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Published: 19 May 2014

Zitadelle Spandau, Berlin, Germany
15th May 2014
Nine Inch Nails & Cold Cave

The beautiful old fortification called Zitadelle, built at the Renaissance, was crowded with lots of fans from all over Germany (it was the only NIN show in the country besides festival appearances at Rock im Park and Rock am Ring) and even Europe, looking forward for the first concert NIN gave in Germany this year. I talked to guests from many different German cities and even from Hungary and Italy. The weather was dry, but cold, perfect for a concert. The audience was mostly older, but there were also young girls and boys and I saw even some children with her parents or grandparents. The atmosphere was peaceful, but full of expectation.

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Published: 13 May 2014

Burgerweeshuis, Deventer, The Netherlands
10th May 2014
Schwarzblut & Heliophile

The Dutch formation SCHWARZBLUT has been around since 2007. Last month they released their third full length album ‘Gebeyn aller Verdammten’. It received perfect reviews from all over Europe and by the looks of it the band has made the best album yet. The release of their album was accompanied by three live shows and the one at their hometown of Deventer is the official album-release party. They invited HELIOPHILE for support.

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Published: 13 May 2014

Area 51, Hilden, Germany
2nd and 3rd May 2014
Gotham Sounds Festival II Day 2: Sweet Ermengarde, Red Sun Revival, Winter Severity Index, The Last Cry, UNI_FORM

Refreshed and raring to go, the second day of the Gotham Sounds Festival got off to a rather slow start. A two hour delay could have put a real downer on things but actually it gave everyone more time to mingle and catch-up, and there was good-humour and a sense of casual “never mind” before the main doors finally opened and everyone poured in.

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Published: 12 May 2014

Christuskirche, Bochum, Germany
10th May 2014
Katatonia & Messenger

With the most recent album 'Dethroned & Uncrowned', Swedish KATATONIA were winning over much more people than usual with the songs of the last album being presented as stripped-down acoustic versions, which from where the idea was born presenting those and some more live in selected venues as an unplugged performance which we were lucky enough to be a part of...

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Published: 12 May 2014

Tivoli Oudegracht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
8th May 2014
Echo & the Bunnymen, Rats on Rafts

The venue Tivoli at the Oudegracht will close after many years. This beautiful venue has seen some great bands performing and it will be a loss for the Netherlands to see it vanish from the music scene. A lot of bands that once stood on the stage of Tivoli Oudegracht got a chance to perform one last time in a range of concerts under the name Tivoli Tijdloos (Tivoli Timeless). On Thursday May 8th it was time for the new wave legends ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN. They played a sold out concert.

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