VIII. E-TROPOLIS FESTIVAL 2018 -NEWSLETTER- OF MASTERS, SERVANTS AND BIG MOMENTS!
Delivering finest EBM, electropop and industrial, the E-tropolis Festival appears as a mandatory gathering of the dark-electro scene. The upcoming 8th edition returns to Turbinenhalle Oberhausen again on 17th March 2018 - now with even more spectacular guests, we're happy to announce today!

'If you bring a unicorn to the show, we make it part of it', with this spot-on address to a fan, VNV NATION mastermind Ronan Harris recently summed up all you need to know about the Irish-British hit factory's concerts: total entertainment at full blast! Armed with an immense repertoire of irresistible blockbuster tunes you can always rely on VNV, as the entire audience, from the front row to the very back of the field, follows them on their gripping journey.

Whenever PROJECT PITCHFORK get to play at Turbinenhalle, E-tropolis reaches its prime moments. For sure, a circle-pit in the hall or, more commonly spoken, a full grown stampede, would be an extra incentive to join but one rule never fails: wherever the Hamburg-based scene-pioneers around Peter Spilles hit the floor, they kick hard with a heart! 27 years in service and the best is yet to come! We are looking forward to it!

ROTERSAND - a lighthouse surrounded by waves of dancing bodies...! For 15 years now the ingenious team of front man Rasc and producer Krischan Wesenberg defies the surges of the raging black sea around them, continuously setting their very own unique musical accents. Intriguingly catchy at times, rough and edgy at others, their most recent work 'Capitalism TM' again provides the perfect fuel for steaming dancefloors. Basically at E-tropolis Festival we follow the rule of accepting no imitations.

For FORCED TO MODE however, it was only a question of time until we simply had to hit the override button. Master and servant are equally excited as soon as the guys step into the ring with their ultra-cool Depeche Mode tribute-set. Big hits in an excellent live-outfit - come forth to enjoy the silence!

So this is the full line-up as it has been revealed so far: VNV NATION + PROJECT PITCHFORK + NACHTMAHR + AESTHETIC PERFECTION + ROTERSAND + FROZEN PLASMA + FORCED TO MODE + COM/KILL + EISFABRIK + XOTOX [20 Jahre XOTOX] Plus more artists to be announced soon! Further the official pre-party at Turbinenhalle 2 will be continued on Friday 16th March.

www.etropolis-festival.de

GROUP RHODA, aka Mara Barenbaum, has just announced that she will release her third LP on Dark Entries Records, the label famous for its re-releases of classic albums and singles, and weird contemporary synth-driven projects.

The album is called "WILDERLESS" and is set to be released on 7th October on vinyl. It includes seven tracks that have been described by the label as "tropical darkwave and soft industrial", and at the same time "negating the sound of conformity and control".

Group Rhoda started around 2009, and has released two LPs so far, "Out Of Touch, Out Of Time" (Night School Records, 2012) and "12th House" (Not Not Fun, 2013). She's also one half of the duo MAX + MARA, which released its only LP also on Dark Entries, "Less Ness", in 2013.

"Wilderless" can be pre-ordered from the official Dark Entries website.

www.darkentriesrecords.com/store/vinyl/group-rhoda-wilderless-lp

After 23 years of silence FLESH&FELL made its comeback in 2011 with a new line-up featuring original member Pierre Goudesone and brand new vocalist Laurence Castelain. Even after all these years, interest in the band never really died out. Singles ‘Hunger’, ‘The Wind’ and ‘Emma’ became cult favorites in Belgium. The age of Youtube gave the band’s continual popularity an even further boost, steadily increasing a wider fan base around the band’s classic songs.

Over the last years they were invited to play major shows such as the Rewind Festival in Gent’s Vooruit, BIMFest at Antwerp’s Trix, Brussels’ Summer Festival, and the Out Of Line Weekender in Berlin just to name a few. In 2013 they released the album Eponyme on the German Out of Line records accompanied by remarkable video singles ‘The Devil In Me’ and ‘Tipsy’; and including the original 80s singles.

In celebration of of their 30th year anniversary and to announce the release of their new album ‘ICARUS’ (15/09/17), check out last year’s video single ‘Poker Joker’. This new album is only available on vinyl on the new Belgian independent label Lynch Law Records. 500 coloured limited edition copies will be released along with the new video “Salome”.

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www.youtube.com/FLESHandFELLofficial

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They have an affinity for horror movies and venerate Vampira, Morticia Addams and Lily Munster. They are dreamy, wicked, full of fantasy, mysterious and aloof. They are Aeleth Kaven (vocals, song-writing & composer) and Dae Widow (vocals), two banshees intent on sharing sorrow, pain and loneliness with their fabulously unique voices. Dae loves hope and East-Asian mysticism, Aeleth prefers the occult worships destructive Black Metal. The antithesis is their manifesto, inspiring their dissimilarity and shaping their youth. They recount the search for a particular place where injured souls find succour, tranquillity and where they can settle down. A place protected by darkness in which one can be anything one wishes to be and do as one pleases, indulging in one’s hidden fantasies. And they discovered that darkness is not necessarily to be feared but can be in fact most extraordinarily beautiful indeed.

Enjoy their first single/video taken from the upcoming album Freakshow below!