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Tool confirmed as first headliner for GMM2024!

November 14, 2023 carinadarkart Leave a comment

Gear up for a trip through a sonic universe bursting at the seams with hypnotic tracks and baffling visuals. On Thursday 20 June 2024, Tool will wrap up proceedings on our South Stage. The iconic progressive metal band from Los Angeles headed by Maynard James Keenan is making its GMM debut this year.

Formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, the American progressive metal band has a reputation for staging jaw-dropping live performances, both on a musical and visual level. In 2019, after a 13-year recording hiatus, they released their last studio album to date with ‘Fear Inoculum’, containing the Grammy-nominated tracks ‘7empest’ (Best Metal Performance) and ‘Fear Inoculum’ (Best Rock Song). The band is known for its complex and experimental style, lathered with progressive rock, alternative metal and art rock influences.

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TOOL RETURNS TO COPENHELL

November 14, 2023 carinadarkart Leave a comment

TOOL has announced their highly-anticipated return to Europe next summer and will visit COPENHELL on June 22, 2024.

News of the band’s European tour follows a particularly busy time for the Los Angeles- foursome TOOL, currently in the midst of a North American tour that extends into February next year. Over the last five months, TOOL has headlined Aftershock, Welcome to Rockville, Louder Than Life and the Sonic Temple Arts & Music festivals, as well as a performance at Power Trip, which Metal Hammer described as “a mind-melting, triumphant showcase of just how singular their art is, a transcendental experience that surpasses genre boundaries.”

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Avenged Sevenfold Announce Main Stage Headline Slot At Download Festival in June 2024

November 10, 2023 carinadarkart Leave a comment

Avenged Sevenfold has announced a headline slot on the main stage at Download Festival 2024 which runs from June 14^th – 16^th. The band has previously headlined the festival in 2014 and 2018.

Guitarist Synyster Gates said “We are super excited to be playing Download for the third time. We are gearing up to deliver an unforgettable performance and look forward to everyone joining us for what promises to be an exhilarating event.”

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Desertfest London announces 25 bands for 2024 edition

November 8, 2023 carinadarkart Leave a comment

Desertfest London have unveiled 25 bands for their 12^th edition, taking place across multiple venues in Camden next May 17^th – 19^th.

Following their pandemic induced cancellation in 2020, Desertfest is thrilled to announce desert rock pioneers Masters of Reality for the event. It will be the band’s first UK appearance in almost a decade. Masters of Reality is the brainchild of legendary producer Chris Goss (Welcome to Sky Valley, Rated R, Blues for The Red Sun, Dust, Songs for The Deaf). Their combination of hard-rock blues with a progressive tinge makes no apologies for not sticking within the stylised box listeners would expect, yet simultaneously provides the perfect lesson in the musical ethos and story-telling of the Palm Desert scene – all led by the man who laid its foundations.

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Download 2024 reveals headliners and over 70 acts!

November 7, 2023 carinadarkart Leave a comment

Download Festival, the greatest rock and metal festival of all time, returns for its 21st edition, reborn and recharged in 2024 as DLXXI. Announced today are headliners Queens Of The Stone Age, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold, as well as over 70 more huge names from the rock world. This year’s festival will take place on 14-16 June 2024 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. General tickets are onsale at 9pm on Thursday 9 November at www.downloadfestival.co.uk.

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When COPENHELL Freezes Over presents IKONIK, SYL, ASHES OF BILLY, SWARTZHEIM, ARCHANGEL and PERSECUTOR in VEGA, Copenhagen, Denmark on January 27, 2024.

November 7, 2023 carinadarkart Leave a comment

For the 11th time, up to 30 international industry representatives are presented with some of Denmark’s best and sharpest new bands from the hard and heavy genres by COPENHELL at When COPENHELL Freezes Over 2024.

Through more than a decade, COPENHELL and MXD have helped several Danish rock and metal bands across the country’s borders and out into the rest of the world with record deals and international representation by agencies and managements, as well as increased international attention to the Danish music scene.

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