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Flugplatz Drispenstedt, Hildesheim, Germany
9th to 10th August 2008
M’era Luna Festival Day 2 Hangar Stage: Irfan, Din[A]Tod, Painbastard, Elegant Machinery, Agonoize, Eisbrecher, Combichrist, Hocico, DAF
while on the second festival day the main stage presented rocking tunes, the hangar was totally in the hand of the electro bands… with two exceptions: IRFAN as very first band and EISBRECHER later. All others presented more or less harder electro sounds finding a brilliant highlight in the show of old-school heroes DAF who ended the festival in the hangar while outside FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM were playing.
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Palladium, Cologne, Germany11th August 2008
Sigur Rós, Ólafur Arnalds
On 20th June 2008, the Icelandic band SIGUR RÓS released their fifth album ‘Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust’ meaning ‘With a buzz in our ears we play endlessly’ in English. It was produced by the band and co-produced by production genius Flood and recorded at the Sear Sound Studios in New York, the Assault, Battery- and Abbey Road Studios in London, in a church, the band’s own studio in Reykjavik and in Havana, Cuba. While the last SIGUR RÓS release, the critically acclaimed film chronicle of last year’s Island tour ‘Helma’ showed the and on confided territory, the new album marks the first recording of the band outside of island. It’s also the first album in the band’s career on which the voice of singer Jon Thor Birgisson can be heard in English on one song. The rest is as usual sung in Icelandic. Already since June the band is on tour to present their new album live to the people and on 11th August, they were guests at Cologne’s Palladium to enchant the audience with the sounds of ‘Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust’.
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Flugplatz Drispenstedt, Hildesheim, Germany
9th to 10th August 2008
M’era Luna Festival Day 1 Main Stage: Delain, Elis, Rabenschrey, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Mesh, Tanzwut, Unheilig, ASP, VNV Nation, Front 242
Since its beginnings in 2000, the festival has constantly grown and has become a fixed institution in the Wave and Gothic scene. And it is considered the biggest European festival for that scene. The festival lures about 25,000 and counting fans a year to celebrate a melancholic weekend. A fashionable outfit with a touch of middle-age in combination with lacquer and leather is as popular as black colour or if necessary white. The most fans show themselves in the same individual and artificial way like the artists on stage. Bands from all over Europe come to the festival and for most of them it’s not the first time, they’re performing at the M’era Luna.
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Zeche Carl, Essen, Germany2nd August 2008
The Crüxshadows, Akanoid
There wasn't much time to write a new album for the CRÜXSHADOWS. Violin player Rachel left the CRÜXSHADOWS to marry her boyfriend Harry and didn't want to go on tour again; the same with guitarist George and dancer Sarah. Rogue and Jessica made the big promise as well. After all these marriages and band separations, there had to be found new band members. So there's no new CD, but a new single called 'Immortal' which was released in July this year. How can you introduce new band members better than live on stage? The CRÜXSHADOWS started to tour again with one new song and four new members. After a few European gigs and festival performances they arrived in Essen.
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Osterode/Förste, Germany17th to 19th July 2008
Rock Harz Day 2: Neaera, Knorkator, Turisas, Haggard, Atrocity and Saltatio Mortis
Unfortunately, we couldn’t make it to the first day, so we had to start at the second day. The weather was horrible. It was raining all the time and it was cold. But we didn’t care because bands like TURISAS, HAGGARD and ATROCITY stood on the plan for today.
- Rock Harz - Osterode 2008 (Day 3)
- Rock unter den Eichen - Bertingen 2008
- Loreena McKennitt - Stuttgart 2008
- Amphi Festival - Cologne 2008 (Day 2 Theatre Stage)
- Amphi Festival - Cologne 2008 (Day 2 Main Stage)
- Gothic Festival - Waregem 2008 (Day 1)
- With Full Force Festival - Roitzschjora 2008 (Day 3)
- Thin Lizzy - Bochum 2008
- With Full Force Festival Roitzschjora 2008 (Day 2)
- Amphi Festival - Cologne 2008 (Day 1 Theatre Stage)
