Behemoth is having a banner year with the release of their brilliant I Loved You At Your Darkest album via Metal Blade, Thou Art Darkest art exhibition, sold out tours and even their own beer. Watch pro-shot footage of the band kill the crowd at Wacken Open Air with a live performance of two songs ‘Wolves ov Siberia’ and ‘Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel’.Continue reading
Wacken Open Air has opened up their vaults for another piece of metal history via WackenTV on YouTube. Watch Swedish trad heavy metal band Grand Magus perform their epic full set from Wacken 2017. Continue reading
Wacken Open Air’s 2018 festival just concluded and by all reports, it was another banger. In a news story reported by Deutsche Welle, two elderly German men escaped from their nursing home on to attend the first day of Wacken Open Air festival on Friday, August 3rd. The nursing home contacted the police after it discovered that the men were missing from the facility. The men were later found at 3 a.m. at the heavy metal festival, which celebrated its 29th anniversary this year. Wacken Open Air sold out once again, with more than 75,000 metal fans in attendance. Headliners include Judas Priest, Danzig, Hatebreed, In Flames, Running Wild and Arch Enemy.Continue reading
Danzig is gearing up to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his solo debut album with a special tour. In addition to summer festivals in Europe such as Wacken Open Air and Brutal Assault, he has already announced a full-album performance of Danzig III: How The Gods Kill“, live in its entirety exclusively at this year’s Psycho Las Vegas festival, set to take place August 17-19 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fall tour dates are listed below. Continue reading
Danzig is embarking on a 30th Anniversary tour, celebrating his career as a solo artist. The run begins August 2nd at Wacken Open Air where Danzig will headline one of the main stages, and includes stops in the UK, Germany, Luxembourg and Czech Republic. They will complete their touring run with a headline performance at Brutal Assault Festival on August, 11th in Jaromer, Czech Republic.Iconic gothic doom metal band Paradise Lost has been chosen as direct support for the two exclusive UK shows this summer. Dates are on sale now at the ticket links below.
Danzig plans to follow up a busy spring with a summer on tour in Europe. The punk and metal legend is celebrating his 30th anniversary this year and bringing his solo headline tour to Europe for headline shows and festivals like Wacken Open Air and Brutal Assault Festival. All dates listed below are on sale now. Continue reading
Emperor is currently celebrating the 20th anniversary of their Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk album by performing it live in its entirety at several European festivals this Summer. Continue reading
The 2017 Wacken Open Air festival took place this past weekend in Germany, and did not disappoint. This year’s lineup included the likes of Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Emperor, Volbeat, Amon Amarth and Kreator, and over 70,000 people showed up to witness it all in person. Shortly after Alice Cooper‘s set, each and every one of those fans took part in a moving tribute to Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister. Continue reading
Accept is dropping a new album this summer, their fourth since their comeback in 2010. The Rise Of Chaos, will drop on August 4th, 2017 from their longtime label, Nuclear Blast. The cover artwork of the new record was created by the Hungarian artist Gyula Havancsák, and you can see it below. Continue reading
Top hats off to Dimmu Borgir. While it has been five years almost to the day between the recording of the second of these sets (2012’s Wacken performance where they were joined by almost 100 musicians) the release of the Forces Of The Northern Night (Nuclear Blast) double DVD set is a perfect way to close a simply huge cycle celebrating the monumental Abrahadabra album Continue reading