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Dong Open Air
Dong Open Air is a heavy metal music festival held annually in Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany since 2001. Lineups 2001 August 17–18: Blood Red Angel, Decapitation, Fianna, Guerrilla, Heartwork, Impure, N.R.G., Stripped Of Flesh, Yppah Nomed. 2002 July 19–20: Adorned Brood, Amityville, Blood Red Angel, Complex 7, Guerrilla, Fianna, Hate Factor, Mabus, N.R.G., Sarx, Schattenleben, Sencirow, Torture Chamber, Violet. 2003 July 18–19: Abaddon, Adorned Brood, Antifreeze, Burden of Grief, Folkedudl, Hate Factor, Night in Gales, Osyris, Psychotron, Ratsbane, Skyclad, Sun of Sadness, Violet, Witchtower. 2004 July 16–17: Chainheart, Crikey, Dark Suns, Disillusion, Equilibrium, Final Breath, Humanity, Insignium, Jack Slater, Jester's Funeral, Lanfear, My Darkest Hate, Seraphim, Suidakra, The Rules, Tomorrow's Eve, Vintersorg. 2005 July 15–16: Aardvarks, Behind the Scenery, Delirious, Desilence, Drawline, Elvenking, Excrementory Grindfuckers, Finntroll, Hate Factor, Intense ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neukirchen-Vluyn
Neukirchen-Vluyn () is a town in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 5 km west of Moers, and 15 km north of Krefeld. Mayors Mayors since 1836: * 1836–1875 Gustav Haarbeck * 1875–1923 Hermann Haarbeck * 1923–1928 Dr. Baehr * 1928–1945 Erich Neumann (NSDAP) * 1945–1946 Wilhelm Schneider (appointed by military government) * 1946–1950 Tillmann Bongardt ( CDU) * 1950–1952 Oskar Kühnel (SPD) * 1952–1956 Johann Kaiser (SPD) * 1956–1963 Oskar Kühnel (SPD) * 1963–1975 Gerhard Haastert (CDU) * 1975–1989 Oskar Böhm (SPD) * 1989–1994 Kornelia Kuhn (CDU) * 1994–1999 Peter Wermke (SPD) (last voluntary Mayor) * 1999–2009 Bernd Böing (parteilos) (first full-time Mayor) * 2009–2020 Harald Lenßen (CDU) * since 2020 Ralf Köpke (SPD) Population development Number of inhabitants as of December, 31 Economy The Trox Group has its headquarters in Neukirchen-Vluyn. There are other large businesses in tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragonland
Dragonland is a power metal band from Sweden. The group is known for their self-produced ''The Dragonland Chronicles'' fantasy saga covering their first, second, and fifth albums, and for the original symphonic/electronic parts by Elias Holmlid. History The band was founded in 1999 by guitarist Nicklas Magnusson and Jonas Heidgert. Soon after Daniel Kvist, Magnus Olin and Christer Pederson joined in. Their first demo was recorded in January 2000. Only three months before the recording of their debut album started, ''The Battle of the Ivory Plains'', Kvist decided to leave the band and was soon replaced by Olof Mörck. The album was released on 30 April 2001, and the second album, ''Holy War'', was released on 8 February 2002. Both featured singer Jonas Heidgert on drums. Their third album, '' Starfall'', was released on 27 October 2004, featuring Jesse Lindskog on drums. Tom S. Englund and Henrik Danhage (of Evergrey) and Johanna Andersson provided guest performances on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Canto
Van Canto (sometimes stylized as van Canto) is a German a cappella metal band, founded in 2006 and composed of six singers and a drummer. Although the group is often classified as an a cappella ensemble, they use real drums in their music, instead of vocal percussion or beatboxing. Van Canto play a cappella with classic heavy, power and symphonic metal influence, creating what they call "hero metal a cappella". While only two of the six singers perform the lead vocals, the other four instead use their voices to imitate the guitars and the bass, with the help of amplifiers, in an attempt to sound closer to the original instruments. History As soon as the band was founded, its debut album, '' A Storm to Come'', was released through General Schallplatten. It features seven original tracks, as well as cover versions of Metallica's "Battery" and "Stora Rövardansen" from the movie '' Ronja Rövardotter''. Additionally, videos were shot for the tracks "The Mission", "Battery", an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinister (band)
