 If you tuned into Planet Rock Radio this morning, you’ll have been amongst the first to hear Bloodstock’s hotly anticipated news, revealing the final two Ronnie James Dio main stage headliners for 2020’s event. Devin Townsend was announced as Friday night’s headliner last month. Without further ado… Metal legends Judas Priest will headline Sunday night. In a year when Bloodstock celebrates 20 years, we can think of no better place to also celebrate Judas Priest’s 50 Heavy Metal Years! The Grammy Award-winning British icons were recently nominated again for the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame and to date have sold over 50 million albums. Their latest release, 2018’s ‘Firepower’, saw the band return all guns blazing, earning the accolade Best British Album at the Planet Rock Awards. Judas Priest enthuse:- “Horns up Bloodstock - the Priest is back to headline the 20th year of Bloodstock with our 50 Heavy Metal Years anniversary show!! A double barrel, once in a lifetime, blast of metal mania 2020....!!” You can watch a special message from the inimitable Rob Halford at: https://youtu.be/2VJIsrJf_Mc. The mighty Behemoth are set to headline Saturday in a UK festival exclusive for 2020. Having wowed fans across the globe with their phenomenal set on both Slayer’s final US tour and Slipknot’s current Knotfest Roadshow, the Polish metal heavyweights will be upping the stakes by bringing their biggest and best production to date. Don’t miss the spectacle of them closing out the Ronnie James Dio main stage on Saturday night! Charismatic frontman Nergal tells us:- “Bloodstock! The hallowed lands of Catton Park will once again host our Fiendish Festivities. This is Behemoth’s first UK festival headline and that will be celebrated in the only way we know how; Hell will be raised, blood will be shed, and magick will descend! We shall see you there Legions!” Hear it straight from Behemoth themselves at: https://youtu.be/oe_1eQyZpXY. BLOODSTOCK will be headlined on Friday by DEVIN TOWNSEND and also welcomes PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS, SKINDRED, PARADISE LOST, LIFE OF AGONY, BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, DIAMOND HEAD, JINJER, VIO-LENCE, SACRED REICH, GLORYHAMMER, DARK TRANQUILITY, and BUTCHER BABIES so far. Many more bands performing over the weekend will be announced in due course. Discounted Early Bird tickets, VIP tickets, child tickets and car parking tickets for 2020’s event are available now at the ticket store. Campervan tickets for 2020 are already sold out. BLOODSTOCK 2020 takes place at Catton Park, Derbyshire from 6th-9th August 2020. For more info, click to www.bloodstock.uk.com.
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 Due to phenomenal demand Within Temptation and Evanescence have added three more dates to the UK leg of their 'Worlds Collide' tour as well as three more in Europe. VIP pre-sale begins 9 a.m. GMT 29th October followed by general on sale at 9 a.m. on 1st November. Tickets are available HERE. Fronted by two of the most influential and creative women in the rock world in the form of Amy Lee from Evanescence and Sharon den Adel from Within Temptation, the extra UK dates take in Glasgow, Leeds, and Birmingham. Den Adel commented:- "It is beyond our greatest expectations that a lot of our shows with Evanescence would sell out so quickly! We are super grateful for this. Surprise! We’ve got a surprise for Belgium, Luxembourg and the UK: we are adding some extra shows end of April and beginning of May. Check out the extra dates! Lee said:- “We are very excited to announce that due to the overwhelming response to our upcoming tour with Within Temptation, we are adding 5 more dates!” Full tour dates are: April 2020: Sat 4th