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
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 Next month, Finnish heavy metallers Battle Beast will unleash their fifth studio album 'No More Hollywood Endings', on March 22, 2019 through Nuclear Blast Records. Their new tracks will also be presented live on the world's stages. Kicking off in their home country (with one show already sold out!), the route will lead the group all across Europe in April & May. Watch the brand new tour trailer, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSB62di6iPs Battle Beast - 'No More Hollywood Endings European Tour 2019' w/ Cyhra, Arion, Tyrantti 22.03. FIN Helsinki - Black Box 23.03. FIN Turku - Logomo 29.03. FIN Tampere - Pakkahuone *SOLD OUT* 30.03. FIN Oulu - Club Teatria w/ ARION - Presented by Metal Hammer, EMP, metal.de, Rock It!, piranha, Start 02.04. D Bielefeld - Forum 03.04. D Leipzig - Hellraiser 04.04. PL Warsaw - Proxima 05.04. PL Krakow - Klub Kwadrat 07.04. PL Poznan - u Bazyla 08.04. D Berlin - Lido 10.04. D Bochum - Zeche 11.04. D Saarbrücken - Garage 12.04. D Nuremberg - Hirsch 13.04. D Mannheim - Delta Metal Meeting 14.04. A Vienna - Szene 16.04. CH Pratteln - Z7 17.04. I Milan - Legend Club 18.04. F Lyon - Ninkasi Kao 19.04. E Barcelona - Razzmatazz 2 20.04. E Madrid - But 21.04. E Sevilla - Custom 23.04. P Lisbon - Lisboa ao Vivo 25.04. E Bilbao - Santana 27 26.04. F Toulouse - Le Connexion 27.04. F Clermont-Ferrand - La Coopérative de Mai 28.04. F Paris - Le Trabendo 30.04. UK London - The Dome 01.05. NL Leiden - Gebr. De Nobel 03.05. D Munich - Backstage 04.05. D Stuttgart -Im Wizemann 05.05. B Vosselaar - Biebob 07.05. D Hanover - MusikZentrum 08.05. D Hamburg - Markthalle 09.05. DK Copenhagen - Pumpehuset 10.05. S Gothenburg - Pustervik 11.05. S Stockholm - Klubben 12.05. N Oslo - Parkteatret battlebeast.fi facebook.com/battlebeastofficial twitter.com/battlebeast instagram.com/battlebeastband youtube.com/battlebeastband nuclearblast.de/battlebeast  DragonForce´s Fred Leclercq and Joey Jordison of Vimic (former drummer and co-founding member of Slipknot), who just released the brand new and critically acclaimed album 'Repulsion For Humanity' by all-star death metal band Sinsaenum on August 10th 2018 with Ear Music, are about to kick off for an extensive European tour this September! Starting on September 28th with shows in France, continuing their run all over Germany, Poland, Italy, Scandinavia, BeNeLux and many more European hot spots with a final show in Helsinki a month later, the band will be joined by very special guests Hatesphere. When you hear about artist side projects or self-styled “all-star bands”, you usually cannot help but roll your eyes at the audacity of the creators. However, when it comes to the extreme metal beast that is Sinsaenum, open your mind and ears and forget your preconceptions! Whilst they may draw their sonic power from renowned names, these are first and foremost friends joining forces as the most logical thing to do. Sinsaenum is a solidly bonded band of like-minded great musicians featuring Joey Jordison, DragonForce's Fred Leclercq, Attila Csihar from Norwegian black metal legends Mayhem and drone masters SunnO))) (who has been featured on the band's highly acclaimed debut album 'Echoes Of The Tortured`'), Sean Zatorsky from NWoAHM titans Dååth and Chimaira, Stéphane Buriez of French death metal veterans Loudblast as well as Heimoth, mastermind of eclectic extremists Seth. “I’ve been a death metal fan ever since and wrote some of these songs already in 1998, so it’s something I always wanted to do,” says multi-instrumentalist and virtuoso bass player of London-based Power Metallers DragonForce Fred Leclercq, who sticks to the guitar on this venture. “There was never the right time though, nor