 Swedish metal heroes Sabaton have revealed their special guests for the UK and European leg of their upcoming "TOUR TO END ALL TOURS". Japanese dance metal sensation Babymetal will appear as very special guests, marking their first international shows in over three years. Finnish Eurovision winners Lordi will open all shows. "We are extremely happy to welcome Babymetal to our already much anticipated tour in Europe 2023," says bass player Pär Sundström. “The energy and power of this band will for sure make each night something special." “If there ever was a band that would break all the rules, it’s Babymetal with the power and precision to deliver a full on heavy metal show!” echoes frontman Joakim Brodén. “It’s not our first rodeo together, expect nothing but excellence from Babymetal!” Joakim participated as a guest on “Oh! MAJINAI (feat. Joakim Brodén)" on Babymetal’s third album "Metal Galaxy" released October 11th, 2018. He also made a guest appearance at Babymetal’s headline show in October 2018, at Japan's extra show DARK NIGHT CARNIVAL. SABATON - THE TOUR TO END ALL TOURS Special Guest: BABYMETAL Support: LORDI
Tickets for the UK shows will be on sale from 10am Friday 21st October here: https://www.sabaton.net/tour/
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 Moldovan up and coming, extreme metal outfit, Infected Rain, took the heavy music world by storm when they released their blistering new album, Endorphin, this Fall with Napalm Records. The band – fronted by extraordinary multi-talented vocalist Lena – unleashes fierce screams and growls, heavy riffs and pounding beats combined with ingenious samples that make Infected Rain’s style an energetic blend of the best modern metal styles of today and one can be sure, this band no longer belongs to one of the world's best-kept metal secrets! While they are currently touring Europe in support of their new album, Infected Rain won't be stopped and have just announced a bunch of European summer tour dates for 2020! "After releasing Endorphin in October then right away hitting the road with the European tour, we felt so much love and support from you.” The band comments. "Thanks to you we are able to be ourselves and share our most sensitive emotions. So we are extremely happy to announce our next European visit. Summer of 2020 promises to be very hot, with a lot of festivals and some special club dates. Stay tuned for more updates and details. See you soon!"  Kicking off in June 2020, with selected club shows as well as prestigious festivals such as Wacken Open Air, Summer Breeze or Metal on the Hill to name just a few, you will get infected by the band's high-voltage shows and a vehemence that is Infected Rain live at the following dates: 10.06.2020 PL Kraków / Mystic Festival 26.06.2020 CZ Plzen / Basinfire Festival 02.07.2020 SP Viveiro / Resurrection Festival 04.07.2020 FR Colombier-Saugnieu / Plane'R Fest 10.07.2020 HU Dunaújváros / Rockmarathon 18.07.2020 FIN Laukaa / John Smith Rock Festival 24.07.2020 DE Ottobeuren / Schlichtenfest 30.07.2020 DE Wacken / Wacken Festival 01.08.2020 UKR Ternopil / Faine Miasto Festival 02.08.2020 RO Rasnov / Rockstadt Extreme Fest 08.08.2018 RUS Krasnodar / Taman Festival 14.08.2020 DE Dinkelsbuhl / Summer Breeze 15.08.2020 AT Graz / Metal on the Hill 28.08.2020 RO Bistrita / Way Too Far Rock Festival with many more dates to be announced soon! To shorten your wait for a heavy as hell summer with INFECTED RAIN, catch them live on the following, remaining dates of their current tour with LACUNA COIL and ELUVEITIE: 14.12 - (FI) Tampere - Pakkahuone 15.12 - (EST) Tallinn - Rock Cafe 17.12 - (SE) Stockholm - Klubben Fryshuset 18.12 - (NO) Oslo - Vulkan Arena 19.12 - (SE) Gothenburg - Trädgarn 20.12 - (DK) Copenhagen - Amager Bio 21.12 - (DE) Hamburg - Docks www.infectedrain.com www.facebook.com/infectedrain www.twitter.com/infectedrain www.label.napalmrecords.com/infectedrain  [ 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  Go Loud Agency, in collaboration with Darkside Records, is proud to announce that all-star band MaYaN (NL) – featuring members of Epica, Nightwish and Firewind, among others – will play four exclusive shows in the Baltic States, with very special guests Carthagods (TN). The Baltic tour will hit Tallinn (EE), Riga (LV), Liepaja (LV) and Vilnius (LT), marking the band’s first appearance in the Baltic States. TOUR DATES 06.12.2018 | Tallinn (EE) | Rockclub Tapper 07.12.2018 | Riga (LV) | Melna Piektdiena 08.12.2018 | Liepaja (LV) | Fontaine Palace 09.12.2018 | Vilnius (LT) | Narauti  MaYaN was conceived in early 2010 by versatile musician and Epica mastermind Mark Jansenand old friend, ex-After Forever keyboardist Jack Driessen. Their goal was to write an album in the style they’ve always been longing to play. Mark asked guitarist Frank Schiphorst (Symmetry, Christmas Metal Symphony) to join in: the chemistry was undeniable and the project soon evolved into a real band. The initial lineup was thus completed by Epica drummer Ariën van Weesenbeek and guitarist Isaac Delahaye. Boasting vocalists like Henning Basse (currently Firewind), Laura Macrì, Simone Simons (Epica) and Floor Jansen (currently Nightwish), MaYaN‘s debut album Quarterpast – released via Nuclear Blast in 2011 – quickly grabbed the media’s attention, with excellent reviews, in-depth interviews and raving reactions of fans worldwide to boot. After the release of their sophomore album Antagonise in 2014 – the first MaYaN album to enter the official Dutch and Belgian album charts, as well as album of the month in leading Dutch metal magazine Aardschok and album of the week in Revolver Magazine – followed by very successful tours and prestigious festivals through parts of Europe, Central and South America, the band is now ready to promote their current album Dhyana. Aside from a handful of excellent guests, the record also features orchestral arrangements provided by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (the very same orchestra of Dimmu Borgir’s album Death Cult Armageddon). MaYaN live lineup: – Grunts: Mark Jansen – George Oosthoek – Clean male vocals: Adam Denlinger / Henning Basse (special guest) – Clean female vocals: Laura Macrì – Marcela Bovio – Keyboards: Jack Driessen – Guitars: Frank Schiphorst – Merel Bechtold / Arjan Rijnen (backup) / Jord Otto (backup) – Bass: Roel Käller – Drums: Ariën van Weesenbeek Official Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube  Carthagods was one of the first metal bands to emerge from Tunisia in the late 90’s. Undoubtedly, they are the pioneers of heavy metal, not to mention the oldest existing Metal band in the country. Their powerful sound, influence, and longevity make them one of the most important bands in the history of the Tunisian Metal scene. Carthagods is expected to release their upcoming EP in the beginning of 2019. The record will feature guitar virtuoso Timo Somers (Delain, Arrow Haze, Vengeance, to name a few), whom has also served the band as live guitarist since 2015. Carthagods has brought their authentic blend of metal worldwide (France, Romania, Malta, Turkey, Belgium, Holland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia) and played a handful of prestigious shows in the band’s homeland Tunisia: the fivepiece has shared the stage with industry giants such as Dark Tranquility, Epica, Judas Priest and Blind Guardian. In early 2018, Carthagods signed a record deal with Darkside Records, followed by the release of their single “The Devil’s Dolls” (watch it here). Carthagods are: M.Khema (Vocals) Timo SOMERS (live Lead Guitars) Tarak (Guitars) Zack (Drums & backing vocals) Timon (Bass) Official Website | Facebook | Instagram | Youtube  Great things are waiting in the wings for English death metallers Kill All The Gentlemen: not only will they release their highly anticipated album The Loss And The Rapture – out on November 22nd via Sliptrick Records – the four will also be sharing the stage with legendary extreme metal band Cradle of Filth in December, covering all three Baltic States. As if that weren’t enough, Sliptrick Records has officialy made The Loss And The Raptureavailable for pre-order at Shop Sliptrick.  Dates: 11.12.2018 | Vilnius (LT) | Vakaris 12.12.2018 | Riga (LV) | Melna Piektdiena 13.12.2018 | Tallinn (EE) | Rockclub Tapper Kill All The Gentlemen are: Adam Martin (Vocals, Guitar) Ben Andrew (Bass) Christian Axsel (Guitar) Thomas Arne Rørstad (Drums) Official Website | Facebook | Youtube | On Sliptrick  Sólstafir have added more dates to their already announced European tour in support of their latest release 'Berdreyminn' this December. Their massive road-trip will kick off at Poland's B90 in Gdansk on November 20, and run through 17 more countries before the final curtain falls at the Voodoo Lounge in Dublin, Ireland on the 22nd of December. 
