MUZ Muziek
Het forum voor 's werelds enige universele hobby! Snaren of toetsen, vinyl of cd, eendagsvlieg of rasartiest, op de radio of op een festival! Hier kun je al je ongebreideld enthousiasme, maar ook je weldoordachte kritische noten kwijt over muziek
En op de vorige zomereditie... en op de zomereditie daarvoor bij mijn weten ook.quote:Op maandag 9 februari 2009 20:07 schreef Pantheon het volgende:
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Faderhead staat al op de wintereditie van SD...
"Een menschenhater, menschenschuwend mensch, die niet gaarne andere menschen ziet; een wonderlijk, ongezellig mensch, vijand van alle vrolijkheid.'
"My voice is nothing, my thoughts are nothing, in many respects I'm like you; nothing"
"My voice is nothing, my thoughts are nothing, in many respects I'm like you; nothing"
Op de vorige wintereditie ook. 
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
Faderhead is SD resident artist?
"L'homme naît sans dents, sans cheveux et sans illusions, et il meurt le même, sans cheveux, sans dents et sans illusions" - Alexandre Dumas
Misschien kunnen ze het gewoon omdopen naar 'Faderhead and Friends - Summer / Winter Edition'quote:
"Een menschenhater, menschenschuwend mensch, die niet gaarne andere menschen ziet; een wonderlijk, ongezellig mensch, vijand van alle vrolijkheid.'
"My voice is nothing, my thoughts are nothing, in many respects I'm like you; nothing"
"My voice is nothing, my thoughts are nothing, in many respects I'm like you; nothing"
We noemen het gewoon Het Faderhead Festival!quote:Op dinsdag 10 februari 2009 00:25 schreef Ceased2Be het volgende:
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Misschien kunnen ze het gewoon omdopen naar 'Faderhead and Friends - Summer / Winter Edition'
Vier dagen lang alleen maar Faderhead!
"L'homme naît sans dents, sans cheveux et sans illusions, et il meurt le même, sans cheveux, sans dents et sans illusions" - Alexandre Dumas
Als ze nou Front242 ook eens naar SD halen....
He didn't set up the rhyme with meaningless words.
As you predicted or assumed everything was calculated
Every word had purpose just not always on the surface.
But you couldn't look below, life is fast when you're shallow.
As you predicted or assumed everything was calculated
Every word had purpose just not always on the surface.
But you couldn't look below, life is fast when you're shallow.
Neejoh, doe dan Suicide Commando! Die treden 'zelden op 
"L'homme naît sans dents, sans cheveux et sans illusions, et il meurt le même, sans cheveux, sans dents et sans illusions" - Alexandre Dumas
jamaar, jamaar... IK heb Front242 al heel lang niet meer gezien...
En dan vind ik een festival als SD wel weer een keer leuk om wat meer dingen mee te pikken. Zit al een tijdje niet meer zo in de scene, dus heb geen idee wat er allemaal voorbij komt tegenwoordig.
En dan vind ik een festival als SD wel weer een keer leuk om wat meer dingen mee te pikken. Zit al een tijdje niet meer zo in de scene, dus heb geen idee wat er allemaal voorbij komt tegenwoordig.
He didn't set up the rhyme with meaningless words.
As you predicted or assumed everything was calculated
Every word had purpose just not always on the surface.
But you couldn't look below, life is fast when you're shallow.
As you predicted or assumed everything was calculated
Every word had purpose just not always on the surface.
But you couldn't look below, life is fast when you're shallow.
Maar Front242 komt nu niet op Summer Darkness maar op het Amphi Festival in Kölnquote:Op dinsdag 10 februari 2009 13:33 schreef Fallen het volgende:
jamaar, jamaar... IK heb Front242 al heel lang niet meer gezien...
En dan vind ik een festival als SD wel weer een keer leuk om wat meer dingen mee te pikken. Zit al een tijdje niet meer zo in de scene, dus heb geen idee wat er allemaal voorbij komt tegenwoordig.
"Een menschenhater, menschenschuwend mensch, die niet gaarne andere menschen ziet; een wonderlijk, ongezellig mensch, vijand van alle vrolijkheid.'
"My voice is nothing, my thoughts are nothing, in many respects I'm like you; nothing"
"My voice is nothing, my thoughts are nothing, in many respects I'm like you; nothing"
Het is tegenwoordig vooral Combichrist, tenminste, dat is wat ik ervan meepik. Ben zelf toch meer van de overhemden en de stropdassenquote:Op dinsdag 10 februari 2009 13:33 schreef Fallen het volgende:
jamaar, jamaar... IK heb Front242 al heel lang niet meer gezien...
En dan vind ik een festival als SD wel weer een keer leuk om wat meer dingen mee te pikken. Zit al een tijdje niet meer zo in de scene, dus heb geen idee wat er allemaal voorbij komt tegenwoordig.
