Dynamo Open Air is a festival in the Netherlands that was held (almost) every year between 1986 and 2005. It was reborn in 2008 as Dynamo Outdoor and in 2015 as Dynamo Metal Fest.
67-683: Originally held to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Dynamo rock club in Eindhoven , it grew from 5,000 people in the Dynamo parking lot up to 118,000 attendees in 1995. Until this day, the 1995 edition still is the largest multi-day open air festival ever held in the Netherlands. This caused too much pressure on the Dutch infrastructure and the festival had to shrink to a maximum of 60,000 visitors for 1996. From there it went downhill, mostly because
134-463: A Sunday. Large-scale air raids, including the bombing by the Luftwaffe on 19 September 1944 during Operation Market Garden , destroyed large parts of the city and killed 227 civilians while leaving 800 wounded. The reconstruction that followed left very little historical remains and the postwar reconstruction period saw drastic renovation plans in highrise style, some of which were implemented. At
201-465: A branch on the university campus. This tradition has also fostered inter-industry cooperation in the region; one example of this is the announcement in September 2010 of a new research lab for high-grade packaging materials, a cooperation of IPS Packaging and Thales Cryogenics . This cooperative tradition has also developed into a different direction than the traditional technology research done at
268-470: A defining influence on doom metal , with the epic doom genre itself taking its name from their debut album Epicus Doomicus Metallicus . Along with Pentagram , Saint Vitus , and Trouble , Candlemass has been recognized as one of the "big four of doom metal". After releasing five full-length albums and extensively touring throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Candlemass disbanded in 1994 but reunited three years later. Following another breakup in 2002,
335-568: A list of the 100 greatest Swedish hard rock/metal bands of all time in a jubilee edition celebrating the magazine's 100th issue. It was also revealed that Candlemass, along with death metal band Entombed (ranked No. 2 on the list), would perform together at a special jubilee concert in Stockholm, arranged by the magazine. Despite earlier claims that Psalms for the Dead would be their final album, bassist Leif Edling later indicated that he
402-494: A milestone in the doom metal scene. After the release of their debut album, Längqvist was replaced by Messiah Marcolin . By the time the band entered the studio to record their second album, Nightfall , in 1987, Bergwall and Ekström had left the group. Jan Lindh joined as the new drummer, and Lars Johansson was added on guitars following the completion of the album. Candlemass followed up with Ancient Dreams (1988) and Tales of Creation (1989). In 1990, they released
469-601: A new album, slated for release in 2007. However, in October 2006, after ongoing uncertainty surrounding Messiah Marcolin's involvement, it was confirmed that he had left the band for good. Candlemass found a new vocalist, Robert Lowe ( Solitude Aeturnus ), who recorded with the band on their ninth album, King of the Grey Islands , released on 22 June 2007. The album was self-produced, except for four songs produced by Andy Sneap . In March 2008, Mats "Mappe" Björkman
536-464: A new project, Abstrakt Algebra . After Abstrakt Algebra failed to gain traction, Edling recruited a new lineup under the Candlemass name and recorded the album Dactylis Glomerata , which was a blend of material intended for a new Abstrakt Algebra album and new Candlemass songs. A year later, the album From the 13th Sun was released, both albums featuring vocalist Björn Flodqvist. In 2002,
603-473: A previous Candlemass lineup reunited and performed several well-received live shows, releasing another live album. Additionally, remastered versions of Epicus Doomicus Metallicus , Nightfall , Ancient Dreams , and Tales of Creation were issued, alongside a DVD titled Documents of Doom . The band began working on new material and recorded some songs while seeking a record label. However, internal differences resurfaced, leading to Candlemass disbanding again. In
670-570: A selection of shops. The Admirant has been renovated into an Office building for small companies. Across the street from the Witte Dame and next to the Admirant is Philips' first light bulb factory (nicknamed Roze Baby, or "Pink Baby" , in reference to its pink colour and much smaller size when compared to the "White Lady" and "Brown Gentleman"). The small building now houses the "Centrum Kunstlicht in de Kunst" (centre artificial light in art) and
