Damnation Festival Adds Cancer, Bong, Monuments, Vola And More


Damnation Festival has closed the loop on the band lineup announcements for 2018, with the addition of Cancer, Monuments, Bong, Vola, Hundred Year Old Man, and Lik. Lik is a supergroup featuring members of Bloodbath and Katatonia. 2018 marks the 14th installment of the festival, hosted by Leeds University Union on Saturday, November 3. Tickets are on sale now. Continue reading


Damnation 2018 Adds Napalm Death, Entombed AD, Vader And More


Damnation Festival has added six more bands to its growing 2018 lineup! Napalm Death, Entombed AD, Vader, Ohhms, A Forest Of Stars, Leeched have been added to a bill that already includes Anaal Nathrakh, Mol, The Ocean, and NeObliviscaris. Six more bands will be announced this fall. Damnation will take place over four stages at Leeds University Union on Saturday, 3rd November 2018. Continue reading


Testament, Triptykon, Pig Destroyer, YOB, Power Trip And More To Headline Decibel Metal And Beer Fest Los Angeles


Decibel brings their excellent Metal and Beer Festival out west as they launch the next edition of the popular event in Los Angeles. Taking place at The Wiltern Theatre on December 1st and 2nd, the fest will feature amazing bands and craft brews galore. Testament will play a special set of classic albums classic The New Order And The Gathering in full, Thomas Gabriel Fischer and Triptykon will perform a special all-Celtic Frost set. Also appearing are Pig Destroyer, Yob, Power Trip, Skeletal Remains, Necrot and Haunt. The next wave of high-profile acts to be announced mid-July.Continue reading


FESTIVAL PREVIEW: Ozzy Osbourne, Guns N Roses And Avenged Sevenfold Lead Download 2018


One of the biggest heavy music festivals in the world takes place starting today at Download Festival UK 2018 lifts off! With headliners like Ozzy Osbourne, Guns N Roses, and Avenged Sevenfold, one might be hard-pressed to find a better top of the bill in 2018. Ghost Cult brings you the day by day can’t miss bands in our preview below! Continue reading


Nine Inch Nails, Avenged Sevenfold, Shinedown, Deftones, Ice Cube Booked For Louder Than Life Festival


Louder Than Life 2018 has made their formal lineup annoncement for this years edition. In addtion to previously announced headliner Nine Inch Nails, the fest now includes Nine Inch Nails, Avenged Sevenfold, Shinedown, Deftones, Ice Cube, Papa Roach, Bullet for My Valentine, Slash, Limp Bizkit, Clutch, RED SUN RISING, Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown, The FEVER 333, Knocked Loose and more. Tickets on sale this Friday at the links below.Continue reading


Blink 182, Beck, Blondie, Alkaline Trio, Bad Religion And More Booked For Riot Fest


 

Riot Fest had their big reveal last night, announcing the first and main wave of bands for this coming September in Chicago. Held September 14th-16th at Douglas Park in Chicago, IL the headliners include Blink-182, Beck, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Incubus, Young The Giant, Interpol, Blondie, Alkaline Trio, Father John Misty, and Jerry Lee Lewis. Tickets are on sale now at the link below. Continue reading


RPM Fest Announces Full Lineup With Tombs, Child Bite, INCITE, Acid Witch And More


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RPM Fest, New England’s biggest heavy music and camping festival, featuring 50 bands on three stages has announced their full lineup for this summers’ event. The fest is headed up by Tombs, Acid Witch, Child Bite, INCITE, Against the Grain, S.N.A.F.U., Dead Empires, BARISHI, Heavy Temple, Cortez, Solium Fatalis, Hey Zeus, Epicenter, Ice Giant, Age of Embers, CAZADOR, VRSA, Goblet, Hepatagua, Jeopardy, Bellower, Lobotomobile, Das Muerte, The Beast of Nod, The Damaged, Worshipper, Sonic Pulse, Virus of Ideals, The Humanoids and many more bands seen below. Continue reading


Louder Than Life Books Nine Inch Nails, Tickets On Sale Now


Louder Than Life, brought to you by Danny Wimmer Presents is the second biggest American rock and metal festival is returning to Champions Park in Louisville Kentucky this fall. The fest is growing to three days and will take place on September 28, 29 & 30, 2018. The fest has already announced a headline appearance by Nine Inch Nails and the full lineup announcement is coming on June 4th. Tickets are on sale at the links below and Ghost Cult has all the deets. Continue reading


FESTIVAL PREVIEW: ROCK ON THE RANGE 2018


Rock On The Range has become the biggest single weekend music festival in America, and is always a great cross-section of the best rock and heavy metal bands around. This years lineup is incredible with Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, Alice In Chains, Godsmack, A Perfect Circle, Stone Sour, Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Stone Temple Pilots, Machine Gun Kelly, Bullet For My Valentine, The Used, Tech N9ne, Underoath, BABYMETAL, Body Count and more. Kicking off in a few hours, Ghost Cult brings you our day by day preview of the can’t miss bands at the fest.Continue reading


Days of Darkness Festival Adds Bell Witch, Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin, John Haughm And More


 

Brought to you by the minds behind Maryland Deathfest, Days of Darkness Festival have added more names to the bill Bell Witch, Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin, John Haughm (ex-Agalloch), Heavy Temple, Ecstatic Vision and more have been added to the already killer bill. They have one more major announcement, coming up soon. Full lineup so far and ticket links below.
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