"L'homme naît sans dents, sans cheveux et sans illusions, et il meurt le même, sans cheveux, sans dents et sans illusions" - Alexandre Dumas
de nieuwe cd van Combichrist is wel weer leuk 'Today we are demons' maar ik prefereer Angelspit op dit moment voor mijn dagelijkse portie elektronische herrie.
"Een menschenhater, menschenschuwend mensch, die niet gaarne andere menschen ziet; een wonderlijk, ongezellig mensch, vijand van alle vrolijkheid.'
"My voice is nothing, my thoughts are nothing, in many respects I'm like you; nothing"
"My voice is nothing, my thoughts are nothing, in many respects I'm like you; nothing"
Ja. Hekje Fallen..... En u bent?
Dat ]Fallen heb ik al jaren niet meer gebruikt.
Dat ]Fallen heb ik al jaren niet meer gebruikt.
He didn't set up the rhyme with meaningless words.
As you predicted or assumed everything was calculated
Every word had purpose just not always on the surface.
But you couldn't look below, life is fast when you're shallow.
As you predicted or assumed everything was calculated
Every word had purpose just not always on the surface.
But you couldn't look below, life is fast when you're shallow.
Ook weer zo'n festival met constant dezelfde namen.. Unheilig, Blutengel en Diorama zeker ook weer? 242 stond er vorig jaar en dat was een beetje mwaah-mwaah.quote:Op dinsdag 10 februari 2009 13:37 schreef Ceased2Be het volgende:
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Maar Front242 komt nu niet op Summer Darkness maar op het Amphi Festival in Köln
pm!quote:Op dinsdag 10 februari 2009 18:16 schreef Fallen het volgende:
Ja. Hekje Fallen..... En u bent?
Dat ]Fallen heb ik al jaren niet meer gebruikt.
Tonight I think I'll walk alone
I'll find my soul as I go home
I'll find my soul as I go home
Ik ben vorig jaar geweest en geen Front 242 hoor...quote:Op dinsdag 10 februari 2009 19:02 schreef Pantheon het volgende:
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Ook weer zo'n festival met constant dezelfde namen.. Unheilig, Blutengel en Diorama zeker ook weer? 242 stond er vorig jaar en dat was een beetje mwaah-mwaah.
Wel Covenant, And One, Projekt Pitchfork, Combichrist, Ashbury Heights, Oomph!, Welle: Erdball, Tactikal Sekt, Das Ich en Clan of Xymox (om maar wat te noemen).
De frontman van Combichrist komt met z'n solo-projekt 'Scandy' naar Amphi dit jaar, maar dat is (zo uit m'n hoofd) de enige die er nu weer staat.
"Een menschenhater, menschenschuwend mensch, die niet gaarne andere menschen ziet; een wonderlijk, ongezellig mensch, vijand van alle vrolijkheid.'
"My voice is nothing, my thoughts are nothing, in many respects I'm like you; nothing"
"My voice is nothing, my thoughts are nothing, in many respects I'm like you; nothing"
Nieuwe namen voor amphi!
Fields of the Nephilim , The Birthday Massacre, Mantus, Rosa Crvx
Fields of the Nephilim , The Birthday Massacre, Mantus, Rosa Crvx
"Een menschenhater, menschenschuwend mensch, die niet gaarne andere menschen ziet; een wonderlijk, ongezellig mensch, vijand van alle vrolijkheid.'
"My voice is nothing, my thoughts are nothing, in many respects I'm like you; nothing"
"My voice is nothing, my thoughts are nothing, in many respects I'm like you; nothing"
Vooral Rosa Crvx is tof! Die show die ze gaven in Parijs 
*nostalgie*
*nostalgie*
"L'homme naît sans dents, sans cheveux et sans illusions, et il meurt le même, sans cheveux, sans dents et sans illusions" - Alexandre Dumas
Ja Rosa Crvx zet wel gave shows neer, zo nep als wat natuurlijk, maar what else is new in dat wereldje.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
Vanavond btw Feindflug in de Tivoli, meer mensen die gaan?
"Een menschenhater, menschenschuwend mensch, die niet gaarne andere menschen ziet; een wonderlijk, ongezellig mensch, vijand van alle vrolijkheid.'
"My voice is nothing, my thoughts are nothing, in many respects I'm like you; nothing"
"My voice is nothing, my thoughts are nothing, in many respects I'm like you; nothing"
Net in de brievenbus!
"Een menschenhater, menschenschuwend mensch, die niet gaarne andere menschen ziet; een wonderlijk, ongezellig mensch, vijand van alle vrolijkheid.'
"My voice is nothing, my thoughts are nothing, in many respects I'm like you; nothing"
"My voice is nothing, my thoughts are nothing, in many respects I'm like you; nothing"
Ik moet echt wat vaker de club-agenda's in de gaten gaan houden. Ik mis alles zo...quote:Op zaterdag 28 februari 2009 13:41 schreef Ceased2Be het volgende:
Vanavond btw Feindflug in de Tivoli, meer mensen die gaan?
