On 27-28-29 July, the "Summer Darkness" festival in Utrecht will celebrate its 10th anniversary. For those who don't know this festival, it can be described as a "little WGT". Why? Like in Leipzig, the festival includes a number of different venues and during the three days of the festival, the beautiful city of Utrecht wears the colors of our dark culture.
This anniversary edition will correspond to the 25th anniversary of Suicide Commando, our Belgian band, who will also celebrate by giving two concerts, one Best of 25 Years set and one Vintage set. Belgium will have a strong presence with other bands like Vomito Negro, Sonar, Empusae, Monolith, Parade Ground, etc.
The main acts on the program are:
- Friday: SUICIDE COMMANDO (BEST OF 25 YEARS SET), DIARY OF DREAMS, CONTROLLED COLLAPSE, OPENING NIGHT BAL DU MASQUE: THE GRIM REAPER’S NOSTALGIA, STORM: A.O. OPHIDIAN, SONAR, OMKARA TECHICHI, MONO AMINE, THE DJ PRODUCER, DEMANUFACTURER, DAVID K.
- Saturday: COMBICHRIST, NACHTMAHR, HAUJOBB, O CHILDREN, IN THE NURSERY, AGENT SIDE GRINDER, WINTERKÄLTE, TRIARII, NÄO, SIEBEN, MONOLITH, DIRTY K, STRAFTANZ, AESTHETIC PERFECTION, TERROLOKAUST, MOJO FURY, BINARY PARK, FORMALIN, AXIOME, EMPUSAE, MARS, FINVARRA, THE DUTCH LEMMINGS, FAERYDAE, ALTERNATIVE 80’S, CYBERIA XL.
- Sunday: PETER HOOK, SUICIDE COMMANDO (RARE VINTAGE SET), THE CRÜXSHADOWS, CAMERATA MEDIOLANENSE, KISS THE ANUS OF A BLACK CAT, TALVEKOIDIK, PARADE GROUND, THE EXPLODING BOY, VOMITO NEGRO, SURGYN, A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR, MICHEL BANABILA, INCUBITE.
You can check the complete schedule here.
Check the pictures of last year's edition by Xavier Marquis here.
Darkwave sensation The Crüxshadows return with a powerful & engaging blend of new wave, dark pop, & edgy electronica.
Powerful, hard hitting, & danceable, the latest full length from The Crüxshadows is a pristine collection of engaging & thought provoking songs about adversity, determination, & triumph. Melding together electric violins, crunchy guitars, & edgy synthesizer lines with intelligent, emotional lyrics ignited by frontman Rogue's ever distinctive voice, the disc weaves an unmistakable brand of dark alternative electronic music that gets in your head and stays there. Presented in digipack with cover art by Rogue. Contains the Billboard #1 single Quicksilver & the darkwave club hit Valkyrie.
Includes the UK hit singles ‘The Wheel’ (No.59), ‘Prisoner Of Love’ (No.59), ‘Liberator’ (No.67), ‘All My Love’ (No.61), ‘Come Back’ (No.55), ‘Strangers In Our Town’ (No.49), ‘Never Take Me Alive’ (No.14), ‘Was That You?’ (No.55), ‘The Traveller’ (No.44) and ‘So In Love With You’ (No.36).
Disc 1 concentrates on the standard 7” versions of all the bands singles between 1983 -89 whilst Disc 2 has the 12” mixes with many appearing here on CD for the first time.
Vocalist Kirk Brandon still leads Spear Of Destiny to this day and they have just completed a full UK tour supporting Stiff Little Fingers
Anagram’s previous releases by the band – "Grapes Of Wrath” (CDMGRAM 200), ”One Eyed Jacks” (CDMGRAM 201) and "World Service” (CDGRAM 202) – have all sold well and we expect strong demand for what is essentially a "Best Of Spear Of Destiny”.
Release Date: 16/07/2012
Dead Can Dance will release their new album on August 9th, their first new record in 16 years! Its title will be "Anastasis", a Greek word that roughly translates as 'rebirth' or 'resurrection', a suitable title for their reunion...
Via Pitchfork.com, they've also shared a new song from the album, "Amnesia". The song is sung by Brendan Perry, ie without Lisa Gerrard. Download it here, in exchange for an email address.
The band will play in Brussels at the Cirque Royal on September 29th, 2012 (sold-out).
Following a first preview song, "The Best of You", released on May 6th, Mono Electronic Density (M∃D), the Belgian electro band composed of Bernard Feron and R-Mod 654, today unveiled a second new song: "Human Inhuman".
This song is the title song of the band's second album 'Human Inhuman', due by the end of 2012 on Digital Density Records.
Bernard Feron also announced that his other project, Combat Voice, has published a remix of a song from the Chilian band Alt G: 'The Conspiracy'.
It's nice to see that those two Belgian EBM bands are very active!
