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Published: 29 July 2010

Tanzbrunnen, Cologne, Germany
24th & 25th July 2010
Amphi Festival 2010 Day 1 Staatenhaus: Skinny Puppy, Project Pitchfork, The Crüxshadows, Funker Vogt, Nachtmahr, Solitary Experiments, Faderhead, Destroid, Miss Construction

The indoor stage was situated in the “Staatenhaus”, former “Rheinparkhalle”. This year, the ceiling stayed where it needed to and so, the whole program was taking place in the hall… not a very nice venue I must add. It was hot inside, the ceiling was pretty low and the sound very difficult and in different areas far too loud. Anyway, with SKINNY PUPPY headlining the program there, the indoor stage had my personal festival highlight in stock…

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Published: 29 July 2010

Zeche, Bochum, Germany
28th July 2010
Foreigner

Already with their first album, the band FOREIGNER have created a million seller, spawning such evergreens as ‘Feels Like The First Time’ or ‘Cold as Ice’. The following albums would continue that spree of success, but with the #1 anthem ‘I Want To Know What Love Is’ taken off their most successful album ‘Agent Provocateur’, they made themselves an everlasting monument in pop music history. Following ‘Inside Information’ was the last one being that successful for quite some time, and the band had to overcome some odds.

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Published: 28 July 2010

Tanzbrunnen, Cologne, Germany
24th & 25th July 2010
Amphi Festival 2010 Day 1 Main Stage: And One, Anne Clark, Blutengel, Welle:Erdball, Ashbury Heights, End of Green, Din [A] Tod, Zin

We started very early on this Saturday morning and surprisingly arrived in Cologne without any traffic jams. Also, our hotel room was already prepared and so, we arrived very early at the festival ground, enough time to check out the area, have some coffee and meet up with some friends. The main stage offered a mixed program being headlined by Synth poppers AND ONE and starting with ZIN, the winner of Friday night’s newcomer contest.

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Published: 27 July 2010

Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany
9th - 10th July 2010
Hörnerfest Open Air 2010: Equilibrium, Feuerschwanz, Cromdale, The Pokes, Bran Barr, Adivarius, Schattenweber, Myrkvar, Cultus Ferox, Feuerteufel Fire Show, Rapalje, The Shanes, Coppelius, Arkona, Ingrimm, Rabenwolf, Ragnaröek, Fiddelaldermolk

I love this festival. After my first visit last year, I was really feeling as though I was amongst old friends and it has a great family but fun atmosphere that seems to bring out the best in everyone there. Thomas, the organizer, must be on first name terms with the local weather gods, because like last year the weather was fantastic reaching nearly 40 degrees. So with a festival as hot as Africa and a killer line up, we pitched our tents and headed off to see what we could see.

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Published: 21 July 2010

Expo, Waregem, Belgium
16th - 18th July 2010
Gothic Festival 2010 Day 1: Covenant, Sex Gang Children, Umbra Et Imago, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, Funker Vogt, Faderhead, The House of Usher, Triarii, Whispers In The Shadow, FGFC820, Mildreda, Void Of Sadness

Already for the 5th time, the Gothic Festival in Belgium Waregem opened its gates. Three days full of brilliant music and a line-up you rarely see these days awaited us. Starting off at Friday noon, already the first day had some great names to offer with Swedish Covenant headlining the festival. The mix of well-known acts and rather unknown ones was again one big plus of the festival making it possible to experience very new music and get surprised once more again.

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