Runes & Men Festival is a two day festival in Leipzig. On 14 and 15 October you can see the best of the neofolk genre, and it must be said: the names are quite impressive. For 65 euros you can see: Blood Axis, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, Naevus, Die Weiße Rose, Arnica, Larrnakh, Spiritual Front, Fire+Ice, Darkwood, :Of The Wand And The Moon:, Vurgart and as headliner Death In June.
Runes & Men Festival is een tweedaags festival in Leipzig. Op 14 en 15 oktober kun je het beste uit het neofolkgenre zien, en het moet worden gezegd: de affiche is tamelijk indrukwekkend.
Voor 65 euro (en een trip naar het verre Leipzig) kun je deze bands aan het werk zien: Blood Axis, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, Naevus, Die Weiße Rose, Arnica, Larrnakh, Spiritual Front, Fire+Ice, Darkwood, :Of The Wand And The Moon:, Vurgart en als topact Death In June.
If you read our pages regularly (shame if you do not do that) obviously knowsthat the new album by Ambassador 21 soon will be a fact. Now Natasha Protasova and Alexey Protasov can offer you now a second video teaser of the forthcoming Human Rage.
The new album will be released in October via Invasion, as a regular CD and a limited edition 2CD Deluxe Edition.
Wie onze pagina's regelmatig leest (foei als je dat niet doet), weet natuurlijk al een tijdje dat het nieuwe album van Ambassador 21 bijna een feit is. Natasha Protasova en Alexey Protasov kunnen je nu al een tweede videoteaser van het binnenkort te verschijnen Human Rage aanbieden.
De nieuwe cd komt in oktober uit via Invasion, als gewone cd en een gelimiteerde 2CD Deluxe Edition.


CRASH COURSE IN SCIENCE and SEVERED HEADS play Antwerp on October 23rd
Since 1979 Australian (industrial) music pioneers SEVERED HEADS has thumped out a noisy disco sound that's inspired dance styles from EBM to Chicago House. Back in '79 there were no samplers, no computers, and the Severed Heads style grew around the same tape recorders and oscillators that fueled the avant garde music of the 20th century. Their exact genre is impossible to define - club singles like Dead Eyes Opened and Greater Reward jostle with aggressive noise-scapes and psychedelic virtual reality installations. Although contemporaries with ‘old school’ acts like Kraftwerk and Yello, Severed Heads continue to create and mutate ‘new school’ sounds.
A Severed Heads show is somewhere between an arcade game and a live gig. The big screen and the big sound combine the cinematic and the ecstatic. "We are a balance between the old and new", explains head Head, Tom Ellard. "Too much nostalgia will make you fat, but too much newness frightens people. For us it's OK - we've reached the point where ten years or ten minutes doesn't matter anymore - we're timeless".
CRASH COURSE IN SCIENCE (CCIS) is an legendary electronic musical group that was also formed in 1979. The band was formed as a way to explore performance art and music, which the members desperately needed to express. Choosing toy instruments and live drums out of necessity, CCIS began to experiment with a series of recording devices. The toy instruments gave way to crude drum machines and 'Frankenstein' type-homemade instruments. As a result, CCIS came upon a sound they could call their own.
Their most know artefact is probably 'Signals From Pier Thirteen' which was released in the USA and UK/Europe in 1981. The songs 'Cardboard Lamb' and 'Flying Turns' quickly became club favorites during the early 80's. This record has been regarded as influential to the techno industrial genres and was an early inception of what is now known as the ‘electro’ sound. After numerous re-releases the original 12" still highly sought after by collectors and fans today.
An remarkable and Interesting detail, the BodyBeats organization were also responsible for BOTH bands resurrection as they invited SEVERED HEAD to reboot for their fourth BIMFEST in 2005 as they did with CRASH COURSE IN SCIENCE for their eight edition of BIMFEST!
Info & tickets:
www.bodybeats.be
www.bodybeats.be/en/tickets/23-10-crash-course-in-science-severed-heads
We have to wait for a while, but the new CD from Leæther Strip will arrive soon!
Spæctator will be released on the Italian Rustblade. According to Claus Larsen, this record covers a period of his life that has both low points and and high points, suffering and joy. Musically you can expect a mix of old school EBM, harsh rhythms and some electronic ballads. Leæther Strip is back! Click below for the video teaser.
We hebben er een tijdje moeten op wachten, maar binnenkort is hij er: de nieuwe cd van Leæther Strip!
Spæctator zal op het Italiaanse Rustblade verschijnen. Volgens Claus Larsen gaat deze plaat over een periode uit zijn leven dat zowel hoogte- als laagtepunten heeft, de klassieke lach en traan. Muzikaal mag je je aan mix van old school EBM, snoeiharde ritmes en een paar elektronische ballads verwachten.
Kijk alvast naar de videoteaser.
The dark scene still lives in The Netherlands. And DownHill is certainly one of the reasons. The eleventh edition is one that will cheer up any goth fan.
Finally, we will see in the Benelux the Hail! Mary tour of The Devil & The Universe, and from the same Solar label Near Earth Orbit comes along (one of the projects of Artaud Seth of Garden Of Delight and Merciful Nuns).
Those who love melancholic new wave surely will be delighted withThe Frozen Autumn and Suicide Commando celebrates its 30th anniversary. Afterwards, there is an afterparty with DJ Syl TheMan.
The 11th edition of DownHill is on Saturday, March 11 in Sittard (The Netherlands) at PopPodium Volt.
Mocht je je het afvragen, ook in Nederland leeft de Nederlandse dark scène nog. En daar zorgt zeker DownHill voor. De elfde editie is er meteen één om de vingers bij af te likken.
Eindelijk zullen we in de Benelux de Hail! Mary-Tour van The Devil & The Universe zien, en van hetzelfde Solar-label komt ook Near Earth Orbit langs (één van de projecten van Artaud Seth van Garden Of Delight en Merciful Nuns).
Wie van melancholische new wave houdt zal zeker opgetogen zijn met het bezoek van de Italiaanse The Frozen Autumn en als headliner staat Suicide Commando op de affiche. Na afloop is er ook nog een afterparty met DJ Syl TheMan.
Het feestje gaat door op zaterdag 11 maart in Sittard (Nederland) in Poppodium Volt.