He didn't set up the rhyme with meaningless words.
As you predicted or assumed everything was calculated
Every word had purpose just not always on the surface.
But you couldn't look below, life is fast when you're shallow.
As you predicted or assumed everything was calculated
Every word had purpose just not always on the surface.
But you couldn't look below, life is fast when you're shallow.
Nog meer namen voor Summer Darkness:
EISBRECHER [GER]
*industrial darkelectro rock*
http://www.myspace.com/eisbrecherkommando
http://www.eis-brecher.com
In 2002 a new Ice Age fell over Germany... Eisbrecher was formed on the ashes of Megaherz to aim for music beyond the usual metal clichees. Eisbrecher's industrial darkelectro rock forges a unique brand of modern electro trip rock. Emotional, honest, forthright and no compromises... a cold seductive journey through human relations in a world getting darker still... Heavy industrial beats clash with skewed electro, pounding guitars and rousing melodic stabs topped by the cynical vocals - that Eisbrecher for you. Dark and sexy, ominous but appealing, sensuous and destructive - two meters tall singer Alexx is a man of controverses, polarising and ensnaring in equal measure. Hugely popular in Germany, it's about time The Netherlands get to know the mesmerizing and overwhelming power of Eisbrecher! Hoist the flags and raise the storm: Eisbrecher are more than ready to blaze the trail without any holding back - wild, wicked, seductive, dangerous, violent and full of brute force. Are you ready for the new ultimate Ice Age?
ROSA CRUX [FRA]
*martial / experimental neoclassical*
http://www.myspace.com/rosacrux
http://www.rosacrux.org
A martial and apocalyptic atmosphere! The band brings us directly to the heart of things. Obsessional, never brutal, Rosa Crvx explore the questions of life and death, of the anguishes and the human's fears. They face the darkness; at the edge of the abyss, their steps progress on an unknown way which exists in the dark and opens to the light when we understand that the
only solution is in the acceptance of mysteries. Rosa Crvx reaches down in the depths of the soul... Rosa Crux - a band who is face to face with what we are, will be or will not be any more. The new album 'VeniteÝ' will be released this fall and Rosa Crox will present this record exclusively for the Benelux at Summer Darkness. Expect a fully staged and highly
theatrical show you will be hard pressed to forget...
DEVIANT UK [GBR]
*synthpop*
http://www.myspace.com/deviantuk
From the new and kicking British scene, Deviant UK is one of the stars of the European Dark Alternative stage. The debut album 'Barbed Wire Star' included anthems like 'Raptured Saints' and 'Access Denied!'. Deviant UK immediately made a mark with a unique and powerful, distinctive sound and instant accessibility. On stage Deviant UK takes this triumphant effort to even higher levels, having played numereous festivals and opening for VNV Nation, The Crüxshadows and Rotersand. Deviant UK is true English synthetic pop with a black heart; angst-ridden and coated in ice. Get your dancing vibes in prime mode for this smash hit sensation!
ABSOLUTE BODY CONTROL [BEL]
*minimal elecro / synthpop*
http://www.myspace.com/absolutebodycontrolbelgium
http://www.dirkivens.com
Influenced by bands from the German and UK (minimal) electronic scene, Dirk Ivens (synths & voice) formed Absolute Body Control early 1980, and was joined by Mark de Jonghe (synths) and Veerle de Schepper (backing vocals). After releasing a track on the "Blitzpop 1" compilation and the release of their first 7" single "Is there an exit?" (1981), wich became a
local underground hit, Mark leaves the band. Eric van Wonterghem, who was in fact a spectator at the first ABC concert, filled in the gap and became Dirk's new musical partner for years to come. Releases remained rare with tracks popping up on obscure compilations and tapes, but it would take until 1993 for the first and only ABC cd ('Eat This') to be released. It
took 80s cultact ABC 22 years to reform and return to the stage in 2006. Now the entire ABC catalogue is available and with a new smashing and popular album and single the ABC future is wide open again...
DANDELION WINE [AUS]
*ethereal post-dreampop*
http://www.myspace.com/aninexactscience
http://www.dandelionwine.com.au/
Dandelion Wine are an ethereal post-dreampop band that while based in Melbourne Australia, inhabit a very different world. A world where the centuries bleed into one another to create a seamless whole. A world where medieval instruments collide headlong with electronic beats. A world where angelic vocals soar over waves of distorted guitars. A world where gentle
acoustic whispers sit alongside impassioned blasts of inner turmoil. Dandelion Wine will enchant Summer Darkness a the market stage with special acoustic performances on all three days of the festival. So - there's always a chance to catch this enigmatic band from down under, with their new record 'Selected Anachronisms' out now via Black Rain.
