With a delay of an hour Pantheist entered the stage at 8 PM. Their nihilistic funeral doom again went to the bone. Dejection got control over the frontline by the desolate tones produced the mournfully musicians. Musically the band excelled with great songs as "O Solitude" and "Envy us", only the vocals were not that convincing tonight. Still a worthy opening of this doom festivity.

Second band this night were the Belgian veterans in the art of doom/death Insanity Reigns Supreme. They came as a bombshell and got control over mind and body. The music was rich, heavy and full of emotion. The guitars wept, the bass was sad, the drums were anxiously and the vocals were harrowing. The stage act was frugal and drowned in melancholia. The set list was short, still mouth-watering including a new song from their upcoming 2nd album in December. With the beautiful "La Tristesse Eternelle" the end of their appearance came too soon.

Next one on the bill were the overjoyed Rotturdoom-stars of Officium Triste. From the first 'till the last tones this band gave the best they've got. Powerful dejected guitars; strong emotional, but sometimes groovin' bass, depressive drums and deep grunts mixed with forced clean vocals. The needed keys were not live, but still gave the songs that extra dimension. Their set list became one big highlight with smashing beauties as "Roses on my Grave"; "Pathway (of broken glass)" a surprisingly great sung "Camouflage" (the recommended earplugs could stay out) and the intergalactic anaesthetic "Stardust".
After the last song "This is Goodbye" the audience kept yelling for an encore, which they got in the Chorus of Ruin-cover "Headstone". This was the best Officium Triste gig I've ever experienced.

The night became darker and colder, the ideal circumstances for the Portuguese Desire to enter the stage. The playing of their morbid shivering epic compositions went to the bone. The stage act was miraculous and full of pessimism all performed with complete abandonment. The tortuous and melancholic vocals became the guidance through their dark atmospheric world created by the glorious and grief use of the guitars, bass, drums and keys. Most of the songs came from their latest black mass "Locus Horrendus…" completed with some old ones and a superb version of the Candlemass cover "Solitude", with guest vocals from the frontmen of Officium Triste and Evoken. After their regular set they were yelled back for a well-deserved encore. My personal highlight of the day.

Time for the Americans of Evoken to end the night in style. The people who already left, because of the late hour were totally wrong. Evoken became the desert of the evening, the final touch on the already impressive night. They paraded their extreme grimly vast doom with an ultra heavy sound. The tired audience drew strength out of the massive rhythms to thereupon got swallowed by the high intensity of the solemn sonic waves. The combination of stage act, lights, smoke and sound was murderous. The audience really enjoyed themselves immensely. Without any doubt the crowning glory of the night!