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Published: 05 October 2015

The musical successful story of the year goes on and on: BEYOND THE BLACKhave released their already third single with ‘Unbroken’ from their debut ‘Songs Of Love and Death’ and they are playing their first, extensive headliner tour finally in November! The German symphonic metal newcomers have instantly climbed position two of the German record charts with their record in February. After such a short band history, there are already highlights in 2012 to be recorded the way the big ones of the business experience them: winner of the Metal Hammer Awards 2015 in the category “best debut record”, own UK tour, sold out club tour in Germany, performances on big festivals like the Rockavaria, Novarock, of course Wacken again and besides they also played as support for no one less than the metal legends SAXON!

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Published: 05 October 2015

It's probably not possible to rock in a more idyllic way: the Loreley presents itself again as deluxe festival grounds for rock and metal fans on 10th and 11th June 2016. The ROCK FELS festival takes place then, which had its successful debut this summer – this time around two months earlier, already in June. The first bands will be announced shortly.

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König-Pilsner-Arena, Oberhausen, Germany
21st November 2015
Nightwish, Amorphis, and Arch Enemy

With their awe inspiring music and bombastic live shows, the symphonic gods NIGHTWISH headlined one of the blackest festivals this summer, the M'era Luna festival in Hildesheim, Germany. They presented a colorful setlist featuring quite old songs, such as ‘She is my Sin’ and ‘Stargazers’, next to some new tunes from the recent ‘Endless Forms Most Beautiful’ album, namely, ‘Shudder Before the Beautiful’, ‘Yours is an Empty Hope’, ‘My Walden’, ‘Élan’, ‘Weak Fantasy’. The crowd in black really rocked out and, needless to say, there've also been multiple goose bumps moments as, for instance, during the classic ‘Ghost Love Score’, an all-time favorite.

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Published: 05 October 2015

Whitby, UK
30th October to 1st November 2015
Whitby Goth Weekend with Altered Images, Fearless Vampire Killers, Bad Pollyanna, Chasing Dragons, Spear of Destiny, The Last Cry, Vince Ripper and the Rodent Show and In Isolatiion

Whitby Goth Weekend is, as of this moment, less than a month away. Panic! How will you fit sixteen pairs of boots into your suitcase? Which pocket watch do you take? Good god, where's all the black lipstick?! Help! My pet bat's flown away... you get the idea.

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Utopia CRK, Wroclaw, Poland
15th to 17th October 2015
Return to the Batcave Festival with 13th Chime (UK), Agent Side Grinder (SE), Frank The Baptist (DE/USA), Eyaculacion Post-Mortem (ES), Shadowhouse (USA), Varsovie (FR), Geometric Vision (IT), Elvira And The Bats (FR), Masquerade (FI), Ash Code (IT), Wieże Fabryk (PL), Kandahar (PL), Weird Candle (CA), Aviaries (PL)

If this October you suffer from autumn melancholy and nostalgia, you definitely should grab our old gothic boots and head to Wroclaw (Poland) to drown in good twisted Post Punk and Deathrock music on Return to Batcave Festival. Starting from 2008 with just a party and grown up to the festival size, Return To The Batcave gives the essence of best 80's style such as Post Punk, Coldwave, Deathrock, Gothic Punk, Gothabilly and other. Just to bring the atmosphere of famous London's club Batcave, this year’s 12 bands are gathering to take audience into right crazy mood. During the festival, the warm-up and after-parties will be held along with concert program. As organizers promised: stay zombiefied!

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