  What better way to celebrate the festive period than with some live heavy metal? The inimitable Forged In Black return to live action this December with two killer shows - one a hometown celebration at Chinnery's in Southend and one a NWOBHM extravaganza at The Cart & Horses in Stratford - the birth place of Iron Maiden! So, on December 9th Forged In Black headline a celebratory show at Chinnery's with support coming from ChemiQueen, Reverent Son and Virgin Witch. Find full details at the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/649072680161003 Then on December 17th Forged In Black top the bill at the famous Cart & Horses in Stratford, East London, playing alongside reborn NWOBHM legends Marquis De Sade and Kev Riddles' Baphomet performing a set of classic Angel Witch songs! Tickets for this special show are available from: https://www.seetickets.com/event/marquis-de-sade-k-r-s-baphomet-forged-in-black/cart-and-horses/2434474 and further event details can be found at the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/6058839800796792 Expect to hear a lot more from the band over the coming months as the forge is burning hotter than ever! Visit the Forged In Black website Follow Forged In Black on Facebook For more information on Forged In Black click here
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 The 31. Wacken Open Air is in the books. At the world’s biggest metal festival, 83.400 fans witnessed spectacular shows by Judas Priest, Slipknot and Powerwolf. In total, more than 200 bands rocked nine stages, Sweden’s Amon Amarth even played an unannounced secret concert right underneath the famous Wacken skull. The joy of finally being able to experience live music and a multi-faceted open air event with like-minded people from all over the world could be felt everywhere. Festival promoters Holger Hübner and Thomas Jensen commented: "The Wacken Open Air is back – finally! We missed the festival as much as the fans did. Now we’re very much looking forward to next year’s edition, which will offer four full days of live concerts for the first time. Tickets go on sale this Sunday evening.“ At a press conference held during the afternoon, police, fire department and emergency medical services as well as the local regulatory authority looked back on an exceptionally peaceful and trouble-free event. The number of occurrences in their respective fields all stayed below of those from 2019. For example, the number of times the fire brigade had to jump into action only was in the lower double digits, the number of cases for the police dropped by 60 percent. Bands confirmed for 2023, four days of live music for the first time. A first glimpse of next year’s billing was announced on the main stages during the night. W:O:A 2023 will take place Aug 2-5, making it the first time the festival officially boasts four days of live music. Headlining the event will be the mighty Iron Maiden: There is not a single metalhead that doesn’t know them. And it’s hard to think of a band that has defined classic heavy metal as much as they have. So consequently, there might very well be no band that is a better fit for the "holy ground of metal“. So in 2023, Iron Maiden will return to headline at the Wacken Open Air for the fourth time! So get ready for impressive production, a passionate performance, amazing music and of course Eddie! It has been seven long years since those iconic words have been heard: "Scream for me, Wacken!“ Also announced have been Megadeth from the USA, who are considered worldwide as originators of Thrash Metal and being part of the "Big 4“ of the genre. Also playing will be Irish-American folk-punks Dropkick Murphys and Jinjer from the Ukraine, one of the hottest bands in modern metal today. Two Steps From Hell, a duo from Los Angeles, have amassed millions of followers with their brand of „Epic Music“, used in thousands of movies, trailers, series, spots and games, turning them into the biggest in their field. At the W:O:A, their first festival ever and only festival in Europe in 2023, they will perform a special and unique Wacken set. Fans can look forward to doom pioneers Pentagram and their „50th Anniversary Show“, while death metallers Deicide will celebrate their genre shaping sophomore album "Legion“ with a special show as well. More announcements are: Wardruna (atmospheric Nordic folk), Beartooth (hardcore), Ensiferum (Viking metal), Nervosa (thrash), and Burning Witches (heavy metal). More bands to be follow. In 2023, there will be once again a theme running through the whole festival: vikings and their culture. This will manifest itself in the overall appearance of the W:O:A