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Published: 11 June 2012

013, Tilburg, The Netherlands
5th June 2012
Evanescence, Cirrha Niva

After a couple of shows in Europe last fall, EVANESCENCE finally made it to the Netherlands for a full show. It is no surprise that this concert was completely sold out. Fans were lining up at venue 013 as early as 6:30 in the morning to make sure they got the best spot in front of the stage. Support will be taken care of by Dutch band CIRRHA NIVA.

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Published: 08 June 2012

Leipzig, Germany
25th-28th May 2012
21st Wave-Gotik-Treffen Day 1: Todtgelichter, Projekt Mensch, Coma Divine, Blazing Eternity, Project Pitchfork, Lacuna Coil and Eisbrecher

It is the weekend of Whitsun and what to Gothics and all followers of dark music do at that time? Right, they are all making their way towards Leipzig to this year's Wave-Gotik-Treffen (WGT). About 20.000 people mostly dressed in black come to this get-together each year in order to enjoy concerts, theatre performances or operas all over town. Our first day of the WGT started at the Kohlrabizirkus which hold a lot of concert this year again after not being part of the festival last year. Happy about that change, we got into one of the many trams and were looking forward to the first band of the WGT: TODTGELICHTER. Filled with a lot of metal, also PROJECT PITCHFORK made it onto our plan for this day. This day was promised to be good opener for the 21. Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2012.

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Published: 04 June 2012

Tivoli, Utrecht, The Netherlands
31st May 2012
Killswitch Engage & Axewound

At the start of this year, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE parted ways with their signer Howard Jones. Soon after, it was announced that their original singer Jesse Leach would take up his role again as a front man. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE clearly doesn’t like to waste their time, kicking off with a series of live shows and a new album to be released this summer. Tonight’s show at Tivoli was the first show in The Netherlands with the new formation. Support was taken care of by AXEWOUND.

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Published: 23 May 2012

Matrix, Bochum, Germany
22nd May 2012
Prong & Coal Black

It was a very hot day in May when PRONG were coming to Bochum for a very special event. It was announced that the band was going to play two sets during the evening. In one set, the band would play the entire ‘Beg to Differ’ album and the other one would be a “Best-Of” set including new material as well. It turned out slightly different, but more to that later. As support act, COAL BLACK were opening the evening.

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Published: 21 May 2012

Capitol, Offenbach, Germany
19th May 2012
Deine Lakaien - Acoustic

When it comes to DEINE LAKAIEN, you never could speak about “normal” concerts. Ernst Horn and Alexander Veljanov always surprise the listener with their creativity. DEINE LAKAIEN stand out due to the perfect musical combination of Veljanov’s vocals and electronic as well as acoustic instruments. It doesn’t matter if they perform with the full band, with a philharmonic orchestra like during their 2007 “20 Years of Electronic Avantgarde” orchestra tour or totally acoustic when the distinctive voice of Alexander is accompanied by the virtuous piano play of Ernst only. The band already played acoustic shows before and now they are back for another acoustic tour, touching all 25 years of the band’s career, presenting hits and rarities in an acoustic outfit. The show in Offenbach was definitely pure DEINE LAKAIEN! Unique and incomparable!

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