– your latest festival, open air and concert news…
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2 new band announcements: Annihilator and Industrial City who won the Metal-Battle in the Caucasian Republics. As always they have to change the festival ABC a little for the new festival year. Next to the content changes, they also included a comfort function to simplify the usage of the navigation at the voluminous ABC.
Link:
http://www.wacken.com
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SUFFOCATION cancelled – VOMITORY, SHINING, SKELETAL REMAINS, MAGRUDERGRIND, DEATHRONATION and WOUND are completing the billing.
Unfortunately SUFFOCATION cancelled their entire summer festival tour 2013! We have now knowledge about the band´s motives. Shit happens!
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Once again there will be an opening night party at Vainstream 2013:
Desperados Opening Night feat.
Unearth, Your Demise, Bane
FREE ENTRY FOR ALL with a valid Vainstream 2013 TICKET !!!
05.07.2013 Münster, Skaters Palace
06.07.2013 – Vainstream Lineup:
IN FLAMES
PARKWAY DRIVE
BOYSETSFIRE
ASKING ALEXANDRIA
ANTI-FLAG (20 Years Anniversary Show)
H20
THE GHOST INSIDE
CALLEJON
AGNOSTIC FRONT
DEEZ NUTS
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Our friends of the DONG Open Air have news:
Dark Tranquillity are going to fill in for Soilwork! So we will still have one of the most successful Gothenburg sound bands with a brand new album kick ass on the Dong stage!
Tickets are still available at:
http://www.dongopenair.de/
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From the wacken newsletter: New wave of announcements rolls – 13 new acts
Today isn’t Friday the 13th, but we add 13 new names to our billing! Next to several Wacken debutants, we also have some Wacken classic acts prepared. Meshuggah will play at the W:O:A for the very first time. The musicians from Sweden play a style of music which doesn’t fit in known genres. The eight string e-guitars of the band create some kind of sophisticated death/thrash metal with influences from jazz and elements of progressive metal. Some people use the term Innovative Complicated Metal to describe it and this kind of music is successful, no doubt. The band was founded in 1987 and in 2012 they released their seventh album Koloss.
Fozzy– the former cover band Fozzy has released several albums with own songs by now and is a steady part of the metal scene. The Americans with their well known singer Chris Jericho have released their latest album Sin in 2012 and now they are awaiting their first W:O:A performance.
The name Last in Line stands for the former band members from Ronnie James Dio’s own band Dio. All former members (except Dio of-course, which will be represented by Andy Freeman) which played at the “The Last In Line” album are back to play their legendary songs again and to bring them back to live.
Emergency Gate was founded as a power metal band, but nowadays they play music which remains of Swedish death metal. The band from Bavaria just released its 5th studio album this year and now they will play in Wacken too.
Heaven´s Basement is a young hard rock band from England. Founded in 2008, the band got famous for their live shows very quick. Already in their first year, the band played as a supporting act for Bon Jovi and a crowd of 50.000 people – at this time, bandleader Sid Glover was just 18 years old. After two EP’s and hundreds of concerts they have now released their debut album Filthy Empire.
With Impius Mundi we like to announce another medieval rock band for this year. The septet from northern Germany is going to release its second CD this year and their live performances include a great fire show.
From Cleveland, Ohio comes the band Soulless to the W:O:A. The thrashers are just releasing their new CD In Death’s Grip which they will present at their Wacken debut.
Serum 114 is a German punk rock band which generates some serious excitement in the scene since a few years. Forceful and pithy songs and their wildly live shows are the trademarks of the band which released its latest album Deine Stimme/Dein Gesicht in 2012.
Spitfire from Munich plays kick ass rock ´n` roll with elements from heavy rock, metal and rockabilly. The band which was founded in 2011 was touring with Betontod this year and today they release their new album.
Like the traditions wants it, Skyline will again firmly open the Wacken Open Air main stages. The band which is linked to the festival like no other will again play chosen metal songs with some special guests.
Also involved again in 2013 and a firm element of the festival: Mambokurt, Blaas of Glory and the W:O:A Firefighters.
Link:
http://www.wacken.com
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Summer Breeze Newsletter No.12 is out:
1.: Camel Stage bill finalized
2.: NEW BLOOD AWARD 2013: Evaluation has begun
3.: Still water
Check out the complete newsletter here!!!
httpv://youtu.be/mvZY4lI8SGw
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Just a few weeks from now the gates to METALFEST LORELEY will open and from June 20 – 22 more than 30 handpicked bands are taking part that belong to the biggest, heaviest and most exciting acts the genre has to offer. Bands like SLAYER, SUBWAY TO SALLY, ACCEPT, CHILDREN OF BODOM, TESTAMENT, SAXON, DORO, DOWN and many more are going to rock the Rhine Valley!
Now HYPOCRISY & KRISIUN have been confirmed for METALFEST LORELEY 2013. ARCH ENEMY had to cancel their performance due to familial reasons, find the band statement below.
These are the new entrants:
HYPOCRISY
Peter Tägtgren wrote death metal history in 1990: the year he founded HYPOCRISY! Gems like “Penetralia” (1992) or “Abducted” (1996) turned out to be landmark releases in terms of Scandinavian brutality mixed with epic melodies – could anyone ever forget that immortal hymn “Roswell 47”? The Swedish death metal legends are far from being done though: just check out their brand new opus “End of disclosure” (2013)!
