BLOODSTOCK welcomes MESHUGGAH and HELLOWEEN


BLOODSTOCK is renowned for being for the fans, by the fans. HQ listens hard all year round to which bands BLOODSTOCKers want to see at the festival, so this announcement is sure to be a crowd pleaser, adding two of the most heavily requested acts as a new main stage headliner and as a special guest.  If that seals the deal for ordering your tickets, don’t forget the ticket deposit scheme has now launched, letting you spread payment over six instalments. Without further ado… 

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Thrash Metal Legends DESTRUCTION Excite with Official Music Video for “Tormented Soul”


Time flies! Looking back at the last year, vicious thrash metal legends DESTRUCTION saw many successes, celebrating their 40th anniversary with the release of their impressive latest full-length record, Diabolical. Catapulting you straight into the seventh heaven of metallic bliss, their incredible 15th studio album brings out a heavy artillery full of honest and uncompromising thrash metal – a massacre of razor-sharp sound no fan of the genre should miss!

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Nummirock 2023 revealed its first acts, including Asking Alexandria & Aborted’s only gigs of the summer in Finland


Nummirock 2023, which will be celebrated next Midsummer, will load its first performers to the table, and what a spread it will be! If midsummer celebrations have been held at the same place in Kauhajoki’s Nummijärvi since the 1930s, it has never been seen before when Asking Alexandria (UK), Bloodywood (IN), Born of Osiris (US), Aborted (BE), Blood Red Throne (NO) and Misthyrming(IS) all play their only festival gigs of the summer in Finland.

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Public Sales Date Announced for 70000TONS OF METAL 2023


Public Sales for the eleventh voyage of 70000TONS OF METAL, The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, will start Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 12PM EST (9AM PST, 18:00 CET and respectively 17:00 GMT).

Round 11 will sail from Miami, Florida to Bimini, Bahamas and back from January 30 – February 3, 2023 on board the Freedom of the Seas.

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POWERWOLF to Release New Album, Interludium, on Good Friday, April 7, 2023


POWERWOLF are undoubtedly one of the most celebrated and successful heavy metal bands of the last decade. Multiple #1 album chart entries, gold and platinum records, huge sold out arena shows, as well as headline slots at the biggest festivals have paved their way. In less than 20 years of band history, POWERWOLF has made it to the very highest league of heavy metal.

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METALLICA ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ’72 SEASONS’ & SHARE NEW SONG/VIDEO “LUX ÆTERNA” + WORLD TOUR


Metallica has confirmed the title and release date of its forthcoming 12th studio album: 72 Seasons will be available April 14, 2023 via the band’s own Blackened Recordings. Produced by Greg Fidelman with Hetfield & Ulrich, and clocking in at over 77 minutes, the 12-track 72 Seasons is Metallica’s first full length collection of new material since 2016’s Hardwired…To Self-Destruct. The album will be released in formats including 2LP 140g black vinyl and limited edition variants, CD and digital—for a full listing of configurations, pre-orders and further information, go to metallica.com/72-seasons-info.

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