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Scandinavia rolls in, and Saturday belongs to death metal
This week there are 987 shows in 280 cities across Germany, Austria and Switzerland, plus 27 festivals. Saturday alone has more than 300 gigs. Half the Scandinavian scene is on the road at once, and in the underground one death metal fest follows the next.
The big ones
On Wednesday the Zenith in Munich hosts the blackest package of the autumn: Behemoth, Dimmu Borgir and Dark Funeral on one night. A day later Mayhem and Marduk share the LKA Longhorn in Stuttgart, and on Saturday the Essigfabrik in Cologne. On Sunday Marduk headline their own show at the Hellraiser in Leipzig.
Amon Amarth bring their Viking show to the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart on Friday and to the Festhalle Frankfurt on Saturday, with Soilwork and Orbit Culture in support. The same Schleyer-Halle closes the week on Sunday with Korn, with Architects playing before them. The heaviest night is in the small Bastard Club in Osnabrück on Thursday: Belphegor from Salzburg and Krisiun from Brazil. And because rock is rock: Deep Purple play the Hallenstadion Zurich on Friday, and Europe play the Liederhalle Stuttgart.
The death metal Saturday
The Nordhorn Deathfest at the Alte Weberei has published its running order: ten bands from 13:55, with Benediction from Birmingham headlining at 22:30, preceded by Pentacle, Temple Of Dread and Nightbearer. Benediction and Nightbearer already play the Goldgrube in Kassel on Friday. Also on Friday, the Vienna Deathfest at the Arena Wien is sold out, led by Cytotoxin from Chemnitz and Mastic Scum.
Oberhausen hosts the ninth Odyssey To Blasphemy: Friday at the Helvete, Saturday at the Resonanzwerk. Saturday has Mortuary Drape, Bütcher, Dead Congregation and Heretic, who are playing their final show. Warlust had to cancel, and Deathless Void from Amsterdam step in. At the ORWOhaus in Berlin, Necromania brings Haemorrhage and Hypnos, and the M8 in Mainz hosts the fourth The Blackest Path with Schammasch and Hæresis.
METALEROS Vol. 7 at Gleis 1 in Unterschleißheim is sold out too. Hitten from Murcia headline, with Haunt from California before them, two bands from the new wave of heavy metal. Both also play Dresden on Thursday and the Schwarzer Keiler in Stuttgart on Sunday.
Underground gems and hidden tips
Norway's Mork tour with Soulburn: Monday at the Live Club in Bamberg, Thursday at the Trompete in Bochum. On Wednesday Misþyrming from Reykjavík play the Club Puschkin in Dresden with Necrowretch, and New York's Krallice bring their avant-garde black metal to the P8 in Karlsruhe. Augsburg's Heretoir play post-black metal with Unreqvited, on Thursday at the Stummsche Reithalle in Neunkirchen and on Saturday at the Bahnhof Pauli in Hamburg.
On Sunday Dust Bolt play thrash up close in the small Rockbar Florinsmarkt in Koblenz. The same night Deathrite from Dresden play the Alte Hackerei in Karlsruhe. At the AZ Aachen, Krachfest runs for two days with 18 bands: Days of Desolation on Friday, and Yacøpsæ, powerviolence from Hamburg, on Saturday.
It is a strong week for doom and psych. The Heavy Psych Sounds Fest plays Friday and Saturday at the Neue Zukunft in Berlin and the Chemiefabrik in Dresden, with the two days' bills swapped between the cities: Valley Of The Sun, Belzebong and Hippie Death Cult. Monolord play with Dopelord on Wednesday at the Kiff in Aarau and on Friday at the Bastard Club in Osnabrück. On Saturday Humanity's Last Breath and Vildhjarta play the Markthalle in Hamburg, and Deadlock play the Naumanns in Leipzig.
From hardcore to darkwave
Raised Fist from Luleå play the Backstage Munich with DRØVER on Monday and the Stattbahnhof Schweinfurt on Tuesday. Schweinfurt also has Ratfest at the FränZ on Saturday, with Dogbite and six more bands. Pisse play the Sudhaus Basel on Monday and the Mousonturm Frankfurt on Tuesday. Satanic Surfers play skate punk at the Chez Heinz Hanover on Saturday and the Gebäude 9 in Cologne on Sunday, and Booze & Glory play the Turock in Essen on Sunday. The Narrator at the Schlachthof Wiesbaden on Tuesday is sold out.
The Deaf Row Fest at the Kassablanca in Jena has seven bands on Saturday, including Makthaverskan from Gothenburg and A Swarm of the Sun from Stockholm. The Sisters Of Mercy play the Docks in Hamburg on Thursday, which is sold out, and the Haus Auensee in Leipzig on Sunday. Laibach play the Huxleys Neue Welt in Berlin on Tuesday and the Reithalle in Dresden on Wednesday.
At Dark Void at the Club Vaudeville in Lindau, In Strict Confidence take over as headliners. Das Ich cannot play after the sudden death of Bruno Kramm. To finish, electronics: Project Pitchfork play the Waschhaus in Potsdam on Friday, and Faderhead play the Kulttempel in Oberhausen on Saturday. The Faderhead show is sold out.
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