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On 08 October announced one of the smallest and most intense indoor festivals whose name already determines the program of the day: The Escalate Festival opened its doors and invited to an unforgettable Saturday to celebrate life with a lot of underground. As the home of many bands and the heart of the scene in the district of Euskirchen, the festival is now part of our must-see program, which is why we mingled with the crowd again this year.

My Immortals, our festival report on this year's Escalate.

which was also available there. At this year's festival there was a wide line-up of many different bands, which are either brand new in the scene or already belong to our insider tips. Between punk, rock and metal, bands were chosen that could not be more different and unusual, where nevertheless a suitable mix was found by the organizer BlattTurbo: The first four bands classified themselves in punk and brought this well-known freedom-loving mood to the stage of the Klosterhof. Started with Helidus, who gave punk its purest form with his acoustic guitar and socio-critical lyrics, it went on with Manunkind. who interpreted this in their own way in their chosen rough tone. One of our highlights from the punk lineup was definitely Senor Pilz, who celebrated their second ever appearance with the Escalate Festival.

Destinova classifies itself in grunge/alternative rock, but what we heard was more multifaceted and multi-layered than it can be just one genre. Everything about the band is a little different, peculiar and exactly this original nature is also found in their sound, which can be described as a mixture of classic metal, doom metal and alternative metal with rock influences. Especially fans of bands like Black Sabbath or Purple Dawn should listen to them and their new record "Pieces". The band performs live as harmoniously as on their debut album and rounds off their performance with their technical skills. They put their energy to the music in their dynamic performance, which despite instruments and microphone stands was no obstacle to reach the audience with their songs. A completely successful performance to which we take our hats off - Chapeau!

Now we were allowed to see the band for the second time, which has developed a lot even in this short time. Energetic and above all with a lot of desire for the stage the band opened with their latest singles "Birdie" and "Creep". Their alternative rock sound with its faster, harder as well as slower, more sensitive songs was just the combo the audience could use after the power workout with Cell. ICATAP is still quite young, but this fresh passion, which is especially embodied by their singer Miri, shows the potential of a band that is just starting out. Especially the heavier songs remind us a bit of Guano Apes, but sometimes also of Yours Truly, which is why we can only recommend you to listen in! We really hope to see the band again soon, who made their performance unforgettable once again.