Shaking the grounds of Transylvania once again

two days have have passed since the wonder has come to an end. *sigh*

Artmania 2011, 6th year, is over. And it was ABSOFUCKINWONDERFABULOUS. I'm not going to start an ode regarding my exact feelings and all the happening in those 48h spent in sibiu and a review of each band's on-stage performance, since that would be never-ending, would get boring at some point and not many really care. But just as a sidenote, all the bands ruled, obviously. Here's a bunch of pictures each worth a thousand words+my comments to help me tell the story instead, they would've been more in number and more accurate if my lens weren't partially retarded. But. Moving on. :)

tarja turunen soundcheck, 1st day, 1 PM.

fabulous. checking for tickets one last time before we left.

the chillax before the big rock-out.

taken while lacrimas profundere were on stage, a picture within a picture.

this guy, tony berger, lacrimas profundere guitarist, ruled. the band itself ruled, actually, best choice for the 1st concert of artmania this year.

1st day, 1 AM, lucky us, we got pics with them. oh, and my face? these gentlemen are just about enough to complete the picture, my face after 4 hours of concerts is...nah.

2nd day, 2PM, lacuna coil meet&greet, taking pointless pictures of the artmania brochure while waiting for the band members to show up.

intense autograph-signing-smiling-for-pictures-with-fans session afterwards.

my friend's life just got better after she shook hands with the singer, who she absolutely loves. and i got to take this pretty picture.

"oh my god i just shook hands with cristina scabbia!"

2nd day 7 PM, and now i'm quoting my dear friend, 2nd on the left, "we' mah bitches at, ah?"

dude in the crowd holding this awesome sign up for sonata arctica, i don't think he got a pick after the concert, though, hm.

my partially retarded lens limited me to one single decent picture during sonata arctica's show. still better than no decent pictures of tarja, helloween and lacuna coil on stage :(

"oh. my. god. that. was. so. fucking. awesome. i can't move, my body hurts, i need water, i wanna lay down for the next 2 weeks", was the general reaction at the end of the 2nd day.