LACUNA COIL [ITA]
*female fronted gothic rock & metal*
http://www.lacunacoil.it
http://www.myspace.com/lacunacoil
Hail from Milano, Italy! Lacuna Coil has made quite an effort to propel female fronted metal to a world-wide audience over the course of much more than ten years. Therefore it is with great pride that Summer Darkness festival 2009 can now announce Lacuna Coil as the very special opening act on the Wednesday night of this years festival!
Summer Darkness festival 2009 now proudly presents the opening spot of this year’s festival for the international superstars: Lacuna Coil.. For over ten years gothic imagery and music has met with swirling keyboards and melodic metal/rock sounds. In recent years Lacuna Coil has managed to down-tune to a heavier and more guitar-driven metal style.
Lacuna Coil has played on Ozzfest, Wacken Open Air and with Bullet for my Valentine, just to name a few. In The Netherlands the massive show on the biggest stage on A Camping flight to Lowlands Paradise in 2007 proved to be an overwhelming smash hit. Therefore, Summer Darkness festival 2009 once again presents a dark and heavy rocking act bound to cross over to the main stream with a totally unique, extremely high quality top-notch female fronted metal/rock style, just like last year, with Within Temptation on kick off day on the Wednesday opening spot.
Remaining true to the vibe of the well-known Lacuna Coil-sound several sparkling new songs may reveal some surprising (Arabic?!) influences… but that’s just natural to Lacuna Coil… Always expanding horizons, always powerful, always totally intense…And above all: straight to the point: to delight in a heavy rocking darkness….!
Discover the next league of the best of female fronted dark metal and rock - discover the new Lacuna Coil album called ‘Shallow Life’ live on Wednesday’s opening concert of Summer Darkness festival 2009! This is where the Summer Darkness starts….
THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE [CAN]
*gothic synthrock/emo-wave*
http://www.thebirthdaymassacre.com
http://www.myspace.com/thebirthdaymassacre
The Canadian outfit The Birthday Massacre has graced the stages of the Summer Darkness festival several times before. And with good reason that is! For there’s no such thing as a good and splendid ´dark´ party without a genuine “blood bath”, is there? Well: Summer Darkness festival agrees and therefore this band is back due to massive - and kind of overwhelming - public response and demand following the previous festival shows.
If you were there you will know – if you weren’t: The Birthday Massacre is a totally live and energetic young bunch of people that will delight you to the point at which you will declare this band one of the highlights of the festival weekend!
Hits galore for example: maybe you recall ‘Violet’ from your “dark” dance nights? This red thread of catchy dark and ominous styling with a rocking backdrop and backbeat has been carried on to higher planes by these Canadian masterminds. Higher and higher and higher still…
Goth-rock, industrial, emo, wave and synthpop and -rock meet in The Birthday Massacre for one hell of a smashing show. This year Summer Darkness presents both The Crüxshadows ánd The Birthday Massacre so for the newest vibes of the newest of rocking new-wave gothic you’re either there or you know:: | SQUARE | …..
Yep! It’s Summer Darkness festival with an awesome load of surprising acts, plus: The Birthday Massacre back in action due to massive response and demand and with a splendid all new and exciting live show full of dark rocking smash hits!
KORPIKLAANI [FIN]
*folk rock & metal*
http://www.korpiklaani.com
http://www.myspace.com/korpiklaaniofficial
Long winters, short summers; sure – Scandinavia is the prime spot for what we, as the Summer Darkness festival, call dark music, right? Right?! Well; think again! Korpiklaani hail from Finland. The winters are very long there. The summers are short. Darkness abounds. So?
So – either you wallow in denial and darkness or you decide to party! Korpiklaani may have started out as a total folk band, meanwhile the group has added rock and metal touches to their sound. Rooted firmly in Scandinavian folk, Korpiklaani is now one of the most prominent forces in the metal-folk movement. Punk, rock, metal and still a lot of folk – it’s all present in the present day Korpiklaani.
This is pounding and crushing metal riffs meeting folk melodies. This is the downer-vibe of metal set next to the happy sounds of pure and unadulterated market folk. This is Finnish folk from yonder and afar set next to Finnish rock and metal from the present-day. This is acoustic snares and bagpipes meeting down-tuned electric guitars and pounding drums.
Cheerful folk meets dark metal sounds. Still: the beat is pounding, the riffs shudder your insides: “beer-metal”? Nope: a genuine cross-over between the dark side (the heavy riffs and drums) and the upbeat folk melodies and tunes….
Where cheers and darkness meet – you will find Korpiklaani for a smashing night of hopping around in the splendour of dancing the night away to tunes either light or dark - or somewhere in between: one thing’s for sure: you WILL enjoy your time at and with Korpiklaani if you’re somewhat into dark-meeting-cheerful folk…..
