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Published: 10 June 2013

Leipzig, Germany
17th - 20th May 2013
Wave Gotik Treffen Day 2: Naughty Whisper, Altar of Plagues, The Vision Bleak, Dordeduh, Paradise Lost and IAMX

The second day started with a little rain which quickly turned into some sunshine. After a short night – due to the midnight special on day 1 – we decided to take a look at some harder bands and so we made our way to the Kohlrabizirkus in order to enjoy guitar based sounds. However, we could, of course, not miss out on the midnight special on this day in the Agra: IAMX. Saturday also is the day of the second big arrivals and so, the city was even more crowded. Leipzig was now almost completely covered in black and some other shades of darker colours. However, the people of the city were as friendly as always and everyone felt welcomed. Having this as a basis, the people happily started in the weekend filled with great bands.

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Published: 10 June 2013

Virgin Oil, Helsinki, Finland
1st June 2013
Poets of the Fall

Poets of the Fall (hereafter POTF) is one famous Finnish rock band. They know some good ways about how to become popular, even without massive promotion and even abroad Finland. Their heyday was around 2006, when they were celebrating 2 platinum records and ended up in Max Payne game OST.

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Published: 07 June 2013

Kongresshaus, Zurich, Switzerland
3rd June 2013
Dead Can Dance

Thickening cloud and the threat of rain greeted revellers heading to the Kongresshaus in Zurich for this special night. Since reforming, touring and releasing the magnificent ‘Anastasis’, Australian-British collective DEAD CAN DANCE have seen their already formidable reputation and popularity increase immensely recently. And as people file into the cavernous interior of the venue, there’s a palpable sense of excitement and expectation.

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Published: 04 June 2013

Galvanik, Zug, Switzerland
1st June 2013
Kino Grotesk with live acts Enter and Fall & Solitary Experiments

Last Saturday, the Galvanik club in Zug / Switzerland was offering a special party night with nothing less than six DJs and two live acts. Kino Grotesk is a well-known gothic-electro party in Switzerland. For their new event they invited two live-acts, which are not often play in Switzerland. The Galvanik club in Zug is a very nice venue, easy to reach by train and car not far away from Zürich. Unfortunately not so much people as expected came.

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Published: 04 June 2013

Essigfabrik, Cologne, Germany
31st May 2013
Mastodon & The Ocean

AS you could expect, friends of Sludge and Metal around Cologne were eagerly awaiting the show of MASTODON at the Essigfabrik. The band already played the venue last year and also now, a lot of people showed up for the show which was opened by THE OCEAN – surely another plus point to attend the concert.

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