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W:O:A Festival App Now Available + Limited W:O:A Fanboxes


The brand new festival app is now available for download. It provides you with all information about the Wacken Open Air 2023. Save your favorite artists in the running order to create your personal time table.
These and many more features are waiting for you!
 
The app is now available for free in the Google Playstore or in the Appstore.

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PARADISE LOST ANNOUNCE 30TH ANNIVERSARY REISSUE OF ‘ICON’ & EUROPEAN TOUR DATES


In 1993 Paradise Lost released their gothic metal masterpiece ‘Icon’, an album that defined the genre and made them one of the best metal bands the UK has ever produced.

To celebrate the album’s 30th anniversary, the gothic metal legends have announced details of their Embers of Europe Tour for December this year. The band have also revealed details of a very special vinyl reissue of ‘Icon’ to coincide with these dates.

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RITUALS ANNOUNCE NEW EP ‘I FOUND MYSELF IN THE DARK’


Following their triumphant live set at this year’s Download Festival as Kerrang Radio, THE DEAL competition winners– RITUALS announce their ferocious new EP ‘I FOUND MYSELF IN THE DARK’. The EP is set for release 3rd August 2023 via Marshall Records. Fans and pre-save – HERE

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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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BATTLE BEAST announce UK/EU winter tour dates


BATTLE BEAST released their ludicrously brilliant latest album Circus Of Doom in early 2022, which was celebrated live on stage later in the year with a hugely successful European-wide tour, including three rapturous UK dates. Last year was topped off by the outstanding news that their previous record No More Hollywood Endings (2019) had achieved gold status in their home country of Finland, and Bringer of Pain (2017) had achieved platinum status.

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KATAKLYSM release music video for second single ‘Die As A King’


For almost three decades, the US/French Canadian-based melodic death metal syndicate KATAKLYSM have delivered unapologetic waves of powerful sound across the globe. On August 11th, 2023 the band’s fifteenth full-length studio album Goliath will be unleashed unto the masses via Nuclear Blast Records.

KATAKLYSM releases the second single, ‘Die As A King‘. The single is the prequel to the first single ‘Bringer Of Vengeance’ both lyrically as well as the theme of the video. Musically, ‘Die As A King‘ is the modern update of traditional death metal meets catchiness. 

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