NEGURA BUNGET [ROM]
*atmospheric blackest metal*
http://www.negurabunget.com/
http://www.myspace.com/negurabunget
From a deep, dark forest comes the foggy sound of Neguar Bunget - all the way from East-European Romania. Nature with all its symbolism plays a prominent part in the mystical and dark ideology of this band, which members live and breathe the vibes, atmospheres and spirits of their native grounds. Negua Bunget transposes these vibes into a musical dark metal setting that thoroughly and totally transpires its native roots. For Negura Bunget is firmly rooted in the Romanian and East-European tradition. At the same time the band captures the lugubrious drone of Ukrainian black metal, while still maintaining a rather melodic touch. Sombre and pagan – tumultuous and intense – emotionally dark and black, yet somehow mystically pointing towards… towards… towards? A naturalistic, maybe even ritualistic, but above all: a natively and culturally deeply rooted true black metal sound…. Black metal with death and sublime vivacious harmony in close proximity… And also with the splendid sacred next to the profane, mundane… Haunting ánd evocative, Negura Bunget presents the newest of new brands of blackest of black metal on the Summer Darkness festival 2009 – heavy riffs and double bass surely blast, but there’s more, way more, creepingly, seethingly more to this band from the Transylvanian lands… For even in the blackest of blacks in Negura Bunget’s metal there’s light at the end of the tunnel… At the very end - somewhere between the sacred and the profane…Perhaps.
SPETSNAZ [SWE]
*EBM*
http://www.outofline.de/spetsnaz/index.html
http://www.myspace.com/spetsnazebm
Swedes Pontus Stålberg and Stefan Nilsson felt there was an emptiness in the EBM scene to be filled. True to the old school EMB style of forerunner bands like Front 242 the duo set out to stray from the fashionable futurepop or darkelectro. They took it upon themselves to carry the torch of DAF, Die Krupps and Nitzer Ebb. Spetsnaz has since then become the most prominent current EBM act in the scene; a missing link between the heavy scene and the more pop-oriented world. 100% intense and energetic, Spetsnaz hits the Summer Darkness festival with an exclusive Benelux performance presenting a new breed of classic EBM.
TRIARII [GER]
http://www.triarii.de
http://www.myspace.com/triariiheadquarters
It is with great pride that Summer Darkness festival announces the very exclusive and unique live performance of German martial folk/industrial project Triarii. Lovers of neofolk, martial folk and pop and the likes, pay notice! Shows by Triarii are rare and seldom occasions! Taking its name from a tape of Roman legionary, this martial act takes the genre to a totally new dimension in terms of quality and depth. Thematically very well thought-out, musically cleverly achieved and utterly imposing in martial tones and atmosphere, Triarii send shivers down your spine and back up again. Desperate and strangely comforting all at once. To be the officer of the triarii was an honour. It made the individual one of the best men in the legion. A triarii officer's pay would be superior to that of the other middle-class officers. This is the climax of martial neofolk! This is your chance to witness this summon of martial folk in full splendour. Check out the recent ‘Muse in Arms’ record and you know all you need to know: Triarii live at Summer Darkness 2009 is one of those shows you just cannot afford to miss!
TYSKE LUDDER [GER]
*darkelectro/industrial*
http://www.tyske-ludder.de
http://www.myspace.com/tyskeludder
Mixing the overpowering styles of darkelectro, EBM and industrial Tyske Ludder has graced the Utrecht stages several times before, to mass acclaim. Focusing chiefly on the predominance of technology in our present day society Tyske Ludder paints nightmarish pictures of a world of machinery gone horribly wrong. This is ominous dance music with the aroma of a post-nuclear world. Be forewarned when this Frisian aggressive force descends upon Utrecht once again for an exclusive show presenting the new album ‘SCIENTific technOLOGY’. We guess Tom Cruise et al might not be too happy with that title and themes…
OTHER DAY [GER]
*wave*
http://www.otherday.de
http://www.myspace.com/otherday
For far over twenty years Other Day has been a force to be reckoned with in the wave scene. High acclaim from fans and press for the records befell Other Day throughout the years. Shows however remain pretty scare and far and few in between. Enchanting moods, lyrical mastery, vocal elegance and a splendid mournful atmosphere – Other Day masters all these traits. Magical and with a slightly veiled mystical touch Other Day presents wave in a totally unique guise. At this exclusive Benelux festival performance expect a very special show and atmosphere. Other Day will also present the sparkling new album ‘Passage des sens - Fall: Wockenfuss’ so make sure not miss this rare chance to witness the utter splendour of this amazing wave act.
CYBERCIDE [GBR]
*futurepop*
http://www.cybercide.org
http://www.myspace.com/cybercide
Formed a while ago, massively in action since 2006 Cybercide is a very promising newcomer in the futurepop field. Exclusively on the Summer Darkness festival, Cybercide will play its very first show on Dutch soil. Think swirling synths, techno beats, a dash of industrial and mesmerizing vocals. Think: VNV Nation or Assemblage23. Cybercide has shared stages with Nitzer Ebb, Angelspit and Panzer AG. The group is currently on tour with Combichrist. The future of futurepop is here and now. The future is called: Cybercide.
