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Published: 16 March 2016

• Setlist
• Live
• Festival Review
• Welle:Erdball
• E-Tropolis Festival
• Turbinenhalle Oberhausen
• Diorama
• Henric de la Cour
• Orange Sector
• Kite
• Harmjoy
• Assemblage 23
• Beborn Beton
• The Cassandra Complex
• Winterkälte
• Legend
• Front Line Assembly
• Hocico
• Suicide Commando
• And One

Turbinenhalle, Oberhausen, Germany
5th March 2016
E-Tropolis Festival 2016: Henric de la Cour, Orange Sector, Kite, Harmjoy, Assemblage 23, Beborn Beton, The Cassandra Complex, Winterkälte, Welle:Erdball, Legend, Front Line Assembly, Diorama, Hocico, Suicide Commando, And One

It's the sixth year for the E-Tropolis festival and the third time that this indoor event takes place at the Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen after moving there from Berlin. For lovers of EBM, Future Pop, Synth Pop and Industrial the festival season started early again this year, with more than fifteen bands on the bill including headliners AND ONE, legends like FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY and CASSANDRA COMPLEX and new hopes such as LEGEND, KITE or HENRIC DE LA COUR. Some members of our "Reflections Of Darkness" team didn't miss an E-Tropolis since the Berlin days while others were first-timers but all were eager to check out what this year's edition had to offer.

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Published: 16 March 2016

• Concert Review
• Setlist
• Live
• Sputnikhalle Münster
• The Vintage Caravan
• Dead Lord
• Tiebreaker

Sputnikcafé, Münster, Germany
13th March 2016
The Vintage Caravan, Dead Lord & Tiebreaker

If you're into retro rock you should not miss the Icelanders live on stage. On 13th March in Münster, they celebrated their final show of their first EU headline tour called “The Beautiful Tour”! DEAD LORD from Sweden and TIEBREAKER from Norway were going to contribute to the Rock’n’Roll explosion in the Sputnikhalle. DEAD SOUL describe their music with the help of a promise: “We shall rock you with our rock.” TIEBREAKER characterise their sound as “a bone breaking mixture of groovy, ‘straight-from-the-heart’ rock & roll and blues with a taste of progressive rock.” Sounds like a quite energetic evening and it was an energetic evening at the Café of Sputnikhalle.

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Published: 15 March 2016

• Concert Review
• Setlist
• Live
• Boy
• Kulturfabrik Krefeld
• KuFa Krefeld
• Small Fires

KuFa, Krefeld, Germany
12th March 2016
Boy & Small Fires

It's been four years that fans of the German-Swiss duo BOY had to be patient: Then, in August last year, Valeska Steiner and Sonja Glass released their second album called ‘We Were Here’ and were as successful with it as with their debut ‘Mutual Friends’ in 2011. On their recent “We Were Here Tour”, BOY are presenting their refined tunes with their band in a pure and authentic manner. On March 12, they were sending out colourful sparks at the Kulturfabrik in Krefeld.

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Published: 14 March 2016

• Concert Review
• Setlist
• Live
• Lanxess Arena Cologne
• Sunrise Avenue
• Wonderland Orchestra
• Niila

Lanxess-Arena, Cologne, Germany
11th March 2016
Sunrise Avenue with Wonderland Orchestra & Niila

I have been to many SUNRISE AVENUE shows over the last ten years. My experiences range from small clubs to open-air concerts with roaring crowds in front of the stage. The Lanxess-Arena in Cologne is a big venue and it is sold out. SUNRISE AVENUE are to perform with the Wonderland Orchestra. This can only mean new arrangements, an overall classical touch, and the usual fun with the “Finnish boys”.

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Published: 10 March 2016

• Live
• Festival Review
• Double Crush Syndrome
• Double Crush Syndrome Supporters Festival
• AlleHackbar
• DCS Supporters Festival
• In Haze
• Sara Sucks
• Sticky Boys

Haus der Jugend, Pforzheim, Germany
5th March 2016
Double Crush Syndrome Supporters Festival with: AlleHackbar, In Haze, Sara Sucks, Sticky Boys and Double Crush Syndrome

Not too long ago, we’ve had a short talk about the DCS SUPPORTERS FESTIVAL 2 with the event’s host Matthias Häcker, cf. here, and on March 5th, it finally took place in Pforzheim, Germany – “Fotzheim”, if you want to use the words of DOUBLE CRUSH SYNDROME’s fronter Andy Brings. Being solely organized by fans one could’ve expected a lack of professionalism, but as a very pleasant surprise that was not the case at all. The five bands playing that evening - ALLEHACKBAR, IN HAZE, SARA SUCKS, STICKY BOYS and of course DOUBLE CRUSH SYNDROME - got the audience rocking, and the atmosphere was amazing even though there were less visitors than expected. https://www.facebook.com/DCSsupporters

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