French metal goliaths Gojira have today announced their return to the UK, for a string of headline shows in June/July 2019. Special guests will be announced at a later date. Tickets go on general sale this Friday at 10am, but are also available via O2's pre-sale now and Live Nation's pre-sale tomorrow at 10am. Pick up tickets at: https://www.livenation.co.uk/artist/gojira-tickets. Dates are as follows: Sat 29th Jun - BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy Sun 30th Jun - LONDON O2 Academy Brixton Mon 1st Jul - MANCHESTER O2 Apollo The band recently shared a video of their entire set at Poland's Pol'And'Rock Festival in August 2018 on their social media. Watch it at: https://youtu.be/ISJtvWhkMFQ. Stay tuned for more GOJIRA news soon.
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Switzerland's Burning Witches unleash tour trailer ahead of 2019 dates supporting Grave Digger15/12/2018 In January 2019, old school heavy metal newcomers Burning Witches will head out on an extensive tour throughout Europe, supporting Grave Digger on their Tour Of The Living Dead. All dates can be found below. Today, the witches have unleashed an official tour trailer. Check it out, here:- youtu.be/olOYOnqofME The band commented:- "We were really happy when Chris Boltendahl came up to us at the Bang Your Head!!! Winter Festival to ask if we might be interested in joining Grave Digger out on tour. This will be the first big tour for us and it's an honour to get a chance like this as a new act. Since our second record was just released in November, the timing of this run couldn't be more perfect! We're super excited & READY TO FIGHT!" The Tour Of The Living Dead w/ Grave Digger Presented by Rock Hard (D), Rocks (D), metal.de 11.01. D Hanover - MusikZentrum 12.01. D Andernach - JUZ Live Club 13.01. CH Pratteln - Z7 14.01. D Munich - Backstage 15.01. D Aschaffenburg - Colos-Saal 16.01. D Saarbrücken - Garage 17.01. D Bochum - Zeche 18.01. D Glauchau - Alte Spinnerei 19.01. D Neuruppin - Kulturhaus 20.01. NL Rotterdam - Baroeg 22.01. D Hamburg - Martkhalle 23.01. D Berlin - Lido 24.01. D Bamberg - Live-Club 25.01. D Regensburg-Obertraubling - Airport-Eventhall 26.01. D Memmingen - Kaminwerk 27.01. D Ludwigsburg - Rockfabrik 28.01. F Paris - Petit Bain 29.01. UK London - Camden Underworld 30.01. B Vosselaar - Biebob 31.01. F Lyon - CCO Villeurbanne 01.02. E Bilbao - Santana 27 02.02. E Madrid - Sala Mon Live 03.02. E Barcelona - Razzmatazz 2 Tickets: www.nuclearblast.de/tickets The brand new studio album Hexenhammer recently entered the official album charts across Europe: UK (Rock) #15 Switzerland #21 Germany #43 UK (Indie) #47 Belgium #148 (Wallonie) Hexenhammer is available for order on a variety of different formats: All formats: nuclearblast.com/bw-hexenhammer Limited Digipack CD: nblast.de/BurningWitchesCD Limited Edition Double Gatefold Black Vinyl: nblast.de/BurningWitchesVinyl Digital album: nblast.de/BWHexenhammerIT Burning Witches are: Seraina | vocals Romana | guitars Sonia | guitars Jay | bass Lala | drums 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 Lovebites will unleash the sophomore full-length album called "Clockwork Immortality" on the 7th of December 2018. The band consists of Asami (vocals), Miho (bass), Haruna (drums), Midori (guitars) and Miyako (guitars/keyboard). The Lovebites sound owes a debt to the many great overseas heavy metal bands that have directly influenced their writing. Coupled with their own unique take on music, taking a piece from each member’s eclectic background and experiences, everything has culminated into forging a truly formidable group. Their first European tour, including stops in the Netherlands, Germany, France and the UK starts on the 13th of November this year! Lovebites European & UK tour: 13.11. NL Haarlem - Patronaat 14.11. D Essen - Zeche Carl 16.11. D Hamburg - Logo 19.11. D Aschaffenburg - Colos-Saal 20.11 FR Paris - Nouveau Casino 21.11. UK London - O2 Academy Islington Lovebites started working on their first EP at the end of 2016, joined by the amazing engineering team of Mikko Karmila and Mika Jussila from Finland who are known for their work with Nightwish, Children of Bodom and Amorphis to name but a few. The Lovebites EP was the end product of those sessions, which was released in mid-2017. In October 2017 they released their first full album, "Awakening From Abyss". In the aftermath of the release of "Awakening From Abyss" in October 2017 through Europe and North America; Asami, Haruna, Midori, Miho and Miyako performed their first overseas live shows in London. On the heels of this success, in June 2018 the all-female band won the Best New Band award at the Golden Gods Awards held by the UK music magazine Metal Hammer, being the very first Japanese band to pull this off. Lovebites released their second mini album "Battle Against Damnation" that same month, taking it on the road with them to the world’s biggest metal festival Wacken Open Air in Germany, where they drove a crowd of over 10,000 people into frenzy before appearing on the main stage at the UK’s Bloodstock Open Air headlined by Judas Priest. Lovebites are: Asami | vocals Midori | guitars Miyako | guitars Miho | bass Haruna | drums www.facebook.com/LovebitesTheBand