As Summer Dies At The End Of August

Goat, Graveyard, Årabrot, Planet Dust   

Arena Open Air presented by Roadtrip To Outta Space, Vienna, Austria 20250827

Since the Arena Open Airs with likes of Pennywise, Shaggy or Granada, it is time for another one. Presented by Roadtrip To Outta Space, fans of Psychedelic and bluesy sounds can witness a live premiere in Austria, and enjoy a gig poster show of Aplacefortom, Dr. Knoche, Missfelidae and Hannes Benedikter. 

With half an hour delay, Planet Dust unfortunately have to cut short their set. But they experimented in the run-up and lay a trippy atmosphere on the dystopian areal. The meadow has made space for dirt, which adds this late summer evening the right flair. 

From the drone-like duo we come to the Norwegian Noise Rock trio Årabrot. They welcome to ‚the Scandinavian night‘ and with hits like „We Want Blood“, they remind a bit of The White Stripes. Towards the end, they recount how singer K:N almost didn’t make it ten years ago and married Karin Park (k) and now they are still on stage together. 

Back in 2023, Graveyard headlined Kristonfest in Madrid. Tonight they are one of two Swedish acts, giving the nighty scene the bitter sweet Blues. Songs like „Cold Love“, „Uncomfortably Numb“, „Hisingen Blues“ and „The Siren“ put a smile on one’s face, as all visitors happily dwell in the mood. 

And then it is time for the very first show of mystical masked band Goat. Base of their music is the percussion, that holds the tracks together and make everyone dance. Highlight are the two final RSD-Singles „Ship of Fools“ and „Light As a Feather“ (out on Nuclear Blast), which they perform together with Graveyard, who join them back on stage. 

So the pity is, that this concert kind of ends this summer. But therefor, it is just perfect, with wonderful music, great atmosphere and happy faces. And there would be still some open airs to come with likes of Soap&Skin, HVOB, Antilopen Gang, VMM and more.