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Concert review: Aviana, The Gloom in the Corner, Diamond Construct (& Atena), Dynamo Eindhoven, 6 November 2025
This was one of my most awaited shows of the second half of 2025. Within the last months, Aviana has climbed the ranks of my favourite bands and is currently sitting quite far at the top, which got even worse through the release of their new album VOID, and the fact that I got to interview Joel Holmqvist for a German music magazine and he came across super sympathetic. I’m seriously somewhere deep down the Aviana rabbit hole and this show was like the holy grail of my concert year. Here’s how it went.
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Concert review: Bloodred Hourglass & Luna Kills, FZW Dortmund, 22 October 2025
Back in the days before Spotify was turned into a shitty AI-run platform with pretty weak algorithms, I used to find some really good music through mixtapes. One of the bands I’ve discovered this way is Bloodred Hourglass. After seeing them live as opener for The Halo Effect in January I was more than excited when they announced a headline tour. I went to see them at FZW Dortmund (which is a pretty amazing venue!) and here’s how it was.
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Release Friday: 8 November 2025
Once again I missed a few Fridays. Life is busy right now. But there’s been pretty good stuff released lately, so here’s my personal selection of releases of the last few weeks: A song that slipped through the last time but is pretty iconic is The Laugh Track by Ice Nine Kills. For some weird reason, this band keeps sneaking out of my radar, although they’re amazing, The Laugh Track is no exception: On 24th October, Versengold released a new single called Dans op de Deel. The title is Low-German (and so are some parts of the songs) and refers to an event where a big group of people dances or celebrates together (that’s what Wikipedia told…
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Concert review: Annisokay, Heart of a Coward & The Narrator, Dynamo Eindhoven, 18 October 2025
I’m not gonna lie: When this show was announced and we immediately bought tickets, we already had tickets for 3 other shows of the Abyss tour (and we knew we were going to see Annisokay at Summer Breeze and Oelde Open Air). Just in case that anyone forgot how much I love Annisokay. But a) back then I hardly had any concerts scheduled for October and b) at least the line up for this show is a bit different than for the other shows I’m attending, because during this part of the tour, special guest were Heart of a Coward (instead of Our Promise for the later days). So I…
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Opinion: Why I hate VIP upgrades (+ UPDATE)
When I started this blog I thought I would include a lot more stuff than just reviews, like opinion pieces, but I’ve never really found the time / energy / inspiration to write some (plus I doubt that anybody cares). However, I’ve always been having strong opinions concerning one thing that’s becoming more and more „popular“ when it comes to concerts: VIP upgrades. I might’ve mentioned it a few times before, perhaps in entries where I talked about shows for which I had actually bought VIP upgrades (Illumishade in Essen in 2024 and Imminence in Cologne in 2024) . Now today’s the day that I’m feeling the urge again to…
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Album review: Erdling – Mana
While I knew that Erdling were about to publish a new album called Mana this year, I definitely did not have it on my personal watch list. I might’ve mentioned it before, perhaps in my concert review on the Erdling show in Oberhausen last year: They’re usually not exactly a band I listen to at home, but one of those artists I really enjoy seeing live since I first saw them in Merseburg. I can’t even pinpoint why exactly their music so far was catchy enough for live shows, but hardly ever made me listen to them at home. So while I was somehow following the single releases, I honestly didn’t have an eye…
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Concert review: Oceans, Deliver the Galaxy & Safehxen, Rockpalast Bochum, 26 September 2025
For me personally, an Oceans headline tour was long overdue. Their music means a lot to me and so I was more than happy when they finally announced their first headline tour. I went to one of the earlier dates of the tour, at Rockpalast in Bochum, and here’s how it was.
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Release Friday: 10 October 2025
It’s been a while. Life’s been busy. So let’s catch up with the most recent releases because quite a bit has happened release-wise since I last posted here, so I’m working my way through 3-4 weeks of releases here 😀 The German band Neverland in Ashes recently announced a new beginning, which comes with a new name: As VÆNTIS they are now back with their first new single Paradigm. For me it’s as much an earworm as their older songs were and I’m excited for what’s yet to come: I’m not the biggest listener of The O’Reillys and the Paddyhats, although their musical style is pretty much my taste but somehow they never really caught my…
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Album review: The Rasmus – Weirdo
It’s been a 3 years since the latest The Rasmus album Rise, which was also the first album with their new guitarist Emppu Suhonen. Last week, on September 12, they released their new studio album Weirdo and I admit: I was hesitant at first. It’s been a while since I last really enjoyed one of their albums to the fullest. BUT the first single release from this album, Rest in Pieces, really gave me hope as it sounded more like their older, a bit rockier stuff. The other singles couldn’t convince me as much, so I didn’t know what to expect. Little spoiler: I loved it from the first time listening – which makes Weirdo the best The…
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Böse Fuchs: The Detourgent Tour 2025
My favourite metal couple is going on tour! Finally! Böse Fuchs will play 8 shows (7 headline shows and one festival show) this November. They bring along Hand of Juno as special guest and Vybrnt as support. Opener in Hildesheim will be Leaving the Orbit, opener in Berlin is Gatex. You can find all dates here: All dates: 06 Nov: Frankfurt – Elfer 07 Nov: Ludwigsburg – Four Runners 08 Nov: Bindlach – Winter Invasion (Festival show) 09 Nov: Leipzig – Hellraiser 13 Nov: Cologne – MTC 14 Nov: Hildesheim – Kufa 15 Nov: Hamburg – Monkeys 16 Nov: Berlin – Privatclub Tickets are available on Eventim for 27,10€ plus pre-sale fees or for 24,80€ via Eventim light.…
