BRUTUS - PSYCHONAUT - RONKER ~ At Paradiso Grote Zaal. Amsterdam. Netherlands.

 

*** BELGIAN ROCK NIGHT ***

*** An evening with four promising heavy rock bands from Belgium, to finish the year in style ***

 *** 🎫 UP FOR SALE : 16/11/2023 - 10h ***

 

🕖 Set Times:
6:15 pm — Doors Open: Main Hall

 6:40 pm —Psychonaut (BE)
 8:40 pm — Brutus (BE)

9:45 pm — Doors Open: Upstairs Room

10:15 pm — The Waltz (BE) (Upstairs Room)
11:00 pm — Ronker (BE) (Upstairs Room)

Support Act: THE WALTZ

 

~ UNISON LIFE TOUR 2023 ~

 

 Unison Life is the third studio album by Belgian (from Leuven) post-hardcore, post metal, post rock band trio Brutus, released on October 21, 2022. Producer Jesse Gander. Their diverse tastes come together through Brutus to create a sound that's as heavy as it is unexpected. Their influences are wide and varied. 

 

Violate Consensus Reality is the second studio album by Belgian (from Mechelen) psychedelic post-metal/sludge power trio band Psychonaut, released on October 28, 2022. Producer John Doe. A mix of trippy, psychedelic influences along the lines of Pink Floyd combined with the heavier influences of bands like Tool, Amenra, Mastodont and Sleep. Psychonaut have put out one of the best metal albums of 2022 and it standing as aspirants to the throne of the contemporary European progressive / post metal community. A must-have for fans of progressive metal and psychedelic rock. 

 

Self Loathing Self Help is the debut studio album EP by Belgian (from Denderleeuw) postmetal postpunkgaze indememetal havy noise rock alternative band Ronker, released on April 7, 2023. Producer Ronker. Influenced by the earliest of hardcore punk and 90’s guitar music and thrash metal.

 

BRUTUS (Band)

 

 Stefanie Mannaerts — lead vocals, drums (2013–present)
Stijn Vanhoegaerden — guitar (2013–present)
Peter Mulders — bass (2013–present)

 

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PSYCHONAUT (Band) 

 

Thomas Michiels — bass, vocals (2013–present)

 Stefan de Graef — guitars, vocals (2013–present) 

Harm Peters — drums (2013–present)

 

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 RONKER (Band)

 

Jasper De Petter — guitar, vocals (2022–present)
Bram Delcourt — bass (2022–present)
Jens Van Den Borre — guitar (2022–present)
Matteo ‘Bennie’ Beyney — drums (2022–present) 

 

The Setlist

BRUTUS

War (Nest - 2019)
Horde II (Burst - 2017)
Storm (Unison Life - 2022)
Justice de Julia II (Burst - 2017)
Miles Away (Unison Life - 2022)
Brave (Unison Life - 2022)
What Have We Done (Unison Life - 2022)
Liar (Unison Life - 2022)
Chainlife (Unison Life - 2022)
Space (Nest - 2019)
Dust (Unison Life - 2022)

Encore

Sugar Dragon (Nest - 2019)
Victoria (Unison Life - 2022)
 

 

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 Time Set: 1h20

 

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The Setlist

PSYCHONAUT

 

Interbeing (Violate Consensus Reality - 2022)
All Your Gods Have Gone (Violate Consensus Reality - 2022)
Violate Consensus Reality (Violate Consensus Reality - 2022)
All I Saw as a Huge Monkey (Unfold the God Man - 2020)
A Pacifist's Guide to Violence (Violate Consensus Reality - 2022)
The Fall of Consciousness (Unfold the God Man - 2020)
 

 

 

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 Time Set: 0h35

 

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The Setlist

RONKER

 

 MJ (Single - 2023)
Kennedy
Blek Toost
Slow Murder
Shame (Self Loathing Self Help EP - 2023)
Facebreaker
Walls Walls Walls
H I I T
Goliath (Self Loathing Self Help EP - 2023)
Fear 

 

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 Time Set: 0h40

 

 

THE PRETENDERS ~ The Paradiso Grote Zaal. Amsterdam. Netherlands.

 

🕖 Set Times:
7:30 pm — Doors Open
9:00 pm — The Pretenders (UK)

Support Act: ---

 

~ TOUR 2003 ~

 

Loose Screw is the eighth studio album by British-American rock group the Pretenders, and was released on November 13, 2002. Producer Jonathan Quarmby - Kevin Bacon. It was the first time that the Pretenders had the same credited band line-up (Chrissie Hynde, Martin Chambers, Andy Hobson and Adam Seymour) on three consecutive studio albums. It peaked # 8 in Charts US Independent Albums (Billboard).

 

THE PRETENDERS (Band)

 

Chrissie Hynde – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica (1978–present)
Martin Chambers – drums, percussion, backing and occasional lead vocals (1978–1986, 1993–present)
Adam Seymour — lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (1993–2008)
Andy Hobson — bass, backing vocals (1993–2005)
Zeben Jameson — keyboards, percussion, backing vocals (1994–2006)
 

The Setlist

THE PRETENDERS

 
Lie to Me (Loose Screw - 2002)
Message of Love (Pretenders II - 1981)
My Baby (Get Close - 1986)
Talk of the Town (Pretenders II - 1981)
You Know Who Your Friends Are (Loose Screw - 2002)
Time the Avenger (Learning to Crawl - 1984)
Up the Neck (Pretenders - 1979)
I Go to Sleep (The Kinks cover - Kinda Kinks - 1965) (Pretenders II - 1981)
The Losing (Loose Screw - 2002)
Complex Person (Loose Screw - 2002)
Fools Must Die (Loose Screw - 2002)
Bad Boys Get Spanked (Pretenders II - 1981)
Night in My Veins (Last of the Independents - 1994)
Precious (Pretenders - 1979)
Middle of the Road (Learning to Crawl - 1984)

Encore

I'll Stand by You (Last of the Independents - 1994)
Back on the Chain Gang (Learning to Crawl - 1984)
Don't Get Me Wrong (Get Close - 1986)
Stop Your Sobbing (The Kinks cover - Kinks - 1964) (Pretenders - 1980)
Room Full of Mirrors (Jimi Hendrix cover - Rainbow Bridge - 1971) (Get Close - 1986)
Mystery Achievement (Pretenders - 1979)

Encore 2

Brass in Pocket (Pretenders - 1979)

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 Time Set: 1h45

 

 

THE HUMAN LEAGUE ~ Paradiso Grote Zaal. Amsterdam. Netherlands.

 

Support Act : 

  ~ TOUR 2002 ~

THE HUMAN LEAGUE (Band)

Philip Oakey — lead vocals, keyboards (1977–present)
Joanne Catherall — backing and lead vocals (1980–present)
Susan Ann Sulley — backing and lead vocals (1980–present)

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Rob Barton – electronic percussion (2002–present)
Neil Sutton – keyboards (1986–2017)
Nic Burke – multi-instrumentalist (2001–2015)

The Setlist
THE HUMAN LEAGUE
 

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Time Set: 1h30