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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.
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Soirées Cérises, Théatre de la flûte enchantée, Brussels7th December 2008
Skeptical Minds & La-Ventura
On a not too cold winter evening, after having spent the earlier part of the day catching up with old friends in the Museum of Musical Instruments and drinking hot Kriek beer on the Brussels Christmas fair, I headed towards Etterbeek, near the University of Brussels to one of those small neighbourhood theatres you can find so many of in Belgium. My aim that night was not to see a local theatre group perform their latest production. The venue (Théatre de la flute enchantée – Theatre of the magical flute) was chosen by an organisation called Soirées Cérises (Cherry Evenings) to give stage to two bands: La-Ventura from The Netherlands and the Belgian group Skeptical Minds who would take the opportunity to introduce their new lead singer Karolina vel Death.
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Stadthalle, Chemnitz, Germany25th December 2008
Darkstorm Festival 2008: Mono Inc., Tanzwut, Crematory, Diary of Dreams, Covenant, Unheilig, And One, Cephalgy, Painbastard, Rotersand, Absolute Body Control
The history of the Dark Storm festival goes back 12 years now and every year anew, the festival taking place in Chemnitz becomes a real Christmas highlight with a diversified line-up and top acts out of the Electro-, Gothic and Industrial scene. This year’s special attraction and for many fans a reason to travel far is certainly the promised Christmas Show of the quite successful German band UNHEILIG.
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Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany19th December 2008
Negative, Substyle
I went to this concert with mixed feelings, since I knew there would only be five persons on stage and I was unsure, whether this would work out or not. But actually I was glad to see this band again and it was good to find out, that it truly worked. Quite noticeable was the large number of guys coming to the show, what was something really unusual for NEGATIVE...
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Live-Music-Hall, Cologne, Germany17th December 2008
Septicflesh, Moonspell, Gorgoroth, Cradle of Filth
It’s Metal Time! On 17th December I went to the Filth Fest and five bands were on the agenda. Besides CRADLE OF FILTH also ASRAI, SEPTICFLESH, MOONSPELL and GORGOROTH were supposed to perform. Unfortunately, the band ASRAI had to cancel their performance on short notice. Turns out it was for the benefit of the four remaining acts. When I arrived, I spotted a queue of freezing and soaked people in front of the entrance. One of the bands arrived too late and so the sound check was still ongoing and admission was delayed. The Live-Music-Hall eventually opened its gates with a delay of 1.5 h and when 2/3 of the attendees finally got in, the time had already come…
