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Category: Previews

  • 30-08-2008 Loud From The South

    Location: Klokgebouw, Eindhoven (Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren& Elvira Visser Eindhoven brought a new born festival this year. As all new born are, small but yet an impressive lineup. With bands like Sabbat, Dark Tranquillity, Carcass and Soulfly they had an impressive bill for a first edition. Arriving at the location it soon came clear…

  • Jon Roniger – Charmed Life

    Releasedate: 01-09-2008 By: Sabine van Gameren Jon Roniger is a songwriter from the USA. Just as many songwriters, they go European since their music is very popular at the moment. He’s not a debutant; “Charmed Life” which released on the first of September is his third full length. He also has a long list of…

  • 26-08-2008 Serj Tankian

    Supports: InMe ; Venue: 013, Tilburg (Netherlands) By: Elvira Visser Tonight InMe had the task to entertain the crowd before Serj Tankian entered the stage. Usually a hard task because it can be very hard to get the crowd going while they are waiting for another artist. Tonight however the audience got into the music…

  • iO – For The Masses

    Releasedate: 01-09-2008; Label: Rocker Team Records/Intergroove/Astral Music By: Sabine van Gameren It’s often said that rock n roll is a trashy genre. In order to look cool, people turn themselves in rockers. Rock bands are everywhere, but how many actually have something to say? iO is a band from Germany. You might recognize the members…

  • 23-08-2008 Menningarnott Festival

    Location: Reykjavik (Iceland)By: Sabine van Gameren On the 24th of August Reykjavik organizes a marathon. In Iceland where only 300.000 people live, the marathon is one of those events that get people to the streets. Young and old unite and run the marathon (or just a shorter distance) together. Besides that Reykjavik hosts this marathon,…

  • End of Green – The Sick's Sense

    Releasedate: 15-08-2008; Label:Silverdust Records By: Nina Mende End of Green is a German band founded in Stuttgart in 1992. The color in the band name relates to hope, so it basically means end of hope. According to the singer this describes the style of music quite well, which he would also describe as “Depressed Subcore”.…

  • 09,10-08-2008 Mera Luna Festival

    Location: Hildesheim (Germany) By: Ann-Kristin Gebhardt It was raining, as it so often does on festivals, as we entered the former British Army airbase in Hildesheim on Friday, where the M´Era Luna festival of dark music is located. Despite the rain we had to spend some time looking for a free space for our immense…

  • Katra – Beast Within

    Releasedate: 29-08-2008; Label: Napalm Records By: Elvira Visser KATRA is a gothic metal band from Finland. The beginnings date back to 2006 when several musicians clinched hands together and created KATRA. The musicians come from different known Finnish bands such as Lovex, Nocturn, Minerva and Sonicmind. Bass player Johannes Tolonen and guitarist Kristian Kangasniemi known…

  • Serenity – Fallen Sanctuary

    Releasedate: 29-08-2008; Label: Napalm Records By: Elvira Visser Serenity formed back in 2001 as a melodic metal band with the right amount of progressive influences. After establishing themselves with their first demo three of the founding members left the band. Since 2004 the line up of Serenity consists of Georg Neuhauser, Thomas Buchberger, Simon Holzknecht,…

  • 15-08-2008 Sister Dew

    Supports: Cherry Lips; Venue: Dreikönigskeller, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende It’s Friday night in August and I am not at a festival for several reasons. But at least I am at a concert. Dreikönigskeller in Frankfurt is a really tiny bar in a cellar with a tiny stage, dimmed lights and an Elvis altar. I…

  • 8,9,10-08-2008 Open Flair Festival

    Location: Eschwege (Germany) By: Nina Mende „Gheez, what is a festival without rain??“ was I thinking as I left the office early to drive to Open Flair Festival in Eschwege, two hours drive from Frankfurt. In Frankfurt it was pouring down raining and it didn’t seem like it would stop at all. Almost all the…

  • The Verve – Forth

    Releasedate: 18-08-2008; Label: Parlophone By: Nina Mende Everybody knows the song „Bittersweet Symphony“, one of my favorite songs ever since. “Bitter Sweet Symphony” is a song by The Verve, an English rock band formed in Wigan, Greater Manchester in 1989 at Winstanley Sixth Form College, by vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones,…