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DK Gorbunova, Moscow, Russia31st October 2009
In Extremo
At 7 PM. there was no queue in front of the venue and the hall itself was only half-filled. But big groups of people kept on streaming into Gorbunova and an hour later, the number of attendees had doubled. Imaginatively dressed individuals such as several men in kilts or something like that stood out of the colourful audience. Now, everyone was waiting for the show to begin. Actually, the German Medieval Rock band IN EXTREMO was a fusion of a nameless medieval music playing formation and a Rock band. Firstly, the two formations played separately, but in 1995 the front man “Das Letzte Einhorn” (aka Michael Robert Rhein) suggested the unifying name IN EXTREMO. Finally in 1997, one of the most popular German Alternative bands was born.
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SO36 Club, Berlin, Germany17th October 2009
Saltatio Mortis, Feuerschwanz
Just occasionally the Gods of Chaos take an unhealthy interest in one of the gigs I'm attending. Since both SALTATIO MORTIS and FEUERSCHWANZ are two of my favourite bands, I should have known this would be one of them. From delayed flights, to venue changes, from broken cameras to lost setlists, this was a truly hexed affair... except, that is, for the great music and electrifying performance to which I was treated at the gig. The venue had been changed from the Kesselhaus to the SO36 in Kreuzberg.
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Substage, Karlsruhe, Germany27th October 2009
Hardcore Superstar, Avatar
When one of Sweden’s top rock acts announces to play a couple dates in Germany, you can be sure that fact alone attracts lots of people. We were amongst them and a part of the spectacle that was the show of HARDCORE SUPERSTAR in Karlsruhe.
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Essigfabrik, Cologne, Germany2nd November 2009
Röyksopp
Torbjørn Brundtland & Svein Berge aka RÖYSKOPP already got to know each other as children in their hometown Tromse but lost contact for a while. When they met again years later in Bergen again they founded RÖYSKOPP. ‘Melody A.M’, their first album, was called one of the most fascinating downbeat albums of 2001 and became a million-seller followed by ‘The Understanding’ gaining ambivalent receptions by music critics. In March 2009, the time for their third album ‘Junior’ had come. The response to the initial dates supporting the album was overwhelming, so they just had to do some more shows, one of them going down at Cologne’s Essigfabrik on 2nd November.
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C.I.A. North Hollywood, CA, USA29th October 2009
Sin of Man
We all know about parties some celebrate because of a holiday or certain occasion while others tend to celebrate all year long. But in this particular case, this is an advanced party; let's just say a "Pre-Pre Halloween Party". Taking place at the C.I.A. (California Institute Of Abnormalarts) you've invited to attend Filthy Phil's Metal Shop 101. This being not your average take on your regular "metal shop" - this one being a lot more musical, with some of Los Angeles’ locals in our mists, i.e. headliners SIN OF MAN.
