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Published: 28 February 2014

Turbinenhalle, Oberhausen, Germany
22nd February 2014
E-Tropolis Festival 2014: Die Krupps, Suicide Commando, Apoptygma Berzerk, Rotersand, Hocico, Pouppée Fabrikk, Agonoize, Dive, Aesthetic Perfection, Tyske Ludder, Faderhead, Xotox, [X]-RX, Steinkind, Chrom

“Darker - harder – louder” was the slogan of the festival that started successfully in 2010 in Berlin. This year it took place for the first time in Oberhausen with a great line- up so that I would like to add as slogan “No fillers - just killers”.

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Published: 27 February 2014

DaDa Club, St. Petersburg, Russia
22nd February 2014
Solar Fake with support of Janosch Moldau and BeRain

Lately I’ve been incredibly lucky with good music and great concerts and that Saturday evening was not an exception. For the first time in St. Petersburg there came Sven Friedrich with his project SOLAR FAKE and with support of German electro-pop act JANOSCH MOLDAU and Russian project BERAIN. So after a short run to the club we took our time to take a breath and started to wait and wait again while a slightly dark and very comfortable venue was leisurely filling with people so everything looked like slow motion. But finally the first band of the evening came out and that slow motion moved closer to the stage.

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Published: 26 February 2014

Zeche, Bochum, Germany
25th February 2014
The Boxer Rebellion, Christof, Joel Ney

In the past, this band has already played with such bands as EDITORS. And they have quite a big back catalogue, especially when it comes to film music. Now, they were touring as headliner, visiting the Zeche in Bochum for the first time. But before the main act was entering the stage, two young men were opening the evening.

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Published: 24 February 2014

Zeche, Bochum, Germany
21st February 2014
Axel Rudi Pell & Rebellious Spirit

So it’s Friday again (yay) and once again I get the pleasure to visit a gig of some real Hard Rock heavy weights. This time I got to experience Mister AXEL RUDI PELL and his gang in Bochum…

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Published: 21 February 2014

Matrix, Bochum, Germany
4th February 2014
Front 242 & The Juggernauts

Under the banner of old school EBM, people made their way to the Matrix Bochum in order to see FRONT 242, the band that still is a paradigm and inspiration for many following bands of this genre.

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