as well performances and additional content all over the festival site. Pre-sale has begun, Tickets for Wacken Open Air 2023 are now on sale at metaltix.com. Fast-Tickets are sold with an exclusive special shirt, but are limited to 10.000 units. As soon as they are gone, Hard-Tickets go on sale. Pre-sale details can be found at metaltix.com and, starting Sunday, at wacken.com. Metalheads that move fast could even get their hands on a real Harley Davidson motorcycle! Everybody purchasing a W:O:A ticket within the first 24 hours of the pre-sale starting is automatically entered eligible to win the this totally unique bike which has been customized with a high-class W:O:A paint job. See you in Wacken. Rain or shine. www.wacken.com  The #NapalmSofaSeries continues On Sunday, April 5th, 07:00 PM CEST, Hungarian groove/thrash metal icons Ektomorf strike back with an exclusive streaming concert, live on Facebook. Over the course of the past twenty-six years and uncountable worldwide live shows, Ektomorf have established themselves to a powerful position in the metal scene – due to the current health situation, the time is just right to transfer their energetic performance to the web. As a part of the #napalmsofaseries, this is the perfect event for every fan of earthshaking grooves paired with thrilling guitar riffs and Zolis incredibly dynamic voice! Click here to join the SHOW! Zoltán “Zoli” Farkas states: "We are very proud to be part of the #NapalmSofaSeries! Our upcoming set-list is based on wishes from our fans and we are happy to present songs we haven't played for a long time. Even though live shows are our main source of income and some gigs have already been cancelled or postponed, we decided to do a live stream concert without asking our fans for donations to help us through this rough times. This special show is a big "thank you" to our fans for their support over the past years" EKTOMORF are: Zoltán “Zoli” Farkas – vocals, guitars Simon Szebasztián – guitars Csaba Zahorán – bass Kálmán Oláh – drums More info:  Dubai-based extreme metallers will be supporting Sepultura in Dubai, UAE! Commented the band:- "We are truly proud and honoured to support Brazilian Thrash Metal legends Sepultura live in Dubai at the Hard Rock Cafe Dubai on May 2nd, 2019! Mark your calendars Dubai and let's open up those pits!!!" Buy Tickets here https://www.facebook.com/nervecell  New Zealand hard-out metal outfit Alien Weaponry, " one of the most exciting young metal bands in the world right now" (Revolver Magazine USA) are touring Australia on their Tūmatauenga Australian Tour in March 2019 - and today they are rolling out their Australian support acts! The tour acts as sideshows to their appearances at Download Festivals Melbourne & Sydney on March 9 and 11, respectively. Adding to that, they have also just announced that they will be supporting Slayer and Anthrax in Germany in August 2019 on Slayer's final tour! Both Brisbane's show at The Zoo on March 6 and Canberra's show at The Basement on March 13 will see COPIA and Take My Soul in support, Adelaide's Enigma Bar on March 14 will feature COPIA and Hidden Intent and March 15's Perth show is TBC and still on the hunt for supports! The three-piece thrash metal band who sing in their native language, Te Reo Māori, from Waipu, New Zealand, formed in 2010 by brothers Lewis and Henry de Jong. The band consists of Lewis de Jong (guitar and vocals), Henry de Jong (drums), and Ethan Trembath (bass guitar). Most noted for their fusion of Te Reo Māori (the native language of New Zealand) with thrash metal, they deliver emotionally and politically charged stories of conflict and grief with a warrior-like attitude. 
TICKETS FROM ALIENWEAPONRY.COM The band has toured extensively in New Zealand since 2013, including headline/main stage slots at the NZ Tattoo & Arts Festival, Wavefront and Auckland City Limits; as well as opening for Prophets of Rage in March 2018. More recently, they have sold out headline shows in Australia, Europe and the USA; and played to record crowds at some of the biggest and most prestigious festivals and in Europe and the UK, including Wacken Open Air (Germany), MetalDays (Slovenia), Summer Breeze (Germany) and Bloodstock Open Air (UK) - and are appearing this year at the UK Download Festival as well! In addition to that, RNZ Music is set to release a new 10-part web series that follows Alien Weaponry on their 2018 European tour. Rū Ana Te Whenua: Alien Weaponry Shake Europe goes live on the RNZ website on Monday, 18 February, but here’s a taste: https://youtu.be/XqXE3WqNtYg In 2018, the three teenaged members of Alien Weaponry achieved a lifelong dream: performing at the world’s biggest metal music festival, Germany’s Wacken Open Air. Rū Ana Te Whenua: Alien Weaponry Shake Europe follows their journey. For more information about Alien Weaponry, go to alienweaponry.com. Tickets are on sale now for the Tūmatauenga Australian Tour in March 2019 and Download Festival Sydney and Melboure - all tickets can be accessed at Troubadour Music's website.  