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Published: 08 December 2024

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• Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
• Feuerschwanz
• Grugahalle Essen
• Illumishade

Grugahalle, Essen, Germany
14th December 2024
Feuerschwanz - “20 Jahre - Das größte Metfest aller Zeiten!” - Special Guests: Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Illumishade

Who would have guessed back in 2004 that FEUERSCHWANZ would rise to become one of Germany’s most successful Medieval Rock bands? What started as a humorous concept has grown into a true phenomenon over the past two decades. Now, FEUERSCHWANZ are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a spectacular show on December 14, 2024, at the Grugahalle in Essen!

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Published: 07 December 2024

• M'era Luna
• M'era Luna Festival

Event organizer FKP Scorpio has unveiled 20 additional names for the M’era Luna Festival line-up, which already includes acts like EISBRECHER, AND ONE, HEILUNG, and SUBWAY TO SALLY. With this announcement, the music program for the 25th anniversary of Europe’s largest Gothic festival is nearly complete. Tickets for the event, taking place on August 9-10, 2025, are selling quickly, with around 80% already sold.

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Published: 05 December 2024

• Corde Oblique

CORDE OBLIQUE’s eight studio album ‘Cries and Whispers’ is a double album inspired by homonymous Bargman’s movie ‘Cries and Whispers’; the album is split in two sides: Volume 1 ‘Cries’ (Post Metal / Folkgaze) and Volume 2 ‘Whispers’ (Ethereal / Post Folk). The album is going to be released on February 14 2025, for the 20th anniversary of the band (2005-2025) and includes 10 unreleased tracks composed by mastermind Riccardo Prencipe plus a cover from the band ALCEST (‘Souvenirs d’un autre monde’) and one solo guitar song (Satie’s ‘Gnossienne’ n. 1). Featuring: SPIRITUAL FRONT, IRFAN, members of ASHRAM, and the Italian actress Maddalena Crippa.

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Published: 05 December 2024

• Empathy Test
• Isaac Howlett

‘Endless Night’ is the mind-blowing second solo single from EMPATHY TEST singer / songwriter Isaac Howlett, following the huge success of his debut, ‘House of Cards’, which reached #1 on the German Alternative Chart (DAC), #2 on the Bandcamp Synthpop Chart, and #5 on the Bandcamp Synthwave chart. A world away from its upbeat predecessor, ‘Endless Night’ utilises a grand piano, sparse percussion and lush strings, slowing the tempo and ramping the “feels” up to eleven. Isaac’s ever-poignant lyrics, which deal with the subject of depression (the “endless night” of the title) in a poetic and personal way, are lifted by a magical soundscape that builds to an epic crescendo under the deft hand of returning producer Walter Kazmier (NYXX, Danny Blu). An orchestral waltz in 3/4 time, this second taste of Isaac Howlett’s forthcoming solo album, ‘A Year Without Light’, tentatively slated for release in the fall / autumn of 2025, demonstrates both a growing musical maturity and a desire on Isaac’s part to move beyond the stylistic constrictions of EMPATHY TEST and the Synth Pop scene in general.

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Published: 05 December 2024

• Plage Noire

The sixth chapter of the “Legend of the Black Beach” has been written: PLAGE NOIRE 2024 enchanted the Weißenhäuser Strand this past weekend, drawing around 3,000 guests to the Baltic Sea coast. Even before the official festival kick-off, about a third of the attendees celebrated an energetic start at Thursday’s warm-up party. On Friday and Saturday, the three festival stages showcased the full spectrum of sounds from the dark scene.

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