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Vikings in the arena, drone in the club and eleven festivals on Halloween
This week there are 790 shows in 241 cities across Germany, Austria and Switzerland, plus twelve festivals, eleven of them on Saturday. Halloween falls on the Saturday, and with 222 gigs it is the busiest day of the week.
The big ones
Amon Amarth bring Soilwork and Orbit Culture: Friday to the Quarterback Immobilien Arena in Leipzig, Saturday to the Rudolf Weber Arena in Oberhausen. The Death Dominion tour with Despised Icon, Carnifex and Suffocation plays the Backstage in Munich on Thursday and the Weststadthalle in Essen on Friday. Gates To Hell have pulled out of the tour.
Wolves in the Throne Room play Uebel & Gefährlich in Hamburg on Monday and the Turock in Essen on Wednesday, with Worm and Final Dose. Boris celebrate 20 years of "Pink": Wednesday at Helios 37 in Cologne, Friday at BI NUU in Berlin. On Saturday Deep Purple play Leipzig, and on Thursday Beast In Black bring Sonata Arctica to Haus Auensee.
Underground gems and hidden tips
On Halloween the Helvete in Oberhausen hosts "The Night of the Screaming Witches" with Convictive from Duisburg and Kryss from Leipzig. At Swiss Black Metal Attack in Aarburg, Malphas (CH) and Vollmondprozession play, and at Wünnstock in Bad Wünnenberg, Burden of Grief and Dawn of Destiny celebrate the festival's 30th year. Eyehategod play Naumanns in Leipzig on Thursday and the Plug Out Festival at KIFF in Aarau on Saturday, with Tar Pond.
Oranssi Pazuzu play Arena Wien on Saturday with Múr from Iceland. Wolvennest and Bedsore play Martigny and Salzburg, Krallice Munich and Vienna. Der Weg einer Freiheit play the Essigfabrik in Cologne on Monday and Bremen on Wednesday, Eisregen the Zauberberg in Passau on Friday. On Sunday, Call Of Charon play "Death over Stuttgart" and Chemicide from Costa Rica play the Escape in Vienna.
Old-school heavy metal: Anvil play Siegburg and Kassel, Threshold the Kubana, The Obsessed Rare Guitar in Münster. Marko Hietala comes to the Zeche Bochum, Van Canto celebrate 20 years at the Colos-Saal, Sirenia play Café Central in Weinheim and THE HU X-TRA in Zurich.
From hardcore to darkwave
Core Fest in Göppingen brings 18 bands on Saturday: Paleface Swiss, Thrown and Annisokay. Dogbite hold their record release show at a sold-out Naumanns. Guilt Trip play SO36 and Täubchenthal, NASTY play Gebäude 9 on Sunday, and Get The Shot play the Kulttempel in Oberhausen with Strength from Recklinghausen. The Bones and Murphy's Law play Freiburg and Berlin. Add Booze & Glory at the Logo, DEAFKIDS at Neue Zukunft and Clawfinger, who have moved to the Live Music Hall.
Danko Jones play the Turbinenhalle and a sold-out Batschkapp, Heisskalt the Musikzentrum Hannover. Bohren & der Club of Gore bring their doom jazz to the Alte Feuerwache in Mannheim, The Sisters Of Mercy play the Gasometer in Vienna. To close, Neue Deutsche Härte: Tanzwut play the Bahnhof Pauli, Stahlmann the Kubana in Siegburg and Schattenmann the Blue Shell in Cologne on Sunday.
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