Belgium, Brussels Palais 12 (SOLD OUT) Sun 5th France, Paris Accor Hotel Arena Tues 7th UK, London, The O2 Thurs 9th Germany, Berlin Velodrome Sat 11th Germany, Frankfurt Festhalle Sun 12th Switzerland, Zurich Hallenstadion Tues 14th Italy, Milan Mediolanum Forum Wed 15th Germany, Munich Zenith Fri 17th Germany, Hamburg Sporthalle Sat 18th Germany, Leipzig Arena Mon 20th Germany, Dusseldorf Mitsubishi Hall Tue 21st Netherlands, Amsterdam Ziggodome (SOLD OUT) Wed 22nd Netherlands, Amsterdam Ziggodome Fri 24th Belgium, Brussels, Palais 12*^ Sun 26th Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Rockhall Mainhall*^ Tue 28th UK, Glasgow, The SSE Hydro * Thur 30th UK, Leeds, First Direct Arena* May: Fri 1st UK, Birmingham, Arena* *= New dates ^= New dates on sale Thursday, October 31st at 10am CEST. A variety of VIP ticket packages are available to ensure fans obtain the best seats in the house. Other VIP benefits include the opportunity to meet the band and attend their sound check, plus receive exclusive merchandise items. For full details go to: www.evanescence.com and www.within-temptation.com Evanescence: Website / Facebook / Instagram / Spotify / YouTube / Twitter Within Temptation: Facebook / Instagram / YouTube / Spotify / Twitter / Website  [ photo credit: Irene Serrano ] Portuguese dark metal pioneers, Moonspell, will embark on an extensive European Tour with Rotting Christ this Fall. Starting on October 24th in Hamburg, Germany, this finest metal package will travel two months literally all over Europe, including dates in the UK, Spain, Turkey, Scandinavia and many more! Just recently, Moonspell proudly announced to re-release their path-breaking Sin/Pecado and 2econd Skin records on December 13rd 2019 with Napalm Records. Especially Sin/Pecado, originally released back in 1998, became a great divider of the Moonspell wolfpack, showcasing the band's diverse talent, skills and signs of a rebellion in within vampire and wolves themes. A diversity the band will be also representing live on stage, when they will not only perform songs of their latest, Portuguese album 1755, but also timeless classics of their entire band history – from records such as Sin/Pecado, the unforgettable Irreligious, Wolfheart, Night Eternal or the critically acclaimed Extinct – no matter what's your favourite Moonspell era, on this run you will definitely come at your expense!  States Moonspell vocalist, Fernando Ribeiro:- “The question in the air for Moonspell and Rotting Christ is: how will you guys pull this one out? We concede that we have embraced a quite epic trek of more than fifty cities to take in just one breath from the 24th of October all the way to December 15th. There’s only one way to answer your question: to grab a ticket and show up in one of our shows. The tickets are running low in some dates, some are sold out, and yes besides 1755 we will represent the classics and a couple of Sin/Pecado songs live to celebrate its reissue via Napalm Records in December. Europa under the spell!!!“ Make sure to catch this unholy tour pack of MOONSPELL & ROTTING CHRIST, live at the following dates: 24.10.2019 DE - Hamburg / Markthalle 25.10.2019 DE - Bochum / Matrix 26.10.2019 NL - Hengelo / Metropool 27.10.2019 NL - Amsterdam / Melkweg 28.10.2019 FR - Nancy / L'Autre Canal 29.10.2019 UK - London / Islington Assembly Hall 30.10.2019 BE - Antwerp / Trix 31.10.2019 FR - Rennes / L'Etage 01.11.2019 FR - Paris / La Machine du Moulin Rouge 02.11.2019 FR - Toulouse / Metronum 03.11.2019 ES - Madrid / Mon 07.11.2019 ES - Murcia / Garaje 08.11.2019 ES - Barcelona / Salamandra 09.11.2019 FR - Bourg-en-Bresse / La Tannerie 10.11.2019 IT - Milano / Magazzini Generali 11.11.2019 IT - Bologna / Estragon 15.11.2019 TR - Istanbul / If Performance Hall 16.11.2019 