Vor Sonnen Aufgang –LAIBACH
Mad World – THE HUMAN EXPERIMENTE
Goodbye – ANNA VON HAUSWOLFF
Himlen Blev Sort(live) – MYRKUR
Where Night Is Eternal – PETER BJARGO
Summoning Of The Gods – TROBAR DE MORTE
Vision Libertine – ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRIO
Summertime Sadness – DEATH IN ROME
Under The Great Black Sky – FAKE MOSS
Death Of A Diamond – EDEN
Prayers For Rain – THE CURE
Face To Face – SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES
Day To Pray – IRFAN
With Or Without You – U2
Curtain – THE WAKE
Venus In Furs – ANDERS MANGA
Dead Souls – NIN
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams – GREEN DAY
Wycca – FRIENDS OF ALICE IVY
Ceremonie Secrete – DIE FORM
Ohne Dich (Laibach rmx) – RAMMSTEIN
You Don’t Know Love – EDITORS
Hollow Days – THE DEAD SOULS
Forget Tomorrow – DRAB MAJESTY
Darkness – THE COLOURS OF SILENCE
Without You – THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE
A New Dawn – ASH CODE
Reap The Wild Wind – ULTRAVOX
Where Night Is Eternal – PETER BJARGO
Vision Libertine – ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRIO
Day To Pray – IRFAN
Take On Me – DEATH IN ROME
Death Of A Diamond – EDEN
Loin Du Brouillard – DERNIERE VOLONTE *R
Tempus – ARCANA OBSCURA
Little Black Angel – DEATH IN JUNE vs LADYTRON
Dope – SUPERNOVA 1006
Sleepy Destiny – SCHONWALD
Kissing The Ground – DRAB MAJESTY
Illisit – SKINNY PUPPY
Scum – SANTA HATES YOU
Dominion – INFORMATION SOCIETY
A Forest – THE CURE
DJ Batastrophe
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES – Cities In Dust *R CLAN OF XYMOX – Emily *R THE DEEP EYNDE – Hoodoo *R STAR INDUSTRY – Last Crusade *R SCREAM SILENCE – Beloved Secret Curse SYKOTIC TENDENCIES – Fight With Me HOCICO – Ladykiller CULTURE KULTUR – Love Will Tear Us Apart CODE 64 – Sea Of Stars FOGHORN LONESOME – We Are All Alone In The End *R ROSETTA STONE – An Eye For The Main Chance MONO INC – Heile Heile Segen *R ASP – Coming Home BAUHAUS – Double Dare FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM – Trees Come Down
DJ De’Ath
Rain – THE CULT
My Country – NEW MODEL ARMY *R
Snakedance – THE MARCH VIOLETS
Year Zero – GHOST BC
Dragula – ROB ZOMBIE *R
Links 2,3,4 – RAMMSTEIN
Papillon – EDITORS
Starsign – APOPTYGMA BERZERK
Rituel – SHE PAST AWAY
In Cythera – KILLING JOKE
Hang Him Higher – WUMPSCUT
Without You – THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE
DJ War
BLACK WEDDING – Rubor Sanguinis
Feuer Und Light – UMBRA ET IMAGO feat Tanzwut ZEROMANCER – Doctor Online
Holiday In Cambodia – DEAD KENNEDYS BLOODY MARY – Pet Semetary
Away – THE BOLSHOI CINEMA STRANGE – Moonshroud *R
Swords Of A Thousand Men – TENPOLE TUDOR VNV NATION – Dark Angel
In Shreds – THE CHAMELEONS DIARY OF DREAMS – The Wedding *R
Erzatzteil – FEINDFLUG WOLFSHEIM – Once In A Lifetime
More – SISTERS OF MERCY *R
Thanks to everyone who came along 😉 We will back next month on Saturday 8th July 9pm til 1am. We look forward to see you next month 😉
Algir Tognatale – WARDRUNA
Hagia Sophia – IRFAN
Eschatos And Hedone -The Killing Of Ataraxia – ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRIO
She Said Destroy – DEATH IN JUNE
Impurity – NEW MODEL ARMY
Waiting For The Fall – THE KVB
All That I Wanted – BELFEGORE
Condemnation (remix) – IKON
Never & Always (single mix) – THE THREE JOHNS
Slow Down – BALAAM & THE ANGEL
Temple Of Love (1992) – SISTERS OF MERCY
DJ Bastastrophe
THE CREATURES – Godzilla THE GOLDEN APES – Verity CRUCIFIX NOCTURNAL CHRISTIANS – Arabs Eyes IN MITRA MEDUSA INRI – Deep Inside ALICE IN VIDEOLAND – MF VIRGINS O.R PIGEONS – Let Them Die COLONY 5 – Knives CHRISTINE PLAYS VIOLA – Nefarious THE CRUXSHADOWS – Sophia *R SUICIDE COMMANDO – Hellraiser KILLING MIRANDA -Discotheque Necronomicon THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA – Hunters RAMMSTEIN – Weidmanns Heil
DJ DeAth
I Am The Virus – KILLING JOKE *R
Sanctuary(long version) – THE CULT
Just Like Heaven – THE CURE
Locomotive Age – THE WAKE
Behind The Wheel – SUSPIRIA
The Cabinet – EGOAMP
Leitbild – FEINDFLUG
Feel(noisufx) – PROJECT PITCHFORK
Christfu*k – WUMPSCUT
Papillon – EDITORS
Year Zero (Sacre Nom De Satan) – GHOST B.C
Ich Bin Ein Ausländer –POP WILL EAT ITSELF
Love Will Tear Us Apart – JOY DIVISION
Away – THE BOLSHOI
Swamp Thing – THE CHAMELEONS
Love Like Blood (version) – KILLING JOKE
Wasteland – THE MISSION
DJ War
Die Life – THE SOFT MOON SHE PAST AWAY – Kasvetli Kutlama
Call The Ships To Port – COVENANT VNV NATION – Dark Angel
Immortal – SOLITARY EXPERIMENTS HEIMATAERDE – Jerusalem
White Wedding – ARDOR DESTROID – Lucretia My Reflection
Ace Of Spade – MOTORHEAD WOLFSHEIM – Once In A Lifetime *R
Frozen – GIRLS UNDER GLASS NIN – Closer *R
Beaver Patrol – POP WILL EAT ITSELF
