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Wacken Open Air Metal Battle 2023 full finalists revealed


Who is the next big hope for Heavy Metal?

At the end of May the first half of the finalists of this year’s Metal Battle were announced.
Now the very last national preliminary round ended and we can reveal the last 15 participants!

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Download Festival and Heavy Metal Truants Launch Download 20 Auction


Today Download Festival and The Heavy Metal Truants launch The Download 20 Auction to coincide with Download Festival’s 20th Anniversary. This historic auction includes rare memorabilia which will be auctioned off to support four children’s charities through the Truants Foundation. 

The online auction, which also includes a raffle component for select bundles, is located at https://auction.heavymetaltruants.com and will go live from 10AM and remain online for one week. Entries will close on Thursday 6th July 2023 at 23:59 UK time. Winners will be announced for each item the following week, with proceeds going to the Heavy Metal Truants chosen charities: Teenage Cancer TrustNordoff & Robbins Music TherapyChildline, and Save The Children

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HATEBREED, BLEEDING THROUGH, INTEGRITY, MADBALL and More To Play First Annual BORN DEAD FEST in Albany, NY Presented By Born Dead Clothing


The inaugural BORN DEAD MUSIC FESTIVAL (BORN DEAD FEST) will take place September 2-3, 2023 in Albany, NY across two stages at Empire Live and Empire Underground. Presented by unique tattoo streetwear & alternative streetwear clothing company Born Dead Clothing, BORN DEAD FEST will feature some of the most prolific names in extreme music, with 27+ bands slated to perform including HATEBREED, BLEEDING THROUGH, INTEGRITY and MADBALL. 

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Helloween to star at the Hellsinki Metal Festival + The British band Monuments also announced along with full line-up


August 11–12 All the performers of the Hellsinki Metal Festival organized at Nordis have now been announced, and Friday’s main performer was Helloween, one of the legends of power metal. The band, founded in 1982 in Hamburg, has steadily forged its career forward despite crew changes. As proof of this, the gentlemen have already accumulated 14 gold and 6 platinum records. The band was also named to the Metal Hall Of Fame this year.

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BLOODSTOCK 2023 – Just 46 Days To Go! 9 More Metal 2 The Masses Winners Announced! 


With just 46 days to go to BLOODSTOCK, the countdown is ON!  

Tonight, Tuesday 27th June, sees festival directors Adam Gregory and Vicky Hungerford doing a Live Q&A via the festival’s Facebook and Instagram channels, answering punters’ questions about this year’s event. Tune in at 7pm to get all the latest updates and maybe even win some prizes!

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Nummirock increased its number of visitors + The successful Midsummer festival has been celebrated in a festive atmosphere


he metal folk celebrated Midsummer in great atmosphere at Nummirock. The festival, which ends with Behemoth’s concert tonight, gathered a total of more than 18,000 visitors to Nummijärvi in ​​Kauhajoki, about a couple of thousand more than the previous year. The event has been celebrated in a joyfully boisterous atmosphere, there have been no serious disturbances, and the spirit of Nummirock has been present both in the event area and in the legendary camp, where the first midsummer celebrants settled down as usual to feel the atmosphere more than a week before the actual Nummirock began.

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