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Due to the revival of the Coldwave Gothic Electronic music in the last few years has returned to the top positions on the dark scene after a certain stagnation and lack of development. From a rather monotonous Indie genre Coldwave has become almost the leading one in Gothic music. In 2024 the Gothic Electronic scene again is one of the leading directions in dark music with cool powerful releases. In the top of dark music subculture Gothic Electronics will be if not in first place, then definitely the second.- Details
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370153. Every song, closer than the last. 1186. While all roads burn behind. 13. The wind across your skin. 696. Is there anything left to fight for. 36. In an empty space. 1912. Our souls burn on fire. 10. In the shadow of faith, the world perishes. 5. Let the shattered dreams destroy. 15. Promise you’ll be with me in the end. 19. I’m not afraid of my shadow... Welcome to the world of the dark music of the year 2024.- Details
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Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany30th November 2024
Night of the Proms 2024 with Dave Stewart’s Eurythmics, Shaggy, Mickey Thomas’ Starship, Max Giesinger, Louis Philippson, Cutting Crew, the Antwerp Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Alexandra Arrieche, the NOTP Backbone Band and the choir Fine Fleur - moderation by Markus Othmer
The very first German Night of the Proms in Germany took place in Dortmund exactly 30 years ago. On the last evening of November 2024, the series celebrated its 30th anniversary and, of course, once again took place in the completely sold-out Westfalenhalle in Dortmund.
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Over the course of the year I selectively listened to releases of previously known and unknown bands and artists that were not related to the Dark Scene choosing at random. This list contains the most interesting releases for me. Some albums overlap with the dark scene, but are not fully part of it. This list will include 15 albums and 5 non-album releases. There are no clear criteria by which I chose releases to listen to. I knew some bands before I got carried away by the dark scene, some I liked by the name of the project or album, some were attracted by the language of the lyrics or the country, some found the cover interesting, some beautifully described their music in the press-release and something was recommended by friends and some of them don’t even know that they did so. This is not a top, but just a list of interesting releases, so there cannot be any places or positions here. Just in alphabetical order.- Details
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As always there were a lot of debut albums on the dark scene. Some debuts did not even make it into the contenders, because they were made by musicians, who published material in other projects in the same genre as the new one. However, there was plenty of fresh new sound with unconventional approaches and variations in 2023, which indicates that the dark scene is developing and is not stuck.- Special: Top 10 2023 - Post-Industrial album of the year
- Special: Top 10 2023 - Industrial album of the year
- Special: Top 10 2023 - Synth album of the year
- Special: Top 10 2023 - Non-album release of the year
- Special: Top 10 2023 - Chamber Dark Scene album of the year
- Special: Top 10 2023 - Guitar Dark Scene album of the year
- Special: Top 10 2023 - Electronic Gothic Music album of the year
- Special: Top 10 2023 - Beats’n’Noises album of the year
- Special: Night of the Proms - Dortmund 2023
- Special: Night of the Proms - Oberhausen 2022