737-471: A small town right on the confluence of the Dommel and Gender streams. At the time of granting of its charter , Eindhoven had approximately 170 houses enclosed by a rampart . Just outside the city walls stood a small castle. The city was also granted the right to organize a weekly market and the farmers in nearby villages were obliged to come to Eindhoven to sell their produce. Another factor in its establishment
SECTION 10
#1732790255647804-587: A study center in Eindhoven. Among the private institutions is the Centrum voor Kunsten Eindhoven , which offers art-related courses to adults (including a DJ-education). Candlemass (band) Candlemass is a Swedish doom metal band formed in Upplands Väsby , a suburb of Stockholm , in 1984 by bassist, songwriter, and bandleader Leif Edling , alongside drummer Matz Ekström. The band has had
871-588: Is a city and municipality of the Netherlands , located in the southern province of North Brabant , of which it is the largest municipality, and is also located in the Dutch part of the natural region the Campine . With a population of 246,443 (1 January 2024) on a territory of 88.92 km , it is the fifth-largest city of the Netherlands and the largest outside the Randstad conurbation. Eindhoven
938-417: Is located in the southeast of the province of North Brabant . This area is historically Catholic and the population of Eindhoven was similarly mostly Catholic for a very long time until the late 1970s. However, the internationalizing influence of the university, Philips and other companies have created a more mixed population over the last few decades. Religion in Eindhoven (2015) The spiritual needs of
1005-476: Is significantly influenced by early Black Sabbath . Edling, the band's main songwriter and sole constant member, has drawn inspiration from Black Sabbath, as well as from bands such as Blue Öyster Cult , Mercyful Fate / King Diamond , Bachman–Turner Overdrive , Rush , Nazareth , the Jimi Hendrix Experience , Judas Priest , Motörhead , and Venom . Candlemass are considered pioneers of
1072-465: The Candlemass and King of the Grey Islands sessions, which are included in the box set Doomology . Additionally, keyboardist Per Wiberg (formerly of Opeth and Spiritual Beggars ) joined the band on stage for these live performances. In January 2013, Candlemass was voted the greatest Swedish hard rock/metal band of all time by the writers of Sweden Rock Magazine . They were featured in
1139-478: The High Tech Campus Eindhoven . Eindhoven, being a city with a 240,000+ population, is served by a large number of schools both at primary and secondary education levels. In addition, Eindhoven is a higher-education hub within the southern Netherlands, with several institutes of higher education that serve students from the extended region of North Brabant , Zeeland , Limburg and parts of
1206-511: The Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815, Eindhoven had 2,310 inhabitants. By 1920, the population was 47,946; by 1925 it was 63,870 and in 1935 that had ballooned to 103,030. The explosive growth of industry in the region and the subsequent housing needs of workers called for radical changes in administration, as the City of Eindhoven was still confined to its medieval moat city limits. In 1920,
1273-580: The Witchcraft demo), and two DVDs with three live performances. On 3 September 2018, Candlemass announced the return of Längqvist to the band after a 32-year hiatus. The band stated, "We wanted to find our way back to the roots of Candlemass, back to the soul and essence of the band. Johan Längqvist is back, and we hope this will give us some new energy and kickstart the heart of doom again. We don't know if it will last 10 more years or even 5, but if it will give us just another year of having fun and playing
1340-406: The doom metal subgenre of heavy metal , and the group's 1986 debut album Epicus Doomicus Metallicus played a part in coining the genre's name. Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic said Candlemass "helped reintroduce the lumbering power chords of Black Sabbath to an entire generation of post- New Wave of British Heavy Metal and post- thrash metalheads, almost single-handedly writing the handbook for
1407-505: The "Philips Incandescent Lamp Factory of 1891" museum. Due to its high-tech environment, Eindhoven is part of several initiatives to develop, foster and increase a knowledge economy . Chief among these are: The Intelligent Community Forum named the Eindhoven metro region the No. 21 intelligent community in 2008 and the No. 7 intelligent community in 2009 and 2010. In 2011, the ICF named Eindhoven
