Beneath the dancing hues of the Northern Lights, Norway’s stunning natural wonders come alive. Amidst the serene fjords and lush landscapes, a different kind of magic unfolds – the electrifying energy of metal music. Every year, at Norway’s biggest music festival Tons of Rock Festival, metalheads from across the globe converge to celebrate their passion.
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Final acts for Graspop Metal Meeting 2024 revealed
This final clutch of 13 names completes the line-up for #GMM24! Slayer guitarist Kerry King, the tandem Max and Iggor Cavalera and former Deep Purple bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes are amongst the last acts to be announced for the 27th edition of Graspop Metal Meeting.
These are the final additions to this year’s bill: : Casey, Deez Nuts, Dominum, Fleddy Melculy, Frog Leap, Gel, Glenn Hughes Performs Classic Deep Purple Live, John Coffey, Kerry King, Khemmis, Max & Iggor Cavalera, Spoil Engine and Zulu
Unfortunately Corrosion of Conformity have been forced to cancel their appearance.
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Liquid Death Presents Download Festival, the greatest rock and metal festival of all time, is now only 100 days away. With the countdown now truly on, celebrate this year’s festival with our round up of Download By Numbers. This year’s festival will take place on 14-16 June 2024 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. Tickets are available now at www.downloadfestival.co.uk.
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The ship is loaded with heavy music and loads of atmosphere when COPENHELL Metal Cruise takes off on October 25-27 later this year! In a partnership with DFDS, COPENHELL will host the seventh Metal Cruise on board the ‘Oslo Boat’ in 2024, and the first bands are now ready for the dark voyage: GLORYHAMMER, BAEST, PALLBEARER and MERCENARY!
Cruise guests can look forward to the same luxurious experience as last year with two days at sea full of exciting concerts, delicious food, excellent entertainment and not least lots of great COPENHELL atmosphere all day and night long on board the ship. As usual, we have taken over the entire ship so we have only true rock and metal fans on board, and we look forward to telling you much more about COPENHELL Metal Cruise 2024 and all the activities at this year’s event in the coming months.
COPENHELL COMPLETES THIS YEAR’S MUSIC LINE-UP
In a Danish music context, COPENHELL presents a completely unique and historical concert this year when the legends from SORT SOL visit the festival on Saturday evening. Sparks will fly in the summer night when Danish punk rock’s grand old men go on stage with a more than 40 year long and versatile career behind them.
SORT SOL has been an important pillar of the Danish rock scene ever since the early days in the punk band Sods in the late ’70s, up through the ’80s towards their great mainstream breakthrough with the hit album ‘Glamourpuss’ in 1992 – and further on towards 2001’s ‘Snakecharmer’ and the following long hiatus before the band returned to form with their most recent album, ‘Stor langsom stjerne’ in 2017.
W:O:A Reveal New Bands For Valentine’s Day
Wacken Open Air Festival revealed new bands for Valentine’s Day. Read their news statement below:
Happy Valentine’s Day! We love you so much that this week we’re hitting you with EIGHT bands, and they all put on their best shiny suits and armour to please you on the Holy Ground. Well in once case, they took off their shiny attire: None other than Gene Simmons is hitting the road to deliver his solo program, and he’s not coming alone, but with a highly decorated all-star band
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