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Palladium, Cologne, Germany
17th December 2008
INEXTREMO and THE BLACK SHEEPFor a purpose built auditorium, rather than a multi purpose arena, the Palladium is huge, with a vast staff who manage to make sure that there are even minimal queues when leaving and collecting your coat... very impressive.
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Rockfabrik, Augsburg, Germany29th December 2008
Dark X-Mas Festival 2008: Kloq, Rotersand, Diary of Dreams, Nitzer Ebb
Our fifth and last Christmas festival took place in the South of Germany, at Augsburg’s Rockfabrik. Like the other evening in Ludwigsburg, the line-up consisted of KLOQ, ROTERSAND, DIARY OF DREAMS and NITZER EBB. Despite being Monday, already several people waited in front of the closed doors to get in. An uncommon arrangement of seats (right, left, and two metres parallel to the stage) awaited us in the venue. That gave a cosy impression and so we nailed down a good spot pretty much at the front.
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013, Tilburg, The Netherlands28th of December 2008
Christmas Metal Symphony
The Christmas Metal Symphony is an initiative from Joost van den Broek. He is the keyboard player in the Dutch band After Forever. For this Symphony he didn't use his own band (not all of the members at least) but musicians from metal bands all over the world. All these musicians and vocalists were accompanied by the Magnum Opus Rockestra. The perfect orchestra for the occasion.
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Stahlwerk, Düsseldorf, Germany27th December 2008
neuWerk Festival 2008: Destroid, Kloq, Soman, Rotersand, Diary of Dreams, Nitzer Ebb
After the incredible start of the neuWerk Festival in December 2007, this year even two festivals were announced. On 26th December, Berlin’s first neuWerk Festival was take place at the Postbahnhof. The second date was again held at Düsseldorf’s Stahlwerk on 27th December. More than 1,000 people found their way on this winter day to the event to celebrate with well-known bands such as NITZER EBB and DIARY OF DREAMS. Again, this event was a big success.
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Postbahnhof, Berlin, Germany26th December 2008
neuWerk Festival 2008: Kloq, Solitary Experiments, Rotersand, Diary of Dreams, VNV Nation
After a much too short night we drove - after the Darkstorm Festival the other night - from Chemnitz to Berlin to attend the neuWerk Festival there. Just when the doors opened, we arrived at the Postbahnhof near Berlin’s East train station. The nice location filled quickly, last tickets were sold at the box office and then the show was sold-out. Several people had to leave because there was no chance anymore to get a ticket. All in all, about 1,000 people were ready to party with VNV NATION, who headlined last year’s neuWerk festival in Düsseldorf, DIARY OF DREAMS and three more bands.