SECTION 20
#17327902556471474-409: The 19th century, Eindhoven grew into an industrial town with factories for textile weaving , cigar manufacturing, match making and hat making. Most of these industries disappeared again after World War II , though. In 1891, brothers Gerard and Anton Philips founded the small light bulb factory that would grow into one of the largest electronics firms in the world. Philips ' presence is probably
1541-540: The Dommel's course being restored to their original states, and plans to have the Gender flow through the centre once again. The large-scale housing developments of the 20th century saw residential areas being built on former agricultural lands and woods , former heaths that had been turned into cultivable lands in the 19th century. The city is currently divided into seven districts: Eindhoven has an oceanic climate with slightly warmer summers and colder winters than
1608-510: The Dommel, Gender and Tongelreep rivers. Beginning in the 19th century, the basins of the rivers themselves have also been used as housing land, resulting in occasional flooding in the city centre. Partly to reduce flooding, the bed of the Gender stream, which flowed directly through the city centre, was dammed off and filled up after the War, and the course of the Dommel was regulated. New ecological and socio-historical insights have led to parts of
1675-418: The Eindhoven agglomeration, the following numbers of crimes were recorded: Eindhoven has grown from a little town in 1232 to one of the biggest cities in the Netherlands with over 240,000 inhabitants in 2022. Much of its growth is due to Philips , DAF Trucks and Brabantia . Among recent high-tech companies based in Eindhoven are NXP Semiconductors , Sendcloud , and Signify . After the resurrection of
1742-406: The Eindhoven population are tended to by a steadily shrinking number of churches, two mosques and one synagogue. In research by the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad based on the police's statistical data on crime rates , Eindhoven was found to have the highest crime rate in the Netherlands for 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2010. In 2011, Eindhoven has slipped down the list to number six. In 2009, in
1809-631: The French occupation, Eindhoven suffered again with many of its houses destroyed by the invading forces. Eindhoven remained a minor city after that until the start of the Industrial Revolution . The Industrial Revolution of the 19th century provided a major growth impulse. Canals, roads and railroads were constructed. Eindhoven was connected to the major Zuid-Willemsvaart canal through the Eindhovens Kanaal branch in 1843 and
1876-596: The Intelligent Community of the Year. Since 2012, Eindhoven has vanished from the top 7 of intelligent communities. Eindhoven is one of the co-location centres of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). It hosts two Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs): Innoenergy (Sustainable Energy) and EIT ICT Labs (Information and Communication Technology). The co-locations are on
1943-533: The Netherlands in 1815 and the end of the Belgian Revolution , Eindhoven was a small village of some 1250 people in an economically backward and mostly agricultural area. Cheap land, cheap labor and the existence of pre-industrial homesourcing ( huisnijverheid in Dutch) made Eindhoven an attractive area for the developing industries which were being stimulated by the government of King William I . During
2010-529: The Netherlands, or when at least one of their parents was born outside of the Netherlands. The municipal agglomeration of Eindhoven (an administrative construct which includes only some of the surrounding towns and villages) has 327,245 inhabitants as of 1 January 2010. The spoken language is a combination of Kempenlands (a Dutch dialect spoken in a large area east and south east of the city, including Arendonk and Lommel in Belgium) and North Meierijs (between
2077-2191: The Pain Satanic Surfers Cooper Bambix Cancelled shows : Halford (replaced by Sacred Reich ) Rockbitch Therion Samael Pist.On Sentenced Coal Chamber Skinlab Totenmond Within Temptation Keaton Sundown Ignite SNFU $ 400 Suits Ni Hao Type O Negative Machine Head Sick of It All Exodus Moonspell Orphanage Amorphis Entombed Thumb Slo Burn Limp Bizkit Rage Secret Discovery The Black Stage Dissection Satyricon Dimmu Borgir Goddess of Desire Vision of Disorder Deviate Discipline I Against I Tiamat KoЯn Marilyn Manson Helmet Testament Cradle of Filth Karma to Burn Laberinto Voodoo Glow Skulls Backfire! Travoltas Slyce Atrocity Theatre of Tragedy Masters of Reality The Hellacopters Transport League Sevendust Insane Clown Posse Tura Satana Deicide Six Feet Under Disbelief T-Nailed Pro-Pain Congress Refused Hard Resistance Janez Detd. Driven Rammstein Deftones Soulfly Fates Warning Agnostic Front Fu Manchu Stuck Mojo HammerFall Within Temptation Zebrahead The Factory Strapping Young Lad Junkie XL Think About Mutation Misery Loves Co. Black Stage Emperor Immortal The Kovenant Bewitched Enslaved Eindhoven Eindhoven ( / ˈ aɪ n t h oʊ v ən / EYENT -hoh-vən , Dutch: [ˈɛintˌɦoːvə(n)] )