Zo, ook voor de metal is er wat, Lacuna Coil.
En vind je dat niks, dan kan je altijd nog naar Cristina kijken
EISBRECHER [GER]
*industrial darkelectro rock*
http://www.myspace.com/eisbrecherkommando
http://www.eis-brecher.com
In 2002 a new Ice Age fell over Germany... Eisbrecher was formed on the ashes of Megaherz to aim for music beyond the usual metal clichees. Eisbrecher's industrial darkelectro rock forges a unique brand of modern electro trip rock. Emotional, honest, forthright and no compromises... a cold seductive journey through human relations in a world getting darker still... Heavy industrial beats clash with skewed electro, pounding guitars and rousing melodic stabs topped by the cynical vocals - that Eisbrecher for you. Dark and sexy, ominous but appealing, sensuous and destructive - two meters tall singer Alexx is a man of controverses, polarising and ensnaring in equal measure. Hugely popular in Germany, it's about time The Netherlands get to know the mesmerizing and overwhelming power of Eisbrecher! Hoist the flags and raise the storm: Eisbrecher are more than ready to blaze the trail without any holding back - wild, wicked, seductive, dangerous, violent and full of brute force. Are you ready for the new ultimate Ice Age?
ROSA CRUX [FRA]
*martial / experimental neoclassical*
http://www.myspace.com/rosacrux
http://www.rosacrux.org
A martial and apocalyptic atmosphere! The band brings us directly to the heart of things. Obsessional, never brutal, Rosa Crvx explore the questions of life and death, of the anguishes and the human's fears. They face the darkness; at the edge of the abyss, their steps progress on an unknown way which exists in the dark and opens to the light when we understand that the
only solution is in the acceptance of mysteries. Rosa Crvx reaches down in the depths of the soul... Rosa Crux - a band who is face to face with what we are, will be or will not be any more. The new album 'VeniteÝ' will be released this fall and Rosa Crox will present this record exclusively for the Benelux at Summer Darkness. Expect a fully staged and highly
theatrical show you will be hard pressed to forget...
DEVIANT UK [GBR]
*synthpop*
http://www.myspace.com/deviantuk
From the new and kicking British scene, Deviant UK is one of the stars of the European Dark Alternative stage. The debut album 'Barbed Wire Star' included anthems like 'Raptured Saints' and 'Access Denied!'. Deviant UK immediately made a mark with a unique and powerful, distinctive sound and instant accessibility. On stage Deviant UK takes this triumphant effort to even higher levels, having played numereous festivals and opening for VNV Nation, The Crüxshadows and Rotersand. Deviant UK is true English synthetic pop with a black heart; angst-ridden and coated in ice. Get your dancing vibes in prime mode for this smash hit sensation!
ABSOLUTE BODY CONTROL [BEL]
*minimal elecro / synthpop*
http://www.myspace.com/absolutebodycontrolbelgium
http://www.dirkivens.com
Influenced by bands from the German and UK (minimal) electronic scene, Dirk Ivens (synths & voice) formed Absolute Body Control early 1980, and was joined by Mark de Jonghe (synths) and Veerle de Schepper (backing vocals). After releasing a track on the "Blitzpop 1" compilation and the release of their first 7" single "Is there an exit?" (1981), wich became a
local underground hit, Mark leaves the band. Eric van Wonterghem, who was in fact a spectator at the first ABC concert, filled in the gap and became Dirk's new musical partner for years to come. Releases remained rare with tracks popping up on obscure compilations and tapes, but it would take until 1993 for the first and only ABC cd ('Eat This') to be released. It
took 80s cultact ABC 22 years to reform and return to the stage in 2006. Now the entire ABC catalogue is available and with a new smashing and popular album and single the ABC future is wide open again...
DANDELION WINE [AUS]
*ethereal post-dreampop*
http://www.myspace.com/aninexactscience
http://www.dandelionwine.com.au/
Dandelion Wine are an ethereal post-dreampop band that while based in Melbourne Australia, inhabit a very different world. A world where the centuries bleed into one another to create a seamless whole. A world where medieval instruments collide headlong with electronic beats. A world where angelic vocals soar over waves of distorted guitars. A world where gentle
acoustic whispers sit alongside impassioned blasts of inner turmoil. Dandelion Wine will enchant Summer Darkness a the market stage with special acoustic performances on all three days of the festival. So - there's always a chance to catch this enigmatic band from down under, with their new record 'Selected Anachronisms' out now via Black Rain.
LACUNA COIL [ITA]
*female fronted gothic rock & metal*
http://www.lacunacoil.it
http://www.myspace.com/lacunacoil
Hail from Milano, Italy! Lacuna Coil has made quite an effort to propel female fronted metal to a world-wide audience over the course of much more than ten years. Therefore it is with great pride that Summer Darkness festival 2009 can now announce Lacuna Coil as the very special opening act on the Wednesday night of this years festival!
