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Wacken Open Air Adds New Bands on Black Friday!


While some people are enjoying Black Friday today, it’s actually “Black Everyday” for most of our Wacken Metalheads!

And we know that at the end of the day, no discount can make you happier than a new batch of bands. Hence, we are presenting five new line-up additions that are sure to make your dark hearts beat faster.

First and foremost is warlock Dani Filth, who is visiting us with his eerily chic demon-gang Cradle Of Filth. For 30 years, they have been wheezing, shrieking, crowing on stages and constantly smudging the boundaries between Black, Symphonic and Death Metal with black corpse paint.

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Hellsinki Metal Festival adds more acts to 2024 line-up


Hellsinki Metal Festival, one of the most talked about events this year, announced its first performers earlier this month. There were several highly anticipated bands, such as Mayhem, Satyricon and Doro.

Today, there is a new batch of acts added. See below!

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The W:O:A X-Mas Sale 2023!


How about a little Christmas trip to beautiful Wacken? As every year W:O:A opens its doors for 3 days next week to offer you delicious mulled wine, their X-Mas collection and of course all the other goodies. See you there!

From November 30th until December 2nd, 2023 you can browse as you please and get the right Christmas present for your loved ones (or yourself)!

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84 new bands added for Graspop 2024!


84 confirmations for #GMM24!

Tickets go on sale on Saturday 25 November.

Following the announcement of our final headliner Alice Cooper this morning, we are adding 84 new names to the line-up of the 27th edition of Graspop Metal Meeting. Bruce DickinsonCorey TaylorDeep PurpleElectric Callboy and Megadeth as well as 130+ other bands will pull out all the stops from Thursday 20 June through Sunday 23 June 2024 at Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, Belgium.

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THE HALO EFFECT release video for brand new single ‘The Defiant One’


THE HALO EFFECT’s debut album Days Of The Lost hit the charts all over Europe – #1 in Sweden, #3 in UK, #6 in Germany, Austria and Finland, and #8 in Switzerland.
An extensive European tour with MACHINE HEAD and AMON AMARTH followed, as well as numerous festivals and headline shows.
While fans are eagerly waiting for the follow up to their mind blowing debut album Days Of The Lost, the band offer up a video for a track that has already become a staple in their live setlist for quite some time, ´The Defiant One´.

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Saxon Announce New Album “Hell, Fire & Damnation” Out On 19th January 2024


When internationally-renowned actor Brian Blessed OBE delivers a proclamation for opening track, “The Prophecy”, expectations are automatically high for Saxon’s latest album. Have no fear and make no mistake, Saxon meet and exceed them on their 24th studio album, Hell, Fire And Damnation, set for release January 19th 2024 via Silver Lining Music.

Biff Byford, lead singer and founder-member reminisces when asked about the title of the band’s brand new release, Hell, Fire And Damnation.

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