18 Aug 18 Dinkelsbühl (DE) Summer Breeze Open Air 11 May 19 Vienna (AT) Vienna Metal meeting
29 Aug 18 Perth (AU) Rosemount Hotel 30 Aug 18 Sydney (AU) Factory Theatre 31 Aug 18 Brisbane (AU) The Zoo 01 Sep 18 Melbourne (AU) Max Watts
20 Nov 18 Gdansk (PL) B90 21 Nov 18 Warsaw (PL) Progresja 22 Nov 18 Vilnius (LT) Loftas 23 Nov 18 Riga (LV) Melna Vilnius 24 Nov 18 Tallinn (EE) Tapper 29 Nov 18 Gothenburg (SE) Sticky Fingers 30 Nov 18 Oslo (NO) Vulkan Arena 01 Dec 18 Copenhagen (DK) Lille Vega 02 Dec 18 Leipzig (DE) Taubchenthal 03 Dec 18 Stuttgart (DE) Im Wizeman 04 Dec 18 Winterthur (CH) Salzhaus 05 Dec 18 Marseille (FR) Jas Rod 06 Dec 18 Biarritz (FR) Atabal 07 Dec 18 Madrid (ES) Madrid Is The Dark Festival 08 Dec 18 Lisbon (PT) Under The Doom 09 Dec 18 Porto (PT) Hard Club 11 Dec 18 Cognac (FR) West Rock 12 Dec 18 Audincourt (FR) Le Moloco 13 Dec 18 Lille (FR) Aeronef 14 Dec 18 Eindhoven (NL) Eindhoven Metal Meeting 15 Dec 18 Istanbul (TR) Garajistanbul 16 Dec 18 Athens (GR) Fuzz Club
17 Dec 18 Bristol (UK) The Fleece 18 Dec 18 Birmingham (UK) Hare & Hounds 19 Dec 18 Manchester (UK) Deaf Institute 20 Dec 18 Glasgow (UK) Classic Grand 21 Dec 18 Belfast (UK) Limelight 2 22 Dec 18 Dublin (IR) Voodoo Lounge The band will be touring in support of the Icelander's latest album, 'Berdreyminn' which is streaming in full here. www.solstafir.net www.facebook.com/solstafirice  Pioneers of Ukrainian Pagan Black metal Paganland set to play on Infinite Agony Ritual 3! Infinite Agony Ritual 3 fest will take place on May 4th and 5th (2018) in Vilnius and Kaunas, Lithuania, featuring bands from Ukraine, Lithuania, Finland, Poland and Estonia!
Paganland recently performed XX anniversary show within West Ukrainian Division Act III. Full show available here: https://youtu.be/AxO3zhlOd_s Infinite Agony Ritual 3: https://www.facebook.com/events/412241062537610/ https://www.facebook.com/events/151043175612280/ PAGANLAND was founded in 1997 by Ruen and Bilozor in Lviv – one of the most beautiful Ukrainian cities, whose developed traditions incorporated the European cultural spirit of the last millennium, and every stone breathes with centuries-old history of decline and revival, wars and temporary rest. The natural mysticism hidden in the Carpathians’ greatness, the dense woods and pure mountain sources could not but affect musicians with Pagan outlook, therefore their debut demo "Gods of Golden Circle" (1999) and the demo "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" (2008) one way or another had been nearly related to Pagan Metal. The line-up’s changes, routine of rehearsals, hardships of concert activity caused the group’s breakup in 2005, but three years later the group revived and in 2011 recorded the first full-length album "Wind Of Freedom", having resumed their concert activity. This album was released in 2013 by Svarga Music. One year later band records a second album called "Fatherland" which is dedicated to all Patriots of Ukraine fighting against Russian aggression. PAGANLAND is a group of persons holding the same views, who respect and love their native land, their nation, their language and who are convinced that the Ukraine is the cradle of all Slavonic people with improbably interesting history forgotten and distorted for the last ten centuries. Megaliths and petroglyphs of Kamennaya Mogila (the Stone Grave), the sanctuary-observatory of Khortytsia, the ancient observatory of Mavrinsky Maidan, the mysterious zone of Suppert… The runes of "Veles’ Book" and runic manuscripts from the library of Anna Yaroslavna (Queen of France and Princess of Ukraine)… Secret knowledge of molfars and volkhves… How many of the people worldwide at least simply heard about all of this? The group members try to express their love of the native land, the nature in their lyrics and music, as well as draw attention of their listeners to the fact that not only money and lie rule the world in the period of the Epoch of Pisces. The human can and has to stand up for the truth, and the truth of life had been established long ago by our ancestors. All meaning of the group’s creative activity is the tribute to our land, our ancient culture, our history. https://www.facebook.com/Paganland-954616864663390/ https://vk.com/paganlandofficial https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0sn0Klluncg4WhRSi1JEkA/videos https://soundcloud.com/user-321982068-78112625  There are your standard heavy metal festivals – and there is 70000TONS OF METAL. Just imagine: You’ve just returned from a beautiful island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean after spending hours enjoying the sun