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Bullet for My Valentine
One of the most successful UK metal acts since Iron Maiden, Bullet for My Valentine are to present their new album in Kyiv. The Welsh quartet uses classic heavy metal and punk-infused metal to create their own style of melodic and metallic dark rock songs. With full-throttle drums and howling vocals the band used to be an opening act for Metallica and Guns N’ Roses. But Bullet for My Valentine’s pop sensibilities really brought them to the mainstream with their first few albums. On their sixth album “Gravity,” the rockers explore new frontiers of metal with vocal harmonies and atmospheric electronic effects.
Bullet for My Valentine. Stereo Plaza (119 Lobanovskyi Ave). April 22. 8 p.m. Hr 1,400-2,200
Accept
The upcoming performance of the German band Accept is a chance to hear their heavy metal music performed together with the National Academic Orchestra of Folk Instruments of Ukraine, or NAONI. Formed in 1976, Accept traveled a long way to get to where the band is now: it split up and reformed multiple times, released 15 music albums and had a number of line-up changes since it was founded. This time, Accept together with NAONI will perform songs from the band’s live music show “Symphonic Terror,” released in 2017.
Accept. Ukraine Palace (103 Velyka Vasylkivska St.) April 25. 7 p.m. Hr 950-4,000
Kyiv Coffee Festival
For those who cannot get through the day without a cup of strong and flavorsome coffee, Platforma Art Factory is arranging the fifth Kyiv Coffee Festival, which is to be held on April 20-21. Offering a great number of coffee drinks for all tastes and pockets, made by 50 coffee houses, the festival will also feature food court, bars, live music performances and various workshops. Apart from that, the fifth Kyiv Coffee Festival will also entertain visitors with a coffee-making championship organized by the Specialty Coffee Association of Ukraine.
Kyiv Coffee Festival. Platforma Art Factory (1 Bilomorska St.). April 20-21. 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. One-day ticket Hr 120
DJ Masda, Khan and Others
Two DJs based in Berlin but with very different roots will perform at Closer, Kyiv’s best known electronic music club. DJ Masda, a Japanese musician born at the foot of Mt. Fuji, is one of the finest record selectors in the electronic music scene. His diverse track selection and precise mixing features bits of old and new to create many layered house and techno. An all-genre performer Can “Khan” Oral was raised in Germany by a Finnish mother and Turkish father. Khan then lived in New York City for ten years before moving to Berlin, becoming a part of the local club scene. The experience imprinted in his music references to the NYC post-punk and German schlager tradition. Two Ukrainian resident DJs of Closer, Shakolin and Bambu, will also perform throughout Saturday night.
DJ Masda, Khan and Others. Closer (31 Nyzhnoiurkivska St.) April 27. 11:55 p.m. Hr 300-400. Visitors must be over 21