did I find the proper people to pull it off.” The end result of this mighty fusion is the second successfully released album titled 'Repulsion For Humanity', featuring some head-splitting riffs, challenging rhythms and structures, but at once such an infectious record created by one of the most influencing and incredibly versatile musicians the metal scene has to offer. It's been just a matter of time to finally bring this exciting band project live on stage:- "We are really excited about this upcoming tour in the fall and we looking forward to finally being able to meet our fans. To embark on this run with HateSphere is an honour and a great motivation to outdo ourselves every night! Those of you who have already seen us with our other bands know what we are capable of; all these energies combined will be something unique you dont want to miss! See you all very soon!“ - Joey, Steph, Heimoth, Sean, Fred. Check out this promising teaser in support of the band's upcoming 'Repulsion For Humanity Tour 2018' right HERE!  Make sure to catch this unique all-star death metal group of Sinsaenum live on the following dates, presented by Dragon Productions with very special guests Hatesphere:- 28.09.18 FR St. Brieuc / La Citrouille, with HateSphere + T.A.N.K. 29.09.18 FR Paris / Flow, with HateSphere + T.A.N.K. 30.09.18 FR Reims / La Cartonnerie, with HateSphere + T.A.N.K. 01.10.18 LUX Esch Sur Alzette / Kulturfabrik, with HateSphere + T.A.N.K. 03.10.18 DE Hamburg / Knust, with HateSphere + Critical Mess 04.10.18 DE Hannover / Musikzentrum, with HateSphere + Critical Mess 05.10.18 DE Berlin / Lido, with HateSphere + Critical Mess 06.10.18 PL Warsaw / Proxima, with HateSphere + Critical Mess 07.10.18 CZ Prag / Futurum, with HateSphere + Critical Mess 09.10.18 DE München / Backstage, with HateSphere + Critical Mess 10.10.18 HU Budapest / Dürer Kert, with HateSphere + Critical Mess 11.10.18 AT Wien / Szene, with HateSphere + Critical Mess 12.10.18 CH Zug / Galvanik, with HateSphere + Critical Mess 13.10.18 IT Milano / Legend, with HateSphere + Critical Mess 14.10.18 FR St. Étienne / Le Fil, with HateSphere + Critical Mess 16.10.18 FR Colmar / Grillen, with HateSphere + T.A.N.K. 17.10.18 DE Stuttgart / ClubCANN, with HateSphere + T.A.N.K. 18.10.18 BE Vosselaar / Biebob, with HateSphere + T.A.N.K. 19.10.18 UK London / The Dome, with HateSphere + T.A.N.K. 20.10.18 NL Amstelveen / P60, with HateSphere + T.A.N.K. 21.10.18 DK Kopenhagen / Vega, with HateSphere 22.10.18 SE Göteborg / Sticky Fingers, with HateSphere 23.10.18 NO Oslo / Parkteateret, with HateSphere 24.10.18 SE Stockholm / Klubben, with HateSphere 26.10.18 FI Turku / Apollo, with HateSphere + Mörbid Vomit 27.10.18 FI Tampere / Olympia, with HateSphere + Mörbid Vomit 28.10.18 FI Helsinki / On The Rocks, with HateSphere + Mörbid Vomit Exclusive V.I.P tickets are now available under the following link: https://sinsaenum.probitymerch.com/products/vip-upgrades-europe-tour-2018 More upcoming Sinsaenum Live Dates: 29.10.18 RUS St. Petersburg 30.10.18 RUS Moscow 01.11.18 TW Taipei / The Wall 02/11/18 CN Hong Kong / TTN 03/11/18 PHL Manila /tba 04/11/18 THA Bangkok /Hollywood Awards 06.11.18 JP Tokyo Club Quattro, with Sigh 08.11.18 AUS Sydney / Factory Theatre, with Bulletbelt, Heathenspawn & Tamerlan Empire 10.11.18 AUS Melbourne / Max Watt's, with Bulletbelt, Scaphis & Requiem 11.11.18 NZ Wellington Valhalla, with BulletBelt 13.11.18 NZ Auckland Whammy Bar, with BulletBelt www.sinsaenum.com www.facebook.com/Sinsaenum www.dragon-productions.eu  Carach Angren have announced new live dates in support of their latest release 'Dance And Laugh Amongst The Rotten' this summer. The Dutch horror fanatics are scheduled to perform several festival and headlining shows. See below for all currently confirmed dates including