What's left to say about one of the most popular US Indie-wave-shoegazer-bands of the 90's which has very prominent admirers like Interpol, Swervedriver and Coldplay but even so never had a real break through? At the beginning of the 90's FOR AGAINST was named at one go with bands like Pale Saints, The Sound or Echo & The Bunnymen and were even characterised as the American Ride or The Chameleons. But then it calmed down for the band and Jeffrey Runnings who finally reunited 6 years ago and now have released a fantastic, new and much anticipated album which they present on their European tour with only four (!) concerts in Germany.
Since the beginning of the 90's Qntal are shaping the musical territory with their compositions which bring modern styles to medieval and medieval styles to present - a source of new old music. Purpurea will now be published and with it a width through Qntal's musical history which admirers can of course experience live. This November we can expect a fascinating mixture of Purpurea and Translucidia borne by Syrah's overwhelming voice!
Just a few weeks and the Out Of Line Festival will be back on tour! Headliner is French Art-Electro-legend Die Form who have just returned with a phenomenal new single and a "best of"- box set. Performances from Die Form are quite rare and always a one-of-a-kind experience. Furthermore confirmed are the Berlin Bad Boys from Agonoize who will bring their new EP "For The Sick And Disturbed" to the stages with their trademark excessive show, drenched in artificial blood. The crazy Hardfloor-Mexicans Amduscia are also releasing their new album and will make sure that fans of hard electronic dance music will be having a hell of a time. Due to numerous requests, the Swedish duo Ashbury Heights will be back again this year and opening the shows will be their compatriots from Auto-Auto who are on a mission to change Electro Pop forever with their debut album "Celeste."
Fear the Darkness. Chilling on a high level. With Vampire Rain - Altered Species, the much loved genre of Survival Horror comes to the PS3. When the sun slowly sets, it’s time to edge away from the dusk as the Army of the Undead, called ‘Nightwalkers’ hidden in the darkness and craving for human blood, frightens mankind. As leader of an elite unit, the player and his team start a relentless hunt for these horrible man-eaters to stop the annihilation of the human race. A city on the west coast of the US is the setting for this almost desperate fight against the bloody vampires. Unsuspected help comes from the weather as the long lasting rain affects the senses of the Nightwalkers and gives your time a crucial advantage. Apart from fast reactions, camouflage, strategic thinking and smart acting are essential to beat the Nightwalkers.
Hamburg, July 2007. Three pictures are being replaced with worthless copies at the Eremitage in St. Petersburg. Actually a usual art robbery, but the leader of the art heist division of St. Petersburg’s police Colonel Ostankovic knows more. He suspects a mysterious secret organization to be responsible for the robberies. The game makes reference to an order, relatively unknown to outsiders. This order has made a pint of not letting specific pictures see the light of day, so the blow off piece by piece for centuries. Colonel Ostankovic knows about that and sounds the alarm. He puts Larisa Ivanovna Svetlova, one of his best employees and also working for Interpol, on the case. Larisa contacts Maxim Durand, a former art forger, who already helped the police a couple of times with his insider knowledge, so the player has 2 main characters in Memento Mori. He’s supposed to lift the secret around the art robbery, the secret order and its intrigues with the help of Larisa and Maxim. ‘Memento Mori’ was developed by the Czech team Centauri Production.