BAPTISM have announced four festival appearances in Europe and the USA this summer. The Finnish black metal veterans will start at the Steelfest Open Air in Hyvinkää, Finland on May 20th and after hitting Chicago in the US and Helsinki’s prestigious Tuska Open Air in June, the final curtain will fals at the Forest Fest in Chevenez, Switzerland on the 15th of July.
BAPTISM festivals
20 May 17 Hyvinkää (FI) Steelfest Open Air
09 Jun 17 Chicago, IL (US) Cathedral of the Black Goat fest vol. 9
30 Jun 17 Helsinki (FI) Tuska Open Air
15 Jul 17 Chevenez (CH) Forest Fest Open Air VI
1. Natus Ex Ignis
2. Satananda
3. The Sacrament Of Blood And Ash
4. Devil’s Fire
5. Abyss
6. Cold Eternity
7. Malignant Shadows
8. Buried With Him
Based in Valemount, BC near Jasper National Park with the beautiful backdrop of the Canadian Rockies, there stands an outdoor festival that just doesn’t celebrate Heavy Metal, but embraces the power of women in metal.
Formed in 2016, METALOCALYPSTICK FEST was created to present a unique experience within the Western Canadian metal community, a gathering of similar views, aspirations and musical taste. (similar to former mainstream music festival Lilith Fair.)
Founded by Kaija Kinney of Vancouver’s Anarcheon after researching a lack of female based metal festivals to apply her band to, Kinney took matters into in her own and decided to produce the event.
Kinney comments:
“This festival means the celebration of both sexes coming together and creating something amazing. People like to say women in metal aren’t a big deal anymore and that we are all the same. I feel that is untrue, this is still a male dominated world and woman are still looked as lesser. I want to showcase all these bad ass ladies and celebrate the differences of men and woman rather than pretend we are all equal. Truth is we are different why can’t we celebrate that?”
In addition to the festival celebrating women in metal, the METALOCALYPSTICK FEST gives back to the community by being a non-profit organization dedicated to raise funds and donating 100% of proceeds to local charities Girls Rock Camp, Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter, Earth Protectors plus an audience picked foundation.
The 1st annual Metalocalypstick hosted female influenced metal bands from across Canada and the world such as Brazil’s Nervosa (Napalm Records), Egypt’s Massive Scar Era, Hollywood’s The Maension, Valfreya, Scythia, Mortillery (Napalm Records), Van Halst, Dead Asylum, Juliet Ruin, Violent Betty, Omega Crom, Körperlose Stimme, Elysium Echoes, Solborn, Monarch Sky, Forsaken Rite, Anarcheon, and Suspended.
Preparing for their 2nd annual year, the outdoor festival for women in metal is proud to announce their first batch of bands added to the line up with Tessitura, Körperlose Stimme, Meteor Tree, Scythia, Hedks, Forsaken Rite and Remnants.
METALOCALYPSTICK presented by Gigfly.ca is being held during Canada Day weekend on July 1st and 2nd in Valemount, BC. For tickets and more info, please visit the following links:
Mammothfest Gets Even Bigger By Adding Fleshgod Apocalypse Plus 15 Other Acts To The Line-up!
Mammothfest has already made two festival announcements this year for their main event taking place at The Arch in Brighton on 6-8th October, which included first headliners, Rotting Christ (UK exclusive), Tjusder, Meta-stasis, Lagerstein, OHHMS, Patrick Walker (40 Watt Sun) and more.
In this new latest announcement, Mammothfest reveals its second headliner will be Italian avant-garde symphonic extreme act,Fleshgod Apocalypse heading up the Death/Extreme metal main stage on Saturday the 7th October for their only other UK performance in the UK in 2017, along with a further 15 acts spread across various stages over the weekend!
Fleshgod Apocalypse will only be doing two UK shows this year, so asides from their performance in Scotland in April, Mammothfest will be the only event where you can catch the band in the UK in 2017!
As main support is the mysterious Dragged Into Sunlight whose live performances are a strange affair, as they play with their back to the audience. They will have to be seen to be believed!
Also appearing alongside these acts on the main stage is Thrash metal legends Lawnmower Deth who have been delivering their thrash punk crossover sound whilst having a blast since 1987! They have played many established festivals such as Download Festival, Bloodstock, Hammerfest and now it’s time to wow the crowds at Mammothfest!
Other acts appearing across this massive weekend are:
The Infernal Sea, Ethereal, Deitus, The Crimson Brigade, No Raza, Damaj, Devil Wants Her Swagger Back, Chubby Thunderous Bad Kush Masters, Haast’s Eagled, Kalloused, Thermit, Pensevor and Mutually Assured Destruction.
More acts still to be announced including the third headliner!
Tickets for Mammothfest are available now with a variety of options, including day tickets and VIP weekend tickets: https://mammothfest.uk/store
Mammothfest also holds ‘Mammothfest presents’ shows so be sure to check them out too!
