Lama wrote:
Well, I don't know if you already noticed it after all these years you've been there, but there's a stage in the venue where bands can play. So it must have a purpose as a place for 'live events'
Did you ever visited a festival (or a normal gig) where the toilets aren't smelly? And by the way, the organisation placed toilets outside. But they are probably also too small for you I guess? Do you suffer from claustrophobia maybe? Man, what do you want? It's a two-day heavy metal festival with +/- 3000 visitors, things are going to get dirty. If you want a clean, and maybe gold-plated toilet hosted by a couple of elves who lick your ass clean, go look elsewhere. Tomorrowland maybe
I'm a visitor of the festival since 2007, and I've never had to 'fight' to get in or out. Everyone has to pass the security guys, and for good reason too. Sometimes the entrance is a bit crowded yes, but only when a gig starts or finishes. And even then it never takes more than a few minutes. And if you noticed, there were two exits at the back of the venue. Dammit, it's not a stroll through a park man!
An 'annoying testdrive'?? What annoys you so much about it? On the other side of the venue there's a HUGE campsite and car parking where you have a lot of space to do your thing. Whatever that may be... Or do you suffer from agoraphobia too?
And why do you even care in the first place? You said that the 2016 line-up didn't impress you, so why are you whining that you didn't score a ticket? If you don't like it : stay away, don't bother! Or maybe try to organize a festival like KIT yourself, since you're so critical towards the KIT-crew.
I conclude with a 2010 quote from yourself : Don't be a dumb.
Wow what a pissed answer ! Who are you the official defender of keep it true festival ? Tauberfrankenhalle was fine for the first editions, now the situation is clearly become chaotic and stressful with all the people who visit the festival, really strange that you would not have noticed, ok there is a space for camping but it seems to me quite badly organized and honestly I do not trust to park the car there, because I always come with a hire car from the airport and do not want to dirty it or ruin it because in that case I should pay fines.
The track driving in front of the building is really ridiculous, for those who park the car next to the football field gets really long exit to the area concert and go to drink something in the car and re-enter in the building, considering the fact that there are only 15 minutes between one group and another ! This is VERY STRESSFULL.
I am one of the few that want to see 90% of the groups and do not interested to stay drunk all the time !
The bathrooms is one of the minor problems, but there are more modern structure that are better equipped in this regard.
About the bill I did not say that is bad , there are many interested bands next year ! (but many i've already seen in other festivals, but that's another story), i said only that there were recycling that I did not like much, as it has been for two years, many of you seem to forget that the Fates Warning with Artch have already played at keep it true 2012 under the name Arch / Matheos.
I think that you have a short memory, it's not a memorable event, is something that has already occurred only three years ago (2012), not a life ago ! , but it seems that everyone in Germany go mad for Fates warning with Arch, which it is still a great group, of course !
So for that reason that i've explained i was initially a bit puzzled about the bill but then I decided to buy the ticket, as every year, hoping that they added then other interesting bands going forward with the months.
Instead, thanks to this absurd policy of the tickets I could not buy a ticket for me, only after 4 hours the festival starts! .... for 2017 i could buy 2000 tickets and do play all the band just for me, it might be an idea !
However it is not a tragedy , there are many other great HM festivals around europe, so life goes on (on and on and on...).