Lebanese Metallers Phenomy are happy to announce their addition to the Ostrava V Plamenech -lineup, playing alongside Grave Digger. The festival takes place on August 3rd in Dolni Vitkovice (CZ). Get more information here: https://www.facebook.com/ostravavplamenech. Just previously Phenomy announced their tour dates with Brazilian metal legends Sepultura on the Machine Messiah Tour 2019 in April. The confirmed shows w/ Sepultura are: April 20th – RU – Novosibirsk @ Podzemka April 22th – KZ – Almaty @ Hard Rock Café April 23th – KG – Bishkek @ Asanbai Center Lebanese metal band Phenomy was formed by Loïc El Haddad and Rudy Bejjani in 2014. The band’s sound is a mixture of Thrash / Groove metal with melodies, breakdowns and tribal/ethnic rhythms. Only three month after its formation, Phenomy performed in several local gigs and in the Persian Metal and Rock Festival in Cannakale/Troya city in Turkey alongside big names like Orphaned Land. Later on, Phenomy released their debut album “Once And For All” and received good feedback from magazines and webzines, before signing a distribution deal with Via Nocturna in 2017. In Summer 2017 Phenomy toured with Repay the eastern European countries (Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria). Furthermore the band supported Grave in Lebanon in October 2017. In July the band played at Metalhead Meeting 2018 in Romania and in august they took the stage at Wacken Open Air 2018. Phenomy released their second album “Threaten World Order” on March 2018. https://www.facebook.com/PhenomyOfficial https://www.phenomy.net Cannibal Corpse announce North American tour dates with Slayer, Lamb Of God, and Amon Amarth11/12/2018  Cannibal Corpse will play "Leg Five: North America" of Slayer's Final World Tour this spring. The journey begins May 2nd in Phoenix, Arizona and runs through sixteen cities, concluding on May 25th in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Additional support will be provided by Lamb Of God and labelmates Amon Amarth. Comments the band:- "We are extremely honoured to be sharing the stage with Amon Amarth, Lamb Of God and of course Slayer this spring on their farewell tour! To be a part of this historic event will be something we will never forget!" The journey with Slayer will follow Cannibal Corpse's previously announced co-headlining run with Morbid Angel on this year's Decibel Magazine Tour in February/March. See all confirmed dates below. Cannibal Corpse On The Decibel Magazine Tour 2019 w/ Morbid Angel, Blood Incantation, Necrot: 2/17/2019 Alamo Music Hall - San Antonio, TX 2/19/2019 Club Xs - Tucson, AZ 2/20/2019 The Observatory - San Diego, CA 2/21/2019 The Fonda Theater - Los Angeles, CA 2/22/2019 The Observatory - Santa Ana, CA 2/23/2019 The Regency Ballroom - San Francisco, CA 2/25/2019 Roseland Ballroom - Portland, OR 2/26/2019 Showbox Market - Seattle, WA 3/01/2019 The Oriental Theater - Denver, CO 3/02/2019 The Truman - Kansas City, MO 3/03/2019 Skyway Theater - Minneapolis, MN 3/04/2019 The Concord - Chicago, IL 3/07/2019 Playstation Theater - New York, NY On Slayer's "Leg Five: North America" Tour w/ Lamb Of God, Amon Amarth: 5/02/2019 Ak-Chin Amphitheatre - Phoenix, AZ 5/03/2019 Isleta Amphitheatre - Albuquerque, NM 5/05/2019 UTEP/Don Haskins Center - El Paso, TX 5/07/2019 Bert Ogden Arena - Edinburg, TX 5/08/2019 The Pavilion At Toyota Music Factory - Dallas, TX 5/10/2019 MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre - Tampa, FL 5/11/2019 Coral Sky Amphitheatre - West Palm Beach, FL 5/13/2019 Big Sandy Superstore Arena - Huntington, WV 5/14/2019 Merriweasther Post Pavilion - Columbia, MD 5/16/2019 Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center - Noblesville, IN 5/17/2019 Providence Medical Center Amphitheatre - Bonner Springs, KS 5/19/2019 DTE Energy Music Center - Clarkston, MI 5/20/2019 Covel Centre - Youngstown, OH 5/22/2019 Canadian Tire Centre - Ottawa, ON 5/24/2019 BB&T Pavilion - Camden, NJ 5/25/2019 Xfinity Center - Mansfield, MA http://cannibalcorpse.net http://www.facebook.com/cannibalcorpse http://twitter.com/CorpseOfficial http://www.youtube.com/user/cannibalcorpse http://www.metalblade.com http://www.facebook.com/metalbladerecords  Virvum have announced an extensive European tour together with