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Published: 12 November 2012

Matrix, Bochum, Germany
9th November 2012
18 Summers & Janosch Moldau

When 18 SUMMERS released the latest album, ‘The Magic Circus’, in spring 2012, it was the end of a nearly ten year lasting musical silence. After such a long time I had expected some more enthusiasm about their live shows. But maybe the band had been nearly forgotten and younger people don’t know them anymore? Something like that must have been reason that only a little crowd was attending the show on this Friday evening, being supported by multitalented JANOSCH MOLDAU.

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Published: 12 November 2012

Ruhrcongress, Bochum, Germany
3rd November 2012
Gotthard & Unisonic

GOTTHARD are kind of Hard Rock legends and also the death of singer Steve Lee two years ago did not change anything. Now, the band is touring again with new singer Nic Maeder and people were eager to see what had changed and what not. As support, Metal-All-Star band UNISONIC was accompanying them on tour.

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Published: 12 November 2012

The Circus, Helsinki, Finland
7th November 2012
The Devin Townsend Project & Fear Factory

And again, The Circus - a medium-size venue in the heart of Helsinki - hosts a big project. DEVIN TOWNSEND is a widely known Canadian musician who started to play banjo at the age of 5 and got his first electric guitar at 12. He has a very rich and colourful biography, and had experimented with many styles, from heavy styles to a light ones. Presently he ended up with a band called THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT. The project began in 2008, about the same time Devin cut off his trademark hair and gave up drinking, smoking and using drugs.

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Published: 09 November 2012

FZW, Dortmund, Germany
1st November 2012
Archive, Coheed And Cambria, Fighting With Wire

With the genre defying Quadriology of 'Controlling Crowds', ARCHIVE had done a return to form turning their focus on big socio-political subject matter. I am mentioning this specifically because with their direct successor 'With Us Until You're Dead' the collective opts for a smaller scale and a more personal perspective on things. In the course of the Visions Westend Festival, ARCHIVE were guest in Dortmund, but they were not playing alone, they brought two other fantastic bands with then, namely COHEED AND CAMBRIA and FIGHTING WITH WIRE.

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Published: 09 November 2012

E-Werk, Cologne, Germany
7th November 2012
Ultravox - Brilliant Tour

Back to the 80s! back to my youth with ULTRAVOX, who were coming to Germany for several shows, one of them being held at Cologne’s E-Werk. Sad enough that the demand wasn’t high enough to sell the venue out. But no matter what, the show that was coming up, was nothing less but great!

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