TOP 5 HOLIDAY FEATURE


TOP 5 Holiday Music by Cammie Gilbert, Sylvaine, Vermilia, Mizuho Lin, Danielle Evans

Music is a special thing, as it most often relaxes and helps you cope with everyday life. A certain song makes the memories come back and you remember the moment you heard it for the first time. It makes you travel far away, live in the moment, think about the future,
It gives energy, this year more with jogging than with gigs.

This year has been particularly exceptional in many ways,
but the holidays remain and people spend them differently.
Often certain songs belong to certain moments and different styles of music make people relax in different ways.

We contacted five artists to ask about their top 5 recommendations for holiday music.
What kind of music is included in their holidays or what they have liked to listen to lately.

It’s also great to always find new music. That moment, that feeling when you find something new where you get shivers.

If you haven’t heard our featured artists yet, I recommend you to check out their versatile taste of music, but also the art they create, because you might find something new for your holidays.

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Krzysztof Drabikowski Of Batushka (Poland) “There is only one true Батюшка.”


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Interview by Carina Lawrence / Dark Art Conspiracy

Polish black metal project Batushka was founded and created by guitarist and songwriter Krzysztof Drabikowski back in 2015. They caught the attention of metalheads and press alike with their successful debut release ‘Litourgiya’ and even went on to sign with popular label Metal Blade Records. The project also featured vocalist Bartłomiej “Bart” Krysiuk and drummer Marcin Bielemuk, to accompany Krzysztof however that is no longer the case as in December 2018 a shocking video was released from Krzysztof Drabikowski informing everyone that former vocalist Krysiuk had gone behind the creators back and essentially stolen his own band from him as Krzysztof had parted ways with the vocalist but Krysiuk turned the story around on Krzysztof instead. Currently, there are two sides claiming to be Batushka but there is only one true Batushka and we were lucky enough to speak to the real founder Krzysztof Drabikowski  to get the full details of this unbelievable and shocking deceptive story and get the truth out there…

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METALLICA M72 WORLD TOUR 2027 NORTH AMERICAN SHOWS ANNOUNCED


Metallica has confirmed a series of new North American stadium dates that extend the band’s massive M72 World Tour into 2027. Having played 99 shows in 26 countries since its April 2023 kick-off, the Live Nation-promoted M72 World Tour will resume May 8, 2027 at BC Place in Vancouver – hitting a dozen new cities for the first time on this run throughout the American southwest, midwest and beyond – and will conclude June 19, 2027 at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City.

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BLOODSTOCK founder’s artwork takes its place in George Lucas’s new museum


Bloodstock Open Air Festival is proud to announce that founder and resident artist Paul Raymond Gregory has been selected for inclusion in the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson. The museum, dedicated to the art of visual storytelling, is located in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, California and was designed by architect Ma Yansong of MAD Architects. It opens to the public on 22 September 2026, eight years after its 2018 groundbreaking.

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RAMMSTEIN ‘LIVE IN MEXICO CITY’ SETTING CINEMAS ABLAZE WORLDWIDE


TICKETS ON SALE SEPTEMBER 23 AT RAMMSTEINMEXICO.LIVE

SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILER HERE

“If we define fun as the unknowing acceleration of time, then Rammstein’s particular brand of self-obliteration, in which time collapses entirely, is a guaranteed good time” – THE NEW YORKER
 
“The commitment to excessive pyromania was epic stagecraft on a Wagnerian scale, several notches up from most arena rock. More important was that the six-piece band… wasn’t dependent on those fireworks but could have easily punished and soothed the senses to nearly the same effect with music alone”
 – THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
 
“One of heavy music’s biggest and most dynamic live acts”
 – CONSEQUENCE 

2022 marked the North American debut of the most extreme spectacle in live music, when RAMMSTEIN brought its full-scale stadium production to the continent for the first and only time. Seven 747s and nearly 210 crew members brought rock ’n’ roll’s most ambitious pyro-theatrical experience overseas to blaze a flaming trail through 12 open-air dates that began on August 21st in Montreal and went on to set seven U.S. stadiums ablaze before the tour concluded with a massive three-night stand at Mexico City’s 65,000-capacity Foro Sol stadium on October 1, 2 and 4, 2022.

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AT THE GATES LAUNCH OFFICIAL FULL ALBUM ANIMATED MOVIE FOR THE GHOST OF A FUTURE DEAD


Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES released their latest studio album The Ghost of a Future Dead worldwide this past April via Century Media Records and the album marked a special tribute to frontman Tomas Lindberg, who tragically passed away in September 2025.

As part of the release campaign for The Ghost of a Future Dead, longtime AT THE GATES collaborator Costin Chioreanu (Twilight 13 Media) prepared a massive conceptual visual storyline which enhances the entire album’s music and lyrics. Having previously already released the animated paintings in videos for the songs ‘The Dissonant Void’ and ‘In Dark Distortion’, the rest of the videos for the other album songs as well as the “full album video” can now be experienced here.

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BLOODSTOCK NEWS: PRIZES, POWER, AND PIXELS


BLOODSTOCKers! The big 25th Anniversary celebrations are here, and there’s no shortage of ways to get involved – whether you’re pedaling, gaming, or just feeling lucky. You can even join in if you’re not at BLOODSTOCK!

Heavy Metal Truants: The “Ed To Ed” Challenge

While the HMT crew makes their epic ride to Catton Park starting today (follow them here), you can get in on the action without breaking a sweat on the road. If you’re at BLOODSTOCK, head to the HMT tent in the main arena and hop on a static bike to see how fast you can generate enough real electricity to boil water – kids are racing to 5ml, adults to 10ml (a hand crank is available for differently-abled participants).

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‘MEGADETH’ ANNOUNCES “BREAKOUT: HIBERNATION OF THE NATIONS” 2027 EUROPEAN TOUR


Following one of the most celebrated years in the band’s legendary career, GRAMMY® Award-winning thrash metal pioneers Megadeth have announced Breakout: Hibernation Of The Nations, a European chapter of their multi-year global farewell headline tour. Kicking off March 9, 2027 in Belfast, the 24-date arena run will bring Megadeth to fans across the United Kingdom and mainland Europe before concluding April 13 in Lisbon, Portugal.

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