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Kasteel de Haar, Haarzuilens, The NetherlandsApril 23rd 2005
Faun
This year it was the fifth edition of the biggest fantasy event in the Netherlands, the Elf Fantasy Fair. For two days all elves, gnomes, hobbits and witches of the Netherlands gathered in the gardens of a wonderful Castle. Actors from Lord of the Rings movies were there to sign autographs, there were also many writers and artists to sign and give lectures. Besides this there were many little shops where you could find al kinds of occult items, your fantasy shopping bag could be filled in no time. In-between your shopping, all the lectures and fantasy battles there was time to relax at the main stage and listen to the fabulous tunes of sweet music. One of the performing artists was..... Faun.
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Patronaat, Haarlem, The NetherlandsApril 22nd 2005
Corvus Corax
After a windy but warm and sunny day, it cooled down and it was time to seek a warm place inside. This evening the Patronaat was a nice hide out for Corvus Corax was playing. A time to see familiar faces, for they have some huge fans in the Netherlands who won’t miss any concert if they play here. There were even fans from Belgium and England who came over just for the two Corvus Corax concerts. They attract a very varied audience, old and young, gothic, metal and many more sorts and kinds of people. All came together with one goal…. to see and hear Corvus Corax play again.
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Kulturfabrik, Krefeld, GermanyApril 22nd 2005
VNV Nation, Diorama and Soman
We arrived at about 19.30 in Krefeld... just 30 minutes before the doors should open. There were just a lot of people waiting. Short before 20.00 a guy came out of the venue to hang up a sign that says entrance at 20.30. We all were wondering and then someone told us that the band was more then 4 hours late because of a huge traffic jam on the highway. So everything that evening was delayed. And later we should recognize some more problems due to that delay...
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Trabendo, Paris, FranceApril 13th 2005
Lordi
Lordi, a monsters’ quintet from Finland, plays a kind of hard FM which reminded me of Europe or Kiss to quote famous bands from this genre as examples. The band is composed by Amen, the mummified guitarist, Kalma, the zombie bass player, Kita, the alien drummer and Enary, the Valkyrie goddess keyboardist, all lead by the almighty and evil Lordi, a red-eyed giant monster-singer dressed in armour.
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013, Tilburg, The NetherlandsApril 11th 2005
Porcupine Tree and Anathema
While summer is peeking round the corner a huge crowd gathered in the 013 in Tilburg. Ages were differing from around 20 to somewhere around 60 but they all came to listen to the same music. While walking through the crowd one thing stood out, a lot of people wore Pink Floyd shirts. It was no surprise that Anathema played a Pink Floyd cover.
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