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Category: Editorial

  • 18-10-2009 Tsukicon

    Supports: ; Venue: By: Sabine van Gameren Tsukicon is a festival in Helsinki (Finland) which is all about Japan. It is not about Japanese music, but also about street fashion and other things that are hot and going in Japan. For the music Gloria opened his doors for the festival and on the Sunday three…

  • 18-10-2009 Dream Theater

    Supports: Bigelf, Unexpected, ; Venue: Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende This Sunday night I spent in a bigger venue than the past couple days: at the Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt. Thousands of people were waiting outside of the venue, anxious to get in.

  • Wolfmother – Cosmic Egg

    Releasedate: 23-10-2009; Label: Island/Universal By: Nina Mende Wolfmother is an Australian hard rock band that formed in Erskineville, Sydney in 2000. Originally a trio comprising vocalist and guitarist Andrew Stockdale, bassist and keyboardist Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett, the band released their debut self-titled album in October 2005, which reached number three on the…

  • 17-10-2009 Metalorgy

    Venue: Nosturi, Helsinki (Finland) By: Sabine van Gameren Metalorgy festival is up for its second year and seeing that Nosturi, Helsinki (Finland) is pretty filled, we sense the tradition is set. Five bands play this evening.

  • 17-10-2009 Into The Darkness Festival

    Venue: Hirsch, Nuremberg (Germany) By: Nina Mende Another night at the Into Darkness Festival I spent in Nuremberg. As well as in Frankfurt were many people waiting to get in and the venue was completely crowded from the first band on. The bands played in the same order as last time, the only difference was:…

  • 16-10-2009 Throw Away Heroes

    Venue: Club Liberte, Helsinki (Finland) By: Sabine van Gameren Throw Away Heroes are “more or less formed in 2005”. The Helsinki based band played in Club Liberte on 16 October 2009.

  • 15-10-2009 Into The Darkness Festival

    Venue: Batschkapp, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende Into Darkness is a festival tour of four bands: Dope Stars Inc., Lacrimas Profundere (who joined for the Birthday Massacre who couldn’t be there), Deathstars and Diary of Dreams. All bands draw quite some fans but somehow I mostly happened to see Deathstars shirts in the audience.

  • 15-10-2009 Maximo Park

    Supports: Pete and The Pirates; Venue: Paradiso, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren Pete and The Pirates are a pop/rock band that is influenced by the dark side of the 70’s as it seems. When the band enters the stage, the circumstances are far from convenient.

  • Jeanette Lindström – Attitude & Orbit Control

    Releasedate: 21-10-2009; Label: Playground Records By: Nina Mende Jeanette Lindström is the jazz singer that prompted legendary producer Quincy Jones to voice the portentous words: “An old soul in a young singer”.

  • Defiance – The Prophecy

    Releasedate: 19-10-2009; Label: Candlelight Records By: Lara Cappelli Defiance is a Trash Metal band from California formed in 1985. They disbanded in 1994 but announced their reunion in 2005 and now they’re back with their forthcoming album “The Prophecy”.

  • Left Spine Down – Fighting For Voltage

    Releasedate: 16-10-2009; Label: Danse Macabre By: Nina Mende Based in Vancouver, BC, Canada, Left Spine Down (also known by the acronym LSD) is a band that plays what they call “cyberpunk,” a mixture of industrial, metal, punk, and drum & bass. The band features Jeremy Inkel of Industrial music legends Front Line Assembly and Denyss…

  • Waves Under Water – Serpents and The Tree

    Releasedate: 16-10-2009; Label: Danse Macabre By: Nina Mende Waves Under Water is a Swedish darkwave band with a female singer who have now released their debut album “Serpents And The Tree”.