RAGE Guitarist Issues European Tour Recap

May 10, 2008

RAGE guitarist Victor Smolski has posted a recap of the band's recent European tour in support of its new album, "Carved in Stone". An excerpt follows.

"The very best thing on this tour has been once again our fans, who have supported us with their screaming and shouting song after song and show after show. Thanx! Their energy makes us forget about our tiredness and keeps us kicking asses daily. For me it is sometimes quite funny to see how people are able to sing along note for note, even my guitar solos. On the other hand, it can be very frustrating to see some dudes sleeping on our monitor system completely drunk or, just like it was in Fulda, after the second song hearing somebody shouting at Peavy [Wagner; bass, vocals], 'Take off your panties!!?' As well not very nice it was to hear dumb racist comments about our Austrian guest band during our stay in Bad Salzungen, as well as it turned out to be not funny that our beer has been stolen from our backstage.

"Dear all promoters, I'd like you to understand what musicians and especially the crew are physically going through during a tour, so at least there should be showers in a club! What I've never expected in middle Europe, as for example Germany, that there couldn't be found any hot water in some clubs!? (Hello!? Did the civilisation leave you behind???)"

Read Victor's entire tour recap, and check out photos, at this location.

Fan-filmed video footage of RAGE performing the song "Set This World On Fire" on March 7, 2008 at the Novesta Hall in Zln, Czech Republic (as part of the Metalmania Festival) can be viewed below (courtesy of "xTEARSxOFxSORROWx").

"Carved in Stone", the new album from RAGE, entered the Media Control chart in the band's home country at position No. 24.

Shortly before Christmas, RAGE shot two video clips from "Carved in Stone", for the songs "Lord of the Flies" and "Open My Grave". According to the band, "while 'Lord of the Flies' is a dark and occult clip with a lot of actors and guests (like singer Jen Majura),'Open My Grave' presents more the musicians of the band on their instruments. The location was a very old basement cavity from the beginning of the 18th century, which is located under a whorehouse! You can imagine, that the boys had a couple of guests while their stay. The clips were produced by Katja Piolka, who had RAGE in front of her lenses already before."

Find more on

Prev More News Next

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).