RO - Bukarest / Quantic Club 17.11.2019 BG - Sofia / Mixtape 5 18.11.2019 HR - Zagreb / Mochvara 19.11.2019 AT - Graz / Dom im Berg 20.11.2019 SK - Bratislava / Majestic Club 21.11.2019 AT - Vienna / Simm City 22.11.2019 HU - Budapest / A 38 23.11.2019 CZ - Zlin / Winter MOR - Euronics Sports Hall 24.11.2019 PL - Krakow / Kwadrat 25.11.2019 PL - Warszaw / Progresja 26.11.2019 PL - Gdansk / B90 27.11.2019 LV - Riga / Melna Piektdiena 28.11.2019 EE - Tallinn / Tapper 29.11.2019 FI - Helsinki / Tavastia *SOLD OUT 30.11.2019 FI - Tampere / Klubi *SOLD OUT 01.12.2019 FI - Turku / Apollo 03.12.2019 SE - Stockholm / Slaktkyrkan 04.12.2019 NO - Oslo / Parkteatret 05.12.2019 DK - Kolding / Godset 06.12.2019 DK - Roskilde / Gimle 07.12.2019 DE - Berlin / Columbia Theater 08.12.2019 DE - Hanover / Musikzentrum 09.12.2019 DE - Mannheim / MS Connexion Complex 10.12.2019 LU - Esch Alzette / Kluturfabrik 11.12.2019 CH - Geneve / PTR 12.12.2019 CH - Pratteln / Z7 13.12.2019 DE - Leipzig / Hellraiser 14.12.2019 DE - Würzburg / Posthalle 15.12.2019 DE - Munich / Backstage www.moonspell.com www.facebook.com/moonspellband www.instagram.com/moonspellofficial www.napalmrecords.com Evanescence & Within Temptation join forces to tour Europe in April 2020 as both 'Worlds Collide'17/9/2019  In what promises to be one of the biggest tours of next year Evanescence and Within Temptation confirmed they have joined forces for 'WORLDS COLLIDE', a massive co-headline European tour kicking off in Brussels, Belgium on 4th April 2020. VIP pre-sale begins 9 a.m. BST 17th September followed by general on sale on 20th September. Tickets are available HERE. Fronted by two of the most influential and creative women in the rock world in the form of Amy Lee from Evanescence and Sharon den Adel from Within Temptation, the two bands will be inspiring fans across Europe including a date at London’s O2 Arena. Den Adel commented:- "We’ve got exciting news…In April we’re going to team up with Evanescence to bring you a very special co-headline tour! This is going to be a tour YOU don’t want to miss :) 😜. It was really great meeting Amy and the rest of the band recently. I think we have a lot in common but most of all I’m sure that we share the same passion and fire for what we love doing most. I’m really looking forward to touring Europe together and to make it memorable!" Lee said:- “We are very excited to join forces with Within Temptation for what I know will be an epic tour in April. We’ve had people ask us about doing something together for a long time, and we’re going to make it worth the wait! Looking forward to hearing Sharon’s gorgeous voice every night!” April 2020: Sat 4th Belgium, Brussels Palais 12 Sun 5th France, Paris Accor Hotel Arena Tues 7th UK, London, The O2 Thurs 9th Germany, Berlin Velodrome Sat 11th Germany, Frankfurt Festhalle Sun 12th Switzerland, Zurich Hallenstadion Tues 14th Italy, Milan Mediolanum Forum Wed 15th Germany, Munich Zenith Fri 17th Germany, Hamburg Sporthalle Sat 18th Germany, Leipzig Arena Mon 20th Germany, Dusseldorf Mitsubishi Hall Tue 21st Netherlands, Amsterdam Ziggodome A variety of VIP ticket packages are available to ensure fans obtain the best seats in the house. Other VIP benefits include the opportunity to meet the band and attend their sound check, plus receive exclusive merchandise items. For full details go to: www.evanescence.com and www.within-temptation.com Evanescence: Website / Facebook / Instagram / Spotify / YouTube / Twitter Within Temptation: Facebook / Instagram / YouTube / Spotify / Twitter / Website  Archspire are proud to announce their very first European headliner tour in December 2019. The Canadian tech death maniacs will be blasting through 21 cities at 350 bpm, supported by Beneath The Massacre, Vulvodyina and Inferi. A full list of confirmed shows can be viewed below. The band comments on the new trek:- "We are beyond stoked to be a part of Tech Trek Europe this year, alongside these amazing bands! This is our first European headliner tour and we're hitting some of our favourite places as well as some new ones! Mainland Europe and UK get ready! Stay Tech!"  