Illuminata, founded in 2006, is a female fronted metal-band from Graz, Austria. It currently consists of five members:

 Katarzyna Nieniewska– Vocals
Sabrina Supan– Keyboards
Thomas Kern– Drums
Lukas Knoebl– Guitars
Christoph Vide– Bass

 
The first LP From the Chalice of Dreams (2009) established the band's general direction with, what 'Metal-Archives' called, a 'promising début'.
 
Being a completely independent production from start to finish and without affiliation to any record label, the music of Illuminata’s first professional release A World So Cold (2011) has been favourably reviewed by major magazines and webzines like Legacy or Stormbringer and was described as a compelling symbiosis of heavy metal and film score.
 
Now, with Illuminata’s newest release Where Stories Unfold, their unique and refined style is even more dominated by a strong presence of orchestral elements. The album is heavily influenced by recent ‘larger than life’ blockbusters movies and combines two of the most powerful genres, Heavy Metal and Film Music. Finally, the band’s cooperation with the prestigious, 60-piece Czech Film Orchestra and the overall top-notch production culminates in a one of the most vibrant, emotional and innovative releases in the genre to date. Welcome to Hollywood!

About The New Album

Illuminata – Where Stories Unfold (2015)
Length: 62 minutes; 11 Tracks
For our newest project, entitled Where Stories Unfold,to be released in early 2015, the band has tried to create something of truly epic proportions. So far this has included recordings with one of Europe's most prestigious orchestras, the Czech Film Orchestra, in the television studios of Prague. Furthermore, additional chamber strings as well as a classical choir and a Musical Choir have been recorded and Mario Plank, for years vocalist of Visions of Atlantis, again contributed to the album as a guest singer. The album was mixed and mastered by Jan Vacik at Dreamsound Studios, Munich, whose references not only include albums by Edenbridge, Serenity and Visions of Atlantis but who also did an amazing job on A World So Cold.

REWIND The 80s Festival - the world’s biggest 80s music festival, is back with three UK festivals during July and August 2015.

Tickets for all three festivals will go on sale at 9am on Friday January 23rd at the official website rewindfestival.com.

REWIND SCOTLAND will return for its fifth year at Scone Palace, Perth on Friday 24th July until Sunday 26th July with headline performances from Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey and OMD, plus performances from Bananarama, Jimmy Somerville, Kim Wilde, Sister Sledge, Nik Kershaw, Belinda Carlisle, Altered Images, Kid Creole, Howard Jones, Five Star, Hue & Cry, and for the very first time, ex-Rainbow lead singer Joe Lynn Turner, The Orchestra and From The Jam featuring original Jam bassist, Bruce Foxton.

REWIND NORTH – for the second year, REWIND returns to the North of England at Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire from Friday 7th August until Sunday 9th August. Headline performances include Human League and OMD, plus appearances from The Boomtown Rats, Jimmy Somerville, Heather Small, The Sugarhill Gang, Kim Wilde, Soul II Soul, Belinda Carlisle, ABC, Bananarama, The Selecter, Chesney Hawkes, Howard Jones, Imagination ft. Leee John, Dr & The Medics, John Parr, and many more.

REWIND SOUTH at Temple Island Meadows, Henley-on-Thames returns for its seventh year on Friday 21st August until Sunday 23rd August with headliners OMD and Human League, plus 80s stars Billy Ocean, ABC, T’Pau, Midge Ure, Kim Wilde, Nik Kershaw, Hot Chocolate, Belinda Carlisle, Go West, Soul II Soul, Bananarama, and for the very first time, Black Box, Dave Edmunds, Slim Jim Phantom from The Stray Cats, plus British Electric Foundation featuring M’s Robin Scott, Thomas Dolby, Joy Division’s Peter Hook, Heaven 17’s Glenn Gregory, The Noisettes’ Shingai Shoniwa, and Fairground Attraction’s Eddi Reader, plus many more big names

rewindfestival.com.

From 11th february on in all Belgian theatres: Souvenirs de Marnie

"A splendid escape from the increasingly strenuous glut of computer-animated offerings"- Variety
A young girl is sent to the country for health reasons, here she meets an unlikely friend in the form of Marnie, a young girl with flowing blonde hair. As the friendship unravels it is possible that Marnie has closer ties to the protagonist then we might expect.

Directed by Hiromasa YONEBAYASHI (Arrietty) based on the novel by Joan G. ROBINSON.

This is the first time the festival has appointed two presidents

Directors Joel and Ethan Coen have been named the presidents of the jury at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, the festival announced on Monday.

The festival press release:

For the first time in the history of the Festival de Cannes, not one but two leading figures will chair the Jury.

Indeed, American filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen have accepted the invitation from President Pierre Lescure and General Delegate Thierry Frémaux to become the Presidents of the 68th edition of the Festival.

Source : IMDb

A gripping action-thriller from the director of Taken and the producer of The Matrix and Non-Stop, The Gunman stars Oscar-winner Sean Penn as a former military operative dragged into a deadly cat and mouse game. With Penn in his first action role, and a top-notch cast including Javier Bardem and Idris Elba, The Gunman is a high-octane must-see.