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SUMMER FESTIVAL FEVER!

Every year STALKER is visiting those legendary summer festivals: In our SPECIALS section you can already find reports and photos from SONISPHERE, TUSKA, RUISROCK, SAUNA OPEN AIR and MYÖTÄTUULIROCK. More coming soon!

APOCALYPTICA - RAFFLE!
The Finnish cellists got a new album out and are coming after their tour in USA back to Europe (check our tour data )!

In celebration of this, we’re raffling great band merch form Apocalyptica. You can win:
1 x tank top (size M)
1 x tank top (size S)
2 x t-shirt (size L per motive)
2 x t-shirt (size M per motive)
as well as 2 bags!
To win, you need to write us the tracklist of the new Apocalyptica album “7th Symphony”, which is available since 20th August (little hint: read our review ). Don’t forget to mention which of the winnings you want. Good luck!

BOBBY LONG – THE STRANGER TOUR - RAFFLE

The young British Singer/Songwriter with this distinctive voice is coming back to Europe to present his next record. Bobby Long became well-known with his song "Let me Sign", sung by Robert Pattinson, on the Twilight Soundtrack. Special guest on the tour will be Tom Lüneburger, singer of the band "MyBalloon". You can win 2x2 tickets for the concert at Logo Hamburg, September 26, 2010 (Doors Open 20h)!!

Send a message until Seotember 20, 2010, code "Bobby Long" to win@stalker.cd.
Legal recourse is excluded.
Photo: Brett Martelli

Keep an eye on our YOU GOT STALKED special, where we follow a touring band, like recently SWALLOW THE SUN , plus a photo gallery (with KATATONIA in Prague, CZ) here .

Coming up soon - a tour diary written by and about BEFORE THE DAWN - a STALKER and Finnish dudes in the Alps ... that might be something...
Please note: Limited ticket-sale for the show on Sept 2 in Gleisdorf (AUT) - therefore be quick! You can also win tickets here and here .

Apropos RAFFLES: coming up - tickets for festivals and concerts, e.g. 30 SECONDS TO MARS... details later... so don´t forget to check out STALKER regularly!

NEW: VIDEO-INTERVIEWS!
Thanks to our new cooperation with stalkermusic.com we are able to present new features in our section VIDEO STALKER . The latest addition - part 2+3 of the TUSKA report series where you find interviews with e.g. Papa Wilska (Survivors Zero, photo) and Sebu and Rota (FM2000);

part 3 is featuring interviews with Karl Sanders (Nile), Juri Sallinen (Torture Killer) and Jonas Renske (Bloodbath - photo); part 1 with Mikko Kotamäki (Barren Earth/Swallow The Sun), and Trevor Peres & Donald Tardy (Obituary)!

Moreover, you can find interviews with rock legend Brant Bjork (Kyuss, Fu Manchu), INSOMNIUM and BLACK SUN AEON.
You can find the details at VIDEO STALKER , or you can click on the image to go directly to the clip.

SINFUL...
You can read the interview with the Graveyard Party headlining US-act HANZEL UND GRETYL and here about the sins they confessed, and
here Finnish TURMION KÄTILÖT.

INDOOR-FESTIVALS!
Reviews about indoor events, like GRAVEYARD PARTY volume IV , HELSINKI METAL MEETING , SIBAFEST or MAMA TRASH FESTIVAL . More in the Specials section

INTERVIEWS

with German overnight sensation The Baseballs plus as a gimmick the band-cartoon by Sam, to be found here ; STALKER also talked with DOMENICA, THE MAN EATING TREE, VLAD IN TEARS, THESIS, THE RETALIATION PROCESS, NEW GENERATION SUPERSTARS, BABY JANE, KALMAH, JULEN-K, FINNTROLL, POTHEAD, THE GATHERING, AMORPHIS,TURMION KÄTILÖT and many more...

Among the concerts you can find e.g. THE 69 EYES in Luxemburg, THE BASEBALLS in Switzerland, STRATOVARIUS, HYPOCRISY, EMILIE AUTUMN, EMERGENZA contest...

WANNA JOIN THE STALKER-CREW?
We are looking for people to reinforce our (entirely voluntary) team! We would be needed are people to review CDs, DVDs, films or books. Writers who are also into photography, or photographers who would like to start writing, too, can tackle also concerts and festivals. And it does not matter if you live in Germany, Finland, Austria... Europe or the rest of the world...

DON´T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY!
If you are into music and good with people, if you are curious and have writing/photography talent (preferably in both English and German, but this is not really a requirement) and if you feel like joining the STALKER crew, just take your chance. Even better if you can also provide work samples; and if STALKER is your first step to a journalism career, just write a review of your favourite CD or about your latest concert experience.

Just send an e-mail to klaudia@stalker.cd with a short presentation of yourself, why you want to join STALKER and provide us with examples of your work.

Please include your name / address / tel.nr so we can contact you.

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