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FESTIVAL NEWS:

The date of the next festival - 27-29.07.2012

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CASTLE PARTY 2012 - confirmed bands:

ALIEN SEX FIEND (gb)

COMBICHRIST (no/us)

HOCICO (mx)

BLUTENGEL (de)

PINK TURNS BLUE (de)

ARTROSIS (pl)

LEÆTHER STRIP (dk)

ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRIO (se)

SPIRITUAL FRONT (it)

MERCIFUL NUNS (de)

BLOODY DEAD AND SEXY (de)

THE CUTS (pl)

DEATHCAMP PROJECT (pl)

DEVILISH IMPRESSIONS (pl)

AT THE LAKE (pl)

DESDEMONA (pl)

DIGITAL FACTOR (de)

AMBASSADOR21 (by)

VIGILANTE (cl)

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER (cz)

ŚMIAŁEK (pl)

H.EXE (pl)

COLD IN MAY (by)

END: THE DJ (us)

DIGITAL ANGEL (pl)

BLACK TOWER (pl)

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ABOUT THE FEST:

Welcome to the Castle Party Festival. It's the only event of this type in the Middle & Eastern Europe. It's been hosting the major stars of dark independent since 1994.

In the year 1994, when Castle Party festival inaugurated, no-one assumed that from a small cameral concert of a few friendly bands, organized by a group of enthusiasts for a little larger group of believers of darker sounds, an international event would develop, gathering thousands of alternative music fans. The event which is not only the biggest dark independent music event in central and eastern Europe but also earned its name as an important point on the summer European festival map. Every year in the walls of Bolkow�s castle (the first three editions took place in a much smaller castle of Grodziec) not just music lovers from Poland meet but also unique festival atmosphere lovers from western European countries, e.g. Germany, Austria, France, Great Britain, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Spain, Holland, Greece, Portugal, Italy and a pretty large team from Eastern European countries, e.g. Russia, the Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, Hungary, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria. You can also meet people from more distant parts of the world - you can run into newcomers from the United States, Australia, even Japan and Kuwait! The festival has become a meeting place for friends from various nooks of Poland and the world. Next generations of young people discover a party for them, often taking their parents along to this one, holiday weekend; what's more, some from the Old Guard come there already with their own little kids. Castle Party is an important event not just for the fans, but also the locals of Bolkow appreciate the significance of the party, which gives them rational benefits. The festival is a great promotion of the town, region and Poland.

Eighteen editions of Castle Party have passed, editions which gave the public many unforgettable moments, allowed many bands to arise and succeed, in a wider range, in Poland and abroad. Artrosis, God's Bow, Desdemona, Batalion d'Amour, Lorien can be called the result of Castle Party. Many important bands of the Polish independent scene played at the festival - Behemoth, Riverside, Sweet Noise, Armia, Brygada Kryzys, Variete, Lech Janerka, Agressiva 69, Hedone, Moonlight, Quidam, Ankh, One Million Bulgarians, Renata Przemyk, Bonczyk & Krzywanski, Made in Poland, 1984, Sirrah. Some of them treat their performance at Castle Party as the most important in the year - e.g. Closterkeller, Deathcamp Project or Fading Colours. But we can't forget the tens of foreign bands. The festival stage hosted bands from Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Sweden, Great Britain, Greece, Lithuania, Russia, the Ukraine, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Belgium, Holland, the United States, Canada, Estonia, Norway, France, Latvia even Japan, Mexico, Australia - next to bands less known, also stars such as Clan of Xymox, New Model Army, Front 242, The Legendary Pink Dots, Anne Clark, Front Line Assembly, IAMX, Deine Lakaien, Wolfsheim, Project Pitchfork, Mortiis, Crematory, Die Krupps, KMFDM, Faith and the Muse, Kirlian Camera, Alec Empire, And One, Qntal, De/Vision, Covenant, VNV Nation, Leaves' Eyes, Diary of Dreams, Electric Universe, Suicide Commando, Funker Vogt, Das Ich, Hocico, Psyche, L'ame Immortelle, The Cruxshadows, The Birthday Massacre.

