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Published: 09 September 2010

Kulturfabrik, Krefeld, Germany
24th September 2010
Solitary Experiments, f.o.d

When the worlds Dennis Schober and Michael Thieleman collided one day, they found out they were like-minded and made their first musical experiences under the name PLAGUE, before they decided to form the project SOLITARY EXPERIMENTS in 1994. By doing that, they were making the foundation for what was to become a successful story in the genre of electronic music, even though the way to getting that status was full of many stones. With every new album, they could enlist a bigger audience and a loyal fan base grew from that.

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Published: 09 September 2010

Saint, Oberhausen, Germany
3rd October 2010
Front Line Assembly, Mind.in.a.Box

Besides SKINNY PUPPY, Bill Leeb’s FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY is deemed one of the main guarantors for innovative electronic music made in Canada. However, the last album ‘Artificial Soldier’ didn’t meet with entirely positive critics from fans. The next album and collaborative band effort ‘Improvised Electronic Device’ was promised to be one of the strongest releases of FLA and it turned out that every word was true. The album came like a bombshell and received overly positive reception all over the place.

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Published: 09 September 2010

Matrix, Bochum, Germany
1st October 2010
Mono Inc., Soon

Some still might still shake their heads over being asked if they would know a band like MONO INC., saying that it doesn’t ring any bell with them. But that is actually quite hard to believe if you’re looking what sort of victory march the band has done recently. Their most recent album ‘Voices of Doom’, released in 2009 and the following tour with the likes of ASP or SUBWAY TO SALLY helped in expanding their fan community a lot.

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Published: 09 September 2010

Matrix, Bochum, Germany
5th October 2010
Negative

Seems like in Finland they have a knack to produce rock music that is bound to be successful sooner or later, but while bands like THE RASMUS or the biggest representatives HIM are taking a rather Gothic-influenced direction the band NEGATIVE, founded in 1997 in Tampere, goes a different path with their approach to glam rock. The first album ‘War of Love’ already was certified gold in their native and the second one ‘Sweet & Deceitful’ from 2004 even climbed up to the pole position of the Finnish charts.

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Published: 09 September 2010

Ruhrcongress, Bochum, Germany
7th October 2010
Porcupine Tree, Oceansize

PORCUPINE TREE might have started as a mere joke of Steven Wilson initially, but one that became one of the most important projects when it comes to high-class progressive music, and it became the most successful amongst the various projects Wilson is pursuing. ‘In Absentia’ was to become a major breakthrough for the band and by fans it is still regarded as being one of the best PORCUPINE TREE records and long-time it seemed there wouldn’t be an album coming equally high in their perception. But 2007’s ‘Fear of a Blank Planet’ did the trick and even received the full set of points at Rock Hard magazine, as well as other rave critics with magazines.

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