and white sand on a wonderful Caribbean beach. Feeling the warm wind blowing in your face, you are now sitting in a hot tub on a giant cruise ship, up close to a large stage, headbanging to your favourite band. You are watching from one of six whirlpools with a direct view of the stage on the pool deck, which is the biggest open air stage structure to sail the seas. It’s loud. It’s full of metalheads from all over the world. Sounds perfect? Well, it is ...... It’s been more than a week now since most fans have returned home from a more than successful 70000TONS OF METAL 2018 - round 8, more than a few of them still suffering from a serious case of PCD (post cruise depression) following four incredible days on board the Independence Of The Seas. More than 3,000 metalheads boarded the ship together with 61 bands, each of which was going to perform at least two shows (124 shows on 4 stages in total) during this unique event at sea. Some fans spent the shore day in Turks and Caicos with their favourite band during one of the various artist-led shore excursions. Picture yourself swimming with Meshuggah in the awe inspiring presence of majestic stingrays, or snorkeling with Aborted and Exhumed by your side to make you feel safe. Wolves on a safari? Sure, go on a coast-to-coast island tour with Wolfchant! On top came the one of a kind All-Star performance “Jamming With Waters in International Waters” featuring members e.g. from Kreator, Sabaton, Cannibal Corpse, Destruction, Sonata Arctica, Meshuggah, Enslaved, Primal Fear, Dark Tranquility, Voivod, Seven Spires and many more, playing all time heavy metal and hard rock classics together on stage for the first time ever. And there was another premiere, a record rather, that no one expected to be broken after last year’s peak of 74 different nationalities represented on board: 2018 beat 2017 by one more nation and proved once again that 70000TONS OF METAL is the most global cruise, uniting 75 nations on board this year. Germany, USA and Canada were among the top five of the most represented nations aboard. The youngest sailor was only 1 year old, the oldest turned 79 on the ship.  Coming up: Round 9
So watch out, Sailors: After the cruise is before the cruise. Fans can already look forward to round 9 of 70000TONS OF METAL, THE original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise sailing from Miami/Ft. Lauderdale to Labadee, Haiti and back, January 31 – February 4, 2019.  German female-fronted thrash metal act Dying Gorgeous Lies are confirmed for Hard Rock Laager 2018 in Estonia, going onstage on June 30th. Get more information on festival at https://www.facebook.com/hardrocklaager. Facebook Event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/177061902871684 As previously announced, Dying Gorgeous Lies will join, as Main Support, the German Thrash titans Destruction on their shows in Saint Petersburg and Moscow: February 15 – Opera Concert Club – Saint Petersburg February 16 – Moscow Hall – Moscow Upcoming Dying Gorgeous Lies Festivals: Hard Rock Laager 2018 - Estonia - June 30th Metal Days 2018 - Slovenia - on July 22nd-28th German Female fronted thrash metal act Dying Gorgeous Lies‘ powerful stage presence creates a toxic essence generating an ominous seething in front of every stage that puts all metal heads under its spell. Watch the band’s “First World Breakdown” video here: https://youtu.be/uB2y3Y3lPYU http://www.facebook.com/DyingGorgeousLies.Official MANAGEMENT: http://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement LABEL: http://www.massacre-records.de  Italian progressive rock / metallers Heretic’s Dream are now confirmed as main support for Katatonia's shows in Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius. Check out the details below. December 04 - Klubi Tapper - Tallinn December 05 - Melnà Piektdiena - Riga December 06 - Loftas - Vilnius  As previously announced, Heretic's Dream will share the stage as special guests on Amaranthe's shows in St. Petersburg and Moscow, as follows: December 01 – Saint Petersburg – Aurora December 02 – Moscow – Volta Just recently the Italian progressive rock / metallers Heretic’s Dream joined the Finnish progressive metal masters Amorphis on the 10th Eclipse Anniversary Shows in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Spika tour Agency has released the full video of Heretic’s Dream show performed at Zal Ozhidaniya Club 13.05.2017, Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIEGJ36VUZE http://www.hereticsdream.com https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement |
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