A true clash of the titans, America’s pre-eminent multiplatinum chart-topping hard rock band Five Finger Death Punch unite with renowned chart-topping European legends In Flames to co-headline what promises to be the biggest and most exciting arena rock tour of Fall/Winter 2017. This marks the very first time that these two juggernauts have joined forces on the road together, and it’s a “can’t miss” moment for the genre and fans at large. The trek ravages arenas across Europe and the UK beginning in November, stopping in most major cities, and concluding December 21 at iconic Wembley Arena in London, UK. General ticket on sale will take place this Friday, June 16 at 10:00am local time. Spotify and Live Nation have joined forces with Five Finger Death Punch and In Flames for a one-of-a-kind tour partnership featuring exclusive pre-sales, packages, and content from both bands. The tour has partnered with Spotify for an exclusive 24-hour pre-sale kicking off tomorrow for super fan listeners of both acts, Wednesday, Jun 14 at 10:00am local time. There will also be a Ticketmaster pre-sale starting on June 15 at 10:00am local time leading up to the general on sale the next day. See tour dates below. Additional show dates are anticipated to be announced in the near future. For exclusive VIP offerings, go to fivefingerdeathpunch.com and http://inflames.seetickets.com/tour/in-flames. Live Nation presents the tour with Spotify. German tour dates will be presented by Live Nation, Wizard Promotions, and Spotify. 5FDP guitarist Zoltan Bathory states: "We are currently playing all the European festivals and are having an amazing time. As these massive crowds are singing along every word of the lyrics, it feels like Europe is truly becoming the second home of Five Finger Death Punch. We can't wait to come back this Fall and especially with In Flames which is one of my favorite bands. This will be something special to see…” In Flames singer Anders Fridén offers: “We’ve been lucky to play for so many Jesterheads around the World this year and can’t think of a better way to end 2017 than touring Europe with Five Finger Death Punch. We’ll see you soon Jesterheads and Knuckleheads. It’s going to be a tour to remember.” Support on select EU dates and all UK dates of the tour comes from Of Mice And Men. The Orange County, CA-based band recently returned with two brand new songs, “Back To Me” and “Unbreakable,” via Rise Records. They performed a successful main stage set at Download Festival this past weekend and will be on tour across Europe throughout July. The band has sold over 700,000 records worldwide and previously toured with the likes of Linkin Park, Slipknot and Marilyn Manson. Both Five Finger Death Punch and In Flames remain leaders of hard rock and heavy music worldwide: Five Finger Death Punch’s crushingly epic 2015 sixth full-length studio album Got Your Six, hit new heights for the band around the world with chart-topping debuts in the US (#1 on Top Album chart, #1 on Overall Digital Album chart, #1 on the Hard Music Album chart, #2 on the Billboard Top 200) and internationally (Australia & Canada #3, Germany & Sweden #5, UK #6 Holland #17, Belgium #29 and France #32). The album was the sixth consecutive one to earn the Las Vegas rockers a RIAA Gold certification. Acclaimed by The Guardian and Classic Rock, it yielded four successive Active Rock smashes “Jekyll & Hyde” (50.4 million Spotify streams), #1 hit single “Wash It All Away” (32.9 million Spotify streams), “My Nemesis” #2 (16.29 million Spotify streams) and most recently “I Apologize” #3 (17.5 million Spotify streams). Refining their inimitable fusion of intricate instrumentation and undeniable hooks, Got Your Six represents yet another high watermark for the group who claim 17 consecutive Top 10 Hits, five #1 songs and frequently outsell the majority of bands in their genre. 12 albums into their storied career, In Flames reached new heights on 2016’s Battles—produced by GRAMMY Award winner Howard Benson [My Chemical Romance, Papa Roach], hitting Top 10 charts around the World with a #2 in Sweden, #3 in Finland and multiple other major countries such as Germany and Austria. Alternative Press, Metal Hammer, and more praised the record as the hit “The End” clocked over 6.6 million Spotify streams and counting. Most recently, they unleashed two new official music videos for their latest singles; first being “Here Until Forever” in May via Decibel, HERE and “Save Me” via European retail giant EMP, today upon announcement of the tour. Watch “Save Me” HERE Knuckleheads and Jesterheads: Be prepared to unite in the name