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[ATTACH=CONFIG]906[/ATTACH] The oldest Doom-metal festival in Ukraine keeps on rolling. The 7-th festival Doom Over Kiev will take place on March 22, 2014. DoK fame has expanded far beyond post-soviet area in recent years. Festival is known for its solid organizational level, world-famous headliners and Ukrainian hospitality both among doomsters and musicians. Three European bands will headline Doom Over Kiev VII in spring 2014. The coming festival headliners lineup have both cult names and new doom-metal acts, and as usually, best Ukrainian bands will heat-up the evening. October Tide (atmospheric death/doom) Sweden Swedish death\doom metal band was founded by Jonas Renske and by Frederik Norman as a side project of Katatonia in 1997. Debut album was released in the same year and still remains one of the best works of the band according to fans. As Jonas Renske left, band changed its sound a bit, yet still delivering the solid death\doom. October Tide can boast as many as 4 albums till today. Tunnel of no Light - the new work of the band, was released in 2013. Thanks to the fusion of sledgehammer sound and deep growling of Aleksander Hegbom, latest release has become one of the most notable in death\doom genre. Discography: Rain Without End 1997 Grey Dawn 1999 A Thin Shell 2010 Tunnel of No Light 2013 Worship (funeral doom), Germany The pure funeral doom legends, needless to say anymore, and this is WORSHIP. Band has been founded in the end of 90s with the first very limited releases published on cassettes and vinyls. The debut demo Last Tape Before Doomsday, 1999, was highly appraised by funeral doomsters across the world. Band has released a number of splits and two full length works, the first one - Dooom has a become cult in the genre. WORSHIP is famous for its distinctive slow agonizing guitar riffs and threatening vocal, which in turn creates gloomy desperate atmosphere taking the listener into the very depths of melancholy. Discography: Last Tape Before Doomsday (Cassette - 1999) Keep on Selling Cocaine to Angels - Kicked and Whipped (Split - 2000) Worship - Stabat Mater (Split - 2002) Let There Be Doom... - The Epitome of Gods and Men Alike (Split - 2002) Worship - Loss (Split - 2005) Dooom (CD - 2007) Wither - Worship (Split - 2007) Elemental Doom Trilogy I - Wood (Split - 2008) Terranean Wake (CD - 2012) When Nothing Remains (melodic death/doom) Sweden When Nothing Remains plays melodic death\doom. The band was founded in 2010 by Nox Auera band members in collaboration with Johan Ericcson ( Doom:VS, Draconian, Shadowgarden), who contributed his clean vocals to the band recordings. Two full length albums have been released in the last 2 years. Fans of Draconian and Swallow the Sun wont be left indifferent by atmospheric keyboard passages and heavy guitar sound accompanied by deep growling of Jan Sallander. Discography: As All Torn Asunder 2012 Thy Dark Serenity 2013 Suffer Yourself (funeral death/doom) Ukraine, Kiev Suffer Yourself is young, yet quite famous project in Ukraine. Thanks to its distinctive sound, band has become one of the most notable in Ukrainian doom-metal scene. Suffer Yourself has become famous after its debut performance on Winter Solitude Evening II doom-gig in Kiev. Endlesshade (doom/death) Endlesshade the new blood of Ukrainian doom-metal scene. Band has been founded in Autumn 2012 and has already scheduled the release of its first album to 2014. Band will proudly present their debut tracks on DoK VII. Doom Over Kiev VII evening will be opened by drone-doom project Nightspirit. The core idea of the music is to draw the night with musical brush. The music develops from melodic, melancholic and trip-like sound to real nightmare and hystery. Nightspirit is the gloomy mixture of drone-doom, ambient and funeral doom.

Venue: Ukraine, Kiev, Pobedy ave, 112, Bingo club Tickets: 25 EU pre-sale, 30 EU at the entrance, 40 EU VIP Beginning: 16:00 Tickets can be purchased at the entrance http://www.lastfm.ru/festival/3733278+DOOM+OVER+KIEV+VII https://www.facebook.com/events/477319935719830/ http://vk.com/dokvii

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