De Meenthe Theatre, Steenwijk, The Netherlands
30th July 2010
Gothicfest 2010: Skinny Puppy, Das Ich, Mindless Faith, Destroid, Dismantled, Angelspit, We Got This Far, Misery, The Chaos Industry, DJ XXX, DJ Hidden, DJ Grains of Sand
A new festival for those who appreciate dark electronic music is held for the first time on July 30th in De Meenthe in Steenwijk, the Netherlands. With e.g. SKINNY PUPPY (industrial) and DAS ICH (industrial / electro), Gothicfest managed to get two big names to come to its first edition.
The Canadian SKINNY PUPPY and German DAS ICH are joined by MINDLESS FAITH (electro-industrial-crossover, USA), DESTROID (electro, DE), ANGELSPIT (industrial rock, AUS), DISMANTLED (industrial / electro/rock, USA), WE GOT THIS FAR (industrialized rock core, USA), Misery (electro, NL) as well as THE CHAOS
INDUSTRY (noise-electro-industrial, NL) in Steenwijk to make De Meenthe tremble with their beats. DJ X-X-X, known from the Summer Darkness festival in Utrecht, and DJ Hidden help them do that. "The special thing about this festival is that it takes place in the North of the Netherlands. The big names stand out, too", says festival organizer Rene Brugmans. "Most of the time these names only come to the bigger venues or bigger festivals, like Summer Darkness in Utrecht, Amphi in Germany and the Belgian Gothic festival." To be able to firmly establish the festival right at the first go, Gothicfest collaborates with the Dutch gothic moguls, Cybercase and Gothtronic.
In addition to the bands, there will be a cyber-electro-gothic market at Gothicfest. There will also be a relax room, to catch your breath in between bands. DJ Grains of Sound is the first DJ confirmed to spin at the relax room.
Saturday July 30th 2010 in De Meethe theatre, Stationsplein 1, right across from the Steenwijk train station. Free parking! Venue opens at 15.00, bands start at 16.00 hours. Tickets are available from March 1st for 30 Euros at http://www.timico.eu/. More information available at http://www.gothicfest.nl/