Summer Darkness festival 2009 now proudly presents the opening spot of this year’s festival for the international superstars: Lacuna Coil.. For over ten years gothic imagery and music has met with swirling keyboards and melodic metal/rock sounds. In recent years Lacuna Coil has managed to down-tune to a heavier and more guitar-driven metal style.
Lacuna Coil has played on Ozzfest, Wacken Open Air and with Bullet for my Valentine, just to name a few. In The Netherlands the massive show on the biggest stage on A Camping flight to Lowlands Paradise in 2007 proved to be an overwhelming smash hit. Therefore, Summer Darkness festival 2009 once again presents a dark and heavy rocking act bound to cross over to the main stream with a totally unique, extremely high quality top-notch female fronted metal/rock style, just like last year, with Within Temptation on kick off day on the Wednesday opening spot.
Remaining true to the vibe of the well-known Lacuna Coil-sound several sparkling new songs may reveal some surprising (Arabic?!) influences… but that’s just natural to Lacuna Coil… Always expanding horizons, always powerful, always totally intense…And above all: straight to the point: to delight in a heavy rocking darkness….!
Discover the next league of the best of female fronted dark metal and rock - discover the new Lacuna Coil album called ‘Shallow Life’ live on Wednesday’s opening concert of Summer Darkness festival 2009! This is where the Summer Darkness starts….
THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE [CAN]
*gothic synthrock/emo-wave*
http://www.thebirthdaymassacre.com
http://www.myspace.com/thebirthdaymassacre
The Canadian outfit The Birthday Massacre has graced the stages of the Summer Darkness festival several times before. And with good reason that is! For there’s no such thing as a good and splendid ´dark´ party without a genuine “blood bath”, is there? Well: Summer Darkness festival agrees and therefore this band is back due to massive - and kind of overwhelming - public response and demand following the previous festival shows.
If you were there you will know – if you weren’t: The Birthday Massacre is a totally live and energetic young bunch of people that will delight you to the point at which you will declare this band one of the highlights of the festival weekend!
Hits galore for example: maybe you recall ‘Violet’ from your “dark” dance nights? This red thread of catchy dark and ominous styling with a rocking backdrop and backbeat has been carried on to higher planes by these Canadian masterminds. Higher and higher and higher still…
Goth-rock, industrial, emo, wave and synthpop and -rock meet in The Birthday Massacre for one hell of a smashing show. This year Summer Darkness presents both The Crüxshadows ánd The Birthday Massacre so for the newest vibes of the newest of rocking new-wave gothic you’re either there or you know:: | SQUARE | …..
Yep! It’s Summer Darkness festival with an awesome load of surprising acts, plus: The Birthday Massacre back in action due to massive response and demand and with a splendid all new and exciting live show full of dark rocking smash hits!
KORPIKLAANI [FIN]
*folk rock & metal*
http://www.korpiklaani.com
http://www.myspace.com/korpiklaaniofficial
Long winters, short summers; sure – Scandinavia is the prime spot for what we, as the Summer Darkness festival, call dark music, right? Right?! Well; think again! Korpiklaani hail from Finland. The winters are very long there. The summers are short. Darkness abounds. So?
So – either you wallow in denial and darkness or you decide to party! Korpiklaani may have started out as a total folk band, meanwhile the group has added rock and metal touches to their sound. Rooted firmly in Scandinavian folk, Korpiklaani is now one of the most prominent forces in the metal-folk movement. Punk, rock, metal and still a lot of folk – it’s all present in the present day Korpiklaani.
This is pounding and crushing metal riffs meeting folk melodies. This is the downer-vibe of metal set next to the happy sounds of pure and unadulterated market folk. This is Finnish folk from yonder and afar set next to Finnish rock and metal from the present-day. This is acoustic snares and bagpipes meeting down-tuned electric guitars and pounding drums.
Cheerful folk meets dark metal sounds. Still: the beat is pounding, the riffs shudder your insides: “beer-metal”? Nope: a genuine cross-over between the dark side (the heavy riffs and drums) and the upbeat folk melodies and tunes….
Where cheers and darkness meet – you will find Korpiklaani for a smashing night of hopping around in the splendour of dancing the night away to tunes either light or dark - or somewhere in between: one thing’s for sure: you WILL enjoy your time at and with Korpiklaani if you’re somewhat into dark-meeting-cheerful folk…..