ARCHSPIRE +Beneath the Massacre + Vulvodynia + Inferi 30 Nov 19 Karlsruhe (DE) Weisse Rose 01 Dec 19 Sint-Niklaas (BE) De Casino 02 Dec 19 London (UK) Underworld 03 Dec 19 Bristol (UK) The Exchange 04 Dec 19 Glasgow (UK) Cathouse 05 Dec 19 Birmingham (UK) Asylum2 06 Dec 19 Manchester (UK) Rebellion 07 Dec 19 Rotterdam (NL) Baroeg 08 Dec 19 Paris (FR) Glazart 09 Dec 19 Toulouse (FR) Rex 10 Dec 19 Madrid (ES) Caracol 11 Dec 19 Barcelona (ES) Bóveda 13 Dec 19 Aarau (CH) Kiff 14 Dec 19 München (DE) Feierwerk 15 Dec 19 Ljubljana (SL) Orto Bar 16 Dec 19 Vienna (AT) Arena 17 Dec 19 Prague (CZ) Nova Chmelnice 18 Dec 19 Hannover (DE) Mephisto 19 Dec 19 Berlin (DE) Musik & Frieden 20 Dec 19 Leipzig (DE) Naumanns 21 Dec 19 Bochum (DE) Matrix Want to practice you Tech Trek skills a bit in advance? ARCHSPIRE have provided a rather challenging karaoke video of the track, 'Calamus Will Animate', which is streaming via the Season of Mist YouTube channel at the link below. Are you keeping up? www.facebook.com/Archspireband Finnish Goth Metal veterans The 69 Eyes unveil new album trailer and announce Finnish tour18/6/2019  Photo credit: Pasi Klemetti Finland's Gothic Metallers The 69 Eyes recently announced that they will release their 12th studio album on September 13th. Right in time for their 30th band anniversary, 'West End' will see the light of day, so prepare for 11 up-tempo rock anthems full of heaviness, black memento mori moments and dark humour featuring several top-notch guest vocalists including Cradle Of Filth's Dani Filth, Wednesday 13 and Beastö Blancö's Calico Cooper. Today, the band have revealed the first trailer for their upcoming album, in which they discuss the ”funeral balloons” sculpture on the cover of the album. The artwork was created by the famous Finnish sculptor Jiri Geller, a friend of the band since the very early days. "It was like black magick to have Jiri back in our Helsinki Vampire circles again! I literally haven’t seen him for twenty years but he was the same freak as back then - and as we all are,” - singer Jyrki 69 praises the long-lost lost boy. Watch the trailer, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq5A3il7Dec In addition to their previously announced European tour dates, the Helsinki Vampires are ready for more extensive touring through their home country and will soon embark on a tour through Finland before hitting the rest of Europe and Russia: 14.09. FIN Radio Rock Cruise, Helsinki – Tallinn – Helsinki 20.09. FIN Viking Grace, Turku – Stockholm – Turku 25.09. FIN Tampere - Klubi 28.09. FIN Ähtäri - Club B 52 04.10. FIN Hämeenlinna - Aulanko Areena 05.10. FIN Mikkeli - Wilhelm Public House 10.10. FIN Kuopio - Henry’s Pub 11.10. FIN Joensuu - Ravintola Kerubi 12.10. FIN Kotka - Ravintola Leikari 25.10. FIN Jyväskylä - Lutakko 26.10. FIN Seinäjoki - Rytmikorjaamo 01.11. FIN Helsinki - Tavastia THE 69 EYES - West End Tour 2019 02.11. D Leipzig - Hellraiser 03.11. D Berlin - SO36 05.11. D Hamburg - Logo 06.11. D Cologne - Essigfabrik 07.11. D Stuttgart - Wizemann Club 08.11. D Munich - Backstage (Halle) 09.11. CZ Prague - Meet Factory 11.11. PL Wroclaw - Stary Klasztor 12.11. HU Budapest - Barba Negra 13.11. SK Bratislava - Atelier Babylon 14.11. AT Vienna - Chelsea 16.11. IT Parma - Campus Music Industry 17.11. CH Pratteln - Z7 19.11. D Trier - Mergener Hof 20.11. F Paris - Backstage by the Mill 21.11. UK London - The Garage 