A quick update from Tennessee / Illinois

It's awesome being back in the States seeing friends and hanging out with the McCavanaghs + driving around Nashville with Pastor Bob again.

Birthday
The 25th was my birthday and Pastor Bob put up a surprise party for me at Abbie's house. About 30 people came and it was great seeing so many people again. I really appresiated it!

Wedding
PB and I had a 8-9 hour drive to Illinois yesterday. My friend Ravn (lead screamer of Norwegian black metal band Frosthardr) and Annie Schertz are being married by Pastor Bob this weekend. My Danish friend Stefan "Ghashul" Bruhn is here as well.

Cornerstone Festival
will be this upcoming week from Monday to Saturday. I will be playing 3 times with Jim LaVerde and the Sanctuary Worship Band on the Sanctuary Stage. Besides that I've scheduled 30 band interviews that I hope we'll get done. Usually there's about 30.000 people at this festival. Christian bands where most of them are playing hard core metal.

Nashville it is

Goood being back, in spite of country music and bad traveling..!  

... Actually the traveling wasn't as bad as it used to be  :O)  This time I only got my travel schedule changed twice, missed one flight and had an extra 12 hour layover in Chicago. But it felt like luxury this time! Because of all the mess at the airports I got a room at a nice hotel + a business class seat from Washington to Chicago. AND a food voucher, YEAH, hehe:

I usually post my food voucher food at this blog, so here you go B-)

The good thing about traveling by my self is that I don't have to worry. I've got no traveling partners to take care of, and I don't mind sleeping in the dirt. But it would have been funny to share the travel and the funny episodes with someone, like when I entered business class, sat down, and all the pretty business folk was convinced that I was in the wrong section of the plane, hehe :-P

But after a few seconds I started talking with the very wealthy business lady beside me, and we had a great chat for at least an hour. 

Back to The States

So, tomorrow early early early I'm heading back to Nashville, TN!

Looking VERY much forward to see everybody again, especially my little American family; The McCavanaghs!

I will only be here for 3 weeks though, due to a huge SummerCamp that I'm involved with in Denmark.

While being in the US I will go to Cornerstone Illinois to help at the Sanctuary Stage, do some band interviews and play there as well with Jim LaVerde and the Sanctuary Worship team.

Road trip to Sweden

JUST got back after a very impulsive road trip from Friday to Monday. My old nanny and friend "Tante Gerd" has got a little cabin out in the woods in Sweden. No electricity, no running water and the toilet is a bucket out door: Awesome!

It's probably the 5th time I'm here => sweet place for vacations out in the wilderness! ...But this time we went to clean up after someone broke the door down. Fortunately nothing was stolen, but a dude had had at least one good nights sleep there.It turned out to be an GREAT time of quietness, retreat and fellowship. Tante Gerd, my friend Jered (from Nashville) and I went for it. Appreciated some quiet time in-between a whole lot of world-wide-traveling. God knows how to turn bad things into great things => what a blessing!

Hard Rock Halleluja, Germany

Last weekend was a GREAT one as well!
We rented a van and went on a road trip down south to our German friends. Pastor Bob did seminars and Solace The Day brought the axes. Here's the line up for the metal event:

My friends from Arcane Legion, who are working with their church on putting these events up. This sweet stage is actually the church room:
Solace The Day in back stage warming up. With a little help from Martin from Corpse Under Construction:

It's always great to meet the Pantokrator guys, and it has been lots of fun sharing stage with 'em two weekends in a row. ...Here Panto-Jonas and I are having a serious talk down under in the catacombs of Eckernförde:

...or something like that.

After the show Arcane, Panto, Solace and more friends went to grab a beer sausage. Sweet time of fellowship and hang out (though a couple of these guys look a bit spent):

From left; my Nashville-friend Jered, I, Solace-drummer-Jonas, Solace-guitar-Levi.

A great time i Germany meeting friends and getting new ones! The Hard Rock Halleluja events happen once in a while. Please go check it out at myspace.com/hardrockhallelujah1 ! They are great people with a good ministry and a cool show!

Green Light District Festival 2008

WOW!! WHAT AN AWESOME WEEKEND!!!
400 excited people making fellowship, connecting and encouraging each other! EVERYBODY was extremely positive and loving on each other. JUST what I was dreaming of. ...And much more! B-)
14 bands from 5 different countries entered the stage during the weekend. We had all the brutal metal genres represented; Gore Grind and Chaotic Tech Black Metal included. Blindside (picture below) was the headliners and the softer band at the fest., but delivered an awesome show!!
Barricades (picture below) did a one-time reunion gig at the festival, which was lots of fun. I've been to festivals all over the world, but I must say; we REALLY have the best crowd at this festival! If you haven't been here, come be a part of it and see for yourself!
...And then Solace The Day (picture below) entered the GLDFestival stage as well. This festival is the birth place for many great bands! Keep an eye out for this band ;-P

We will play Hard Rock Halleluja in Germany tomorrow. Pastor Bob Beeman did seminars at the GLDFestival and will be speaking at HRH as well. It's gonna be good seeing my German friends down there and getting new ones!
It has been an extremely blessed festival with GREAT bands and AWESOME seminars, but the best thing about it all: IT HAS BEEN FAMILY! Come join the family next year! myspace.com/greenlightdistrictfestival

The reason why this festival is alive is because of all the excited people working away with me!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!

GLORY TO GOD! ! !

...all photos by Stefan Bruhn - www.Ghashul.dk