Festival No. 0001080 · Est. 1992
Weekend of the year
No. 0015268
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- Venue
- Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2008
- City
- Leipzig, Germany
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For the record
About the artists
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13th Monkey formed in 2006. -
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Artifact formed in 2004.
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Ashbury Heights formed in November 2005. Plays dark wave, electronic, gothic.
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Asrai formed in 1988.
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Battlelore formed in 1999. Plays death metal, folk metal, gothic metal, melodic death metal, metal, power metal, symphonic metal.
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Blutengel formed in Berlin, Germany, in 1998. Plays dark wave, ebm, electronic, futurepop, gothic.
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Cauda Pavonis formed in 1998.
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Christian Death formed in Los Angeles, United States, in October 1979. Plays deathrock, gothic rock, post-punk, punk.
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Corvus Corax formed in East Germany, Germany, in December 1989. Plays celtic, classical, folk, folk metal, folk rock, heavy metal, medieval, medieval metal.
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Covenant formed in Helsingborg, Sweden, in 1989. Plays ambient, ebm, electronic, futurepop, synth-pop, trip hop.
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Dead Guitars plays alternative rock.
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Deviant UK plays electronic, futurepop, industrial.
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Diablo Swing Orchestra formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2003. Plays avant-garde, avant-garde metal, heavy metal, jazz, metal, progressive metal, symphonic metal.
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Die Krupps formed in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1980. Plays ebm, electronic, industrial metal, metal, neue deutsche welle.
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Elis formed in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, in 2003, and split up on 24 February 2012, after 9 years. Plays gothic metal.
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Emilie Autumn was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 22 September 1979. Plays classical, dark cabaret, dark wave, electronic, industrial, rock, singer-songwriter, synth-pop.
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End Of Green formed in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1992. Plays alternative rock, gothic rock.
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Faun formed in Bayern, Germany, in 1999. Plays folk, medieval, neo-medieval folk, pagan folk.
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Fields of the Nephilim formed in Stevenage, United Kingdom, in 1984. Plays gothic rock, post-punk, rock.
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Folkstone formed in Bergamo, Italy, in 2004. Plays folk metal.
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Gothminister formed in Oslo, Norway, in 1999. Plays gothic metal, industrial metal.
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Hocico formed in Mexico City, Mexico, in 1993. Plays aggrotech, dark electro, ebm, electro-industrial, industrial.
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Inertia formed in 1994. Plays ebm, electro-industrial.
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Ingrimm formed in Regensburg, Germany. Plays folk metal.
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Jesus on Extasy formed in Essen, Germany, in 2005. Plays electronic rock, industrial.
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Kloq plays electronic.
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Lake of Tears formed in Borås, Sweden, in 1992. Plays doom metal, gothic metal, metal.
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London After Midnight was born in Los Angeles, United States, in 1990. Plays deathrock, gothic rock, progressive, rock.
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Marsheaux plays synth-pop.
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Mesh formed in Bristol, United Kingdom, in 1991. Plays electro, electronic, synth-pop.
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Mono Inc. formed in Hamburg, Germany, in 2000. Plays dark electro, gothic metal, gothic rock, neue deutsche härte, rock.
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Nachtmahr formed in 2007. Plays aggrotech, ebm, electronic, industrial.
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Neuroticfish formed in 1998. Plays futurepop.
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Northern Lite formed in 1997. Plays downtempo, electronica, house, melodic house, melodic techno, nu disco, techno.
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Nullvektor plays noise, power noise.
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Other plays dance.
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Other Day formed on 21 August 1995.
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Pankow formed in Florence, Italy, in 1979. Plays ebm, industrial.
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Paradise Lost formed in Halifax, United Kingdom, on 26 March 1988. Plays death metal, death-doom metal, doom metal, gothic metal, gothic rock, metal, rock.
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Persephone formed in 2000.
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Portion Control formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1979. Plays ebm, electro-industrial, industrial, minimal synth, minimal wave.
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Psychic TV formed in Hackney, United Kingdom, in 1981, and split up on 13 March 2020, after 39 years. Plays acid house, electronic, experimental, experimental rock, industrial, neo-psychedelia, post-industrial, post-punk.
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Reaper (DE) formed in 2005. Plays electro, electronic, heavy metal, techno.
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Rezurex formed in California, United States, in 2001. Plays psychobilly, punk, rockabilly.
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S.P.O.C.K formed in 1988. Plays synth-pop.
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Samsas Traum formed in Marburg, Germany, in 1996. Plays industrial metal.
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Secrets of the Moon formed in Osnabrück, Germany, in 1995, and split up on 16 October 2022, after 27 years. Plays black metal, doom metal.
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Skeletal Family formed in Keighley, United Kingdom, in 1982. Plays gothic rock, post-punk.
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Solar Fake formed in 2007. Plays electronic, gothic.
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Star Industry formed in Maasmechelen, Belgium, in 1996.
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Stellar Corpses formed in 2005. Plays psychobilly.
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Straftanz split up in 2014.
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Tactical Sekt formed in 2002. Plays aggrotech, ebm, industrial.
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The Beauty of Gemina formed in 2006. Plays alternative rock, dark wave, electronic, electronic rock.
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The Creepshow formed in Burlington, Canada, in 2005. Plays psychobilly.
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Tiamat formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1987. Plays death metal, doom metal, gothic metal, gothic rock, metal, progressive metal, rock.
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Trail of Tears formed in 1994. Plays gothic metal.
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Tristania formed in Stavanger, Norway, in 1996, and split up in 2022, after 26 years. Plays gothic metal.
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Unheilig formed in Aachen, Germany, in 1999. Plays gothic rock, industrial rock, neue deutsche härte, pop rock, schlager.
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Welle: Erdball formed in Stadthagen, Germany, in 1990. Plays bitpop, electronic, synth-pop.
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Weltenbrand formed in 1995.
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