The Hellfest Open Air festival 2025 has booked a huge lineup. Taking place from June 19th to 22nd in Clisson, France, the fest features headlining performances from Korn, Muse, Scorpions, and Linkin Park, as well as, Knocked Loose, Judas Priest, Electric Callboy,Turnstile, Exodus, Dethklok, Refused, Jerry Cantrell, Jinjer, Turnstile, Unto Others, The Warning, VOLA, Alcest, Abbath (Doom occulta set), SUNN O))), HEALTH, Russian Circles, Chat Pile, Savatage, Dream Theater and more out of a total of 184 bands. A “very special guest” yet to be revealed for June 20th.Continue reading
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Charlotte Wessels Shares a New Single and Video “The Exorcism” and Reveals Album Details
After announcing the release of her new studio album for September 20th, Dutch singer/songwriter, Charlotte Wessels, has now unveiled the album’s first single, “The Exorcism.” The album, The Obsession, marks Wessels’ Napalm Records debut, and is due out on September 20th. Head into the article below to check out the video for “The Exorcism” and read more from Charlotte Wessels.
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Charlotte Wessels (ex-Delain) Announces Here New Album, Due Out Later in 2024 via Napalm Records
Charismatic Dutch singer/songwriter Charlotte Wessels is set to release her new studio album on September 20, 2024 via Napalm Records! The striking first single, “The Exorcism”, will be released on May 16, 2024. Wessels’ album promises a cohesive exploration of fear and liberation, as well as spellbinding melancholia and dark, catchy elements meeting progressive and heavier soundscapes. Wessels and her band will bring this story to the stage on October 4, 2024 at Utrecht’s TivoliVredenburg. Grab your tickets here:
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Charlotte Wessels (ex-Delain) Relaunches Her Patreon and Plots a Course to Her Next Album and a Headline Tour
Former Delain singer Charlotte Wessels has shared a video update with fans to start 2024. She is relaunching her Patreon, started several years ago to create new music, originally as a side-project to Delain. After splitting with the band she launched her studio – Six Feet Under, wrote and recorded two albums: Tales From Six Feet Under Vol. I, and Tales From Six Feet Under Vol. II, as well as countless covers, and mounted a show debuting the new music live. Now she is relaunching her community online, planning a new album and her first tour in many years, afterwards.
INTERVIEW: Charlotte Wessels (ex-Delain) – “Tales From Six Feet Under Vol. II” Album Breakdown
Ghost Cult Keefy caught up with Charlotte Wessels to discuss her new album “Tales From Six Feet Under Vol II” – out now via Napalm Records! We discussed her career post-Delain, her recent two albums, building her own studio, her forrays away from metal into rock, pop, and other sub-genres of music, the return of live shows, her tight-knit Patreon community, and the relationship and mutual respect she shares with her fans. Continue reading
Charlotte Wessels (ex-Delain) to Release Solo Debut – “Tales From Six Feet Under”
Former Delain singer and songwriter Charlotte Wessels will release her solo debut album Tales From Six Feet Under, via Napalm Records on September 17, 2021. The album is a compilation of her tracks from her pandemic era Patreon sessions, in which she put out an eclectic series of tracks, one per month, from her home recording studio, Six Feet Under Studios. The album also features a stirring collab with Alissa White-Gluz of Arch Enemy. Check out the first single and new video for Soft Revolution – along with a studio report from a few months back.
Delain’s Martijn Westerholt Disbands The Current Lineup of The Band, Charlotte Wessels Going Solo
Delain has made a startling announcement that most of the current lineup of the band has been disbanded, with only founder/keyboardist/composer Martijn Westerholt remaining. Martijn plans to “keep Delain alive” by taking it back to a project form, releasing new music with special guests. Apparently, all of the former bandmates will continue with music, with vocalist Charlotte Wessels going full-time with the solo project she launched on Patreon during the start pandemic.