DOOM OVER LEIPZIG 2014 fuhr schwerste Geschütze im ausverkauften UT Connewitz auf! | rolled out heaviest artillery in the sold out UT Connewitz!

UT Connewitz, Foto credit: Mike Wiener

UT Connewitz, Foto credit: Mike Wiener

Unser Resümee zum DOOM OVER LEIPZIG 2014 lautet ganz eindeutig: Top Bands an einmaligem Veranstaltungsort und tolle Stimmung! Wenn man die Entwicklung des Leipziger Festivals betrachtet, hat es sich zu einem Doom-Event der Superlative gemausert. Dieses Jahr warteten die Veranstalter mit den Genre-Größen ESOTERIC, WINDHAND, INDIAN, CONAN und KONGH auf, die allesamt und dem guten Klang im ehrwürdigen UT Connewitz sei Dank, ein Doom-Brett nach dem anderen ablieferten.

INDIAN, Foto credit: Mike Wiener

Auch den Sludge-Jüngern wurde die volle Eyehategod-Kante mit GRAVES AT SEA und SOURVEIN geboten, in deren Folge nicht wenige Gäste entzückt grinsend herumliefen. Maximal melancholisch gruben sich die akustischen Stücke von 40 WATT SUN in die Herzschmerz- und Seelenleid-geprüften Publikumsherzen. Kein geringerer als Ex-WARNINGs Patrick Walker überzeugte mit seinen zutiefst berührenden Stücken. Auch wenn ich an der einen oder anderen Stelle die verzerrte Gitarre vermisste, gab es das ersehnte "Footprints" von WARNING noch als Sahnehäubchen oben drauf.

SOURVEIN, Foto credit: Mike Wiener

40 WATT SUN, Foto credit: Mike Wiener

THE BODY sorgte für die passende Drone-Note und CIRCLE sowohl für das optische und tonale Überraschungsmoment im Festival-Billing. Man stelle sich den Frontmann mit Addidas-Trainingsanzug, Nieten-Armgürtel und gestochenen Heavy-Vocals vor, dazu die entsprechenden Gitarrenriffs, Hamond-Orgel-Attacken en masse und eine mit homoerotischen Einlagen durchzogene Performance, dass kein Auge trocken blieb. Musikalisch tanzten CIRCLE klar aus der Festival-Reihe, waren aber auch nach dem äußerst unterhaltsamen Auftritt in aller Munde.

CIRCLE, Foto credit: Mike Wiener

OLD MAN GLOOM begeisterte alle Fans von Riffs wie GODFLESH sie seiner Zeit spielten. Nur bei INTER ARMA fiel es mir schwer, Gefallen an der zuweilen anstrengend Schwarzmetall-lastigen Musik zu finden. Das war aber bei der Menge an hochkarätigen Bands an allen drei Tagen zu verschmerzen und ich maximal zerdoomt.

KONGH, Foto credit: Mike Wiener

ESOTERIC, Foto credit: Mike Wiener

Warum das UT Connewitz so ein einmaliger Veranstaltungsort ist? Fragt einfach bei NEUROSIS nach, die während jeder Europatour zwei Konzerte auf der Bühne im ältesten Lichtspielkino Deutschlands geben. Oder Jon von CONAN, der es mir kurz, bündig und auf den Punkt ins Ohr flüsterte: "What an awesome venue!" Recht hat er. Ich freue mich schon auf das nächste Jahr wenn es wieder heißt: DOOM OVER LEIPZIG!

CONAN, Foto credit: Mike Wiener

OLD MAN GLOOM, Foto credit: Mike Wiener

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Ticket-Vorverkauf für das DOOM OVER LEIPZIG-Festival beginnt heute! / Ticket pre-sale for DOOM OVER LEIPZIG starts tonight!

Der Ticketverkauf für das DOOM OVER LEIPZIG 2014 startet am Montag, den 3. Februar, um 21:00 Uhr über die DOL-Facebookseite und über http://www.doomoverleipzig.org/.

Wer früh kommt, hat die Chance auf eins von 50 Early-Bird-Tickets. Diese werden bis zum 9. Februar um 23:59 Uhr angeboten. Also, zögert nicht zu lange!
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The ticket sale for DOOM OVER LEIPZIG 2014 will start on Monday, February 3rd at 9.00 pm CET via the DOL-Facebook page and http://www.doomoverleipzig.org/.

The early ones among you will be seizing the chance to catch one of 50 Early Bird tickets. They will be on sale until Sunday, February 9th 11.59 pm CET. So, don't hesitate too long!