NEGURA BUNGET [ROM]
*atmospheric blackest metal*
http://www.negurabunget.com/
http://www.myspace.com/negurabunget
From a deep, dark forest comes the foggy sound of Neguar Bunget - all the way from East-European Romania. Nature with all its symbolism plays a prominent part in the mystical and dark ideology of this band, which members live and breathe the vibes, atmospheres and spirits of their native grounds. Negua Bunget transposes these vibes into a musical dark metal setting that thoroughly and totally transpires its native roots. For Negura Bunget is firmly rooted in the Romanian and East-European tradition. At the same time the band captures the lugubrious drone of Ukrainian black metal, while still maintaining a rather melodic touch. Sombre and pagan – tumultuous and intense – emotionally dark and black, yet somehow mystically pointing towards… towards… towards? A naturalistic, maybe even ritualistic, but above all: a natively and culturally deeply rooted true black metal sound…. Black metal with death and sublime vivacious harmony in close proximity… And also with the splendid sacred next to the profane, mundane… Haunting ánd evocative, Negura Bunget presents the newest of new brands of blackest of black metal on the Summer Darkness festival 2009 – heavy riffs and double bass surely blast, but there’s more, way more, creepingly, seethingly more to this band from the Transylvanian lands… For even in the blackest of blacks in Negura Bunget’s metal there’s light at the end of the tunnel… At the very end - somewhere between the sacred and the profane…Perhaps.
SPETSNAZ [SWE]
*EBM*
http://www.outofline.de/spetsnaz/index.html
http://www.myspace.com/spetsnazebm
Swedes Pontus Stålberg and Stefan Nilsson felt there was an emptiness in the EBM scene to be filled. True to the old school EMB style of forerunner bands like Front 242 the duo set out to stray from the fashionable futurepop or darkelectro. They took it upon themselves to carry the torch of DAF, Die Krupps and Nitzer Ebb. Spetsnaz has since then become the most prominent current EBM act in the scene; a missing link between the heavy scene and the more pop-oriented world. 100% intense and energetic, Spetsnaz hits the Summer Darkness festival with an exclusive Benelux performance presenting a new breed of classic EBM.
TRIARII [GER]
http://www.triarii.de
http://www.myspace.com/triariiheadquarters
It is with great pride that Summer Darkness festival announces the very exclusive and unique live performance of German martial folk/industrial project Triarii. Lovers of neofolk, martial folk and pop and the likes, pay notice! Shows by Triarii are rare and seldom occasions! Taking its name from a tape of Roman legionary, this martial act takes the genre to a totally new dimension in terms of quality and depth. Thematically very well thought-out, musically cleverly achieved and utterly imposing in martial tones and atmosphere, Triarii send shivers down your spine and back up again. Desperate and strangely comforting all at once. To be the officer of the triarii was an honour. It made the individual one of the best men in the legion. A triarii officer's pay would be superior to that of the other middle-class officers. This is the climax of martial neofolk! This is your chance to witness this summon of martial folk in full splendour. Check out the recent ‘Muse in Arms’ record and you know all you need to know: Triarii live at Summer Darkness 2009 is one of those shows you just cannot afford to miss!
TYSKE LUDDER [GER]
*darkelectro/industrial*
http://www.tyske-ludder.de
http://www.myspace.com/tyskeludder
Mixing the overpowering styles of darkelectro, EBM and industrial Tyske Ludder has graced the Utrecht stages several times before, to mass acclaim. Focusing chiefly on the predominance of technology in our present day society Tyske Ludder paints nightmarish pictures of a world of machinery gone horribly wrong. This is ominous dance music with the aroma of a post-nuclear world. Be forewarned when this Frisian aggressive force descends upon Utrecht once again for an exclusive show presenting the new album ‘SCIENTific technOLOGY’. We guess Tom Cruise et al might not be too happy with that title and themes…
OTHER DAY [GER]
*wave*
http://www.otherday.de
http://www.myspace.com/otherday
For far over twenty years Other Day has been a force to be reckoned with in the wave scene. High acclaim from fans and press for the records befell Other Day throughout the years. Shows however remain pretty scare and far and few in between. Enchanting moods, lyrical mastery, vocal elegance and a splendid mournful atmosphere – Other Day masters all these traits. Magical and with a slightly veiled mystical touch Other Day presents wave in a totally unique guise. At this exclusive Benelux festival performance expect a very special show and atmosphere. Other Day will also present the sparkling new album ‘Passage des sens - Fall: Wockenfuss’ so make sure not miss this rare chance to witness the utter splendour of this amazing wave act.
CYBERCIDE [GBR]
*futurepop*
http://www.cybercide.org
http://www.myspace.com/cybercide
Formed a while ago, massively in action since 2006 Cybercide is a very promising newcomer in the futurepop field. Exclusively on the Summer Darkness festival, Cybercide will play its very first show on Dutch soil. Think swirling synths, techno beats, a dash of industrial and mesmerizing vocals. Think: VNV Nation or Assemblage23. Cybercide has shared stages with Nitzer Ebb, Angelspit and Panzer AG. The group is currently on tour with Combichrist. The future of futurepop is here and now. The future is called: Cybercide.
Zo, ook voor de metal is er wat, Lacuna Coil.
En vind je dat niks, dan kan je altijd nog naar Cristina kijken
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