Dynamo Open Air - Misplaced Pages Continue
2144-546: The aforementioned Philips and DAF. Eindhoven has long been a centre of cooperation between research institutes and industry. This tradition started with Philips (the NatLab was a physical expression of this) and has since expanded to large cooperative networks. The Eindhoven University of Technology hosts an incubator for technology startups and the NatLab has developed into the High Tech Campus Eindhoven . Also, TNO has opened
2211-478: The band announced their thirteenth studio album, Sweet Evil Sun , and the album's first single, "Scandinavian Gods", was released on the same day. The album was released on 18 November. Candlemass is expected to release a new EP, titled Black Star , in May 2025. Candlemass is considered a doom metal band with a sound described as exhibiting " dirge -like, sustain-laden guitar riffing ". Candlemass' musical style
2278-519: The band as vocalist, primarily due to concerns over the quality of live performances. The band described this as "a very difficult decision." Lowe was replaced for the band's upcoming shows by longtime friend and collaborator Mats Levén , known for his work with Yngwie Malmsteen , Therion , Treat , and At Vance among others. Levén had previously worked with Leif Edling in Abstrakt Algebra and Krux and had contributed vocals on demos for
2345-439: The band reformed in 2004 and has continued to record and perform ever since. After the breakup of his first band, Nemesis, bassist Leif Edling formed Candlemass, recruiting session vocalist Johan Längqvist, drummer Matz Ekström, guitarist Mats "Mappe" Björkman, and Klas Bergwall. Their debut release, Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986), quickly established their reputation, securing their place within metal circles and marking
2412-648: The coastal parts of the Netherlands. Its all-time record is 40.3 °C (104.5 °F) set on 25 July 2019 and −21.7 °C (−7.1 °F) set on 13 January 1968, while winter lows have dipped below −15 °C (5 °F) during extreme cold snaps. Although frosts are frequent in winter, there is no lasting snow cover in a normal winter due to the mild daytime temperatures. As of 2024 , the population of Eindhoven consisted of 246,443 people (according to AlleCijfers.nl). Of these, 43% or some 104,804 people were of (partial) foreign descent in 2023. People are classified as being of foreign descent when they were born outside of
2479-405: The contraction of the regional words eind (meaning "last" or "end") and hove (or hoeve , a section of some 14 hectares of land). Toponymically , eind occurs commonly as a prefix and postfix in local place- and street names. A "hove" comprised a parcel of land which a local lord might lease to private persons (such as farmers ). Given that a string of such parcels existed around Woensel ,
2546-486: The country and its (European) region. Prime examples of industrial heritage in Eindhoven are the renovated Witte Dame ( "White Lady" ) complex, a former Philips lamp factory; and the Admirant building (informally known as Bruine Heer or "Brown Gentleman" in reference to the Witte Dame across the street), the former Philips main offices. The Witte Dame currently houses the municipal library, the Design Academy and
2613-462: The festival and it was released as Proud to Commit Commercial Suicide the same year it was recorded. It was released by Roadrunner Records In 2005, live footage of the performance was released on DVD and it was called Live at Dynamo. It was also released by Roadrunner Records. In May 1998, guest band Death recorded stock footage of their performance. Three years later, in an effort to raise money to pay for Chuck Schuldiner 's cancer treatment,
2680-595: The festival could not find a permanent venue. In 1999 Dynamo Open Air was held on a former rubbish dump in Mierlo , and the following year it went to the Goffertpark in Nijmegen . That was the first time DOA was held outside the province of North Brabant , and it was the first time in years that the festival had to shrink down to only one day. The previous years it had always been a two- or three-day festival. In 2001,