23.11. D Oberhausen - Kulttempel 24.11. D Frankfurt – Zoom Catch THE 69 EYES also in 2020: 06.03. LVA Riga - Melna Piektdiena 07.03. LTU Vilnius - Vakaris 08.03. BLR Minsk - Republic 10.03. UKR Lviv - Festrepublic 11.03. RUS Kiev - Atlas 13.03. RUS St.Petersburg - Zal 14.03. RUS Moscow - RED 16.03. RUS Khabarovsk - Velicano 17.03. RUS Vladivostok - Kraft Ticket Link: http://69eyes.polygon.group/ As the first taster for their new album, The 69 Eyes have recently revealed the music video for their new single '27 & Done'. The clip features excerpts from the horror film 'The 27 Club' by Cleopatra Entertainment and you can watch it, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLoqIdCMZCE THE 69 EYES are: Jyrki 69 - vocals Bazie - guitar, backing vocals Timo-Timo - guitar Archzie - bass, backing vocals Jussi 69 - drums www.69eyes.com www.facebook.com/the69eyes www.instagram.com/the69eyesoffical www.nuclearblast.de/the69eyes  English Modern Metallers Sister Shotgun have announced dates in July with Gamma Bomb and a Midlands show with friends Iconic Eye in Cannock on June 1, 2019. Vocalist Chloe Ozwell says:- “We‘re very much looking forward to returning to the Midlands for an intimate show with our good friends, Iconic eye. It going to be a crazy show” And on hooking up with Gamma Bomb again: “We can‘t wait to get back on the road and hit a couple of a cities we've not played for in a while. We‘re excited to be supporting Gama Bomb and these are set to be some insane shows!” Iconic Eye + Sister Shotgun June 2019
Gama Bomb + Sister Shotgun July 2019
Sister Shotgun recently premiered the music video for "Sacred Heart," a single from their debut album, entitled Fragments. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H70_GK_4eIM&feature=youtu.be Chloe Ozwell – Vocals Benji Tatlock – Guitar Niall Wills – Guitar Tim Chambers – Bass Dave Harvey – Drums  Epic, symphonic metallers Pythia have announced that they will host a special album launch party in London on May 16th for new album The Solace Of Ancient Earth, the day before it goes on general release. The gathering will take place at The Big Red and entry will be free. There will be a play back of the album, metal DJs, food and drink - and most importantly copies of the new album will be available to buy. Band members will be in attendance to chat to, share a drink with and sign copies of the album - it should be a great night for all fans of the band. For full details head to the Facebook event page:- Pythia Album Launch Party - https://www.facebook.com/events/664277877356517/   Mongolian rock / metal group The HU announce 23 European summer tour dates throughout June and July, including 6 UK dates, for the first time ever. The tour coincides with the upcoming international release of their debut album The Gereg, slated for summer 2019. Bringing their unique style of Mongolian rock to the masses, The HU will be making their worldwide debut this June during a run of summer festivals in Europe. Swapping the Altai Moutains and Gobi Desert for High rises and down pours, their European summer tour will include, Sama’Rock Festival and Eurockeennes De Belfort Festival (France), Download Festival (UK), Tons of Rock Festival (Norway) and Graspop Festival (Belgium), plus UK performances in Brighton, Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow and London. