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Milking The Goatmachine at Dong 2014

Our friends of the DONG Open Air have news:
You thought we were already done, right?
In your face: Milking The Goatmachine is the reason it smells like the countryside on the Dong hill – and it sounds like death metal!
But this is it for now. If you don’t know how to pass the time until the ticket sale this coming Sunday, you can a) set up an account in our online shop or make sure the one you have is still there or b) check out our youtube playlist which we filled with our acts for 2014. Arch Enemy, Annihilator, Grave Digger, Hail of Bullets, Satan, Iwrestledabearonce, Grailknights, Milking the Goatmachine, and about 20 more noise makers are waiting for you!
Metal on!
Your Dong Team

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Wacken Metal Battle goes Dong

Our friends of the DONG Open Air have news (and a new logo):
Since its very inception, the Dong Open Air has been a forum for underground metal. In 2013 the essence of over 400 international band applications is going to rock the stage on the hill. Now it does not come as a surprise that the Dong is going to host the German final of the biggest international band competition – the Wacken Metal Battle!

The semifinalists Aeons Confer from Hamburg and J.T. Ripper from Chemnitz are going to battle at the DOA right In front of you in order to make it to the international final at the Wacken Open Air. Check out the new band profiles and be there when symphonic dark metal gets into the ring with raw thrash metal!

To get you guys into the mood, we’ll throw in one free drink per band for our big Dong Competition and again one more for the victory party (that makes three in total)! How do you take part in this nifty competition, you may ask? Just sign up for the newsletter!

Link:
http://www.dongopenair.de/

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Dong 2013 Competition

Our friends of the DONG Open Air have news:
Here we go with the pretty badass “Dong Competition.” Over the next three weeks, we are going to fill a nice bag full of metal highlights that will make your 2013 Dong Open Air even greater than it usually is. What do you have to do to get that prize? Just sign up for our newsletter, or rather: stay signed up!
The first nifty prize in the big bag o’ prizes is a meet&greet with Dark Tranquillity for two fans! You will meet the cofounders of the Gothenburg sound backstage and will have the chance to ask them anything you have always wanted to know. At the same time, you get to take a look behind the scenes of the Dong Open Air. And being the great hosts that we are, this prize will also involve a couple of free beers. So sign up for our newsletter and stay tuned to find out about the other great things that will go into the bag – it’s definitely worth the wait!

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DONG 2013 – Lineup complete

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

Link:
http://www.dongopenair.de/

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Dong 2013: Born From Pain, Skyclad and more!

More DONG Open Air news:
We told you, there’s more!
We are happy to have a European metalcore band, who knows exactly what they’re doing, on our billing for 2013. Born from Pain from the Netherlands are bringing their sixth album to the Dong hill, ready to cause some pogo induced bruises. And while we’re already in the pit, we would like to announce another top notch band: Skyclad, the Originators of Folk Metal, return right in time for their 10-year anniversary of their Dong debut!
The Berlin-based glamrock royals of the Kamikaze Kings and the thrashers of Godslave from Saarbrücken have also confirmed their intentions to rock the stage. As did Spectral from the Eifel region, carrying a healthy mixture of black, death and viking metal up the hill.
Enjoy the audio samples on our website,
Your Dong Team

Link:
http://www.dongopenair.de/

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Soilwork at DONG 2013

One again a DONG update:
Greetings from Gothenburg!
Let us introduce the next couple of bands for this summer’s line-up to you! We’ll start with Soilwork. The influential Gothenburg style band just recently released their ninth and most successful album and is eager to present it live on stage!
Since we live and play by the motto “the more the merrier,” we also invited the Ruhrpott rockers of Crossplane to join us on our lovely hill. Additionally, we got some old skool trash, namely Hatred from Bamberg, and female fronted power metal by Exotoxis from Essen.
To put the icing on the heavy metal cake, we invited Acyl from Paris, who promised to bring along their North African folklore and death metal mélange, serving you something quite unique and exciting. If you care for more info, check out the bands’ profiles on our website!
We’ll be back with more,
Your Dong Team

Link:
http://www.dongopenair.de/

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Sodom at DONG 2013

A DONG update:
Thrash metal in your face!
Sodom are going to bring their brand new album “Epitome of Torture” to the thirteenth Dong Open Air! The pioneers of German thrash metal will be supported by the French metal core missiles of In Arkadia, Frankfurt based ball squeezers of Elvenpath and last but not least Orphan Hate from Berlin, who released their latest alternative metal disc last December.
Do you want more? No worries: Including these announced bands, less than half of the upcoming Dong Open Air billing has been unveiled! We will continue to feed you more in the next few days. Get into the festival mood by checking out the profiles of the bands we have booked so far and listen to the audio samples.
Best,
Your Dong Team

Link:
http://www.dongopenair.de/

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Dong 2013 – Soulfly and four more!

Good news from Dong 2013:
Ladies and Gentlemen!
A quick heads up to begin with: Up until Wednesday you can get your ticket to the Winter Party at the reduced pre-sale price! Get your ticket or ticket/t-shirt bundle now to get a great deal!
And now for the truly important stuff: If you rocked out to Sepultura last year or still think they were so much better when Max Cavalera was still around, you shall be happy! Soulfly will play at the Dong! The Brazilian-American thrash and nu metal legend among whose outspoken fans are people like Dave Grohl, are looking forward to a quaint show up on the hill – back to the primitive! We’d also like to present you some of the selected and best applications we have received for 2013: Superbutt form Hungary are going to enchant you with some smoking alternative rock and a voice like no other. Kadavrik from Wesel, Germany will serve you outstanding melo death, while Fyrnreich from Cologne, Germany invite for a pagan feast with mead and beer. Act of Worship are also from Cologne, but are much less inclined to associated with mead drinking, but rather with bloody butchery. Check out the info and audio material of the bands on our website. We’ll keep working on setting a beautiful and diverse metal table for you!
Best,
Your Dong Team

Official site:
http://www.dongopenair.de/