Sara Hammerzmith

You wanna know what I love about this year so far?

It’s only gone about a week or two or three, but I’m still seeing this being one of the most promising years  in a very long time. The summer is starting to fill up with concerts and festivals, and the spring time is working itself out as well. More and more options and possibilities are coming in, and I’m just waiting for it all to take off. On January 30th, it WILL start with Amaranthe in Västerås (unless it sells out before I get a ticket) and then it’s just gonna keep on rolling for the next few months. Summer is going to be heavy too – a lot of people are like “how can you even do all of this?”

Well, why couldn’t I? I love this life. I love being on the road, not really knowing what is gonna happen, but it’s OK. Because you are there with the best of your friends, it’s another city another country another venue. Whatever band is playing on the stage, will always be the best band in the world for the night. On Jan 30th Amaranthe will be the best band in the world. On February 11th SlipKnot will be the best band in the world. Because for this one night, nothing in this world matters. Nothing, at all. School, work, injustice, mental health, physical health, worries, stress, anxieties – NOTHING matters. When the drums explodes in the chorus for “The Nexus” or when Corey Taylor screams for the hell of it or when Hella’s ripping off the pre-chorus to “The Riff” – that is all that matters in that moment. And when the curtains has fallen and the show is done, you might just be so lucky to meet some of these inspiring people and even if you don’t, you’ll still spend the rest of the night in some dark alley behind some suspicious building in Lichtenfels waiting ’til the break of dawn when the plane leaves, with your best friends. Shenaningans, music talk, laughter and tears of joy is what is being shed.

And how can you not want to do THIS every day? Sure, being sleep-deprived is a thing, but it’s ALWAYS. ALWAYS. Going to be worth it.

“Tomorrow is a another venue, another city a new hotel room oh. And I just can’t live without it.”

// Sara

So, this kind of happened today:

YAAAY! So it’s confirmed; I’ll be going to Sabaton Open Air in Germany, the Noch Ein Bier fest. Going to be so awesome! The line up was just too good to resist, so yeah, I set sail for Germany!

Aside this, we also got it confirmed today that Marilyn Manson will come to Gröna Lund. Like, WHAT?

Like, this concertsummer is truly getting itself together, don’t you think?

// Sara

So today was the big day, haha. Like, it’s so fun in a way. I had prepared myself with Butcher Babies album for company (figured it’d be brutal enough to cut out the sound, yet melodic enough to keep my brain occupied) and really tried to prepare myself, and I still freaked out in the chair and kicked around. Of course, a lot of this has to do with my fear of needles. I didn’t really FEEL that much when she injected everything, but you know, just the mere knowledge of the needle, knowing there is this thin, sharp metallic item piercing through your skin, piercing into places it shouldn’t be… it send shivers down my spine and I can’t even breathe when this happens. Tears were falling even thought I didn’t feel said. Panic attack? Maybe, maybe not.

And then, when she was gonna pull out the thing, I only came through half of “Denial” before she said she was done, before the procedure was over. What the hell. So undramatic. My vivid fantast gets in my way sometimes… Either way, this dentist was a doll and she was taking SO good care of me. Kudos to her and her patience.

However, I’m not sure if it’s after effects from the emotional event this morning or if it’s the antibiotics, but I’m still sick. Very sick. It feels worse than it has this past week, which is bad. Really bad. So I only really spent the day in bed watching some DVD’s. Started off with “Antennas To Hell” and later on I was up to watch the Goat documentary… And I shit you now.

So it opens up with this goat thing, right? So I watched that. And watched. And watched. And then I noticed how it started to start over, and over, and over. So we thought, maybe the CD doesn’t work in the DVD. So we tried it in a small transportable DVD. There, you could press skip, but I thought, maybe I could do it in the computer. Didn’t work in the computer, so I settled to watch in on the small DVD. And I pressed forward and forwarded pass all the music videos but I never reached goat. Why wouldn’t they make a proper menu? I was so pissed.

And this my friends. THIS is when I start thinking about the damn numbers in the corner. “3.14”. I mean, sure, it’s in their design of the star, it’s not like it’s anything important right? Pressed the arrow on the remote….

….

and would you look at that. It moved around.

APPARENTLY. THIS WAS THE MENU.

APPARENTLY. THE FUCKING NUMBERS WAS THE MENU.

AND I DIDN’T EVEN REALIZE.

Jesus fucking christ, some days, I’m just NOT THAT BRIGHT. This was one of my “blonde” moments, for sure.

Or maybe it’s the illness. Yeah, I’ll blame the illness.

// Sara

Ahh! I’m STILL sick. Jesus Christ, I can’t even remember the last time I was sick for this long. But you know, no darkness without a little sunshine right?

First of all – Sabaton announced “Noch Ein Bier” fest – basically Sabaton Open Air but in Germany, and one day (So far). The line up, on the other hand, IS AMAZEBALLS. Sabaton. Powerwolf. Korpiklaani. Civil War. It’s like they MADE it for me. I so have to be there, one way or another. I have to.

But in the mean time, PLEASE admire my new shirt. At last, I can really put my Gravity Falls on be ridiculous (and this makes me dangerous, mark my words).

// Sara

First of all, this day started off with good news: Hollywood Groupies are confirmed as the support band for Lordi during the dates I’ll be seeing them! This makes me SOOOOO excited, you don’t even understand! This is a band I’ve followed for quite some years and I’ve never had the chance to catch them live, and to see them ending up being the support band for Lordi just made my day!

Hollywood Groupies is an Italian  five-piece Hardrock band formed back in 2006 and they’ve been growing ever since! They released their first album “Punched By Millions Hit By None” in 2010 which got a lot of good reviews.

If you thought this was it, it ain’t! Some late Christmasgifts came in today from my brother, and it was no less than these two precious items:

First up – “Women and Children Last” by Murderdolls. Originally released in 2010 when the band made their comeback. This is the “Special edition” one with a DVD from a live show at the The Key Club in L.A. All these music DVD’s makes perfect for what’s coming up on Friday, so this was well needed!

Secondly – “Black Sails At Midnight” by Alestorm, released in 2009. I FINALLY POSSESS AN ALESTORM ALBUM. This is long overdue. Jesus almighty – I discovered the band already back in 2010 or whenever it was on their tour with Sabaton, and saw a proper show with them this summer. Can’t believe it has taken me up to now to actually have an album with them. But you know – better late than never, right?

Yeah. I guess you could say it’s been a pretty good day, filled with good music and good announcements when it comes to tour. I really CAN’T wait for all the touring and all the shows to start. It’s been too long!

With all this being said, I also wanna pay my respects to all that is going on in Paris right now. As an aspiring journalist, it breaks my heart and scares me that extremists like this exists, threatening our freedom of speech by their delusional reality of what is right and wrong. Stand united against terrorism – but please – remember that these are actions made by extremists, and does not reflect the masses of the people practicing a religion. Take care of each other, and love one another. #JeSuisCharlie

//Sara