of Five Finger Death Punch and In Flames making history together this Fall. TOUR DATES: 11/16 Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium 11/17 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe 11/21 Hamburg Germany Sportshalle 11/22 Berlin Germany Velodrome 11/24 Oberhausen Germany KP Arena 11/26 Prague Czech Republic Forum Karlin* 11/28 Zurich Switzerland Hallenstadion* 11/29 Munich Germany Olympiahalle 11/30 Padova Italy Geox Theatre* 12/2 Stuttgart Germany HMH Schleyerhalle 12/4 Paris France Olympia* 12/5 Luxembourg Luxembourg Rockhal* 12/6 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle 12/8 Vienna Austria Stadthalle* 12/14 Antwerp Belgium Lotto* 12/15 Amsterdam Netherlands AFAS Live* 12/17 Birmingham UK BCA* 12/18 Glasgow Scotland Hydro* 12/20 Leeds UK Leeds Arena* 12/21 London UK Wembley Arena* *With Of Mice And Men For more information on Five Finger Death Punch: www.fivefingerdeathpunch.com www.facebook.com/fivefingerdeathpunch www.instagram.com/5fdp https://twitter.com/FFDP For more information on In Flames: http://www.inflames.com/ www.facebook.com/inflames www.instagram.com/inflames https://twitter.com/InFlames_SWE
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Multi-platinum rock band Evanescence are set to play their first UK dates for 5 years. They appear at London’s Eventim Apollo on June 13th & 14th. More info available at http://www.evanescence.com/shows/ Led by Amy Lee’s operatic and passionate vocals, Evanescence has sold nearly 25 million albums since the band’s 2003 debut, Fallen. The album’s lead single, “Bring Me To Life” won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance. Other massive hits followed including “My Immortal,” “Going Under,” and “Call Me When You’re Sober,” establishing Evanescence as worldwide tour headliners. Lee comments "Coming back to Europe has been a high priority for us and we are very excited for the shows this summer. The band has a special new energy right now and we are pushing ourselves and more than ever onstage, and enjoying ourselves immensely. Can't wait to share it with you!" Full European tour dates are below: June 10th – Vantaa, Finland @ Rockfest June 13th - London, UK @ Eventim Apollo SOLD OUT June 14th – London, UK @ Eventim Apollo SOLD OUT June 18th – Dessel, Belgium @ Graspop June 20th – Warsaw, Poland @ Torwar June 21st – Trakai, Lithuania @ Sunset Festival June 26th – Kiev, Ukraine @ Stereo Plaza June 29th – Bucharest, Romania @ Arenale Romane July 2nd – Athens, Greece @ Rockwave Festival July 4th – Milan, Italy @ Milano Summer Festival July 6th – Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic @ Rock for People July 8th – Pratteln, Switzerland @ Summer Nights Open Air July 9th – Cologne, Germany @ Palladium Amy Lee recently announced that the band are working with an orchestra on new album ‘Synthesis’. They will be re-recording core Evanescence tracks as well as showcasing a couple of new songs. You can watch the announcement here: https://www.facebook.com/Evanescence/videos/10154322072766786/ Evanescence is: Amy Lee: Vocals, Piano, Keyboards Will Hunt: Drums Troy McLawhorn: Guitar Jen Majura: Guitar, Vocals Tim McCord: Bass https://www.facebook.com/evanescence Hot on the heels of their recently announced Fall U.S. tour with Vale Of Pnath and First Fragment, Virvum are proud to announce yet another exciting upcoming tour. Last year's debut album, Illuminance, put the Zurich, Switzerland-based crew in Virvum on the map in a big way and the group is eager to keep the momentum going. This summer Virvum will embark on a European tour with renowned technical death metal act Beyond Creation. The tour kicks off in Mid-June and ends on with a special appearance by both bands at the UK Tech Fest in early July. Where Virvum will perform on July 7th, and Beyond Creation will perform on July 9th. Dates for the tour follow below. June 20 Aarau (CH) Kiff (with The Black Dahlia Murder) June 21 Bologna (IT) Alchemica Music Club June 22 Ljubljana (SI) Orto Bar June 24 Tuzla (BA) Club Palma June 25 Sofia (BG) Live & Loud June 26 Cluj-Napoca (RO) The Shelter June 27 Kosice (SK) Colloseum June 28 Budapest (HU) Dürer Kert June 29 Wien (AT) Viper Room June 30 München (DE) Feierwerk July 1st Colmar (FR) Grillen July 2nd Utrecht (NL) dB's July 7th Newark (UK) Tech Fest https://www.facebook.com/virvum/?ref=ts&fref=ts https://virvum.bandcamp.com/album/illuminance Following their critically-acclaimed debut album Fall of Humanity, Italian Death Metal act Banned From Hell are proud to announce the 8 dates of their upcoming Eastern Europe tour. The tour will kick off in Ukraine