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Published: 16 April 2012

ISS Dome, Düsseldorf, Germany
14th April 2012
Nightwish, Battle Beast & Eklipse

It took a while until fans were finally receiving a new NIGHTWISH album. After more than four years, the band finally released the long awaited fifth studio album ‘Imaginaerum’. The album is also the soundtrack for a movie whose protagonist is an old balladeer with an unbelievable imagination. ‘Imaginaerum’ appeals to our fantasy and long forgotten longings from a magical world. The expectations were high and excitement huge for the band playing live on German stages again since NIGHTWISH are known for their extraordinary special effects and brilliant stage and light show. Now it was time for us to see how the new album was visually brought on stage…

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Published: 14 April 2012

Matrix, Bochum, Germany
12th April 2012
Icon Of Coil, Komor Kommando, Substaat

Just two gigs they are playing around Germany. So I was pretty sure that all of those gigs would be pretty much sold-out. Expect my surprise when I got to the club and actually saw like ten people going in. I was sincerely hoping that at least a few more people would turn up.

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Published: 13 April 2012

Vooruit, Gent, Belgium
6th & 7th April 2012
Rewind Easter Fest Day 1: Project Pitchfork, Clan Of Xymox, Chameleons Vox, The Beauty Of Gemina, Cassandra Complex, Department S, Schmutz, Erato

With the Rewind Easter Fest in Gent, one of those festivals came up that bear the typical trademarks of Belgium festivals: They always mange to gather an interesting line-up of bands that you don’t get to see live very often unlike other countries. This one made no exception and so it’s needless to say we all were very much looking forward to the two days of music ahead of us.

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Published: 12 April 2012

Nosturi, Helsinki, Finland
7th April 2012
Emilie Autumn

EMILIE AUTUMN is a well known US performer, composer, singer and prodigy violinist with prominent “Victorian-industrial” visual style. Her performances combine dark lyrics, energetic melodies and striking performance in burlesque style. Very gifted in music, she abandoned a classical musical career to become what she is now. Brought to us by Finnish promoter KingFoo (which is behind such large Finnish acts as NIGHTWISH and AMORPHIS), she appeared on 7th April in one of the best city venues, club Nosturi. Upon our arrival, we noticed a packed club with the majority of girls, as the whole local Gothic Lolita community gathered up for a (quite rare) occasion of a gig in Dark Scene-related genre. The present tour is supporting EMIELI AUTUMN’s new album ‘Fight like a girl’, due in summer 2012. http://www.emilieautumn.com/ / http://www.myspace.com/emilieautumn / https://www.facebook.com/emilieautumnofficial

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Published: 10 April 2012

Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
6th April 2012
Parkway Drive, The Ghost Inside, Miss May I, Confession

The Australian metal core formation PARKWAY DRIVE is back in Holland again and ready to kick off their European tour with a gig at the Melkweg in Amsterdam. And it gets even better, as tonight’s line up will not only bring you PARKWAY DRIVE. The evening will has a well-filled program of loud and brutal metal core with bands THE GHOST INSIDE, MISS MAY I and CONFESSION. Such an evening full of metal core for such a price is simply a bargain!

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