Sinister is a death metal band from Schiedam, the Netherlands, formed in 1988. They have released fourteen albums, most recently '' Deformation of the Holy Realm'' in 2020. The band was idle between 2003 and 2005, after which Aad Kloosterwaard, the only constant member, switched from drums to vocals. Members Current members * Aad Kloosterwaard - vocals (2005–present), drums (1988–2003) * Ghislain van der Stel - guitar (2017–present) * Walter Bokito Tjwa - guitar (2019–present) * Bram Willems - bass (2020-present) * Simon Skrlec - drums (2022–present) Former members * Mike (Sinister) van Mastrigt - vocals (1988–1996) * Ron van de Polder - guitar, bass (1988–1992, 2003) * Corzas Nanuruw - bass (1989–1991) * Andre Tolhuizen - guitar (1991–1994) * Frank Faaze - guitar (1991) * Bart van Wallenberg - guitar, bass (1992–2002) * Michel Alderliefsten - bass (1996) * Eric de Windt - vocals (1997–1999) * Alex Paul - bass (1997–2003), guitar (2005–2011) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orphaned Land
Orphaned Land is an Israeli heavy metal band, formed in 1991 under the name Resurrection (changing their name in 1992 to the current name), that combines Israeli Jewish, Mizrahi, and other West Asian influences. They are considered the pioneers of oriental metal. The band has gone through several lineup changes over the years, but has retained two of the founding members, Kobi Farhi (vocals) and Uri Zelcha ( bass). They are joined by Matan Shmuely (drums), Chen Balbus (guitar/keyboard) who replaced co-founding member Matti Svatizky in 2012, and Idan Amsalem (guitars/bouzouki) who replaced co-founding member Yossi Sassi in early 2014. Their lyrics promote a message of peace and unity, particularly between the three main Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Islam, and Christianity). History In 1992, the band changed its name from the original Resurrection to Orphaned Land. Orphaned Land fuse progressive, doom, and death metal as well as Middle-Eastern folk music and Arabic traditions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Månegarm
Månegarm is a Swedish Viking/black/folk metal band from Norrtälje. Its name is derived from Mánagarmr, a wolf in Norse mythology. History The band was formed by Svenne Rosendal, Jonas Almqui, and Pierre Wilhelmsson in 1995. After finding another guitarist (Mårten Matsson) and a drummer (Erik Grawsiö), they began rehearsing as "Antikrist". By 1996, they had changed their name to Månegarm, after the wolf of Norse legend, apt for a band concentrating on Viking metal, and early that year, they began recording their first demo collection, '' Vargaresa'' (''Wolf's Journey'').Rivadavia, Eduardo " Månegarm Biography, ''Allmusic'', Macrovision Corporation After the recording, Rosendal and Matsson left to be replaced by Jonny Wranning (vocals) and Markus Andé (guitar). With a second demo, '' Ur Nattvindar'', folk metal became part of their sound, including violins and female vocals for the first time, and they were signed by Displeased Records. Soon afterwards, Wranning left t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ensiferum
Ensiferum (Latin: , n adj., meaning "sword bearing") is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. The members of the band label themselves as "melodic folk metal." History Formation, demos and ''Ensiferum'' (1995−2002) ''Ensiferum'' was founded in 1995 by Markus Toivonen (guitar), Sauli Savolainen (bass) and Kimmo Miettinen (drums). In the next year, Jari Mäenpää was taken into the band as singer and second guitar-player. In 1997, the first demo was released, containing three songs. In 1998, Savolainen and Miettinen left the band and were replaced by Jukka-Pekka Miettinen (Kimmo Miettinen's little brother, then 14 years old) and Oliver Fokin. In January 1999, a second demo was recorded, which although it did not produce a recording deal, boosted the band's confidence. In November 1999 a third demo ''Hero in a Dream'' was recorded, and was successful in obtaining a record deal with Spinefarm Records. The logo that appears on all the band's releases was designed for the th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eluveitie
Eluveitie ( ; )Chrigel Glanzmann: "...According to current research, it is pronounced in Bernese German as, i.e. ''"Elvèyti"''. But I don't know if this is correct. The gods know that.:: Metalist Magazine :: Interviews :: Eluveitie is a Swiss folk metal band from Winterthur, Zürich, founded in 2002 by Chrigel Glanzmann. The project's first demo, ''Vên'', was released in 2003. ''Vên'' was a studio project of Glanzmann's, but its success led to the recruitment of a full band. The band then released a full-length album, ''Spirit'', in June 2006. In November 2007, Eluveitie was signed by Nuclear Blast. The group rose to fame following the release of their first major-label album, ''Slania'', in February 2008. The album peaked at number 35 in the Swiss charts and number 72 in the German charts. The band's style incorporates characteristics of melodic death metal combined with the melodies of traditional Celtic music. They use traditional European instruments, including the hurdy-g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debauchery (band)