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DOOM OVER LEIPZIG FESTIVAL 2014 || LINE UP ANNOUNCEMENT

DOOM METAL FRONT is happy to support the DOOM OVER LEIPZIG Festival 2014, which will be a blast, when reading the yet announced band line-up. IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN!

Here're the announced bands so far in alphabetical order, more t.b.a., and what MODERN OBSESSION BOOKING says about the great festival:

10 APR 14 || Thursday
INDIAN (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
INTER ARMA (Richmond, Virginia, USA)
WINDHAND (Richmond, Virginia, USA)

11 APR 14 || Friday
40 WATT SUN (Devon / London, United Kingdom)
CIRCLE (Pori, Finla)
GRAVES AT SEA (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
OLD MAN GLOOM (Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States)
SOURVEIN (Carolina Beach / Cape Fear, North Carolina, USA)

12 APR 14 || Saturday
CONAN (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
ESOTERIC (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
KONGH (Nässjö / Växjö, Sweden)
THE BODY (Portland, Oregon, USA)

"The fourth edition of Doom over Leipzig is just around the corner and comes with an awesome and unexpected line up. Be sure to experience three days full of emotions and a journey through several variations of Doom and Metal. We used to start the festival with a relaxed, calm program on Thursday, f.i. with lectures or a documentary as you certainly remember – that’s simply not possible this year. We keep on celebrating the Doom from the first moment. You are going to see the following bands at this evening: Windhand, a quintet from US that just got honored from CVLT Nation for releasing the best Doom Metal LP in 2013, called “Soma”. Heading from the same village as Windhand we have Inter Arma a grim formation that knows perfectly how to bring Sludge and Black Metal in to an awesome symbiosis. Indian is the thrid in a row. This Chigaco based band is celebrating their 10th anniversary and putting the icing on the the cake by doing an European tour and having a stop at our festival.

We don’t really know where to start when we take a look at the line up of friday evening: First of all there is Circle from Finnland, a seven piece that brings out a combination of folk and ambient sounds out of twenty years of the bands history. In their huge discography list you’ll find an endless amount of studio and live recordings but also two soundtracks. One of them for the Finnish film-director Mika Taanila. As long in the business as the guys and gals in Circle are Sourvein a dirty Southern Sludge group heading from North Carolina, US. Their sound is typical and reminds of bands like Eyehategod. Graves at Sea, one of serveral goldies of the label Gilded Media is standing for the limbo at this evening. Based in Phoenix, Arizona, the band already visited Leipzig in 2013 – so we are more than happy to welcome them back to the right time at the right place. The grand final initiates 40 Watt Sun – we are honored to have this Funeral Doom legends on stage at our festival. Nobody can pass the voice of Patrick Walker without getting a thick lump in it’s throat abruptly. Clenched Doom Metal meets emotional vocals. At the end of Friday evening is no one less than Old Man Gloom – the DIY legends around ex-Isis frontman Aaron Turner. We could continue with the namedropping about this band, but this is not necessary because of Old Man Gloom’s very own, distinctive sound.

After a short break to take a breath, the line up for Saturday is now the turn: First in our introduction is Conan, the trio from Liverpool that is also touring to promote their new album “Blood Eagle” – we are excited! More Funeral Doom brings Esoteric to us. They’re from UK as well and play this monumental and powerful sound since two decades. Kongh actually known as a swedish doom three piece shrunk to a duo initiate the first part of finishing of the evening. Closely followed by The Body from Arkansas which put the final nail in the coffin of humanity in their music. The bearded duo which resides with their experimental Sludge sound on the well known label Thrill Jockey, hopefully ensures that after their show, the last spark of life will is gone from our audience." - MODERN OBSESSION BOOKING

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40 WATT SUN, KONGH & CONAN announced for DOOM OVER LEIPZIG festival 2014!!!

More great bands will be coming soon. Stay tuned!

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DOOM METAL FRONT presents : ASIDEFROMADAY - SHADOWS TOUR - OCTOBER 2013 // Win a free ticket!

Doom Metal Front is offering you the opportunity to see the band live for free during the upcoming October Tour.

Win a free ticket for the Basel, Karlsruhe, & Berlin show!!!

As Leipzig is the home of DMF, there is a special prize for this show for two people (free ticket & the new album CD version).

1- Give a like to the DMF and band Facebook page: www.facebook.com/DoomMetalFront www.facebook.com/asidefromaday

2 - Subscribe to the event you want to go for free. Find the list of the shows here : https://www.facebook.com/events/425855607520430/?ref=ts&fref=ts

3 - Answer this question: "Which song of the new album was filmed on video clip?" And send it to info@doom-metal-front.de with the subject "ASIDEFROMADAY" plus wished show's town name.

