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Fortress Festival unveils Fortress Forum conference

Fortress Festival unveils Fortress Forum, a unique metal conference with Tom G. Warrior, Wolves In The Throne Room, Cult Never Dies and more! A unique opportunity for festival attendees to hear artists talk about their careers and experiences. Participants include Tom G. Warrior (Triptykon, Celtic Frost), Cedar Serpent (Wolves In The Throne Room), Dayal Patterson (Cult Never Dies), Ralph Schmidt (Ultha), The Watcher (Fen, Fellwarden), Der Weg Einer Freiheit and Gaerea Side-event to take place at a 300-capacity theatre room at Scarborough Spa and available only for Fortress Festival ticket holders Scarborough, UK; 28.04.24: Fortress Festival, the highly anticipated UK […]

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NÆSTVED METALFEST 2024 – SATYRICON & 7 bands more added to the program

It’s no secret NÆSTVED METALFEST is growing. This is clearly backed up by the interest and ticket sales for NÆSTVED METALFEST 2024. With today’s announcement of this year’s headliner – Norwegian legends SATYRICON – the festival can now be labeled as Denmark’s largest independent metal festival. SATYRICON, with Satyr and Frost as the spearheads, has existed for over three decades, and throughout time has managed to stay relevant and contemporary. From pure black metal to several alternative takes on extreme metal and most recently an ambitious album with music based on the paintings and art of the countryman Munch. When […]

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Prophecy Fest announce exclusive AGALLOCH reunion show

The makers of Prophecy Fest are thrilled and proud to announce that US metal legends AGALLOCH have agreed to perform their much longed for reunion show in the original line-up exclusively in the Cave of Balve this year. AGALLOCH comment: “After nearly eight years since the band broke up, AGALLOCH are reforming with the intent of playing limited shows”, guitarist Don Anderson writes on behalf of the trio. “The line-up remains the original three: vocalist and guitarist John Haughm, guitarist Don Anderson, and bassist Jason Walton. We will be aided by Hunter Ginn (Canvas Solaris, Sculptured, Radical Research Podcast) on […]

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BELLY UP (SOLANA BEACH) ANNOUNCES THE WHITE BUFFALO Event, “SONGS OF ANARCHY”

The Belly Up is pleased to announce THE WHITE BUFFALO’s “Songs Of Anarchy” livestream concert on February 21, 2021 on bellyup.com. THE WHITE BUFFALO is Jake Smith – singer, songwriter, guitarist, teller of stories, Emmy nominee; an artist whose voice – a timber-shakin’ baritone of gravitas and gravel – seems directly linked to a greater truth; an artist who will not be swayed by fashion or curtailed by genre. THE WHITE BUFFALO returns to Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, CA for his first performance since November. In keeping with the spirit of his themed virtual sets, Smith will perform […]

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MOONSPELL Announces Very Special Halloween Show – Virtual Stream Tickets Available

In the darkest of years, MOONSPELL have announced that they will perform a special live Halloween show, taking place in the South of Portugal in an ancient town named Beja, on October 31, 2020! At the local theatre Pax Julia, originally built in 1928, the band will deliver their annual and own brand of Halloween to the world: An exclusive, socially distanced live concert for 300 guests that can also be witnessed virtually by the Wolfpack worldwide, who have been scattered and lying in wait for this to happen since lockdown began. Under a full moon, the show will begin […]

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ECLIPSE Announces Live From The Quarantine – Streaming Concert For April 1st!

Swedish rockers take their show online, including the debut performance of brand new single! After having to postpone gigs all over the world due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak, Swedish band ECLIPSE have organized an online gig that will be streamed LIVE from Stockholm on Wednesday April 1st at 8pm CET. Lead singer Erik Martensson: ”In the last few weeks we have had to cancel shows in Japan, Australia, the UK, Spain and a bunch of other places. So we started talking about what options we had. We could of course set up a phone in our rehearsal space and […]

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Show / Festival Report: NYDM Spring Bash X – 2019

NYDM SPRING BASH XFeaturing ANVIL, EVILDEAD, HIRAX & many othersApril 18-20, 2019Club Garibaldi and Cactus Club, Milwaukee, WIBy: Dr. Abner Mality**Special Thanks to Scary Dan Gildea + Scaryhouse for assistance!** Well, that’s a wrap! After 10 years, one of the best metalfests in the Midwest, if not the USA, comes to an end and with it, a lot of memories. I made all but one of these events. I can’t tell you how many bands I was able to cross off my bucket list because of NYDM Spring Bash. Well, maybe I can…how about OMEN, ARTILLERY, WHIPLASH, POSSESSED, RUTHLESS, and […]