(Our Slovenia-based contributor Didrik Mešiček plans to go to a festival near Milan in September and decided to make everyone else jealous about it — unless you go too, which he hopes you will, and he’ll be easy to find there. If he survives, we expect a report.)

Are you sad summer is almost over and with it festival season? Yeah, me too, mate. But while most, if not all, week-long festivals have concluded there are still smaller hidden gems waiting for us in September and in the autumnal months. One of those that caught my eye comes from Italian colleagues at https://metalitalia.com/ who are one of the biggest Italian metal webzines and, of course, also organise their own two-day festival at the end of September right on the outskirts of Milano, which they’ve called – and I hope you’re ready for this – Metalitalia.com Festival.

Where and when exactly? Well, the festival takes place on the 27th and the 28th of September, which is a weekend so it’s a bit easier to take a trip to Lombardy and see some majestic lakes while you’re there as well. Or tell your wife (if she’s not a metalhead) you’re actually going for the fashion and whatever else is in Milano that non-metalhead women are interested in, while you sneak off to see some really cool bands in the Live Music Club (yeah, they didn’t try very hard with the name of the venue, I know).  Continue reading »