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Steenwijk, The Netherlands29th July 2006
Satyrian, Pleurisy, Legion Of The Damned, Vomitory
When I first heard about a festival named "Stonehenge" I immediately thought about the impressive magic circle of standing stones in England and associated this festival with - of course - Celtic music. But when I started reading more about this festival in Steenwijk it had to be noticed that there wasn't anything Celtic about it at all... When reading the line-up of artists it became clear that it would be some heavy and loud happening instead. You wouldn't expect a band like "Prostitute Disfigurement" for example to play some laid-back, enchanting melodies featuring Celtic instruments like a harp and bodhran. On the Stonehenge website it was mentioned that the festival was sold out, but it didn't really seem so crowded when we arrived at the location...
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Universum, Stuttgart, Germany
August 24th 2006
Front Line Assembly, Stromkern
The 'Universum' is a nice, small venue on the campus of the University of Stuttgart; during the last years, mainly Punk concerts have taken place in this location, and on the weekends different club nights with varying music are organized. This Thursday evening the presenters had something special and quite unusual to offer: The well-known Canadian EBM/Industrial project 'Front Line Assembly' supported by the good-humoured guys from STROMKERN. When the latter started playing at about half past eight, the 'Universum' was nearly half-filled, and it should remain like that till the end of the whole concert night. www.universum-stuttgart.de
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Summer Breeze, Dinkelsbühl, Germany
17th – 19th August 2006
Summer Breeze Day 1: Saltatio Mortis, Moonspell, 1349, Finntroll, ASP, Kreator, Katatonia
This year the festival moved to Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria, so we expected some changes. This was shown to be true bye some various night police controls in which even the lenses of the cameras were held for drug hiding places, but let us talk about the music first. After an astonishingly quick ticket-changing and a friendly car control (strict glass ban on the whole area) we arrived with the last sounds of THE HAUNTED. After a short meeting with well known and friendly photographers we went directly to the ‘Pain Stage’ (second stage).
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Taubertal Festival, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
11th – 13th August 2006
Taubertal Festival Day 1: Blackmail, Millencolin, Bif Naked, Wir sind Helden
The Taubertal Festival is one of the oldest alternative music festivals in Germany. It is always set in the wonderful area around Rothenburg ob der Tauber, which is known as a beautiful medieval town. The Festival is also one of the test-projects in the circle of “Sounds for nature”. This initiative was created by the German Nature Office to combine young people’s interests in music with the care of the environment. Therefore the promoters planned a special guiding tour around the festival.
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Autohof Strohofer, Geiselwind, Germany
20th July – 22nd July 2006
Battle of Metal Festival Part 2 (Day 2): Haggard, The 69 Eyes, Dimmu Borgir, Reckless Tide
This Friday evening brought some real highlights onto the Main Stage in Geiselwind. The weather was still friendly and the burning sun had lost its power, so I was looking forward to a nice festival night. First, the German Metal orchestra 'Haggard' enthralled the audience with their extraordinary sound. Later on, the Gothic rockers from the '69 Eyes' entered the stage, followed by the famous Metal band 'Dimmu Borgir'. And at about 2 o'clock there was the last act of the day rocking the Eventhalle, the congenial Thrash Metal band 'Reckless Tide' from Hannover (Germany).
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- The Birthday Massacre - Heidelberg 2006
- The SubSpace Encounter - Malmö 2006
- Summer Darkness - Utrecht 2006 (Day 3)
- Summer Darkness - Utrecht 2006 (Day 4)
- Castle Fest - Lisse 2006
- Summer Darkness - Utrecht 2006 (Day 1)
- Summer Darkness - Utrecht 2006 (Day 2)
- Battle of Metal Festival - Geiselwind 2006 (Part 1)
- Bullet For My Valentine - Utrecht 2006
