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Almost seven years have passed since Liquid Divine released their last album "Autophobia". The fourth full-length under the title "Get off my Planet", comes with a great cover artwork by USER.DX who created a very eycatching image as design for this unique release. ...

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Various Artists - Nyarlathotep

A 190 minute dark soundscape album recorded by 25 ambient artists to pay tribute to H.P. Lovecraft. Field recordings from the deepest dark corners of 4 continents. Dusty tapes out of forgotten archives. Strings through crackling amplifiers and distorted drone ...

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Anja Orthodox - W teatrze cieni

Anja Orthodox – the black lady of Polish music stage, known as the leader of Closterkeller. After years of announcements and waiting she announces the premiere of her solo material. The first trailer on Monday.

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Sun Ra & Merzbow - Strange City (News)
Various Artists - Pyre (News)
Epica - The Holographic Principle (News)
Opeth - Sorceress (News)
Heimataerde - Aerdenbrand (News)

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Arms And Sleepers – 10th Anniversary Tour

There are few places in Poznań with the unique climate as Meskalina. This club is friendly both for regulars and guest artists. I had the pleasure to see the Arms And Sleepers for the first time live 5 years ago exactly in Meskalina. The band gave then an amazing performance that grabbed the audience. This time was quite similar. In connection with the "10th Anniversary Tour" the group on ...

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Castle Party 2016

Every year, in the middle of the summer, very small town in Poland called Bolków becomes a destination for the fans of darkness. Some of them come here to listen to music, some to meet old friends or get to know new ones, there are also those who come to present their new outfits and to be photographed. Different peple, different needs. However, all of this becomes an entity under ...

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Dark Sounds Festival 2016

On 25th June 2016, Saturday, we had the pleasure to admire in Poznań the first edition of Dark Sounds Festival. The organizers of this event, SynthNoir Booking & Promotion & Dark Asylum Team, in every possible way made the Dark Sounds Festival a great show, and they succeeded. Among the bands that played on that evening in the Eskulap club, were: Dark Side Eons, Mondträume, Electro Spectre and the Covenant. ...

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V/A – Covered In Darkness (Music reviews)
Interview with Chris Corner/IAMX (Interviews)
Bluetown Electronica - Is It Time Yet? (Music reviews)
V/A - Nightmares and Dreamscapes (Music reviews)
Oomph! - XXV (Music reviews)

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Temple of Silence vol.10

Between 09 and 10 September 2016 we invite you to the Forum Synagogue on the tenth extraordinary festival Temple Of Silence - ambient music festival. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary there will be eleven exceptional projects, each of ...

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Copernicon 2016 is getting closer!

Games and fantasy festival Copernicon 2016 is getting closer! We invite you to Torun already on 16th-18th September.

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Return To The Batcave Festival 2016

Next edition of the Return To The Batcave Festival will take place in Wrocław, between 13-15 October 2016. Return To The Batcave Festival is an independent event which promotes crazy, spooky and twisted music from the music genres known as post-punk, coldwave, deathrock, ...

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Full line up Castle Party 2016! (Events)
Wave Gotik Treffen in just two weeks! (Events)
Arms and Sleepers in Poznań! (Events)
Laibach in Katowice! (Events)
Almost all line-up for Wave Gotik Treffen (Events)

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Recent publishing

2016-10-21

Garden Of Delight
Adoration Live
(CD)
2016-10-15

Leaether Strip
Spaectator
(CD)
2016-10-15

Merzbow
Hatobana
(2CD)
2016-10-14

[:SITD:]
Brother Death
(EP)
2016-10-07

Army of the Universe
1999 & The Aftershow
(CD)
2016-10-07

Apoptygma Berzerk
Exit Popularity Contest
(CD)
2016-09-30

The Mission UK
Another Fall from Grace
(CD)
2016-09-30

Reaper
Babylon Killed The Music
(CD)
2016-09-30

Liquid Divine
Get off my Planet
(CD)
2016-09-30

Opeth
Sorceress
(CD)
2016-09-30

Epica
The Holographic Principle
(CD)
2016-09-29

Merzbow
& Sun Ra - Strange City
(CD)
2016-09-29

Various Artists
Pyre
(CD)
2016-09-27

Various Artists
Nyarlathotep
(3CD)

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