Some people associate all blackletters as Nazi fonts but this is clearly an uneducated view and wipes out several hundred years of the typefaces’ history. The Nazis continued to use Fraktur extensively until 1941 when it was replace with more readable fonts. In 1933 Hitler declared the new typography to be un-German and declared Fraktur to be “Volk”, i.e. In the 1920’s it was considered to be antiquated by German designers and publishers and fell out of favor and was replaced by the “New Typography” of sans serif typefaces. Germany continued to use Blackletters until the early twentieth century. For these reasons, in the 1500’s, blackletter became less popular for printing in many countries except Germany and the German speaking countries. Blackletters are difficult to read as body text and Roman and Italic faces were easier to print with movable type. While Gutenberg used blackletters for his bible and books, this signaled a new era in typefaces used for printing. Image Credit: Wikipedia (with small change by the author) It’s beyond the scope of this article to go into each one, but if you look at the letter “o” in the chart below you will see the difference. Over time a wide variety of different blackletters appeared, but four major families can be identified: Textura, Rotunda, Schwabacher and Fraktur. They evolved in Western Europe from the mid twelfth century. Blackletter typefaces are based on early manuscript lettering. This style of typeface is recognizable by its dramatic thin and thick strokes, and in some fonts, the elaborate swirls on the serifs. It‘s a pity that major festivals are still on pause, but hopefully soon it will be back.The Blackletter typeface (also sometimes referred to as Gothic, Fraktur or Old English) was used in the Guthenburg Bible, one of the first books printed in Europe. The Industrial scene again pleased with an abundance of interesting albums mostlyin the Dark Ambient genre, Gothic Electronic music continues to diversify its sound, Noise beats are moving more and more into the field of Techno-Industrial, the Synth scene is closely intertwined with Synthwave, in Post-Industrial the Oldschool Electro-Industrial continues the revival and the old ones already forgotten projects keep coming back with new albums. All the old projects that released b-sides and unreleased material in 2020 have already released everything that is possible from the old stuff and started recording new material which was released in 2021. The second year of the pandemic turned out not to be as rich in albums as 2020, however, good material and interesting work did not decrease in general. Special: Electronic Gothic album of the year SINNER’S DAY 2022 - New thrilling names added to the line-up!ĮPICA - Postpone “The Epic Apocalypse Tour” to 2023īLOC PARTY - Announce their sixth studio album “Alpha Games” IN THE NURSERY - “Ektachrome (The Animator)” - first single from new album by Sheffield-based group / album out GET WELL SOON - New album “Amen” on, New single “Mantra” now TEMPERS - New York based duo announces new album “New Meaning” to be released on April 1 via DAIS THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE - New Album “Fascination” on, new single “Dreams of you” out now!Į-TROPOLIS FESTIVAL 2022 - With Project Pitchfork, Solar Fake & The Joke Jay HÅKAN HEMLIN OF NORLAND) - Shares “Och Regnet Föll” video + double-single PLAGE NOIRE 2022 - Completes line-up and announces days of the individual acts WAVE GOTIK TREFFEN 2022 - New bands confirmedĭIE KAMMER - Releases new single “Ago” to celebrate 10th anniversary MADRUGADA - New album “Chimes at Midnight” on, new song/video “Ecstasy” out now!ĭOOL & SECRETS OF THE MOON - announce tour cancellation PAPA ROACH - Release anthemic new single “Stand Up”ĬALIBAN - Welcome new album “Dystopia” with new single and video “Ascent Of The Blessed” PLACEBO - Release video clip for new single “Try Better Next Time” MILDREDA - Video “Liaisons Dangereuses” selected by Brussels Independent Film Festival