Extreme metal giants ARCH ENEMY have now launched a live video for “Nemesis”, filmed at Wacken 2016 and taken from their upcoming live DVD/Blu-ray “As The Stages Burn!” which will be released on March 31st, 2017!
“As The Stages Burn!” is now available for pre-order as Ltd. Deluxe CD+DVD+Blu-ray Box Set, Special Edition CD+DVD Digipak, Gatefold 2LP+DVD and as digital album.
The Gatefold 2LP+DVD is available in the following colours and limitations:
neon yellow vinyl – limited to 200 copies, only available in Sweden
red vinyl – limited to 100 copies, only available at CMDistro (http://smarturl.it/asthestagesburnCMD)
white vinyl – limited to 200 copies
golden vinyl – limited to 100 copies, only available at the band’s live shows
clear vinyl – limited to 200 copies, only available at EMP (http://bit.ly/2mkIxFC)
silver vinyl – limited to 500 copies, only available in the US
“Nemesis (Live at Wacken 2016)” is also available as a digital single on streaming platforms and Instant Grat Track on iTunes and Amazon.
The full Wacken 2016 show was recorded with 13 cameras, produced and directed by Patric Ullaeus. The audio was mixed by Andy Sneap.
The DVD/Blu-ray also contains Behind The Scenes footage from Wacken, as well as excerpts from the “Tokyo Sacrifice” live DVD, all “War Eternal” music videos and a new, previously unreleased video clip for “Time Is Black” as bonus material! The Deluxe Box Set will come with an Artbook incl. CD, DVD and Blu-ray, pop-up art, lanyard and “As The Stages Burn!” laminate.
The first release shows with special support from LACUNA COIL and THE HAUNTED are already sold out, so be quick and save your ticket at http://www.archenemy.net before it’s too late! See below for all dates
ARCH ENEMY live
“As The Stages Burn!” release shows
Presented by EMP
30.03.2017 – Bochum (Germany), Zeche* – SOLD OUT
31.03.2017 – Leipzig (Germany), Hellraiser* – SOLD OUT
01.04.2017 – Colmar (France), Rock in Hell*
02.04.2017 – Edinburgh (UK), Heavy Scotland
04.04.2017 – Langen (Germany), Neue Stadthalle**
05.04.2017 – München (Germany), Backstage Werk**
06.04.2017 – Saarbrücken (Germany), Garage**
07.04.2017 – Durbuy (Belgium), Durbuy Rock Festival**
08.04.2017 – Cambrai (France), Betiz Fest*
09.04.2017 – Ludwigsburg (Germany), Rockfabrik**
* with The Haunted
** with The Haunted and Lacuna Coil
German shows presented by Metal Hammer and EMP
ARCH ENEMY Festivals 2017
02.02.2017 – 70000 Tons Of Metal – Miami, FL
06.07.2017 – Rock Harz Festival, Ballenstedt, Germany
14.07.2017 – Gefle Metal Festival , Gävle, Sweden
05.08.2017 – Ostrava v Plamenech, Ostrava, Czech Republic
10.08.2017 – Leyendas Del Rock, Villena, Spain
11.08.2017 – Vagos Metal Fest, Vagos, Portugal
12.08.2017 – Into The Grave, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
13.08.2017 – Bloodstock Open Air, Derby, UK
All day death metal takeover Easter Sunday with finest extreme acts including Vader and Immolation!
Mammothfest have been very busy already in 2017! Rotting Christ are set to headline the main Mammothfest festival later this year as a UK festival exclusive. On top of that, two “Mammothfest Presents” shows have already been announced, with Feed The Rhino and Brutality Will Prevail headlining two separate events.
Now in this latest addition to the Mammothfest presents shows they have teamed up with Jackhammer Promotions, to bring what could be their biggest show yet, featuring some of the best death metal acts such as headliners, Polish death metal pioneers Vader, who impressively released their eleventh album last year named, ‘The Empire’ with main support from New York extreme act, Immolation who have just dropped their new career defining album, ‘Atonement’.
Other acts joining them on the main stage for this mighty line-up are: Monument of Misanthropy, Krysthla, Divine Chaos, Seprevation, Hades Lab, Mutually Assured Destruction and Enslavement.
On the second stage, acts include Brighton Tech metallers, Hole In The Sky who played Mammothfest in 2014 alongside headliners Savage Messiah and Martyr Defiled. The band sadly lost their singer Rik to cancer but continue to grow despite this. Mammothfest director was friends with Rik and named one of the festival stages after him in tribute, being the Rikstock stage for emerging artists.
Joining them so far on the second stage is Internal Conflict and Infected Dead with more acts still to be announced! Be sure to keep an eye on their main website as well as their social media pages for more updates!
Ticket information:
Get early bird tickets quickly for only £13 for the first 200 tickets! After this tickets are £15 in advance and £20 on the door.
17 bands across 2 stages for £13 right on Brighton beach at the Arch, what a great way to spend Easter weekend with no work the next day either, so no excuses! Come and be part of this mighty death metal event!
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