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 3rd May and can be purchased from the band’s official website, HERE. The four-piece band combines traditional Mongolian instruments with modern American hard rock to create their own style of music they call “hunnu rock,” which derives from “HU,” the Mongolian root word for human beings. This unique sound blends heavy rock elements with traditional Mongolian guttural throat singing, accentuated by lyrics reflecting old Mongolian war cries and poetry. You can watch the band’s EPK HERE. The HU became an online sensation when they released music videos for “Wolf Totem” and “Yuve Yuve Yu” in December 2018, racking up a combined 24 million views to date. They, re-released the singles on March 29, generating incredible global recognition across the globe. The track, “Wolf Totem” reached Top 5 on the iTunes Rock Chart and was featured as the #1 song on 19 different charts, while “Yuve Yuve Yu” reached #2 on 11 different charts across the globe. Both tracks are available digitally HERE. In April, the band were offered Official Mongolian Ambassador to the World by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Mongolia, whilst he congratulated them on their success. The HU also celebrate their signing to E7M (Eleven Seven Music) – home to Mötley Crüe, Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach and Nothing More. Eleven Seven’s COO, Steve Kline said about the signing:- “Eleven Seven is continuously searching for unique and talented artists. The Hu’s mix of traditional Mongolian instrumentation and original brand of rock is unlike any other band. From first listen, we were immediately blown away. The Hu are about to take the world by storm, and we could not be more excited to welcome them to the Eleven Seven family!” Eleven Seven Label Group Managing Director Europe Dan Waite added to Kline’s comments:- “The Hu will perform in 12 European countries in June and July, playing to hundreds of thousands of festival fans this summer. With 2 tracks in the UK iTunes genre top 10 currently this is perfect timing to satisfy the demand to see the band. The excitement building up reflects the compelling blend of music and Mongolian culture”. The HU said:- "We couldn’t be more excited to join the amazing team at E7M. The passion they have for The HU can be felt from New York to Mongolia and we’re excited to do great things together.” THE HU EUROPEAN TOUR 2019 JUNE Thursday, 6 Berlin GERMANY Sage Friday, 7 Nurnberg GERMANY Rock Im Park Saturday, 8 Eifel, Nurnburg GERMANY Rock Am Ring Sunday, 9 Amiens FRANCE Sama'Rock Festival Tuesday, 11 Brighton UK The Haunt Wednesday, 12 Manchester UK Academy 3 Friday, 14 Glasgow UK G2 Saturday, 15 Donington UK Download Festival Monday, 17 Bristol UK Fleece Tuesday, 18 London UK Underworld Wednesday, 19 Paris FRANCE Nouveau Casino Friday, 21 Dessel BELGIUM Graspop Festival Sunday, 23 Varniai LITHUANIA Kilkim Zaibu Monday, 24 Warsaw POLAND Hydrozagadka Wednesday, 26 Copenhagen DENMARK Pumpehuset Thursday, 27 Stockholm SWEDEN Debaser Strand Friday, 28 Oslo NORWAY Tons of Rock Sunday, 30 Hamburg GERMANY Knust JULY Monday, 1 Amsterdam NETHERLANDS Melkweg (Oude Zaal) Tuesday, 2 Cologne GERMANY Luxor Thursday, 4 Belfort FRANCE Eurockeennes De Belfort Festival Friday, 5 Zurich SWITZERLAND Moods Saturday, 6 Cesky Brod CZECH REPUBLIC Rock for People Founded in 2016 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, the HU members Gala, Jaya, Temka, and Enkush, with their producer, Dashka, combine the bombastic bass and drums of rock music with traditional Mongolian instrumentation like the Morin Khuur (horsehead fiddle), Tovshuur (Mongolian guitar), Tumur Khuur (jaw harp) and guttural throating singing. Since the formation of the band, they’ve been working on their first album, The Gereg. The term Gereg means the first diplomatic “passport” issued by the Mongol Empire during the time of Genghis Khan. The album contains nine songs, including the recently released “Yuve Yuve Yu” and “Wolf Totem,” and is slated for release in 2019 on Eleven Seven Music. WEBSITE // FACEBOOK // INSTAGRAM // TWITTER // YOUTUBE  |
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