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illuminatus are one Spaniard, one German, one Italian and one English gent. They deal in expansive soundscapes, razor-sharp dynamics and no-nonsense melodic song-writing. For illuminatus there exists no scene; no bandwagon; no fashion war. With the release of ‘Glasnost’, their second full length studio album, illuminatus have established themselves as THE up-and-coming band of 2011. Recorded in Hannover, Germany, in June 2010 by producer Willi Dammeier (Apoptygma Berzerk, Fony, Symphony Cult) and released via Headroom Records in February 2011, the press reactions for the album were again extremely positive – “A fusion of explosive but controlled heaviness, melody and nerve-jangling...

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Reincarnatus is a band from Limburg, Netherlands. They combine pop music with medieval music, using traditional instruments such as bagpipes, reed, fiddle, bouzouki and hurdy-gurdy mixed with pop/rock instruments such as drums, bass, electric guitars and synthesizers, all performed by the band itself. The lyrics are in Latin or in other old medieval European languages, providing a very mystical mood. The band was founded by Renate Dirix and Joyce Hammers in 2005. Renate studied saxophone and bassoon at the conservatory in Maastricht, Joyce Hammers followed a study program for TV maker, all other band members also studied at a conservatory....