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Walton on Trent, UK14th - 16th August 2009
Bloodstock Open Air
It's all excitement in the UK as we have less than a month to go before the biggest independent heavy metal festival in the British Isles kicks off with the legendary Bloodstock Open Air. Situated conveniently in the Midlands and close to all major travel routes, this festival is truly huge and offers bands as diverse as Europe, Cradle of Filth and Katatonia. It's hardly surprising that this festival has something for every type of rock fan.
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Batschkapp, Frankfurt am Main, Germany,21st September 2009
D-A-D, Heaven’s Basement
Starting in the early 1980s under the name DISNEYLAND AFTER DARK, D-A-D released the first EP in 1985. After the commercially successful long-player `No Fuel left for the Pilgrims´ (1989), the Danish Rock band had to change its name as the Walt Disney Company had exercised a veto. Henceforth, the musicians from Copenhagen have been known as D-A-D.
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Monday 27th July sees the release of “We Come in War”, the third full-length album from Italian Black Metallers ORCRIST. Founded in 2000 by drummer GRAV, ORCRIST has a history of working with Norwegian Black Metal bands, having previously released a split 7” with ISVIND, and recently released “Black Destroyer”, a split 7” on Temple of Darkness Records with BEASTCRAFT. The band also contributed not only the intro on the ILDJARN tribute album “Gathered Under The Banner Of Strength and Honour”, but also wrote the lyrics, with ILDJARN’s blessing, for “Unknown Harmony” a previously un-named track on the same album.- Details
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Innocent Rosie live at The Swedish Royal family´s summerpalace
Last Saturday, 25th of July, Innocent Rosie was as first rockband ever, invited to play at the Swedish King, Queen and childrens summerplace in Sweden. The gig took place at Borgholms Slottsruin, approx 300 meters from Solliden where The Royal Family spend their summers. This is very rare that a band like Innocent Rosie get their chance to set their feets down at a place like this, just imagine the security checking.
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Kauan (comes deep from Russia, Chelyabinsk) started by Anton Belov and Alexander Borovich in February 2005 and up to this moment had changed their name and genre - they started as a folk-black band but now they have moved to the direction of ambient post rock.In September 2006 Lubov Mushnikova joined the band as a violin player. The band has worked with other people as well but none of them eventually fit the bands conception. During the recording of their first album some session members were invited to play cello and saxophone.
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- IKON - On Tour in September
- LEVINHURST - Third album "Blue Star" out soon
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- TRISTANIA - line-up changes, new song online
- 2RAUMWOHNUNG - New single, new album, new tour
- JUPITER JONES & JANA PALLASKE - Nordpol/Südpol video clip