Wow that felt like a very hot night on the dancefloor. Thanks to everyone who came along and made it another great night 😉 Next month you will get to enjoy Darklands twice 😉 On sat 8th October at The Fulford Arms and Sunday 30th October at the Fangtastic Bram Stoker International film festival in Whitby, when we will be rocking Your souls into Halloween. We look forward to having you join us for extended Halloween celebrations 😉
So this year The Biggest and Best Gothic festival in the world hits the 25th anniversary mark. It’s seen a lot of changes and challenges for the organisers behind the festival, such as the security not being paid one year so they left the main Agra site unprotected and Neo Nazis broke in and set fire to tents. I remember being at an all night party in the room at the back of the Agra which is now used as cafe, partying hard and ready with the rest of the attendees to confront the Nazis if they turned up, but they didn’t reach the venue.
Another year one of the organisers ran of the with the ticket money meaning that the last couple of days the line up and venues were cancelled. On the Monday several bands announced they were paying for free but whether they did or not is unclear as other bands who did not play have metioned these bands were actually paid. The following year the organiser responsible is alleged to have rejoined.
One of the main driving force behind the festival Marco Göthel quit and started his own successful festival – The Amphi festival which is also a festival worth visiting. There has also been the threat of redevelopment of the main venue the Agra which would be a big blow if it did happen as it may prevent the festival happening. More recently there has been the loss of some great and favourite venues used by the festival due to covering the cost of hire. Venues like the ParkBuhnne and Werk2 which were very popular venues.
I remember attending my first WGT in May 1999, the main reason being that one of my favourite groups at the time Ikon were making their European debut only to find out when I arrived they had cancelled due to the band receiving no confirmation from the organisers about payment for their flights. I flew into the epic Templehof airport and met a couple of friends who loaned me a tent. The whole event was just wow and showed how poor the UK scene was at the time (and still is). Bands I managed to see where Still Patient?, Scream Silence, Lore Of Asmody, The Last Dance and Inkubus Sukkubus at the Parkbuhne. Him, Joachim Witt & Project Pitchfork,at the Grosse festival hall.(now the Agra) Goethes Erben at the Grosse festival hall. Sex Gang Children at the grosse festival hall. Sepulcrum Mentis, Neon Dream , Illuminate and Sanguis Et Cinis at the Eiskeller Conne Island. Monday was Black Metal monday (sucked) managed to see Therion and tolerate 2 minutes of Dimmu Borgir at grosse Festival Hall. I did try and go see the only Goth gig on that day at The Moritzbastei The House Of Usher but along with another 30 people we missed it due to the time changing/ no-one knowing which room it was in ;). Hardly any UK visitors but had a great time meeting a drinking with people from around the world. The gothic markets at the Agra site (not the main hall) and in Moritzbastei were the thing of Gothic dreams.
Despite all this it is still going strong and next week Leipzig will again be painted Black next week. So what can we expect from the line up. Well for me it looked a stronger line up for the 20th anniversary, there are quite a few big names playing but some can’t live up to the standard their past performances. The main reason I go to Leipzig is to see new bands or bands who don’t play the UK. If it’s Your first time you will be amazed and blown away by the whole event, however I have seen lots of changes over the years and it is becoming a bit like Whitby for people dressing up in costumes rather the coming to enjoy the music. But each to their own 😉
Recommended places to visit are Völkerschlachtdenkmal, Südfriedhof, Heidnisches Dorf (pagan village) and Moritzbastei which will add to Your great memories of the WGT.
The highlight of this years event is on 12.05.16 when the amusement park BELANTIS will be taken over completely by the visitors of the 25th Wave-Gotik-Treffen. There will be some Mittelalter bands playing and clubnights with something for everyone hopefully 😉 8pm til 5am.
If you care about sound quality/mixing at gigs then the venue to be concerned about is Altes Landratsamt very poor everytime I have been there.
Here are my recommendations of bands to see from not the strongest of WGT line ups(no obvious headline apart from Peter Murphy).
