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Biebob, Vosselaer, Belgium21 January 2007
Stream of Passion featuring Ayreon
Less than one year after their first tour, Stream of Passion were coming back to Biebob, for the third gig of a short tour of seven concerts in Northern Europe. The multinational Stream of Passion with increasing international recognition is a gothic metal band formed in 2005 by the Dutch multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Arjen Anthony Lucassen following a rock opera project named Ayreon comprising seven albums produced between 1995 and 2004. With Ayreon, Arjen Lucassen, after having played as guitarist for various bands since 1980, wanted to make music the way he has always wanted or dreamed about, without any constraint. The result is a collection of experimental music with various styles mixing various prog, pop and rock influences in a very subtle way.
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Universal D.O.G., Lahr, Germany
16th December 2006
Dark Dance Treffen 20: Scary Bitches, Welle:Erdball, Die Krupps
The 20th Dark Dance Treffen was a special one because they celebrated their 6th anniversary. Therefore they planned something more than just a concert evening. The photographer and artist Timo Denz of “Hexistenz” (http://www.hexistenz.de) showed his new book and pictures for the first time. The café was decorated with his photos and his books could be bought at a special stall.
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Messe Congresscentrum B, Stuttgart, Germany
9th November 2006
Bullet for my Valentine, As I Lay Dying, Protest the Hero
The Welsh Metal-core band BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE has become quite famous during the last few years; their videos promoting songs like "Your Tears Don't Fall" and "All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)" were played time and again on music channels like MTV, their album "The Poison"(2005, re-issued in 2006) had relatively high chart positions especially in the UK and you will hardly find a teenager with darker and more alternative music taste who doesn't know them. Or, concerning the girls, at least know their good-looking singer Matt Tuck. So it was no surprise that the band's concert, which was originally planned to take place in the LKA Longhorn, was relocated to a bigger venue, the Messe Congresscentrum B in Stuttgart, due to great demand for the tickets. The Congresscentrum B is part of the local exhibition centre in Stuttgart, and about 2500 people can be gathered there. When I arrived at the location, it was filled to about two thirds, but when taking a closer look, a great part of the visitors was pushing in the area right before the stage, awaiting their heroes. I just had a little time to look around, but then the first support act – PROTEST THE HERO – already entered the stage.
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Weststadthalle, Essen, Germany17th January 2007
Therion, Grave Digger, Sabaton
Both, GRAVE DIGGER and THERION just released their new albums a few days ago. GRAVE DIGGER are some kind of heroes in the German Metal scene and are called as co-founders of True-Metal. More than ten studio albums mark their successful way. The recent album ‘Liberty or Death’ was released on 12th January. Also THERION can look back to a long band history with numerous releases with ‘Gothic Kabbalah’ being the newest one. Third band of the evening was Swedish SABATON. As you can guess, this was an evening of powerful Metal performances.
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Paradiso, Amsterdam, the Netherlands7th January, 2007
SellaBand Believer’s Convention - Nemesea
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- Accession Festival - Krefeld 2006
- Arnhem Metal Meeting - Arnhem 2006
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- Mostly Autumn - Zoetermeer 2006
- Anne Clark - Karlsruhe 2006
- The Dreamside - Hoorn 2006
- electriXmas Festival - Lund 2006
- Northern Lite Münster 2006
