Amphi Festival - Cologne 2010 (Day 1 - Staatenhaus)
Concert Reviews
Thursday, 29 July 2010
Tanzbrunnen, Cologne, Germany
24th & 25th July 2010
Amphi Festival 2010 Day 1 Staatenhaus: Skinny Puppy, Project Pitchfork, The Crüxshadows, Funker Vogt, Nachtmahr, Solitary Experiments, Faderhead, Destroid, Miss Construction

The indoor stage was situated in the “Staatenhaus”, former “Rheinparkhalle”. This year, the ceiling stayed where it needed to and so, the whole program was taking place in the hall… not a very nice venue I must add. It was hot inside, the ceiling was pretty low and the sound very difficult and in different areas far too loud. Anyway, with SKINNY PUPPY headlining the program there, the indoor stage had my personal festival highlight in stock…

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Foreigner - Bochum 2010
Concert Reviews
Thursday, 29 July 2010
Zeche, Bochum, Germany
28th July 2010
Foreigner

Already with their first album, the band FOREIGNER have created a million seller, spawning such evergreens as ‘Feels Like The First Time’ or ‘Cold as Ice’. The following albums would continue that spree of success, but with the #1 anthem ‘I Want To Know What Love Is’ taken off their most successful album ‘Agent Provocateur’, they made themselves an everlasting monument in pop music history. Following ‘Inside Information’ was the last one being that successful for quite some time, and the band had to overcome some odds.

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Arcadia - July 2010
Interviews
Thursday, 29 July 2010
Interview with

Demetrio and Mike of Arcadia

ARCADIA is a unique band out of Italy that has been kicking ass and evolving ever since the early 2000. Promptly performing a special brand of Metalcore / hardcore called “Bastardcore”, the band has gained a cult following and released up to four albums. Their latest album ‘Roy Philip Nohl’ is their finest masterpiece yet and really culminates the pinnacle of what ARCADIA is all about. Guitarist Demetrio and vocalist Mike were so happy with Reflections of Darkness’s review that they wanted to do an interview to get the fans a better education on the band. Here’s what they had to say...

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Amphi Festival - Cologne 2010 (Day 1 - Main Stage)
Concert Reviews
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Tanzbrunnen, Cologne, Germany
24th & 25th July 2010
Amphi Festival 2010 Day 1 Main Stage: And One, Anne Clark, Blutengel, Welle:Erdball, Ashbury Heights, End of Green, Din [A] Tod, Zin

We started very early on this Saturday morning and surprisingly arrived in Cologne without any traffic jams. Also, our hotel room was already prepared and so, we arrived very early at the festival ground, enough time to check out the area, have some coffee and meet up with some friends. The main stage offered a mixed program being headlined by Synth poppers AND ONE and starting with ZIN, the winner of Friday night’s newcomer contest.

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Fanoe - Full Speed Ahead
CD/DVD reviews
Wednesday, 28 July 2010

Title: Full Speed Ahead
Artist: Fanoe
Genre: Electronic Rock / Industrial Rock
Release Day: 9th July 2010
Label: Thexoomo / Broken Silence



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SAM - Brainwasher
CD/DVD reviews
Tuesday, 27 July 2010

Artist: SAM
Title: Brainwasher
Genre: Industrial / Rhythmic Noise
Release Date: 9th July 2010
Label: Dark Dimensions



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Sia - We Are Born
CD/DVD reviews
Tuesday, 27 July 2010

Title: We Are Born
Artist: Sia
Genre: Pop
Release Date: 18th June 2010
Label: Sony Music



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Hörnerfest Open Air - Brande-Hörnerkirchen 2010
Concert Reviews
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany
9th - 10th July 2010
Hörnerfest Open Air 2010: Equilibrium, Feuerschwanz, Cromdale, The Pokes, Bran Barr, Adivarius, Schattenweber, Myrkvar, Cultus Ferox, Feuerteufel Fire Show, Rapalje, The Shanes, Coppelius, Arkona, Ingrimm, Rabenwolf, Ragnaröek, Fiddelaldermolk

I love this festival. After my first visit last year, I was really feeling as though I was amongst old friends and it has a great family but fun atmosphere that seems to bring out the best in everyone there. Thomas, the organizer, must be on first name terms with the local weather gods, because like last year the weather was fantastic reaching nearly 40 degrees. So with a festival as hot as Africa and a killer line up, we pitched our tents and headed off to see what we could see.


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Project Pitchfork - Continuum Ride
CD/DVD reviews
Monday, 26 July 2010

Artist: Project Pitchfork
Title: Continuum Ride
Genre: Electro / Industrial
Release Date: 23rd July 2010
Label: Trisol



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Freakangel - The Faults of Humanity
CD/DVD reviews
Tuesday, 27 July 2010

Artist: Freakangel
Title: The Faults of Humanity
Genre: Industrial / EBM
Release Date: 11th June 2010
Label: Alfa Matrix



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