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Published: 03 November 2009

Essigfabrik, Cologne, Germany
2nd November 2009
Röyksopp

Torbjørn Brundtland & Svein Berge aka RÖYSKOPP already got to know each other as children in their hometown Tromse but lost contact for a while. When they met again years later in Bergen again they founded RÖYSKOPP. ‘Melody A.M’, their first album, was called one of the most fascinating downbeat albums of 2001 and became a million-seller followed by ‘The Understanding’ gaining ambivalent receptions by music critics. In March 2009, the time for their third album ‘Junior’ had come. The response to the initial dates supporting the album was overwhelming, so they just had to do some more shows, one of them going down at Cologne’s Essigfabrik on 2nd November.

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Published: 03 November 2009

C.I.A. North Hollywood, CA, USA
29th October 2009
Sin of Man

We all know about parties some celebrate because of a holiday or certain occasion while others tend to celebrate all year long. But in this particular case, this is an advanced party; let's just say a "Pre-Pre Halloween Party". Taking place at the C.I.A. (California Institute Of Abnormalarts) you've invited to attend Filthy Phil's Metal Shop 101. This being not your average take on your regular "metal shop" - this one being a lot more musical, with some of Los Angeles’ locals in our mists, i.e. headliners SIN OF MAN.

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Published: 30 October 2009

Alte Eisenbahnhalle, Losheim/Saar, Germany
23rd October 2009
ASP & Mono Inc.

Being a fan since ‘Weltunter’, I was quite excited what surprises the evening would bring up to me. First of all, gathering all my friends at the railway station and driving roundabout 120 kilometres from my hometown, it was not so easy to find the place “Alte Eisenbahnhalle” in Losheim, where the magic should happen. But when we caught sight of the first wagons, relief took place…

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Published: 30 October 2009

Tochka Club & 1Rock, Moscow, Russia
16th and 17th October 2009
Lacrimosa

This autumn, LACRIMOSA’s fans rejoiced: the band came to Moscow with the presentation of the new album ‘Sehnsucht’ and traditionally gave two concerts so more people could enjoy the live performance of their idols.

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Published: 29 October 2009

Die Werkstatt, Cologne, Germany
27th October 2009
IAMX & James Nemo

IAMX the second! After already attending the great show a few days back in Bochum and with the mindset you can never get too much IAMX, it was no question we would be in Cologne too. The admission proceeded fluently and soon we were entering the venue and here I can only speak for myself, I was astonished how small the stage was and feared it would hinder the band’s urge to move to a great extend. Well, now a day later and while I’m writing this, I can say that my fears were unjustified. But at the time I couldn’t know how much…

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