Contest's open from 14th to 19th of October 2013. Good Luck!!!

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LOUD NOISE, MODERN OBSESSION & DOOM METAL FRONT present: WINDHAND (USA) w/PILGRIM (USA) Tourdates & song premiere

WINDHAND have announced a headlining tour through Europe this November. The Virginia-based psychedelic doom band will be heading out on the road with Pilgrim in support of their upcoming album, Soma, due out via Relapse Records on September 16th in the UK/World (September 17th in North America, September 13th in Germany/Benelux/Finland).

A brand new track, entitled Orchard taken from the album, can be heard on soundcloud here.



European tour dates with pilgrim:

Nov 01 Gent Belgium Charlatan (w/ Weedeater)
Nov 02 Venlo, Netherlands Mudfest
Nov 05 Manchester UK Star & Garter
Nov 06 London UK Our Black Heart
Nov 08 Barcelona, Spain Rocksound
Nov 09 Madrid Spain Rock & Pop
Nov 10 Bilbao Spain Sentinel Rock Bar
Nov 15 Aalborg Denmark 1000Fryd
Nov 16 Gothenburg, Sweden Truckstop Alaska
Nov 17 Copenhagen Denmark KB18
Nov 18 Hamburg Germany Rote Flora
Nov 19 Berlin Germany Cassiopeia
Nov 20 Leipzig Germany Zoro
Nov 21 Vienna, Austria Arena
Nov 22 Gunzburg, Germany Donaustubel
Nov 23 Cologne, Germany MTC
Nov 24 Amsterdam, Netherlands OCCII

MODERN OBSESSION BOOKING infos about Germany dates here!!!

Speaking of the tour that will follow hot on the heels of the release of Soma, WINDHAND commented: "We're very excited to head to Europe this fall and couldn't be happier that we're going with our buddies Pilgrim."

WINDHAND were also recently confirmed to appear at the 2014 edition of the legendary Roadburn festival, alongside label mates INTER ARMA.

On Soma, Windhand successfully make syrupy slow, downtuned doom hooky and anthemic.  Propelled by singer Dorthia Cottrell’s beautifully haunting bellow, Windhand’s dual guitar attack sounds like the glorious misfit offspring of Black Sabbath and Nirvana. The album was recorded and mixed by the band’s own Garrett Morris at The Darkroom and mastered by James Plotkin in their hometown. Soma can be pre-ordered via the Relapse webstore here; take a sneak peak here.

Soma track list:

1 – Orchard
2 – Woodbine
3 – Feral Bones
4 – Evergreen
5 – Cassock
6 – Boleskin

Formed in 2009, Windhand (Asechiah Bogdan - Guitar, Parker Chandler - Bass, Dorthia Cottrell - Vocals, Garrett Morris - Guitar, and Ryan Wolfe - Drums) play what has been described as a tinnitus inducing mix of eerie psychedelia and haunting ambient doom. 2012 saw the release of their self-titled, debut LP via Forcefield Records and was critically acclaimed by magazines like Decibel, Pitchfork, CVLT Nation and many more.

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MODERN OBSESSION BOOKING bands ZATOKREV, FROM THE BOGS OF AUGHISKA & GALVANO playing at AMPLIFEST 2013

Leipzig based MODERN OBSESSION BOOKING is proud to bring you these awesome news: 3 of MOB's bands are in this awesome festival it's just been announced: ZATOKREV, FROM THE BOGS OF AUGHISKA and GALVANO!!!

"Amplifest is not a music festival. Amplifest is an experience. A two-day sharing experience during which artists, musicians, illustrators, photographers and label managers have a chance to interact directly with their audience. After having bands such as Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Godflesh, Six Organs of Admittance, Bohren & Der Club of Gore and Ufomammut walking in the mainfloor, speaking with fans, and exploding our minds in the two stages of Amplifest; after having Seldon Hunt and Malleus Rock Art Lab exhibiting their best works in the walls of Mercado Ferreira Borges; and after screening documentaries such as “Blood, Sweat + Vinyl” and “In Between the Notes: A Portrait of Pandit Pran Nath”, Amplifest is officially back for a two day effort with some of the best artists around the globe. This time around Amplifest will be featuring a third stage. Concerts and all of Amplifest’s program will take place in Hard Club’s stages 1 and 2 and in O Meu Mercedes. Gosh, have we missed it!" - Amplifest

Announced bands so far:

ALUK TODOLO
CHELSEA WOLFE
DEAFHEAVEN
DOWNFALL OF GAIA
FROM THE BOGS OF AUGHISKA
GALVANO
RUSSIAN CIRCLES
UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS
YEAR OF NO LIGHT
ZATOKREV

More infos here!

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