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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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7 more for “Sold Out”-Wacken!


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And here are the news from the latest Wacken newsletter:
7 new band confirmations
After a short lean period we like to announce the next bounce of bands for this year’s W:O:A billing. We have seven new bands for you, which never played in Wacken before. Their musical styles ranges from traditional heavy metal through power and progressive elements to New German Hardness.
Dunderbeist – The Norwegian whiz kids are considered as one of the hottest newcomer bands from Scandinavia. They just released their third album “Songs Of The Buried” which will be used to conquer Europe for sure. And on their way to this goal, they will also enter the Wacken Open Air!
Eisbrecher – – New German Hardness at the W:O:A. After they left Megaherz and founded Eisbrecher about 10 years ago, the duo Wesselksy & Pix used to get started again – with huge success. With their fifth album, released in 2012, the band entered position 3 in the German album charts.
Kärbholz – the German rock/punk band Kärbholz was founded in 2003 and released five albums so far. Every album raises their fan base and their last album “Rastlos” made it to position 16 in the German charts.
Kryptos – the band from India was founded in 1998 and is part of the spearhead of the metal music and scene in their country. Since their establishment they released three albums which generated a lot of furor. A record deal in 2007 led to support shows for bands like Iron Maiden, Kreator, Amon Amarth and Satyricon. In 2010, they came to play some shows in Europe as the first Indian metal band ever. In 2012 they released their third album “The Coils Of Apollyon”. They play straight eighties metal inspired by Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Candlemass – if you like this music, you must check ´em out!
Null DB –resulting from an under-18 school band, Null DB are striving to the top with their independent sound. You could try to categorize the band between Nu Metal and New German Hardness, but you shouldn’t draw a parallel like “they sound like…” – it will not work out. In 2008 they first attract attention when they won a German rock music award and shortly afterwards they published their first real release “Im Auge des Sturms”. By now they also released their second work “Endzeit”.
Rebattered – this band is living the metal! The band Rebattered focuses on grooving thrash metal now, after they tried some musical experiments with for example progressive elements in their beginning. Founded in 2002, the band won several band competitions and awards, played countless live-shows and released their debut EP “Wheel of Misfortune” in 2007. In 2012 they released their second EP “We Eat People” and by now they are working on their first album.
Secret Sphere – from Italy plays progressive power metal, which is often also categorized as symphonic power metal. Whatever you call the genre, the band which was founded in 1997 has the finger on the pulse. In 2012 they released their sevenths Album “Portrait Of A Dying Heart”. And in 2013 they will release a new version of their second album “A Time Never Come”.

Link:
http://www.wacken.com

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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/