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Published: 25 February 2014

Right from the festival headquarter: Last weekend, almost a year after leaving Berlin, the E-tropolis Festival opened for the first time in Oberhausen. As the fourth iteration of the series, 2014´s edition with 15 bands on two stages and a supporting line-up of six djs instantly attracted 4.000 enthusiasts into the heart of the German Ruhr area – a new record! Along with the classy line-up, which offered a viable mix of electronic pop, EBM and harsh industrial, featuring APOPTYGMA BERZERK, DIE KRUPPS, SUICIDE COMMANDO, HOCICO, AGONOIZE, ROTERSAND and many others, the Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen provided an authentic industrial flair with its lived history in service of the German steel-industry.

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Published: 25 February 2014

For the second time this month we´re ready to announce additionals bands for the Amphi Festival 2014. Following the latest entries Front 242, Lacrimosa and Torul we continue with: APOPTYGMA BERZERK | SHE PAST AWAY | THE JUGGERNAUTS.

Usually it would seem rather odd to ask what a singer like Peter Schilling and the dark alternative scene have in common, if it wasn´t for APOPTYGMA BERZERK to step in with the proper answer. Last year the Norwegian triple-a act around singer and mastermind Stephan L. Groth took care of the 80s evergreen „Major Tom“ in their own way and achieved a viable club-hit in the tradition of „Until The End Of The World“, „Eclipse“ or „Shine On“, that even grows in a live-set. Thanks to their perfect symbiosis of e-pop and alternative rock elements, the Norwegians instantly pick up their audience anytime, anyplace. As the charming powerhouse they are, APOPTYGMA BERZERK already obliterated the Tanzbrunnen twice this way and, as they say goes: all good things are three!

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Published: 25 February 2014

Italian hardrock/heavy metal newcomers FAKE IDOLS (feat. ex-members of RAINTIME and SLOWMOTION APOCALYPSE) have revealed the album cover their 'selftitled' debut album, which is set to be released on the following dates:
April 25th, 2014 (digital worldwide)
April 29th, 2014 (North America)
May 2nd, 2014 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
May 5th, 2014 (Rest of Europe)

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Published: 24 February 2014

System reboot. Welcome Client 2.0! What is probably the most influential band in female Electronica is going stronger than ever with one of the most eagerly awaited new album-releases of the year: “Authority.” Following a hiatus of four years, Client have recruited new singer Client N, a charismatic and powerful vocal performer who has been very active and renowned in the music scene of her home city of Bristol and have recorded a powerhouse of synthesizer-driven tunes that, in a way, marks a highly effective return to the group’s roots in minimal electronic Pop music, yet with a very modern, club-oriented twist. Produced by David Francolini of Dragons-fame, the songs merge New-Wave-cool, a thorough helping of massive bass, a groovy rhythmic foundation and intriguing, yet relentlessly catchy melodies to an addictive sound that carries all the trademarks that Client are loved for but also elevates the music to a new level.

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Published: 24 February 2014

Wave Gotik Treffen promoters surprise us every day with new confirmations. Here are the newest ones for the festival, taking place in Leipzig from 6th to 9th June:

AH CAMA-SOTZ (B) - Dark Ambient-Program, UNTOTEN (D), YURA YURA (F), KISS THE ANUS OF A BLACK CAT (B), SATURMZLIDE (D), UMBRA ET IMAGO (D), D-TOX (S), SOLITARY EXPERIMENTS (D), I-M-R (D), HEXPEROS (I), FADERHEAD (D), ASCETIC: (AUS), PSYGNOSIS (F), ULTERIOR (GB), EXT!ZE (D), ABSOLUTE BODY CONTROL (B), JOB KARMA (PL), [:SITD:] (D), KITTY IN A CASKET (A), REMEMBER TWILIGHT (D), ROTERSAND (D), JOY OF LIFE (GB), XIV DARK CENTURIES (D), BECK SIAN & JONATHAN KERSHAW (GB), SONNE HAGAL (D), UK DECAY (GB), CECILE CORBEL (F), LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE (D), ALBIREON (I), DOWNSTAIRS LEFT (D), HOCICO (MEX), THE LOST RIVERS (D), DESIDERII MARGINIS (S), IMAGINARY WAR (D), RAPALJE (NL)

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