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Summer Darkness, Utrecht, the NetherlandsAugust 14th 2005
Day 3: Syrian, Morning, Unter Null, Autumn, Crüxshadows, Asrai, Glis, Therion
The last day of this three day lgothic lifestyle event starts off for us with bands in Ekko, a small venue on the western side of the town's center, where the metal bands take their time to perform. At Tivoli de Helling, the side venue of the main Tivoli building the fans start entering the building for the cyber bands of this day. The weather seems nice when we start his day, a nice start after all the rain of the last few days. Finally all the make-up won't wash off all the time when moving to another venue.
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Airport Drispenstedt, Hildesheim, Germany13th August 2005
In Mitra Medusa Inri, Klimt 1918, Osiris Taurus, Qntal, Limbogott, Potentia Animi, Negative, Leaves Eyes, Autumn, Atrocity, NFD, [SITD], The Crüxshadows, The Neon Judgement, The 69 Eyes, CombiChrist, Mesh, VNV Nation, Skinny Puppy
“Sun makes you foolish” was written on some shirts at the M´era Luna weekend in Hildesheim. About 21,000 visitors could not mourn about too much sun this year. Unfortunately it was much too wet on the Sunday and so the festival area as well as the parking lot turned into mud. Musically and visually there was a lot to explore. So you could listen to bands of all the different genres of dark music. Especially Skinny Puppy were polarising the audience with their provoking show and so mostly the old fans were excited about it. Of course there were not only the big names playing but also some newcomers like Gate or Negative. The final of the festival was presented by the Goth heroes Sisters of Mercy. Once again it was a very peaceful festival. [DV] www.meraluna.de
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Summer Darkness, Utrecht, The NetherlandsAugust 13th 2005
Day 2: Chillburn, Nemesea, Gefjon, My Insanity, The Birthday Massacre, Penumbra, Gothminister, The Old Dead Tree, Auto Agression, Flesh Field, Sonata Artica, Diary of Dreams
The day after the night before turned Utrecht black again. The organisation had organised a Gothic picnic in a local park, there was a metal market at the Dom square and where ever you looked people in dark coloured clothes walked around. Metal enthusiasts started their day at the Ekko while the cybergoth kicked off in de Helling.
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Summer Darkness, Utrecht, The NetherlandsAugust 12th 2005
Estampie, Oceans of Sadness, Qntal, The Dreamside, Dulce Liquido, Epica, Suicide Commando
This year it was already the 3rd edition of this Dutch Underground Lifestyle event. In the city of Utrecht several venues took part in this event and besides the music there were many other activities. There was a gothic picnic, a city walk, showing all beautiful gothic sights of Utrecht and a gothic market where you could find a new outfit or just accessorise the one you already had.
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Wacken Open Air, Wacken, GermanyAugust 5th 2005
The day was rainy,muddy and the dark clouds didn’t make it easier to enjoy the gig. Harmed with a red 'thing' I survived the more then four hours rain. In the end of the day everybody was tired, cold and not pleased. But that doesn’t change the fact that there were some great bands and some of them were even historical. Besides the weather the long time surviving on the campingside was a little problem: all the energy reserves seemed to be gone, but after a hot shower the spirit came back. (SD)