on May 26th, finishing off in Latvia on June 3rd. Tour dates: 26.05 Krivoy Rog, UKR | Madison 27.05 Dnepr, UKR | Rk 28.05 Zaporozhe, UKR | Chicago Blues 29.05 Nikolaev, UKR | Phoenix 30.05 Kiev, UKR | Barvy 01.06 Riga, LV | Nabaklab 02.06 Daugavpils, LV | Artilerijas Pagrabi 03.06 Liepaja, LV | Fontaine Palace Fall of Humanity | Released June 30th, 2016 on Sliptrick Records England's finest doom export Alunah are ready to hit the road this week and begin a European tour. Riding on the worldwide critical acclaim afforded their brand-new fourth album Solennial, which was released on March 17th via Svart Records, Alunah will be playing the following confirmed dates & venues: 6th May - Coevorden, NL @ Metal Front 7th May - Dusseldorf, DE @ Route 66 8th May - Antwerp, BE @ Music City 9th May - Mannheim, DE @ Kurzbar 10th May - Würzburg, DE @ Immerhin 11th May - Olten, CH @ Coq d'Or 12th May - Mezzago, IT @ Bloom Says vocalist/guitarist Sophie Day about the upcoming tour, "Having already completed the UK leg of our Solennial tour and being blown away with people's reactions to the album, we're really excited to be taking the tour to mainland Europe, where we'll be once again playing the album in its entirety. We'll also be throwing some more well-known Alunah tracks into the set, too, and hope to see some of you there with beers held high!" www.alunah.co.uk www.facebook.com/alunah.doom Cellar Darling, the much-hyped new band formed by ex-Eluveitie members Anna Murphy, Merlin Sutter and Ivo Henzi, will release their first studio album on June 30th. Together they will lead you away into their world of apocalyptic tales and heavy riffs, to awaken your imagination and stretch your musical tastes. This highly anticipated debut album with astounding 14 brand new tracks is entitled ‘This Is The Sound’. “In less than a year we’ve formed a new band, written an album and come up with what we believe is our sound. This is who we are and we’re looking forward to what happens with it!” - Anna Murphy "This is it: this is the result of nearly one year of incredibly intense creativity, of ups and downs, of loss and gain. This is the most personal work of our lives. This Is The Sound.” - Merlin Sutter The band showcased their freshly recorded songs two weeks ago for the very first time: "We’ve had the best time at our show in Lucerne earlier this month!", the band states. "For the first time, we got to play our brand new and freshly recorded songs live for you. We only wish that all of you who couldn’t make it, but who showed us such amazing support in the last year, could have been there with us. It was a magical and unique experience and we can’t wait for more.” This was Cellar Darling’s very first performance after producing their debut album at New Sound Studio, under the watchful ear of the legendary producer and guitarist Tommy Vetterli (Coroner, Eluveitie). After an incredibly successful first show, the band will bring their new material, exclusively pre-release, to a few select clubs in Europe at the beginning of May. This is a unique chance to catch these intimate first shows before the release: 29th April – NL, Haarzuilens, Elfia Festival 5th May – SLO, Ljubljana, Orto Bar 6th May – I , Mantua, Milady Metal Fest 7th May – D, Munich, Backstage 14th July – CH, Bôle, ParaBôle Festival 16th-19th Aug – D, Dinkelsbühl, Summer Breeze And in autumn, the travellers will embark on a journey together with symphonic metallers Delain and Serenity: 26th Oct – F, Paris, Alhambra 27th Oct – CH, Pratteln, Z7 28th Oct – D, Bochum, Zeche 29th Oct – D, Munich, Backstage 31st Oct – NL, Utrecht, Tivoli Vredenburg 1st Nov – UK, London, Koko - http://www.koko.uk.com/listings/delain-01-11-2017 www.cellardarling.com | www.facebook.com/cellardarlingofficial Italian opera core metallers Elegy of Madness are proud to announce "New Era European tour 2017", in support of their third album "New Era". The band describe their new full length as a result of "their inner change" and they are excited to present this new stunning masterpiece to their fans. www.elegyofmadness.com twitter.com/elegyofmadness www.facebook.com/elegyofmadness www.youtube.com/user/elegyofmadness Metallica today announced the European leg of their WorldWired Tour in support of their new album Hardwired… To Self-Destruct. The tour kicks off with two shows in Amsterdam at the Ziggo Dome on September 4th and 6th. Norway’s Kvelertak will be support for the tour run. See below for a complete list of all confirmed dates, no additional shows will be added. Pre-sale tickets will be available to Legacy Met Club members beginning on Tuesday, March 21st at 10:00 AM CET, with pre-sale tickets available to all Fifth Members beginning on Tuesday, March 21st at 11:00 AM CET. Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, March 24th. Visit www.metallica.com for complete ticket info. Every ticket purchased through official outlets includes your choice of a standard digital or standard physical copy of Hardwired…To Self-Destruct. Redemption information will be included in your ticket purchase confirmation email. Full details of how you can gift the album, should you have already purchased, will be given on the redemption page. Please note that shipping and handling fees apply to the physical version of the album. Metallica has partnered with CID Entertainment to offer three options of special enhanced experiences on this tour, including premium tickets and amenities, early access to the venue, a visit to the 'Memory Remains' exhibit of memorabilia, and meet and greets. For full package details, visit http://www.cidentertainment.com/events/metallica-europe-tour-2017/ Hardwired...To Self-Destruct was released on November 18, 2016 on Metallica's own Blackened Recordings record label and debuted at No. 1 around the world, selling over 800,000 copies worldwide in its first week. The album was produced by Greg Fidelman with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, and is available in various configurations at www.metallica.com. Sept. 4, 2017 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome Sept. 6, 2017 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome Sept. 8, 2017 – Paris, France – AccorHotels Arena Sept. 10, 2017 – Paris, France – AccorHotels Arena Sept. 12, 2017 – Lyon, France – Halle Tony Garnier Sept. 14, 2017 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena Sept. 16, 2017 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena Oct. 22, 2017 – London, England, UK – The O2 Arena Oct. 24, 2017 – London, England, UK – The O2 Arena Oct. 26, 2017 – Glasgow, Scotland, UK – The SSE Hydro Oct. 28, 2017 – Manchester, England, UK – Manchester Arena Oct. 30, 2017 – Birmingham, England, UK – Genting Arena Nov. 1, 2017 – Antwerp, Belgium – Sportpaleis Nov. 3, 2017 – Antwerp, Belgium – Sportpaleis Feb. 1, 2018 – Lisbon, Portugal – MEO Arena Feb. 3, 2018 – Madrid, Spain – Wizink Center Feb. 5, 2018 – Madrid, Spain – Wizink Center Feb. 7, 2018 – Barcelona, Spain – Palau Sant Jordi Feb. 10, 2018 – Turin, Italy – Pala Alpitour Feb. 12, 2018 – Bologna, Italy – Unipol Arena Feb. 14, 2018 – Bologna, Italy – Unipol Arena Feb. 16, 2018 – Mannheim, Germany – SAP Arena Mar. 27, 2018 – Herning, Denmark – Jyske Bank Boxen Mar. 29, 2018 – Hamburg, Germany – Barclaycard Arena Mar. 31, 2018 – Vienna, Austria – Wiener Stadthalle April 2, 2018 – Prague, Czech Republic – O2 Arena April 5, 2018 – Budapest, Hungary – Sports Arena April 7, 2018 – Stuttgart, Germany – Schleyerhalle April 9, 2018 – Stuttgart, Germany – Schleyerhalle April 11, 2018 – Geneva, Switzerland – Palexpo April 26, 208 – Munich, Germany – Olympiahalle April 28, 2018 – Krakow, Poland – Tauron Arena April 30, 2018 – Leipzig, Germany – Leipzig Arena May 2, 2018 – Oslo, Norway – Telenor Arena May 5, 2018 – Stockholm, Sweden – Ericsson Globe May 7, 2018 – Stockholm, Sweden – Ericsson Globe May 9, 2018 – Helsinki, Finland – Hartwall Arena May 11, 2018 – Helsinki, Finland – Hartwall Arena https://www.facebook.com/Metallica Italy, Naples-based symphonic metallers Poemisia are confirmed, as main support, for Russian folk / pagan metallers Arkona on their show in Kiev, on March 12th! Poemisia comments: "For all our beautiful Ukrainian fans, this is for you! After our very first show in Kiev just two years ago, our second one last year, we couldn't miss this year, so it's time for the third one! We're very glad to support Arkona for this show and would be very pleased to meet all of you amazing people again! See you on stage!!" The musical style of Poemisia is focused on sounds which combine metal music to opera and symphonic elements. This duality leads to a tendency to mark the continuous conflict between darkness and light, between death and life, between Hell and Heaven, sometimes also in a peculiar grotesque way. This is fully reflected also in the lyrics which have always a refined nature. Poemisia https://www.facebook.com/Poemisia https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement https://www.facebook.com/arkonarussia/ Gig Report: Fleshgod Apocalypse, Carach Angren, Nightland at Camden Underworld, 19th January 201727/1/2017 2017 is still young and yet one of the heaviest line-up's this year rolled into London on the