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Groene Engel, Oss, The NetherlandsMay 28th 2005
Autumn and Xystus
On a soft and warm summer night we arrived at the Groene Engel in Oss. We thought we were late but the entire audience was still standing in front of the venue, enjoying the nice weather. It seemed Xystus was to start later than planned, it was quite late before everybody left the venue again, but it was worth it.
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LVC, Leiden, The NetherlandsMay 27th 2005
Welle:Erdball
On this first hot spring night in Holland this year Welle Erdball would finally perform again in Holland. First the starting time of the show was unknown, but finally I figured out that it started at 23:00. The audience had to wait a little longer, but finally the band came on stage at 23:45. I noticed it was the same show as on wave gothic treffen Leipzig, since the band also started with the song ‘Schaufensterpuppen’. The set up on stage was also the same.
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Gleis 22, Münster, Germany31st May 2005
Maximo Park and Gods of Blitz
Over the last couple of years a new wave of bands entered the scene who are swayed by an era of (British) Pop music which was rather overlooked or even dismissed before: The Post Punk and New Wave era of the early 1980s. Bands like 2004’s breakthrough of the year, Franz Ferdinand, or Bloc Party, Interpol, The Killers and many others pay their tribute to almost forgotten heroes like The Sound, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Chameleons, House Of Love, The Go-Betweens or not-so-forgotten legends like The Smiths, The Pixies, The Clash, and (especially in Interpol`s case) Joy Division or even Duran Duran. Maximo Park are the new hottest thing of this “New New Wave” and an excellent album and the announcement of a gig in my hometown at the high-reputated “Gleis22” made me feel like a kid before christmas.
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Goudvishal, Arnhem, The NetherlandsMay 21st 2005
Xystus, Morning and Nemesea
Finally the day had come! The first Official Stargazers Metal Meeting was held on May 21st, 2005 in the Goudvishal in Arnhem, the Netherlands. Meant for the members of the Dutch official Nightwish Fanclub Stargazers and for those who were interested. After a warm welcome of the treasurer of the fanclub, Willem Nijenhuis, I received my pass and I was set for a great day. The venue in particular was kind of small, yet big enough for the amount of visitors. The ambiance was immediately set.
At 18:00 hrs the time has come to kick off and the band Morning is up first!
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Live Music Hall, Cologne, Germany09th May 2005
Paradise Lost, Orphaned Land and Society1
“Paradise Lost” are one of the most influential Metal bands from the United Kingdom, and without any doubt one of the biggest risk takers in the Metal genre. With their early works the band from Halifax/North England founded a whole new genre, Gothic Metal, and as this genre spawned countless followers and epigones “Paradise Lost” turned their backs on it to explore new musical ground. Their 1999 album “Host” even provoked comparisons to “Depeche Mode”, and this album in particular was hard to swallow for all die-hard fans of the early “Paradise Lost”. But the band always managed to attract new crowds whenever they lost parts of their old audiences whenever they changed yet again their sound, and some fans just have stayed and went all the way with the band…
“Paradise Lost” recent self-titled album hit the stores earlier this year and the fans were eagerly waiting for the tour accompanying the album. Together with guests Society1 and Orphaned Land they hit the road in April 2005. We took our chance to make the Paradise Lost 2005 experience in Cologne´s “Live Music Hall”.