festival performances. Carach Angren comment:- "The coming months we will make you dance and laugh amongst the rotten as we are haunting many festivals across Europe. After an incredible European tour earlier this year, we can't wait to get out there and summon our new stage presence for all of you!" CARACH ANGREN festivals 04 May 18 Paola (MT) Sin Fest 2018 09 Jun 18 Würzburg (DE) Skaldenfest 22 Jun 18 Dessel (BE) Graspop Metal Meeting 2018 23 Jun 18 Halden (NO) Tons of Rock 2018 06 Jul 18 Bucarest (RO) Headbangers Meeting 2018 04 Aug 18 Tampere (FI) Festival Saarihelvetti 11 Aug 18 Vagos (PT) Vagos Metal Fest 2018 CARACH ANGREN live 14 Sep 18 Moscow (RU) Zil Arena 15 Sep 18 Saint Petersburg (RU) Mod Club 21 Sep 18 Athens (GR) Kyttaro Live 22 Sep 18 Thessaloniki (GR) Eight ball Live Stage Carach Angren will be playing in support of their latest release 'Dance and Laugh amongst the Rotten'. www.carach-angren.nl www.facebook.com/carachangren  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.  Amberian Dawn's Europoan tour with Co-headliner Edenbridge and support Manzana is getting really close. The show on 9.2.2018 in Regensburg moves to Burglengenfeld (Vaz Pfarrheim)  AMBERIAN DAWN w/ Edenbridge Presented by metal.de, Stormbringer, Lords Of Metal and Metal & Highheels 09.02.18 DE – Burglengenfeld / VAZ Pfarrheim 10.02.18 DE – Markneukirchen / Framus & Warwick Musichall 11.02.18 DE – Erfurt / From Hell 12.02.18 AT – Vienna / Viper Room 13.02.18 DE – Frankfurt / Nachtleben 14.02.18 CH – Pratteln / Z7 15.02.18 DE – Mannheim / MS Connexion Complex 16.02.18 DE – Cologne / Nachtleben 17.02.18 NL – Eindhoven / Dynamo 18.02.18 DE - Würzburg / Posthalle TICKET LINKS AT WWW.AMBERIANDAWN.COM/GIGS  As we creep through October, BLOODSTOCK is very excited to announce three more bands for 2018! Joining Friday’s bill in the Ronnie James Dio main stage special guest slot are black metal legends, EMPEROR in a UK exclusive appearance. Frontman Ihsahn tells us that they’ll be performing a special set based around one of their classic albums. “We're finally bringing the 20th Anniversary show for ‘Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk’ to the UK! We’ll be performing the album in its entirety and look forward to celebrating with everyone at BLOODSTOCK!” Check out a stream of the atmospheric opus here and get excited for next August - https://youtu.be/Jmlhq5rtFXw. Also stepping into a main stage slot on Sunday are Californian circle pit kings, DEVILDRIVER. Frontman Dez Fafara tells us “DEVILDRIVER is playing BLOODSTOCK in 2018 and we couldn’t be more fucking ready to bring the heavy and get the whole festival moving! We are thankful for the opportunity and can’t wait to see everyone there! Get ready to get the fuck in the pit!” Check out the band doing what they do best in the video for the title track of their current studio album, ‘Trust No One’ - https://youtu.be/XuVibnWHoLA. Hotly-tipped, super brutal three-piece, NAILS land a Ronnie James Dio main stage slot on Sunday in a UK exclusive show. Frontman Todd Jones informs us, “I've been following BLOODSTOCK and looking at their advertisements online for the past few years, admiring how great a job the festival does having a great mix of underground bands and some of metal's biggest and finest. We're proud to finally say we're part of what BLOODSTOCK is doing to fight the good fight! We'll see all you motherfuckers at BLOODSTOCK!!!” Not familiar with NAILS? Melt your face with 91 seconds of hardcore intensity via the video for ‘You Will Never Be One Of Us’ - https://youtu.be/hGGGh03jN4w. With Friday night headliners, JUDAS PRIEST, Saturday night headliners, GOJIRA and Sunday headliners, NIGHTWISH already announced for next year's event, 2018 is shaping up to be another stellar year for BLOODSTOCK. 