2747-465: The festival returned to Nijmegen, at the same location where it took place in 2000. In 2005, the festival used the site of the Dauwpop festival, and the reunited Anthrax headlined the stage. In an attempt to revitalise the festival, the current organization of the Dynamo youth center decided to change the festival's name from Dynamo Open Air to Dynamo Outdoor. In 2008, the first Dynamo Outdoor festival
Dynamo Open Air - Misplaced Pages Continue
2814-530: The five former municipalities became districts of the Municipality of Eindhoven, with Eindhoven-Centrum (the City proper) forming the sixth. Since then, an additional seventh district has been formed by dividing the largest district, that of Woensel, into Woensel-Zuid and Woensel-Noord. The early 20th century saw additions in technical industry with the advent of car and truck manufacturing company Van Doorne's Aanhangwagenfabriek (Trailer factory) (DAF) which
2881-405: The five neighbouring municipalities of Woensel (to the north), Tongelre (northeast and east), Stratum (southeast), Gestel en Blaarthem (southwest) and Strijp (west), which already bore the brunt of the housing needs and related problems, were incorporated into the new Groot-Eindhoven ("Greater Eindhoven") municipality. The prefix "Groot-" was later dropped. After the incorporation of 1920,
2948-3098: The footage was limitedly released in October 2001 by Nuclear Blast on CD and DVD formats under the name Live In Eindhoven , two months before Schuldiner's ultimate demise. Joshua Paul Di'Anno's Battlezone Satan Chariot Angel Witch Onslaught Avalon Cancelled shows : Lääz Rockit Stryper Testament Destruction Vengeance Atomkraft Mad Max Cancelled shows : Agent Steel (replaced by Testament ) Exodus Lȧȧz Rockit Candlemass Toxik Sabbat Paradox Savatage Armored Saint Sacred Reich Forbidden Sleeze Beez Holy Moses Fatal Destiny Death Angel Sacred Reich Sepultura Vicious Rumors Trouble Mordred Metal Church Primus Armored Saint Morbid Angel Extreme Saigon Kick Obituary Ignorance Psychotic Waltz Prong Corrosion of Conformity Mordred Paradise Lost The Organization My Sister's Machine Pestilence Skyclad Love on Ice Anthrax Suicidal Tendencies Mind Funk Biohazard Monster Magnet Dweezil Zappa Freak of Nature Fear Factory Nudeswirl Mercyful Fate Trouble Annihilator Gorefest Fudge Tunnel Kong Wool Z Cancelled shows : Therapy? , Tool (replaced by Z) Forbidden Gorefest Vicious Rumors Prong Clawfinger Sick of It All Jackyl The Organization Skintrade Die Krupps Cynic Last Crack Nerve Danzig Urban Dance Squad Kyuss Life of Agony Pride & Glory Skyclad Sleeze Beez The Obsessed B-Thong Skrew Tiamat My Dying Bride Skyclad Mary Beats Jane Sun Shihad Overdose Rape Waving Corn Hate Squad Schweisser Brotherhood Foundation Undeclinable Ambuscade Earth Crisis Snapcase Rich Kids on LSD Propaghandi Paradise Lost Type O Negative Dog Eat Dog Grip Inc. Warrior Soul Fear Factory Nailbomb Mental Hippie Blood Madball Nevermore Absconded Horace Pinker NRA Blitz Babies Crash Worship 35007 Biohazard Machine Head Life of Agony Trouble Dub War Downset. Eleven Pictures No Fun at All Strawman Burning Heads Orange 9mm Neurosis Anathema Pitchshifter Orphanage Altar Skrew Transpunk Dearly Beheaded Dreamgrinder Spiritual Beggars Merauder Torque Gurd Thumb Slapshot Ryker's Skippies Unsane Venom Gorefest Savatage The Gathering Pennywise Sacred Reich Shelter Voivod Galactic Cowboys White Devil Stuck Mojo Down by Law Millencolin Strung Out 7Zuma7 Slayer Kreatief Met Kirk Osdorp Possé & Nembrionic CIV Channel Zero Pro-Pain The Exploited Drain Shelter 59 Times
3015-484: The globally famous Design Academy Eindhoven . Neighbouring cities and towns include Son en Breugel , Nuenen , Geldrop-Mierlo , Helmond , Heeze-Leende , Waalre , Veldhoven , Eersel , Oirschot and Best . The agglomeration has a population of 337,487. The metropolitan area consists of 780,611 inhabitants. The city region has a population of 753,426. The Brabantse Stedenrij combined metropolitan area has about two million inhabitants. The name may derive from
3082-535: The houses but by 1560 these had been rebuilt with the help of William I of Orange . During the Dutch Revolt , Eindhoven changed hands between the Dutch and the Spanish several times during which it was burned down by renegade Spanish soldiers, until finally in 1583 it was captured once more by Spanish troops and its city walls were demolished. Eindhoven did not become part of the Netherlands until 1629. During
3149-403: The interim, Leif Edling launched a new project, Krux , featuring former Abstrakt Algebra vocalist Mats Levén and two members of Entombed . In November 2004, the band announced their second reunion. They recorded a new album, simply titled Candlemass , with the same lineup, and it was released in May 2005. The album earned them a Swedish Grammy that year. In 2006, the band revealed plans for
