not been lowered on the new album, Infinity Pool. When Saints Go Machine continue to win over new fans both among audiences and critics. An elegant swan with neatly painted feathers.

“Shoot the Moon” Voodoo Glow Skulls proclaim in one of their classic songs. The style-defining collective has aimed for the sky since 1988. Their MATTHEW E. WHITE/ US songs roar along in a fiery hurricane of punk, ska On his breakthrough album Big Inner Matthew E. and trombones – like Bad Religion, Sick Of It All and White mixes soul, jazzy soft rock and folk in a way The Specials rolled into one pumped up orchestra. that makes listening to the record feel like having Using political aggression, humour and the charyour bones warmed by the sun. Matthew E. White acteristically Californian mixture of Spanish and transfers the album to the stage accompanied by English, Voodoo Glow Skulls has showed no intenthe heavily armed Spacebomb. The young master tion of slowing down despite and his backing band will make sure “Who do voodoo? a 25-year long career. to hit you squarely in the softest We do! Fuck You!” part of your solar plexus with every trembling tone.

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