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Published: 12 November 2012

Ruhrcongress, Bochum, Germany
3rd November 2012
Gotthard & Unisonic

GOTTHARD are kind of Hard Rock legends and also the death of singer Steve Lee two years ago did not change anything. Now, the band is touring again with new singer Nic Maeder and people were eager to see what had changed and what not. As support, Metal-All-Star band UNISONIC was accompanying them on tour.

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Published: 12 November 2012

The Circus, Helsinki, Finland
7th November 2012
The Devin Townsend Project & Fear Factory

And again, The Circus - a medium-size venue in the heart of Helsinki - hosts a big project. DEVIN TOWNSEND is a widely known Canadian musician who started to play banjo at the age of 5 and got his first electric guitar at 12. He has a very rich and colourful biography, and had experimented with many styles, from heavy styles to a light ones. Presently he ended up with a band called THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT. The project began in 2008, about the same time Devin cut off his trademark hair and gave up drinking, smoking and using drugs.

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Published: 09 November 2012

FZW, Dortmund, Germany
1st November 2012
Archive, Coheed And Cambria, Fighting With Wire

With the genre defying Quadriology of 'Controlling Crowds', ARCHIVE had done a return to form turning their focus on big socio-political subject matter. I am mentioning this specifically because with their direct successor 'With Us Until You're Dead' the collective opts for a smaller scale and a more personal perspective on things. In the course of the Visions Westend Festival, ARCHIVE were guest in Dortmund, but they were not playing alone, they brought two other fantastic bands with then, namely COHEED AND CAMBRIA and FIGHTING WITH WIRE.

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Published: 09 November 2012

E-Werk, Cologne, Germany
7th November 2012
Ultravox - Brilliant Tour

Back to the 80s! back to my youth with ULTRAVOX, who were coming to Germany for several shows, one of them being held at Cologne’s E-Werk. Sad enough that the demand wasn’t high enough to sell the venue out. But no matter what, the show that was coming up, was nothing less but great!

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Published: 08 November 2012

Theaterfabrik, Leipzig, Germany
30th October 2012
An acoustic evening with: Diary of Dreams, The Beauty of Gemina and FAQ

Time to try something new! After DIARY OF DREAMS included an acoustic bloc into their shows of past years or even played some acoustic shows, now it was time for a completely acoustic evening presenting all in all three bands under the headline “An acoustic evening with DIARY OF DREAMS, THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA and FAQ”. After the band presents beloved 10 songs in acoustic outfit on their new album ‘The Anatomy Of Silence’, the acoustic concerts present all in all nearly 20 songs, some of them not played live for a very long time or even never presented on stage so far.

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