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Reunited stoner-rockers The Sword have announced their first European tour dates since 2015, with the recently reunited band slating a trio of intimate club performances alongside festival appearances, including Copenhell, Freak Valley, and Tons of Rock.Continue reading
In 2024, cult metal band, Will Haven are celebrating thirty years as a band. As part of this landmark, they have released a brand new single, titled “Kire.” The track is also the closing number of the upcoming, vinyl-exclusive, retrospective LP, No Stars To Guide Me: 30 Years Of WHVN. The record is set for release December 6th on Minus Head Records. Catch the new single and more below.
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Chicago’s Harm’s Way is pleased to announce a European tour kicking off at Copenhell next month. The band continues to tour behind their 2023 full-length album Common Suffering (Metal Blade Records) Check below for full dates and routing:Continue reading
Australian prog metallers, Karnivool have announced their return to the UK and Europe, as part of their Tri Continental Drift tour. Coming off the back of a headline run in their home country, these dates will comprise of headline and festival appearances, kicking off June 13th at Greenfield Festival, Switzerland. The band have also been in the studio in 2024, with further information to follow. Head into the article below for the live listings and more.
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Tool make their highly-anticipated return to Europe this Spring, with a month of dates slated for the 2024 trek, including outings at London’s The O2 Arena, Stockholm’s Tele2 Arena and Paris’ Accor Arena, as well as festival outings at Graspop Metal Meeting, Tons of Rock and CopenHell. See all the dates below and read our review of the current Tool headline tour here.
Slipknot has booked a European tour of headline dates and festivals. announced a number of European shows in late spring. The band continues to support their new album The End So Far, which just released via Roadrunner Records. In addition to select arena shows, the band will perform at Austria’s Nova Rock, Denmark’s Copenhell and Belgium’s Graspop Metal Meeting.
Copenhell has announced its first bands for 2022 next summer and it looks like a banger. Metallica will make their debut appearance ever at the fest performing on the new fourth day, June 15th, 2022, as announced on social media by Lars Ulrich, who is from Denmark. Metallica will offer a pre-sale for tickets through their Fifth Members Fan Club. Joining the band will be Iron Maiden, Kiss, Judas Priest, Korn, D-A-D, Mercyful Fate, Emperor, Bad Religion, Opeth, The Hellacopters, Bersærk, Jinjer, Gloryhammer, Death To All, Of Mice & Men, Artillery, Dog Eat Dog, Siamese, Destruction, Orm, Redwood Hill, Ghost Iris, Withering Surface, Xenoblight, Hällas, Lok, Gatecreeper, Knocked Loose, Svartsot, Soren Andersen, Eyes, Denial Of God, Wayward Dawn, Lifesick, Nyredolk and more to be announced. The fest runs from June 15th – 19th 2022.
Metallica has announced the first dates of their expected massive 2022 tour schedule, The band announced exclusive appearances at major European metal festivals such as Copenhell, Pinkpop, Firenze Rocks, Prague Rocks, Rock Werchter, Mad Cool, and NOS Alive. More shows will be announced and the bands’ Fifth Member Fan Club will get a chance at tickets first on their website, at the link below.
In major news for Heavy Metal fans, legends Mercyful Fate, featuring King Diamond will reunite their “9” lineup in 2020 to perform at the Copenhell Festival, presumably other major European summer metal festivals and unspecified other concerts. These shows will also feature Joey Vera (Armored Saint, Motor Sister, ex-Anthrax) on bass, but does not include Michael Denner. The set list will apparently include only songs from the “mini LP”, the “Melissa” album, and the “Don’t Break The Oath”. The band has also written new music for the tour, for release next year and are planning a major stage show to accompany these concerts. Continue reading
Alien Weaponry is not your average young adult metal band. They are taking the world by storm with their roots approach to metal, blending the culture of their homeland Tasmania and brutal metal with old-school 1990s grooves. The organizers of Copenhell Festival, where the band played this past week, shared a remarkable video of the band teaching the crowd the Maori ceremony they open every show with. Check it out! Continue reading