back-end of a performance in Paris, Fleshgod Apocalypse were on the last few dates of their European run that saw them and their supporting buddies in Carach Angren and Nightland rack up over ten countries. Italy's most extreme metal band has visited London endless times, 9 or 10 if you were to count and yet the expectation was riding even higher on the Classical-Death Metal outfit as this was their first ever headlining tour. Sure they had support from the Dutch Symphonic / Melodic Black Metal horde Carach Angren and their own fellow-countrymen in the form of Nightland, this did not however make them sweat one bit - despite the cold outside the didn't seem phased by the bitter English weather at all. Who'd have thought that a band like Nightland were virtually unheard of in this part of Europe and yet with their magical combination of Symphonic Death Metal and on-stage armour-clad outfits, they came with the ferocity of a thousand stallions rampaging through the old Roman towns and cities of Italia. Here is a band who try to emulate the apocalyptic sound that Fleshgod Apocalypse have nurtured but simultaneously try to resist becoming a fad or indeed a clone, they manage to pull it off. Sure the notable absence of a pianist helps, but truth be told Nightland dealt their cards well with this performance as the crowd bathed in their mighty, yet mesmerising performance and craft. They certainly knew how to get the party started (and this is not a P!nk reference) but more so knew how to crack the London audience, after all some of the British metalheads can be a tough crowd to arouse if not motivate to spark moshpits and related motions found within the metal music repertoire. No doubt Nightland done themselves proud and will certainly be welcomed back to these shores with open arms in the times ahead. [8/10] RHYS STEVENSON Carach Angren are no strangers to the European circuit having pillaged and rampaged across the European plains for many years, blasting their infectious mix of Symphonic and Melodic Black Metal whilst adding horror and ghost stories to the fray. A perfect partner to Fleshgod Apocalypse, the Dutch horde demanded immediate attention when it came to their slaying performance. No show is a show without some form of theatrics (lets be honest), so when Ardek's keyboard is shown to move up, down, left, right, sideways and horizontally, the crowd practically wet themselves as the motion demonstrated is one of complete amazement but more so gives the impression of being on a ship... cue The Flying Dutchman. But given their overall performance, it would be nice to see Carach Angren grace some UK festivals this year, this was deserving of a slot by far. Ardek at one point donned a mask that was very reminiscent of The Purge artwork, so despite it's creepy nature the aesthetic was sensual and sexual simultaneously; yes there is such as a thing as a ghost orgy. As song after song came rallying out like a machine gun on endless rounds, it was time for the hauntings to cease and for the renaissance to step in... cue Fleshgod Apocalypse. [8.5/10] Hail to the Fleshgod Apocalypse, hail to the King! This is what was chanted by the already aroused crowd as the anthemic crescendo tune of 'Marche Royale' erupted into the venue as the Italian classical maestros made their way on stage, unfortunately Cristiano Trionfera was not in attendance but his stand-in replacement (whose name one has forgotten) done justice and would have made signor Trionfera rather proud. In fact as the traditional quintet (with exception to the minor personnel change) and Veronica Bordacchini (live opera vocals) led the charge with 'In Aeternum', 'The Fool' and 'The Violation' as the stapled songs in their set-list, few could argue that Fleshgod Apocalypse are Italy's latest successful metal export and are ones who join the upper echelons that Lacuna Coil are perched on. Having the expected swig of wine during the performance, Tommaso looked rather stern at the media, suspecting his bottle of limoncello had been taken (of course this is not true... yet limoncello is undoubtedly nice). This was a performance to savour and as Fleshgod Apocalypse finished their set with the epic melodic tune 'The Forsaken', it was a night that will live long in the memories of those who attended for here were three bands who despite having different styles of symphonic metal at their very foundations, all indulge in the extreme metal faculty and do so with such admirable interest. As they would say in Italy, 'tutto è bene che riesce bene'. [8.5/10] RHYS STEVENSON |
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