Reflections of Darkness - Music Magazine - Reflections of Darkness

Details: Parent Category: News; Published: 05 March 2009

"They can't stop us, let them try, for heavy metal come to Loreley in July!" Feeding on a steady diet of lightning bolts and thunder, MANOWAR is ready to unleash that energy on the next Magic Circle Festival! Saturday, July 18, 2009 is the date for history to be made when metal meets the myth, the magic and the legend of the Loreley. High above the most treacherous part of Germany's Rhine River, MANOWAR stands prepared to awaken the wrath of the siren with heavy metal allies HolyHell, Metalforce and others yet to be announced as well as a very special guest appearance by a legend in his own time, Germanys most famous fantasy author Wolfgang Hohlbein.

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Details: Parent Category: News; Published: 05 March 2009

Hey, vultures!

We are finally done! The line up for the Dong Open Air 2009 – July 17th and 18th – is all set! Along with Amorphis, Rage, Dornenreich and Skyclad, 21 other bands (among them Dew-Scented, Sheephead and Cheeno) will rock at the Dong hill prairie when it’s time for “Once Upon A Time In The Dong – For A Fistful of Cows”. Check out our Line-Up site online and take a look at the running order or our quick introductions to all bands to make sure you will get to see everyone who’s of interest to you. We have some listening samples waiting for you.

Rockalarm TV will help you discover new favorite bands! This awesome rock and metal web TV presents a Dong Open Air 2009 special with videos of Amorphis, Rage, Dew-Scented, Cheeno, Orphan Hate, Common Grave, Sycronomica and In December along with a neat D.O.A 2009 trailer. Just hit the button at the http://www.dongopenair.de/ main site or follow this link.

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Details: Parent Category: News; Published: 04 March 2009

013, Tilburg, the Netherlands
Friday 20th of March 2009
Kamelot - Rule the world tour Europe 2009: Kamelot + Delain+ Serenity

Kamelot has added a third European part to their tour in support of their latest album 'Ghost Opera' that first hit the streets in June 2007. The start of 2009's touring season gets a kick off in the 013 venue in Tilburg, the Netherlands.The unique blend of power-, heavy- and progressive metal of this US band with Norwegian frontman Roy Kahn is in high demand, which is reflected in the fast selling of tickets for this sold out show.

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Details: Parent Category: News; Published: 03 March 2009

Mona Mur and En Esch - 120 Tage: The Fine Art of Beauty and Violence

Dark cabaret clashes with brutal industrial as two of the scene's most renowned artists create a work of seductive theatricality.

Mona Mur and En Esch have been two of the more exuberant characters in the underground music scene, carving out their own respective niches as artists on the edge, always finding ways to push the musical envelope. With 120 Tage: The Fine Art of Beauty and Violence, the two come together to create an album that is true to its title, juxtaposing sensual energies amid a brutal array of industrial soundscapes. And yet, underlying each track is a series of dark and intense melodic counterpoints that will surely put many in the mind of the era of the Weimar Republic. Indeed, the songs "Surabaya Johnny" and "Der Song von Mandelay" feature elements originally composed by Kurt Weill and Bert Brecht, two writers most closely identified with this musical style of cabaret-influenced dark pop, and the ease with which Mona Mur and En Esch translate these songs into a flurry of guttural guitars, caustic drum programming, whimsical synthesizer loops, and oppressive industrial clamor - with hints of organ and piano for good measure - without sacrificing the darkly macabre and sensuous energies of the originals is both disturbing and lovely.