Snap up your VIP tickets now as they’re going fast! The first wave of Serpents Lair VIP tickets (priced £290) and deluxe VIP packages are in the ticket store now for those who want their VIP spot guaranteed. Luxpads have already sold out, but a selection of Podpads, Bellepads and Octopads are still available. A smaller second wave and a limited amount of VIP upgrades will then become available on 16th December at 9am. Don't delay if you want to join us in the VIP Serpents Lair, as they’re moving faster than ever before! Standard weekend tickets are also currently available at ‘early bird’ prices (just £125 for four days of metal fun) so grab yours now at the ticket store if you want to save £20! In order to keep up with inflation and extra costs in 2018, standard weekend tickets with camping will increase from last year's £139 to £145 once the ‘early bird’ allocation is gone. The limited allocation of VIP upgrades (for those who've bought early bird tickets) will cost £145. BLOODSTOCK will take place at Catton Park, Derbyshire on 9th-12th August 2018. Get additional information over at www.bloodstock.uk.com.
After their most successful festival to date in 2017 and first ever weekend sell-out at a capacity 15,000 tickets, Bloodstock is thrilled to announce Gojira and Nightwish as its first headliners for 2018's event which will take place at Catton Park from 9th-12th August. Gojira had this to say:- "We are excited and honoured to headline Bloodstock festival in 2018. One of our favourite festivals in the world. We had such a great time in 2016 with the Bloodstock crowd and are sure that 2018 will be even better. We are already planning what we can do to make it the most awesome GOojira show yet. We can't wait!" Nightwish had this to say:- "We can't wait to hit the mighty Bloodstock Festival in 2018! By then we'll be in full flight on our 'Decades' World Tour (a retrospective) so expect an unusual set-list with a bit of nostalgia for the old fans, but some recent epics for the new. We will throw ourselves into it with everything we've got so be there!" The bands were revealed at the festival this weekend, on the big screens at the Ronnie James Dio main stage. See the video reveals at: https://youtu.be/CIwPDJsr3bg and https://youtu.be/X2eTzwnZrk4. Early Bird tickets are available now from http://bloodstock.seetickets.com, priced £125 plus booking fee. VIP tickets will be available from 1st September.  Having just closed a spectacular Bloodstock festival headlining the Sophie stage Sunday night, Finnish epic metallers Wintersun have just announced they will embark on a full UK tour with Arch Enemy and Tribulation in early 2018. Tickets for all dates are on sale now and available here: www.myticket.co.uk Full routing is as follows: 09.02. UK Glasgow - ABC 10.02. UK Nottingham - Rock City 11.02. UK London - Koko 13.02. UK Manchester - Ritz 14.02. UK Bristol - Academy  Wintersun released their brand-new record 'The Forest Seasons' last month which charted at #1 in their native Finland and charted highly worldwide: 'The Forest Seasons' - Chart Entries #1 Finland #7 Sweden (Hard Rock) #10 Sweden (Physical) #14 Germany #16 Switzerland #16 UK (Indie) #18 UK (Rock) #20 Austria #119 France #124 Belgium (Flanders) #170 Belgium (Wallonia) #8 USA (Hard Music) #19 USA (Rock) #50 USA (Top Current Albums) www.wintersun.fi www.facebook.com/wintersun www.nuclearblast.de/wintersun |
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