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    The Wave-Gotik-Treffen (WGT; German for "Wave Gothic Meeting") is an annual world festival for "dark" music and "dark culture" in Leipzig, Germany. 150+...
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  • The Wave-Gotik-Treffen festival in Leipzig, Germany, established in 1992, is considered one of the world's largest festivals for "dark" music and culture...
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    Germany, dark music is very popular and each year the country hosts a number of festivals that celebrate this musical genre. 'Wave-Gotik-Treffen' is an...
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    official return to music in Europe, now as a solo artist, at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen festival in Leipzig, Germany. The concert, held amid "the sacred, magically...
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    Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Germany. 2013 they released the mini album Pleasure and had appearance at Nuit Fantastique in Brussels and Summer Darkness in Utrecht...
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    has mentioned influences on her work include HTRK, Fever Ray, Dead Can Dance, Current 93, Tool, and Coil. In an interview with Vice, Zanias described...
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  • release to bear the Dance or Die name. The band continued to tour in the years after the release, including appearances at Wave-Gotik-Treffen, across Europe...
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    have played many of Europe's major dark alternative festivals including Amphi, M'era Luna, and the Wave-Gotik-Treffen at Leipzig. In June 2017, the band...
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    Lost vocalist, Nick Holmes, described as the 'really bleak, dark sound' of Dead Can Dance". Paradise Lost were the first to form in 1988 in Halifax, England...
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  • Music from the Dark Side – "Mephisto Walz" Gothic Erotica – "Israel" Dancing on Your Grave – "Facade" Künstler Zum 13. Wave-Gotik-Treffen – "Before These...
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    famous festivals in Europe: Fusion Festival (2004), Wave-Gotik-Treffen (2011, 2014, 2017), Dark Bombastic Evening (2012, 2013, 2016), Castle Party (2014),...
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    alternative dance clubs, particularly in Germany. Music festivals that feature futurepop bands include Infest, Amphi festival, Wave Gotik Treffen and M'era...
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    Aurelio Voltaire (category Dark cabaret musicians)
    style of dress and music, Voltaire is considered a leading figure in the dark cabaret music genre. He has released 13 studio albums, including Riding a...
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    Blutengel (category German dark wave musical groups)
    alongside Roloff. The first Blutengel gig ever took place at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen on 1 June 2001 in Leipzig in front of 10,000 fans. At the end of 2001,...
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  • mix of layered electro-industrial merged with intelligent dance music elements. This dark, brooding, futuristic ensemble yielded more and more positive...
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    Ataraxia (band) (category Italian dark wave musical groups)
    Ataraxia is an Italian neoclassical dark wave band founded in 1985. Fronted by vocalist Francesca Nicoli, it combines modern technology with archaic instrumentation...
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    [citation needed] The first performance of Heimatærde was 2007 at Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig. In January 2018, the new drummer, Brother Henry of Kent, was...
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    Macabre Records. In June 2017, the band played at Wave-Gotik-Treffen, one of the largest dark alternative music festivals in the world. Suzi Sabotage – vocals...
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    Ash Code (category Italian dark wave musical groups)
    Night (2015,2017), W-Festival (2018), Dark Storm Festival (2018), Cold Hearted Festival (2022), Prague Gothic Treffen XIII (2018), E-Only (2020), Fekete...
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  • The Last Dance is an American dark wave band from Southern California that was for several years signed to the now-defunct Dancing Ferret Discs label...
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    Goth subculture (redirect from Dark-punk)
    are large annual goth-themed festivals in Germany, including Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig and M'era Luna in Hildesheim, both annually attracting tens...
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    The Crüxshadows (category American dark wave musical groups)
    the Wave Gothic Treffen in Leipzig Germany. In 2006 the single release of Sophia saw its debut land at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales chart...
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    Faith and the Muse (category American dark wave musical groups)
    encompasses many genres, from folk music to dark wave, drawing on many sources and influences, notably Dead Can Dance. Richards is the primary singer, although...
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    2016. Retrieved March 8, 2017. "Official Website Wave-Gotik-Treffen Leipzig". Wave-Gotik-Treffen Leipzig. Retrieved August 27, 2017. "Infest 2017: Revolting...
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    brother Ivo "Namtar" Wijers and Dennis "Seregor" Droomers, he played with Dark Mutation and Vaultage. Wijers has written songs for Rammstein singer Till...
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  • 2003 and 2005 Distorted Reality performed live gigs at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig, Germany. In October 2005 Distorted Reality played at the Electronic...
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  • Bannister. They played several high-profile shows, including Wave-Gotik-Treffen three times as well as the Drop Dead Festival in New York City. Skeletal...
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    stops at the Download Festival in France, Primavera Sound, and Wave-Gotik-Treffen. In February 2023, the "Skinny Puppy: Final Tour" was announced. The tour...
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    Pink Turns Blue (category German dark wave musical groups)
    some Demos. Early 2003, Thomas Görnert, the manager of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig, requested a performance of Orden and he addressed Mic Jogwer's...
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    The Dreamside's next release, Nuda Veritas (1995), consisted of several dance/techno remixes of songs from their debut album. In 1996 they released their...
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