3216-559: The largest single contributing factor to the major growth of Eindhoven in the 20th century. It attracted and spun off many hi-tech companies, making Eindhoven a major technology and industrial hub. In 2005, a full third of the total amount of money spent on research in the Netherlands was spent in or around Eindhoven. A quarter of the jobs in the region are in technology and ICT , with companies such as FEI Company (once Philips Electron Optics), NXP Semiconductors (formerly Philips Semiconductors), ASML , ALTEN , Simac, Neways Electronics and
3283-406: The live album Live . Shortly afterward, internal disputes led to Messiah Marcolin's departure from the band in 1991. After Marcolin's departure, Candlemass recruited vocalist Thomas Vikström and recorded Chapter VI (1992). The band toured to support the album, but by 1994, Candlemass had disbanded, partly due to the commercial failure of Chapter VI , and partly because Edling had formed
3350-492: The music that we love so much, it will be a blast! The circle is closed; Johan is back!" The band also announced that they were recording a new album for a 2019 release, making it not only the first Candlemass studio album since 2012's Psalms for the Dead , but their first with Längqvist since 1986's Epicus Doomicus Metallicus . On 6 December 2018, Candlemass announced that their twelfth album would be titled The Door to Doom and would be released on 22 February 2019. It
3417-608: The name Eindhoven may have originated with the meaning literally "last hoves on the land of Woensel" in Dutch language . Another explanation is that "Eind" is derived from "Gender", the city is located at the end of this little river. Genderhoven phonetically would have changed to Endehoven. 'Ende' is also the old spelling and pronunciation of the word 'eind', which would explain the change from 'Gender' to 'Eind'. The written history of Eindhoven started in 1232, when Duke Hendrik I of Brabant granted city rights to Eindhoven , then
SECTION 50
#17327902556473484-505: The organisation thought they had found a site where the festival could return on a yearly basis, near the town of Lichtenvoorde . However, the threat of foot-and-mouth disease caused trouble, and Dynamo Open Air had to be cancelled. In 2002 it returned, at the site of the Bospop festival, but 2003 was another year without a Dynamo festival, because it would violate a recently passed law about animal protection during breeding season. For 2004,
3551-574: The second or third Saturday in July from 2015 to 2018; for the 2019 edition, it was converted into a two-day festival. After the 2020 edition was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic , Dynamo Metal Fest was scheduled to return in August 2021, however again cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The Dynamo Metal Fest was again held in August 2022. In 1995, Nailbomb had their performance recorded at
3618-535: The south of Den Bosch and into Eindhoven). Both dialects belong to the East Brabantian dialect group), which is very similar to colloquial Dutch ). Of all Eindhoven districts, the historical centre is by far the smallest in size and population, numbering only 5,419 in 2006. Woensel-Noord is the largest, having been the city's main area of expansion for several decades. Population figures for all districts, as of 1 January 2008, ranked by size: Eindhoven
3685-570: The start of the 21st century, a whole new housing development called Meerhoven was constructed at the site of the old airport of Welschap, west of Eindhoven. The airport itself, now called Eindhoven Airport , had moved earlier to a new location, paving the way for much-needed new houses. Meerhoven is part of the Strijp district and is partially built on lands annexed from the municipality of Veldhoven . The villages and city that make up modern Eindhoven were originally built on sandy elevations between
3752-529: The surrounding provinces. Primary education is provided to the children aged 4 to 12 in Eindhoven through a large number of primary schools: Secondary education is provided to the children aged 12 to 18 in Eindhoven through several highschools: Special needs secondary education: Eindhoven hosts four different public institutions for higher and adult education, as well as a number of private institutions offering courses and trainings. The public institutions hosted in Eindhoven are: The Open University also has
