haha thats a great description maybe one time in a land far far away a german dude make it happen that some people would drink with him the whole night. never made party at someones living place? okay maybe it will be a "non metallic" visit in ireland. the prices of the pints are expensive i know. in my hometown we pay 2 euro for a pint of beer... 0,5 l. a whole barrel bought at the brewery is 12 euro für 15l. im born in upper franconia where we have the most brewerys in the whole world and you pay lower taxes for beer because its something to eat and not a luxury article. because of that beer is very cheap at my hometown. maybe i should get some infos how much beer im allowed to take to ireland

Once in the Pavilions shopping centre in Swords I spotted a man in a Carpathian Forest t-shirt and it made me so happy I showed him the sign of the horns just to let him know he wasn't alone (I didn't have a clue who he was and I've never seen him again)

barenjager??? ive never heard about that...i only know soemthing namend bärenfang...its a licquor out of honey just like mead but stronger...

A few reasons really:

1. A small national population so not an awful lot of metallers to begin with
2. A traditionally conversative mindset
3. Gammy weather
4. A lack of support from the main media
5. The need for Europeans to travel to it

To be honest, I see the number 2 as the only true reason.
1. - Norway only has a few more citizens than Ireland and yet you'll see metalheads everywhere.
3. - The weather in Scandinavian countries is no better than here.
4. - Apart from Norway, metal has always been an underground music genre, plus nobody gives a damn about mainstream media anyway.
5. - Festivals should be mainly for local people, any people who come from abroad are just a bonus.

If you want to organize a music festival and first thing you think about is how to make money, then you've chosen the wrong music genre. If you want to make money, invite Rihanna or some other pop music slut and you won't have to work for the rest of the year. But when it comes to metal, I know a few people who organise concerts and festivals and all of them have one thing in common; they do it as their hobby and even if they sometimes lose money, they don't give up, because they don't do it for profit, they do it simply because they like the music.

And Wacken? WTF are you talking about? Nobody expects this type of festival to take place in Ireland, all I'd like to see is 1-2 days long festival for 200-300 people. If it's good and if the fans like it, it will eventually get bigger, if not, no problem, it's still better than nothing and some people even prefer smaller festivals. Btw even Brutal Assault that I'm visiting next week started as an one day long festival for 350 people and nobody could imagine that one year it would last 4 days and attract 10,000+ fans from all over the world.

Has to be a troll.

Nobody is that stupid.

You have 7500+ posts on here.. and you still believe that. Bless your cotton socks

Why don't you organise a festival here so.