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Published: 07 July 2011

Leipzig, Germany
9th to 13th June 2011
Wave Gotik Treffen Day 3: Empyrium, Eyes Shut Tight, Barren Earth, Vinterland, Helheim, Dornenreich, Girls under Glass, Lake Of Tears, Tiamat

The WGT Saturday was totally standing under the metal banner for us with highlights like TIAMAT headlining the evening in the old exhibition hall 15 or the very first live show of EMPYRIUM, opening our day in the wonderful Pantheon. There was just one exception in the full metal experience, the “all-stars” show of GIRLS UNDER GLASS at Parkbühne…

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Published: 06 July 2011

Park Brakkenstein, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2nd July 2011
Fortarock Festival Part I: Kvelertak, Valient Thorr, God dethroned, Agnostic Front, Gojira

After two previous successful editions, the third Fortarock festival was taking place at Park Brakkenstein in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. As every year, I’m surprised (and very pleased!) to see how the organisation managed to create a line-up of well-known names, both old and new. Fortarock treats its audience to a lot of different flavours in the big pool of metal and hard rock. All there was left to wish for was a day without rain and some quick feet to keep up with the tight schedule. Fortarock is a one-day festival with two stages, 14 bands (KVELERTAK – VALIENT THORR – GOD DETHRONED - AGNOSTIC FRONT – GOJIRA – PARKWAY DRIVE – GHOST – DARK TRANQUILITY - TRIPTYKON – CHANNEL ZERO – PARADISE LOST – SACRED REICH – IMMORTAL – ARCH ENEMY) and no break in between.

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Published: 05 July 2011

Castle Broich, Mülheim, Germany
1st to 2nd July 2011
Castle Rock Festival 2011 Day 1: Moonspell, End of Green, Merciful Nuns, Leichenwetter

Mülheim’s Castle Rock festival, meanwhile advanced to cult status, entered its twelfth year in 2011 and was coming up with a top line-up leaving nothing to be desired for fans of darkly romantic rock music and brachial sounds. That this festival is a highlight in the Ruhr area was once more proven by the fact that it was sold-out. The first day of the festival was placed on dark, guitar tinged sounds being headlined by no one less than MOONSPELL. Apart from the music, the location offers a lot of possibilities to roam the landscape around the castle in-between your favourite bands, get something to eat or drink and just hang around. Sadly, the weather on Friday was not perfect, it was pretty cold and cloudy, but at least there was no rain.

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Published: 05 July 2011

Zitadelle Spandau, Berlin, Germany
18th to 19th June 2011
Zita Rock Festival Day 1: Zin, Mono Inc., Zeraphine, Project Pitchfork, Blutengel & Eisbrecher

The beginning of the day wasn’t really promising at all: it was raining like crazy - but we hoped for the best and started our rather short way to the Zitadelle Spandau in Berlin. There, a lot of “black people” were welcoming us, being ready to have a good day filled with great music - and bands like MONO INC., ZERAPHINE and EISBRECHER made sure it would be.

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Published: 04 July 2011

Lanxess Arena , Cologne, Germany
21st June 2011
The Eagles, Claudia Koreck

The legendary EAGLEs were flying over Germany again. The "Long Road Out Of Eden Tour" went into its second round and one of the stops was Cologne. ‘Long Road Out Of Eden’ was released in 2007 and it was the first studio album after 28 years. 7,000 people came to enjoy this great and special combination of country and rock music.

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