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Category: Previews

  • 05-07-2008 Rheinkultur

    Location: Bonn (Germany) By: Nina Mende The weather forecast for the day was announcing rain, and even some storm warnings were mentioned. But these facts didn’t stop me and 140 000 other visitors from coming to the Rheinkultur festival in Bonn/Germany. Reasons why to go there were not only because it was for free but…

  • 04-07-2008 The Auratones ft Boris

    Location: Zuiderpark, Rotterdam (Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren When the summer comes, clubs and venues preparing for the summer break. Some clubs close for a month, some just keep it low with booking bands. Most people are on holiday or not in the mood to hang out in a venue while the sun is shining…

  • 28-06-2008 Project Revolution

    Venue: LTU Arena, Düsseldorf (Germany) By: Nina Mende Another day, another arena. This time I was in Düsseldorf in the LTU arena, which is located right next to the airport. I didn’t like this one as much as the SAP arena because the LTU arena was too huge, too many entrances and it was a…

  • 24-06-2008 Linkin Park

    Supports: Enter Shikari; Venue: SAP arena, Mannheim (Germany) By: Nina Mende A sunny Tuesday afternoon in Mannheim, thousands of people are waiting in front of a huge white building: The SAP arena. Most of them wore band merch of the same band. Many people have already been waiting there hours before doors opened just to…

  • Nachtmystium – Assassins

    Releasedate: 23-06-2008; Label:Century Media USA / Candlelight EU / Daymare Japan By: Sabine van Gameren Nachtmystium is a band with a long line of releases behind them. These Americans started in the year 2000 and besides the fact that they already had quite some releases, they also already had quite some line up changes so…

  • 13,14,15-06-2008 Provinssirock

    Location: Seinäjoki (Finland) By: Nina Mende After the WGT my next festival I went to was Provinssirock in Seinäjoki/Finland, definitely in the province but still a very nice town. I already flew up to Seinäjoki on Thursday via Helsinki. That morning I had to get up early since the plane was going early, so all…

  • Calabrese – The Traveling Vampire Show

    Releasedate:16-06-2008; Label: Spookshow records/Plastic Head Promotions By: Sabine van Gameren Jimmy, Bobby and Davey Calabrese from Phoenix, Arizona are brothers with a shared love for horror punk music. They started a band and named it Calabrese. They call their selves “The World’s GREATEST Horror Rock Band” 16th June of 2008, the band released an album…

  • 14-06-2008 Wantijpop

    Location: Wantijpark, Dordrecht (Netherlands) By: Elvira Visser When I finally woke up after a very good preparty of Wantijpop at Bibelot, there was only one sound I heard. Rain. Hellish rain. Luckily it was still early and I turned around in bed. When I opened my eyes for the second time there was still rain.…

  • E-quad – No Smoke

    Releasedate: 20-06-2008; Label: E-Quad // New Music By: Nina Mende E-Quad was founded by Eric van der Westen who invited Hans Timmermans to join. After a few years of producing dance music in the studio, the stage began to lure. Driven by the conviction that E-Quad should be a live-band, the founders started looking for…

  • Solisia – The Film of My Life

    Releasedate: 21-05-2008; Label: Self-Release/ Club Inferno Promotions By: Sabine van Gameren Solisia is a Progressive Power Metal band from Italy. They just released their first promo cd “The Film Of My Life”

  • Device – Obstacles and Playgrounds

    Releasedate: 20-06-2008; Label: Lockjaw // Rough Trade By: Nina Mende Device is a band from the UK founded two years ago after each member played in several other bands before. They recorded their debut album in 2007 and now we can listen to their album “Obstacles and Playgrounds” as well.

  • Trustgame – Trustgame

    Releasedate: 13-06-2008; Label: Limited Access // Rough Trade By: Nina Mende Trustgame is a German band from Duisburg in the Ruhr-area. Five guys playing great rock music and will now release their self titled debut album.