Dark EBM Souls was an annual small international industrial festival held in

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, in February 2015 with successors in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Dark EBM Souls is mainly focused on the genres

electro-industrial Electro-industrial is a music genre that emerged from industrial music in the early 1980s. While EBM (electronic body music) has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial tends to have a grittier, complex and layered sound ...

and

dark ambient Dark ambient (referred to as ambient industrial especially in the 1980s) is a genre of post-industrial musicReed, Alexander: ''Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music'', Oxford University Press, 2013, , p. 190 that features an ominous, ...

Edition v1 2015

The v1 edition was hosted in Bratislava as a one-day event 28.02.15 with the lineup:

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, Terminal State,

Jihad ''Jihad'' (; ) is an Arabic word that means "exerting", "striving", or "struggling", particularly with a praiseworthy aim. In an Islamic context, it encompasses almost any effort to make personal and social life conform with God in Islam, God ...

, Kifoth,

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and Fïx8:Sëd8.

Edition v2 2016

The v2 edition was a 2-day event in Bratislava 26.02.16 - 27.02.16 with the lineup: Vomito Negro, Fïx8:Sëd8, The Opposer Divine, tri-state, kFactor, kleqq,

, Fjordwalker, Kifoth and

Edition v3 2017

The v3 edition was a one day event in Bratislava 11.02.17 with the lineup: Frontier Guards, 2nd Face,

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, Gaping Chasm,

Haujobb Haujobb is a German electronic musical project whose output has ranged drastically within the electronic music spectrum, from electro-industrial to ambient and techno. They have become a staple crossover act, bringing several forms of electro in ...

and

Samhain Samhain ( , , , ) or () is a Gaels, Gaelic festival on 1 November marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter or the "Celtic calendar#Medieval Irish and Welsh calendars, darker half" of the year.Dáithí Ó hÓgáin, Ó hÓ ...

Edition v4 2018

The fourth edition of Dark EBM souls was a one night event 10 March 2018 in Bratislava with the lineup:

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, Fïx8:Sëd8, Last Influence of Brain, Proleturan and Full contact 69.

Edition v5 2019

The v5 edition was a one night event 23.3.19. with the lineup:

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, Cardinal Noire, Ecplipsed, Static Charge Disease.

Recordings

The artist Jihad released a live album from the concert of the first festival edition of 2015.CD Review by Dark Entries online music magazine
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References

External links

Official Website
{{Electronic music festival Industrial music festivals Electronic music festivals in Slovakia Music festivals established in 2015