3819-408: The time, there was little regard for historical heritage . During the 1960s, a new city hall was built and its Neo-gothic predecessor (1867) demolished to make way for a planned arterial road that never materialised. The 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s saw large-scale housing developments in the districts of Woensel-Zuid and Woensel-Noord, making Eindhoven the fifth-largest city in the Netherlands. At
3886-529: The university. Starting in 2002, the university, the Catharina hospital, Philips Medical and the University of Maastricht joined forces and started joint research into biomedical science , technology and engineering . Within Eindhoven, this research has been concentrated in a new university faculty (BioMedical Technology or BMT). This development has also made Eindhoven a biomedical technology hub within
3953-408: Was also revealed that the album would feature a guest appearance by Black Sabbath 's Tony Iommi , who contributes a guitar solo to one of the album's tracks, "Astorolus – The Great Octopus". The band released an EP, The Pendulum , on 27 March 2020. Shortly after its release, Leif Edling said that Candlemass was unlikely to release their next studio album until 2022 or 2023. On 18 August 2022,
4020-406: Was connected by rail to Tilburg , 's-Hertogenbosch , Venlo and Belgium between 1866 and 1870. Industrial activities initially centred around tobacco and textiles and boomed with the rise of lighting and electronics giant Philips , which was founded as a light bulb manufacturing company in Eindhoven in 1891. Industrialisation brought population growth to Eindhoven. On the establishment of
4087-536: Was delayed until 3 April 2009. The band signed with the Austrian label Napalm Records in 2011, who released their eleventh studio album, Psalms for the Dead , in June 2012. Despite this, bassist Leif Edling stated that the band would not split up, but wanted to stop before they "get too old and start putting out half-lame albums." On 2 June 2012, Candlemass announced via their website that Robert Lowe had left
SECTION 60
#17327902556474154-439: Was held in the centre of Eindhoven, with bands such as Mad Sin , Anathema and Born From Pain performing. The festival was once again held in Eindhoven in the following year, with Destine, Stahlzeit, Asphyx , Textures, The Butcher and Municipal Waste on the bill. The revival of the festival occurred with a new name as Dynamo Metal Fest, which has taken place every year since 2015. The festival had taken place traditionally on
4221-498: Was its location on the trade route from Holland to Liège . Around 1388, the city's fortifications were strengthened further. And between 1413 and 1420, a new castle was built within the city walls. In 1486, Eindhoven was plundered and burned by troops from Guelders . The reconstruction of Eindhoven was finished in 1502, with a stronger rampart and a new castle. However, in 1543 it fell again, its defense works having been neglected due to poverty. A big fire in 1554 destroyed 75% of
4288-570: Was later renamed to Van Doorne's Automobiel Fabriek and the subsequent shift towards electronics and engineering, with the traditional tobacco and textile industries waning and finally disappearing in the 1970s. A first air raid in World War II was flown by the RAF on 6 December 1942 targeting the Philips factory downtown, in which 148 civilians died, even though the attack was carried out on
4355-486: Was open to recording new music with Candlemass. To coincide with the 30th anniversary of Epicus Doomicus Metallicus , Candlemass released the EP Death Thy Lover on 3 June 2016. Additionally, on 29 April 2016, the band released a career-spanning coffee-table book. The book also included two CDs featuring top picks by Leif Edling and Messiah Marcolin, a CD with rare tracks from their early career (including
4422-528: Was originally located at the confluence of the Dommel and the Gender . A municipality since the 13th century, Eindhoven witnessed rapid growth starting in the 1900s by textile and tobacco industries. Two well-known companies, DAF Trucks and Philips , were founded in the city; Philips would go on to become a major multinational conglomerate while based in Eindhoven. Apart from Philips, Eindhoven also contains
4489-440: Was sentenced to two years in prison for grand theft, having been convicted of stealing over 35,000 CDs and DVDs worth approximately 3 million SEK (around $ 500,000). Candlemass worked on their tenth studio album in 2008, initially titled Hammer of Doom . However, they later renamed it Death Magic Doom to avoid conflict with a German festival of the same name. The album was originally scheduled for release on 27 March 2009 but
#646353