JERA ON AIR
WHEN: THURSDAY JUNE 27TH – SATURDAY 29TH, 2019
WHERE: ARGOBAAN 15, YSSELSTEYN, THE NETHERLANDS
Once a year, a small village in the south of The Netherlands gets taken over by 15,000 punk and hardcore fans – much like Australia’s UNIFY Gathering, but on steroids. Celebrating 20 years, Jera On Air sees the best of metalcore, hardcore and punk descend on the village for three hot and dusty days. And like most European festivals, it’s BYO, so once the tent was up, we sat back and cracked a cold one; after all, Europe was in the midst an unprecedented heat wave.
With the sun high in the sky, the tented stages were a godsend. Japanese hardcore quintet Crystal Lake were off in full force, with huge, booming bass and electro breakdowns reminiscent of their fellow countrymen in Crossfaith.
Playing the smallest of the three stages, Americans had a pit full of ninjas throwing down. With nu-metal tendencies and a Corey Taylor-style vocalist,