KRISIUN
Founded in 1990, Brasilian death metal worshippers KRISIUN made sure pretty fast the whole extreme metal world would never forget their name. The power trio killed everything with its debut “Black force domain” in 1995, and their sheer old school force and brutal approach hasn`t faded a bit to this very day. Recently KRISIUN unleashed the demo and rarities collection “Arise from blackness”.
Statement ARCH ENEMY:
“It is with great disappointment that we have to cancel our shows at European festivals this summer. The reason for this being private family matters that demand our full attention, making it difficult to fulfill our commitments in that time frame. We are currently looking into the possibility of rescheduling these festival slots for next year. We would like to thank the festival promoters, and of course the fans for their understanding and continued support. We will use this downtime to finish up the work on our upcoming DVD/Blu-ray and continue with the songwriting process of the next Arch Enemy album. We look forward to seeing you all in 2014! Metal on!”
METALFEST LORELEY 2013
Presented by Piranha, Musix, Noizeletter, Radio Bob, Coolibri, Laut.de, Rock Hard France, Rock Tribune, Lords Of Metal & BLAST!
June 20th – 22nd 2013 – St. Goarshausen
SLAYER
SUBWAY TO SALLY
ACCEPT
CHILDREN OF BODOM
TESTAMENT
SAXON
DORO
DOWN
PARADISE LOST
SOULFLY
JBO
ICED EARTH
WINTERSUN
HYPOCRISY
SIX FEET UNDER
KVELERTAK
EQUILIBRIUM
TURISAS
VARG
THRESHOLD
WITCHCRAFT
SUICIDAL ANGELS
DELAIN
FEUERSCHWANZ
MAJESTY
KRISIUN
KISSIN DYNAMITE
GRAILKNIGHTS
KADAVAR
Get your tickets now! The three-day festival pass (including camping) is only 79 €, and for 89 € you can call the fan pack including the festival pass, a festival shirt and a NoiseArt CD of your choice your own!!! Check out: www.hardticket.eu
From now on METALFEST tickets are also available as e-tickets at hardticket.eu. Save shipping costs and simply print out your ticket at home!
Check out the official festival site for more information:
http://de.metalfest.eu/
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Hello friends, again 3 bands have agreed to join the birthday party of the year: Heavy trash cult from the Ruhr area by the name of Tom Angelripper & SODOM is rolling in and will fire off the gun salutes for the anniversary. Of course such a band musn’t be missing among the invited guests.***Post hardcore & metalcore in the heaviest way presented by ADEPT, the Swedish dynamite, is also treating your ears. Their latest album „Silence The World“ is crawling in all auditory canals like a virus at the moment and will definitely leave a lasting impression at their live gig as well…Old Swede!***The mates of DEVIL SOLD HIS SOUL will shoot their refined British attitude against our stomach walls. Their brew of progressive metal and post hardcore is not easily digestible but very nutritious. Whet your appetite and check out the songs and videos on the net. We are looking forward to this special band!***The band Raised Fist unfortunately had to decline their commitment. They apologize for that and will try to be a part of the 21. WFF. We and the band ask your your understanding. See you soon, Your WFF Team
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HYPOCRISY, GRAVEYARD and DENIAL OF GOD are confirmed now.
Our friends of the DONG Open Air have great news:
Did you really think this was it?
You were wrong! We found some more surprise eggs in our back yard and shall now share them with you:
Finntroll are going to be here, and will carry their brand new album “Blodsvept” up the hill, planning to break our crowdsurfing record! They will be carried by the death metal band Rotting Empire from Ingolstadt, Germany, and their melodeath colleagues of Words Of Farewell from Marl, Germany.
Last but not least, we got two more delicacies for you: Any Given Day, who are currently advertising their debut EP with a Rihanna cover, will come from the far lands of Oberhausen, Germany, to slap us in the face with an ingenious mixture of metalcore and djent.
Get ready to sweat with the Truckfighters. The Swedish Stoner rock legend, which – according to Josh Homme himself – inspired him to start Kyuss, will do their best to blast their heaviest riffs of the festival at the audience!
It is not without a fair bit of pride that we declare this year’s Dong Open Air to be the most diverse one since its inception. Scene legends and newcomers, old skool and bleeding edge, from near and afar, from dirt rock to death metal and thrash, horror punk, folk and theatrical power metal, and introducing new sounds including North African rhythms, metalcore and stoner rock.
If you think you like the loud kind of music, but didn’t really spot anything in this newsletter that made your heart beat faster, go check out the band profiles of the musicians we confirmed. We updated many of the profiles with videos and each one comes with audio samples!
Of course, apart from all the musical highlights, the secret headliner will once again be a nice cold beer with your friends. At 2€ per half liter, we once again dance the beer price limbo of the festival nation!
In addition to the first festival teaser, we also have the first Dong Open Air trailer for you to check out. Look at our metal Garden of Eden, the Dong hill, from its best sides.
All Nightmare Dong is going to take place from July 11th to 13th! Get your ticket now, before they’re gone!
We are looking forward to see you!
Your Dong Team