Amphi Festival has some exciting news for you!
Added to their diverse 2025 line-up are now, the legendary CAMOUFLAGE. With hits like ‘The Great Commandment’ and ‘Love Is A Shield’, they left their mark on the 80s. Their performance promises a magical journey through nostalgic sounds and captivating melodies.
While also welcoming the up-and-coming band SANZ! The ‘modern dark rockers’ combine poppy vocals with fat walls of guitars, modern synthesizers, driving bass and groovy drums.
More bands are still being planned!
Be there and celebrate together at Cologne's Tanzbrunnen on 19 & 20 July 2025!
Tickets are available in our Amphi Shop at www.amphi-shop.deas well as online at www.eventim.de (including Print@Home) and at all nationwide CTS/EVENTIM advance booking offices.
UK Dark Electro Act, IAMIMPERFECT Drop Their Electrifying Debut EP, ‘Reincarnate’
UK dark electro band, IAMIMPERFECT has just unveiled their first EP, Reincarnate.
The lyrical themes in Reincarnate deal with addiction, insecurity, depression, anxiety, fear and eventually, the realization that change must happen for growth to restart anew. Without reaching the darkness, we'll never know the light.
The EP also represents a reincarnation of a musical identity, sound, image and even genre, to be something better than what was there before. Reincarnate presents a unique blend Darkwave, Synthpop, Industrial and Goth genres, with the music driven by complex synth arrangements, electronic drums, loud distorted guitar and soaring vocal hooks and harmonies.
Reincarnate is available on all major digital outlets including Bandcamp and Spotify.
Electro-industrial band, OUR GRAVES has just unleashed their debut, full-length album, System Overload. The album is a passionate tribute to the electro-industrial, EBM, and aggrotech genres. It seeks to strike a delicate balance: honoring the roots of the scene while weaving in new ideas to keep the sound fresh and engaging. With System Overload, Ron Graves has crafted the dark, intense, and undeniably industrial music he wants to see more of in the world.
Lyrically, System Overload draws from a time of grief and reflection following the loss of Graves' father the previous year. Without an overarching concept in mind, the themes of the album emerged organically, revolving around the search for meaning amidst a decaying world. Some of the tracks on System Overload offer critiques of institutions that seek to control us while others offer a glimpse into the personal wars within and others explore the disturbing consequences of societal degeneration.
System Overload is available on all major digital platforms including Bandcamp and Spotify.
The long-awaited new album from Prague gothic cowboys, CATHEDRAL IN FLAMES titled Count To Nine, has finally been unveiled on the Musicraft label! The themes of the songs cover contemporary psychological problems and addictions, Lovecraftian mysticism and magical sexual practices.
The title, Count To Nine refers to both the number of songs and the mystical number "9". Nine is the number of fulfilment, closure and completion. It also symbolizes the coming of age and the connection between dimensions and worlds on all levels.
The nine tracks were mixed by the legendary John Fryer (Fields of the Nephilim, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Paradise Lost, Cradle Of Filth and more). The band has significantly tightened up their dark gothic rock on their third album, from the hypnotic and gothic rock purist track, "Dreaming In The Witch House" to the cowboy shuffle of "Pale Rider" to the dark pop of "Summertime."
Vocalist Phil Lee Fall says of the album, "On Count To Nine we tried to cross boundaries. We ventured further and deeper than ever before. Musically, lyrically and sonically. It took us almost three years, but we are extremely happy with the result. Dark, mystical and monumental gothic rock for the 21st century."
Gatsby adds: "Each track is heavily influenced by the mood and situations in which it was created. That's why I make music, to get the emotion out. So the fact that it's dark is probably natural. In a way, it's a catharsis of the disgust and confusion we live in."
Count To Nine is available on all major digital outlets worldwide including Spotify and Bandcamp.
Darkwave duo, THE BLEAK ASSEMBLY returns with their new album, until the world stops hurting.
While this new album isn't a dramatic departure from the gothic/darkwave/post-punk sound of previous releases from THE BLEAK ASSEMBLY, there's a power and focus on this new album that maybe hadn't been there before. Kimberly's voice has always strong, but she sounds like an absolute Valkyrie on this release.
until the world stops hurting continues to feature dark subject matter but this new album also sees lyrical references to light and the Sun. Says vocalist & lyricist, Kimberly, "I have always come from a dark place especially with my lyrics because that’s where I put all my pain -- into the music. It's my release. Whenever you have total darkness there must be some form of light. Its lyrically on so many various levels all about love which I think is the answer to the title of the album "until the world stops hurting" i
until the world stops hurting is available on all major digital platforms including Bandcamp and Spotify NOW!
