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Concert review: TVINNA, Eivør & FAUN, Phantastischer Lichterweihnachtsmarkt Dortmund, 2 December 2023
The medieval christmas market in Dortmund is truly something else. For several years now, the phantastic atmosphere of Germany’s most beautiful christmas market attracts the big names of the German medieval rock scene (as well as other artists from other genres). As a visitor, you get an exceptionnal experience both market-wise as well as concert wise. To be honest, the line up for each weekend is one of the longest awaited revelations every year for me. Because I can be sure that there will be bangers and that there’ll be must-see shows for me. The only question remaining is usually „How many?“ This year, when FAUN were announced with a…
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Concert review: Saltatio Mortis & Alestorm, RuhrCongress Bochum, 25 November 2023
So this show was a double first timer. One I had been waiting for for several years (roughly since 2007 or 2008) and one that I hadn't known until now that I needed to see them. Given that I came with a "Let's see what happens, I have no expectations"-attitude, that concert was a very damn good one.
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Concert review: Self Deception – You’re Only As Sick As Your Secrets Tour (with Awake The Dreamer, Those Without)
This is basically a combined review. If there's a band that I love from the deepest bottom of my heart, it's not unlikely that I'll visit more than one show of their tour. This applies to Self Deception, a Swedish alternative rock / metalcore band that is my absolute favourite Spotify discovery so far. When they announced their headline tour in Germany, I couldn't buy tickets fast enough.
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Concert review: Fall Out Boy, Pvris & nothing, nowhere – Rudolf-Weber-Arena Oberhausen, 06 November 2023
It really teleported me back into my teenage days when they played songs like A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me or Sugar, We're Going Down. Those songs remind me of my Myspace era - and how many bands I discovered through Myspace before it went down
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Album review: Versengold – Lautes Gedenken
On Friday, the German folk rock band Versengold published their new album "Lautes Gedenken". It marks their 20 year anniversary as a band and hence includes a song celebrating that exactly. I've seen them at the MPS in Bückeburg this year and it was amazing, And it gave me somewhat of a headstart for their new album, which I'll talk about here.
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Ready for take-off?
I decided to start a blog again. I don’t know where this is going, how this is going to go and for how long this is going to go but … let’s give it a try. My core motivation was to stop annoying my poor mastodon followers by making lengthy text posts about concert experiences, music related stuff or whatever I feel like talking about. So I’m trying a blog instead. My aim is to use it for … the afforementioned stuff, mostly. Plus maybe occasional talks about books I’m reading or stories I’m writing. Symphonies – my passion for music (which is usually not very symphonic) – and „poetries“…
