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Parent Category: Concert Reviews

Published: 09 June 2016

• Setlist
• Live
• Festival Review
• Tremonti
• Gojira
• FortaRock
• Within Temptation
• Avatar
• Legion of the Damned
• Heidevolk
• Evra
• Hibakusha

Goffertpark, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
4th to 5th June 2016
FortaRock Day 1: Within Temptation, Gojira, Tremonti, Avatar, Legion of the Damned, Heidevolk, Evra, Hibakusha

The 8th edition of “the heaviest day in the park” is back with an extended program over two days. Though the headliners of this year don’t match the “greatness” of previous FortaRock editions (IRON MAIDEN, RAMMSTEIN, SLIPKNOT), the line-up is a proper mix of different styles from Rock to Black Metal and Metalcore to Viking Metal. The ominous weather forecasts were probably followed with great interest last week but fortunately the thunder storms that hit Rock Am Ring so badly passed us by: the sun is shining and the beer is cold as the Goffertpark slowly starts to fill with an audience dressed for the occasion not the weather: black fashion!

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Parent Category: Concert Reviews

Published: 03 June 2016

• Setlist
• Live
• Festival Review
• Wave Gotik Treffen
• WGT
• Aesthetic Perfection
• One I Cinema
• Moritzbastei Leipzig
• Agra Leipzig
• Schauspielhaus Leipzig
• Heidnisches Dorf Leipzig
• Harpyie
• Kyoll
• Eric Fish
• Christine Plays Viola
• Altes Landsratsamt Leipzig
• Lament
• And Also The Trees
• Machinista
• Leipzig in Schwarz - 25 Jahre Wave-Gotik-Treffen
• Neuroticfish
• Velvet Acid Christ
• Coppelius
• Saeldes Sanc
• Ernst Horn

Leipzig, Germany
12th - 16th May 2016
Wave Gotik Treffen 2016 (Day 4): Harpyie, Kyoll, Eric Fish, Christine Plays Viola, Lament, And Also The Trees, Machinista, One I Cinema, Exhibition “Leipzig in black – 25 years Wave-Gotik-Treffen”, Neuroticfish, Velvet Acid Christ, Aesthetic Perfection, Coppelius, Saeldes Sanc & Ernst Horn

Choices, choices, choices. As in life, the WGT is all about choices. Where to go, what to do. Five days seem a lot of time, yet everything takes place at the same time. Most people let themselves drift here and there and enjoy the moment. This is the true spirit of the WGT.

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Parent Category: Concert Reviews

Published: 03 June 2016

• Setlist
• Live
• Festival Review
• Lord of the Lost
• Welle:Erdball
• Wave Gotik Treffen
• WGT
• Mesh
• Solar Fake
• Rotersand
• Legend
• Volkspalast Leipzig
• Agra Leipzig
• Kohlrabizirkus Leipzig
• Pride and Fall
• Theremin Chamber Concerto
• Alte Börse Leipzig
• Moritz Eggert
• Winter Severity Index
• Jessica 93
• The Blue Angel Lounge
• Anna von Hausswolff
• Nontox Leipzig
• Drangsal
• Darkhaus
• PIL (Public Image Limited)
• The Legendary Pink Dots

Leipzig, Germany
12th - 16th May 2016
Wave Gotik Treffen 2016 (Day 3): Pride and Fall, Legend, Solar Fake, Mesh, Welle:Erdball, Theremin Chamber Concerto, Winter Severity Index, Jessica 93, The Blue Angel Lounge, Drangsal, Rotersand, PIL (Public Image Limited), Lord of the Lost, Darkhaus, The Legendary Pink Dots

We started the day with a walk through Leipzig’s wonderful city until we reached the Moritzbastei. As usually, many inhabitants of the city gathered there to watch the festival visitors and to take pictures of them. Sadly, heavy rain started and so we entered the Moritzbastei, like so many others, to have a drink instead. Today was Electro day for us and soon, we made our way to the Kohlrabizirkus, a wonderful building and old market hall, where already lots of people were waiting when we arrived at four.

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Parent Category: Concert Reviews

Published: 02 June 2016

• Setlist
• Live
• Festival Review
• Schwarzer Engel
• Joachim Witt
• Felsenkeller Leipzig
• Volkspalast Leipzig
• Diodati
• Other Day
• Sigue Sigue Sputnik
• Christ vs. Warhol
• Lene Lovich
• Estampie
• Rose McDowall
• Täubchenthal Leipzig
• Heidnisches Dorf Leipzig
• Obsession Bizarre

Leipzig, Germany
12th - 16th May 2016
Wave Gotik Treffen 2016 (Day 2): Diodati, Schwarzer Engel, Other Day, Joachim Witt, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Christ vs. Warhol, Lene Lovich, Estampie, Rose McDowall, Obsession Bizarre

A lot of people already started moaning ahead of the festival: “The wheatear is going to be awful. Rainy and cold...“ Bullshit! Yes, nights were cold and it was unstable, windy and at times rainy, but overall (as always) the wheatear throughout the WGT in Leipzig was good. Before our concert day started, we made a stop at Palmengarten for the Steampunk Picnic, organized by Goth United, Ruffles & Steam, Schwarzes Picknick Berlin, Schwarzes Picknick Hamburg and Clockworker.

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Parent Category: Concert Reviews

Published: 02 June 2016

• Setlist
• Live
• Festival Review
• Rock im Revier
• Westfalenhalle Dortmund
• Ghost
• The Raven Age
• The Wild Lies
• Tremonti
• Sabaton
• Iron Maiden

Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
26th - 28th May 2016
Rock im Revier Day 2: Wild Lies, The Raven Age, Tremonti, Ghost, Sabaton, Iron Maiden

Today is the day that many Rock im Revier visitors have been waiting for. On this second festival day IRON MAIDEN will be on stage and their fans gather early. Around noon, the venue is already packed with people eagerly talking and buying shirts. This is going to be a hot day, as the line-up mainly consists of hard rock and metal bands. I wonder if the sound is going to be better today, and indeed it is. There are still some issues with loudness and microphones but sound quality in general has improved. And I am looking forward to another great day at Rock im Revier.

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