Bloodshot Dawn in support of their latest release "Illuminance" which was re-released by Season of Mist in 2017. The Swiss tech death shooting stars comment:- "We are excited to embark on the "Interdimensional Spacegoats Across Europe Tour" with our friends in Bloodshot Dawn. This run is a very special one, as it marks our very first headlining tour since the release of our debut record "Illuminance" in 2016. We can't wait to perform for all our European supporters again, while we all just confusedly float through space and reach infinite enlightenment in the presence of the ultimate generous goat god. Please grab your tickets before they are all gone!" See below for a list of all currently confirmed shows.  VIRVUM +BLOODSHOT DAWN 03 Mar 19 Brighton (UK) The Green Door Store * 04 Mar 19 Newcastle (UK) Trillians 05 Mar 19 Edinburgh (UK) Bannermanns 06 Mar 19 Leicester (UK) Dryden Street 07 Mar 19 Hitchin (UK) Club 85 08 Mar 19 London (UK) Black Heart 09 Mar 19 Paris (FR) Gibus 10 Mar 19 Haarlem (NL) Patronaat 12 Mar 19 Copenhagen (DK) Beta 13 Mar 19 Hamburg (DE) Bambi Galore 14 Mar 19 Hradec Kralove (CZ) CC Lucie 15 Mar 19 Prague (CZ) Modra Vopice 16 Mar 19 Graz (AT) Club Q 17 Mar 19 Perugia (IT) Rework Club 18 Mar 19 Baden (CH) Werkk *No Bloodshot Dawn www.virvum.com www.facebook.com/virvum  Lebanese Metallers Phenomy are excited to announce their tour dates with Brazilian metal legends Sepultura on their Machine Messiah Tour 2019 in April. Stated the band: "We promised you exciting news and here you go! We are proud to announce that we will be touring with the legendary Sepultura in April 2019. More dates will be announced soon. Stay tuned." The confirmed shows w/ Sepultura are: April 20th - RU - Novosibirsk @ Podzemka April 22th - KZ - Almaty @ Hard Rock Café April 23th - KG - Bishkek @ Asanbai Center  Next Phenomy show: November 17th - The Palace Beirut - SKULL Session 2018 - The Underground Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/540196706445508 Lebanese metal band Phenomy was formed by Loïc El Haddad and Rudy Bejjani in 2014. The band’s sound is a mixture of Thrash/Groove metal with Melodies, breakdowns and tribal/ethnic rhythms. Only three month after its formation, Phenomy performed in several local gigs and in the Persian Metal and Rock Festival in Cannakale/Troya city in Turkey alongside big names like Orphaned Land. Later on, Phenomy released their debut album “Once And For All” and received good feedbacks from magazines and webzines, before signing a distribution deal with Via Nocturna in 2017. In Summer 2017 Phenomy toured with Repay the eastern European countries (Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria). Furthermore the band supported Grave in Lebanon in October 2017. In July the band played at Metalhead Meeting 2018 in Romania and in august they took the stage at Wacken Open Air 2018. Phenomy released their second album “Threaten World Order” on March 2018. Watch “Sacrifice (Live at i8 Production Studios)” video, taken from their latest album “Threaten World Order”: https://youtu.be/l-p9d6q7uuM https://www.facebook.com/PhenomyOfficial https://www.phenomy.net https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement https://alphaomega-management.com  Virvum have announced an extensive European tour together with Bloodshot Dawn in support of their latest release "Illuminance" which was re-released by Season of Mist in 2017. The Swiss tech death shooting stars comment:- "We are excited to embark on the "Interdimensional Spacegoats Across Europe Tour" with our friends in Bloodshot Dawn. This run is a very special one, as it marks our very first headlining tour since the release of our debut record "Illuminance" in 2016. We can't wait to perform for all our European supporters again, while we all just confusedly float through space and reach infinite enlightenment in the presence of the ultimate generous goat god. Please grab your tickets before they are all gone!" See below for a list of all currently confirmed shows.  VIRVUM +BLOODSHOT DAWN 03 Mar 19 Brighton (UK) The Green Door Store* 04 Mar 19 Newcastle (UK) Trillians 05 Mar 19 Edinburgh (UK) Bannermanns 06 Mar 19 Leicester (UK) Dryden Street 07 Mar 19 Hitchin (UK) Club 85 08 Mar 19 London (UK) Black Heart 09 Mar 19 Paris (FR) Gibus 10 Mar 19 Haarlem (NL) Patronaat 12 Mar 19 Copenhagen (DK) Beta 13 Mar 19 Hamburg (DE) Bambi Galore 14 Mar 19 Prague (CZ) Fatal Music Club 15 Mar 19 Brno (CZ) Unleaded Coffee 16 Mar 19 Graz (AT) Club Q 17 Mar 19 Perugia (IT) Rework Club 18 Mar 19 Baden (CH) Werkk *No Bloodshot Dawn www.virvum.com www.facebook.com/virvum |
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