Castle Party 2011 was the 4-day formula, exclusive choice of performers - starting with promising debuts, regulars, through guests from the East, native stars, to the top western bands of the dark independent scene such as Project Pitchfork, Diary of Dreams, Suicide Commando, Umbra Et Imago, Diorama, Zeraphine, Nosferatu. Unfortunately friday concerts of Atari Teenage Riot, Closterkeller, Fixmer/McCarthy, Santa Hates You and few more bands had to been canceled by the stormy weather. Apart from this, like each year, club after parties took place, stands with records, clothes and other gadgets were at the castle, and of course the freaky fashion revue presented by the fans.

Remember that You - the public decide about the strength of the festival So see You at the castle in Bolkow.

BOLKOW CASTLE

HOSTED BANDS IN THE PAST:

[haven] (pl), [:SITD:] (de), 1984 (pl), 2Cresky (pl), 32crash (be), Accessory (de), Aesthetic Meat Front (de), Agonised by Love (pl), Agressiva 69 (pl), Aion (pl), Alec Empire (de), Alvarez Perez (cz), And One (de), Angelspit (au), Anja Orthodox (pl), Ankh (pl), Anne Clark (gb), Arcana (se), Armia (pl), Artrosis (pl), Ataraxia (it), Athanor (pl), Attrition (gb), Bacio di Tosca (de), Batalion d'Amour (pl), Behemoth (pl), Blindead (pl), Bonczyk & Krzywanski (pl), Bratrstvo Luny (cz), Brygada Kryzys (pl), C.H. District (pl), Cadra Ash (de), Canonis (ru), Catastrophe Ballet (de), Cemetery of Scream (pl), Centuria (pl), Charlotte Head (pl), Christ Agony (pl), Christ vs. Warhol (us), Christblood (pl), Cinema Strange (us), Clan of Xymox (nl), Clicks (pl), Closterkeller (pl), Cold Sweat (pl), Colony 5 (se), Common Dream (pl), Controlled Collapse (pl), Cool Kids of Death (pl), Covenant (se), Crematory (de), Cytadela (pl), Daemonicium (pl), Daimonion (pl), Dance on Glass (gb/pl), Dance or Die (de), Das Ich (de), Dawn Visitors (be), De/Vision (de), De Volanges (be), De Facto (hu), Deathcamp Project (pl), Deine Lakaien (de), Delight (pl), Desdemona (pl), Devian (pl), Deviant UK (gb), Diary of Dreams (de), Die Krupps (de), Diorama (de), Disharmony (sk), Dom Snow (pl), Dope Stars Inc. (it), DoppelgangeR (ru), Dreadful Shadows (de), Drimsztajn (pl), Dusk Watch (pl), Dust Heaven (ua), Dynamic Masters (de), Electric Universe (de), Elektro Jugend Kollektiv (pl/gb), Endraum (de), Epica (nl), Error::Genesis (ua), Eva (pl), Eve of Destiny (jp), Exit (pl), Fading Colours (pl), Faith and the Muse (us), Final Selection (de), Forgotten Sunrise (ee), Freakangel (ee), Freeport (pl), Front 242 (be), Front Line Assembly (ca), Funhouse (se), Funker Vogt (de), Garden of Delight (de), God's Bow (pl), God's Own Medicine (pl), Gorthaur (pl), Gothika (jp), Grendel (nl), Head-Less (de), Hedone (pl), hervy (pl), Hetane (pl), Hieros Gamos (sk), Hocico (mx), Holodne Sonze (ua), H.Exe (pl), IAMX (gb), Illuminate (de), Immunology (cz), In Strict Confidence (de), Indukti (pl), Inkubus Sukkubus (gb), Inscape (de), Interitus Dei (ro), Irfan (bg), Jacquy Bitch (fr), Jesus Chrysler Suicide (pl), Job Karma (pl), Joy Disaster (fr), Jude (pl), Kill The Audience (de), Kirlian Camera (it), kobylinski (pl), Komu Vnyz (ua), KMFDM (us/de), Krzyz:Kross (pl), L.D. (pl), Lahka Muza (sk), L'ame Immortelle (at), Land of Charon (hu), Leaves' Eyes (de), Lebenssteuer (pl), Lech Janerka (pl), Lecter (pl), Lorien (pl), Lt-No (fr), Lux Occulta (pl), Made in Poland (pl), Madre Del Vizio (de/it), Malandra Tribe (pl), Mandragora (pl), Mano Juodoji Sesuo (lt), Mass Kotki (pl), Mesmerisa (pl), Miguel & The Living Dead (pl), MonsterGod (pl), Moon Far Away (ru), Moonlight (pl), monoLight (pl), Morbus Kitahara (de), Mortiis (no), Naamah (pl), New Model Army (gb), NFD (gb), Nirnaeth (pl), No Name Desire (cz), Noisuf-X (de), Nosferatu (gb), NOT (pl), Nowy Horyzont (pl), Nuclear Storm (cz), One Million Bulgarians (pl), Other Day (de), Otto Dix (ru), P. Vampire (us), Pati Yang & FlyKKiller (gb), PCM (pl), Persephone (at/de), Pornografia (pl), Pride and Fall (no), Project Pitchfork (de), Psyche (ca), Qntal (de), Quidam (pl), Reactor7x (pl), Reaper (gr/de), Red Emprez (pl), Reinkarnation (pl), Renata Przemyk (pl), Riggor Mortis (pl), Riverside (pl), Robi (pl), Romowe Rikoito (ru), Rumours About Angels (pl), Sacrum (pl), Sane (pl), Scianka (pl), Scream Silence (de), Season (pl), Sepulcrum Mentis (de), Serpent Beat (pl), Sieben (gb), Siela (lt), Sirrah (pl), Skinny Patrini (pl), Solar Fake (de), Somnambul (de), Sons of Corint (pl), Spectra*paris (it), Square Extension (pl), Stonehenge (pl), Strommousheld (pl), Sui Generis Umbra (pl), Suicide Commando (be), Swan Death (be), Sweet Noise (pl), Syncropath (pl), synta[XE]rror (pl), T.R.H. (pl), Tear (cz), Terminal Choice (de), The Ancient Gallery (de), The Beauty of Gemina (ch), The Birthday Massacre (ca), The Breath of Life (be), The Cassandra Complex (gb), The Cruxshadows (us), The Cuts (pl), The Dreamside (be), The Eden House (gb), The Last Days of Jesus (sk), The Legendary Pink Dots (nl), The Moon and The Nightspirit (hu), The Proof (pl), The Royal Dead (jp), The Unholy Guests (ru), The Violet Tribe (de), Theatres Des Vampires (it), Thy Disease (pl), Tytus De Ville (pl), Umbra Et Imago (de), Undish (pl), Unsinn (pl), Variete (pl), Venus Fly Trap (gb), Via Mistica (pl), VNV Nation (gb), Warthegau (pl), Wieloryb (pl), Wieze Fabryk (pl), Whispers in The Shadow (at), Wolfsheim (de), Vic Anselmo (lv), Xess (lt), Zeraphine (de), Zywiolak (pl), XIII. Stoleti (cz)

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VIDEO-CLIPS:

CASTLE PARTY 2010 Fashion Show by mmfilms.eu

CASTLE PARTY 2009 by Alternation.pl Team

CASTLE PARTY 2008 by Alternation.pl Team

CASTLE PARTY 2008 (Audience) by FutureProject Film

CASTLE PARTY 2007 - trial of "The Children of the Night" reportage by Pro Kontakt

CASTLE PARTY 2007 by Alternation.pl Team

CASTLE PARTY 2006 by Alternation.pl Team

CASTLE PARTY 2005 by Alternation.pl Team

CASTLE PARTY 2004 by Chosen

CASTLE PARTY 2002 - reportage by Polish TV2

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