Debauchery is a German death metal band from Stuttgart. History Founded in 2000 as Maggotcunt before changing their name in 2002, Debauchery was formed by the current vocalist, guitarist and bass guitarist Thomas Gurrath and the former drummer Dani. The band's themes are mainly war and death, often involving the fictional god Khorne from the science fiction universe ''Warhammer 40,000'' and its followers. Gurrath was formerly a philosophy teacher at a Stuttgart high school until his role in Debauchery was discovered in May 2010. He was given the choice between keeping his teaching job or his band, and chose the latter. Members Current * Thomas "The Bloodbeast" Gurrath – vocals, guitars * Dennis "The Bloodpriest" Ward – bass guitar * Oliver "The Bloodhammer" Zellmann – drums Former * Ronald Squier – drums * Dani – drums Additional musicians * Tomasz – drums * Joshi – guitars * Simon Dorn – guitars * Marc Juttner – bass guitar * Thomas Naumann – guit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darzamat
Darzamat is a Polish atmospheric black metal band, founded in 1995. After a few initial releases ( In Flames of Black Arts, Oniriad and the MCD In the Opium of Black Veil), the founding member Flauros (vocals) managed to gather musicians who have since been identified as the band's core: guitar players Chris and Daamr, female vocalist Nera and keyboard player Spectre. The album Semidevilish, released in 2004, established the sound of the newly consolidated band and gave it strength to start appearing more regularly on stage. The following year saw the release of Transkarpatia. The album, produced by Andy LaRocque, the guitar force behind King Diamond. As a result, Darzamat started to be feature in such European festivals as Rock Hard Open, Wave Gothic Treffen, Hard Rock Laager, S-Hammer Festival, Last Night on Earth, Dong Open Festival, Moscow After Midnight and Metal Head Mission. At that time, the band found themselves performing for an ever widening circle of audiences in Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Age (band)
Dark Age is a German metal band from Hamburg, Germany formed in 1994 under the name Dyer's Eve by Eike Freese (guitar, vocals), André Schumann (drums) and Oliver Fliegel (bass guitar). History In 1994, Eike Freese, André Schumann and Oliver Fliegel formed a death metal band called ''Dyer's Eve''. One year later the name was changed to Dark Age. The new name was inspired by a Vader song title, while their older one was inspired by a Metallica song title. In autumn 1995, they recorded their first demo ''Doubtful Existence''. In December 1995, keyboarder Martin Reichert and in January 1996 guitarist Finn Dierks joined the band. Oliver Fliegel left the band in 1996. After Finn Dierks moved to the U.S. he was replaced by Jörn Schubert. In Summer 1998, Dark Age recorded their first album entitled, ''The Fall'', which was released after a contract with Remedy Records. In 2000, the album ''Insurrection'' followed and they played at Wacken Open Air. In 2002, the album ''The Silent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turisas
Turisas is a Finnish metal band from Hämeenlinna. They were founded in 1997 by Mathias Nygård and Jussi Wickström, and named after an ancient Finnish god of war. Turisas are a folk metal band, incorporating elements of power metal and symphonic metal along with frequent harsh vocals. Turisas is known to play most of their solos on electric violin, as opposed to traditional guitar solos. ''Battle Metal'' (2004–2007) Since 2003, Turisas have been signed to Century Media records, which released their debut album ''Battle Metal'' in 2004. Then the band went on a European tour with various guest musicians on instruments such as violins and accordions. On 28 October 2005, guitarist Georg Laakso was badly injured in a car accident and due to the extent of his spinal cord injuries, on 12 July 2006 issued a statement of his permanent resignation from the band on the official website. Nevertheless, the band continued to work on their second album, titled ''The Varangian Way'', whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
