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Published: 14 November 2012

Essigfabrik, Cologne, Germany
13th November 2012
Fear Factory, The Devin Townsend Project & Dunderbeist

November, and also this specific day, had a lot of concerts to chose from and it was not the easiest decision. But the chance to see Devin Townsend finally was the final drop to make me decode for the FEAR FACTORY – DEVON TOWNSEND PROJECT double concert, being opened by Norwegian DUNDERBEIST.

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Published: 14 November 2012

Paard van Troje, The Hague, The Netherlands
3rd November 2012
Impericon Impericon Never Say Die Tour: We Came As Romans, Bless The Fall, Stick To Your Guns, For The Fallen Dreams, Obey The Brave, At The Skylines, The Browning, At Dawn We Rage

This year’s edition of Impericon Impericon Never Say Die! Tour takes place at the Paard van Troje in The Hague and as usual, they’ve put together a line-up of hardcore, metal and metalcore. Earlier editions of this tour featured big names such as COMEBACK KID, PARKWAY DRIVE and SUICIDE SILENCE. This year it is up to WE CAME AS ROMANS, BLESS THE FALL, STICK TO YOUR GUNS and five other bands to show the Dutch audience how it’s done. I knew the concert wasn’t sold out, but I was a bit surprised that only the floor level of the hall was moderately filled when I arrived. Then again, the first band started early at 4:30 PM, so perhaps more people will come in during the evening.

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Published: 12 November 2012

Matrix, Bochum, Germany
9th November 2012
18 Summers & Janosch Moldau

When 18 SUMMERS released the latest album, ‘The Magic Circus’, in spring 2012, it was the end of a nearly ten year lasting musical silence. After such a long time I had expected some more enthusiasm about their live shows. But maybe the band had been nearly forgotten and younger people don’t know them anymore? Something like that must have been reason that only a little crowd was attending the show on this Friday evening, being supported by multitalented JANOSCH MOLDAU.

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Published: 12 November 2012

Ruhrcongress, Bochum, Germany
3rd November 2012
Gotthard & Unisonic

GOTTHARD are kind of Hard Rock legends and also the death of singer Steve Lee two years ago did not change anything. Now, the band is touring again with new singer Nic Maeder and people were eager to see what had changed and what not. As support, Metal-All-Star band UNISONIC was accompanying them on tour.

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Published: 12 November 2012

The Circus, Helsinki, Finland
7th November 2012
The Devin Townsend Project & Fear Factory

And again, The Circus - a medium-size venue in the heart of Helsinki - hosts a big project. DEVIN TOWNSEND is a widely known Canadian musician who started to play banjo at the age of 5 and got his first electric guitar at 12. He has a very rich and colourful biography, and had experimented with many styles, from heavy styles to a light ones. Presently he ended up with a band called THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT. The project began in 2008, about the same time Devin cut off his trademark hair and gave up drinking, smoking and using drugs.

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