www.twitter.com/lovebites_jp 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 Iberian Black Metal act Noctem have recently confirmed a whole list of new shows, tours and festivals in September and October of this year. The band that released their acclaimed album "Haeresis" in 2016 through Prosthetic Records and Art Gates Records is finishing the presentation time of this opus, right now immersed in the creative process for their next one. Noctem will tour in the UK, Spain supporting Batushka and central and north Europe! SHOWS: 05/09 - The Black Heart / London (UK) 06/09 - The Old England / Bristol (UK) 07/09 - TBC (UK) 08/09 - Manchester Death Metal Feast / Manchester (UK) 22/09 - Sála Bóveda / Barcelona (Spain) 22/09 - Metal Infernus II Fest / Valencia (Spain) 23/09 - Caracol / Madrid (Spain) 26/09 - Bilbao / Stage Live (Spain) 28/09 - Coast Rock Fest / Emden (Germany) 29/09 - Frehafen / Gottingen (Germany) 30/09 - Db's / Utrecht (Netherlands) 02/10 - Blackland Festival / Berlin (Germany) 03/10 - MCP Apache / Fontaine L'eveque (Belgium) 05/10 - Peter Weiss Haus / Rostock (Germany) 06/10 - Slaktmanad / Hultsfred (Sweden) The new album of the band is expected for the beginning of 2019. More info coming soon to www.artgatesrecords.com, www.prostheticrecords.com and the official sites of Noctem: Official Website Official Facebook Official Twitter Cretura returns overseas in September. Taking on England, Scotland and Ireland in one tour setting. Already joining forces are Mordrake from Bristol, Byrde from Norway, A Night In The Snow from Ireland and more bands still to be announced. “In the set-list for this tour we’re going to try a whole bunch of different things. Our rehearsal plan is booked throughout august and September so that we can prepare everything and be at our best..even better than before!” - Sárá, Cretura Cretura has ben on and off tour for the past 2 years after releasing their debut album “Fall Of The Seventh Golden Star”. The album made good reviews internationally and enabled the band to do tv appearances, tours and festivals. Last festival was the Metalhead Meeting with Behemoth and Cradle Of Filth. Having their tour van stolen in Denmark, equipment stolen in Poland, and guitar gone missing from an aeroplane in Finland are all challenges the band has faced throughout their touring cycles and have managed to overcome. Shows are always the main priority! “We are excited to be able to return to London, Essex and Leicester, places we visited last time around. And to be able to cover 3 countries in one tour leg is amazing!” - Markus, Cretura - 25.09.2018 - The Unicorn, Camden, London - 27.09.2018 - The Basement, Essex. - 28.09.2018 - Firebug, Leicester. - 29.09.2018 - The Gryphon Real Ale and Metal pub, Bristol. - 30.09.2018 - Ivory Blacks, Glasgow, Scotland. - 01.10.2018 - The Wharf Chamber, Leeds. - 03.10.2018 - The Black Box, Belfast, Ireland - 04.10.2018 - Fibber Magees, Dublin, Ireland www.facebook.com/Cretura cretura.wixsite.com/creturaofficial Swiss Dark Metal monsters Xaon continue their exceptional 2018 with their first headlining UK tour in October. The band are set to play 6 hard and heavy shows stretching from the heart of England all the way up to Glasgow in Scotland for their final date. For these dates, the band will play in relatively small club-like venues so this will be a great chance to get up close and personal with a superb live act. UK Fall Tour 2018: Oct 24 | The Black Heart | London, UK Oct 25 | The Fenton | Leeds, UK Oct 26 | B2 Venue | Norwich, UK Oct 27 | The Hairy Dog | Derby, UK Oct 28 | Aatma | Manchester, UK Oct 29 | Ivory Blacks | Glasgow, UK Xaon’s latest release takes the band’s sound to a new sonic level, progressing from spectral ambiances to grandiose and intricate orchestrations. The album evolves from oppressing aggressiveness to majestic lamentations and due to it’s very nature, it is soberly entitled The Drift and presents the band at their electrifying best. Read more about The Drift …here Get your copy of The Drift from: Shop Sliptrick | iTunes | & many more Listen to the whole of The Drift on: Spotify The Drift | Released May 25th, 2017 on Sliptrick Records Xaon are: Rob – Vocals | Vinc – Guitar Band links: 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 Hamburg-based Sludge & Stoner Metal band High Fighter, who just recently announced to return to the UK this summer with support from special guests Tuskar and My Diablo, have added a bunch of new dates around their UK summer run! Beside gigs at Bolton's Riff Fest and more UK cities, High Fighter added some upcoming shows in France as well as Luxembourg. It's been three years since the band toured the United Kingdom while on their first European tour ever back in early 2015. This August, High Fighter will bring their latest record 'Scars & Crosses' as well as some brand new material live on stage. It will be one of the last tours High Fighter are going to play this year and before they will release their second full length album in early 2019. If you're looking for a highly polished band then look elsewhere as High Fighter play mean and dirty Blues, Stoner, Doom & Sludgy riffs to fuel your appetite with, make sure to catch them live on the following dates this year: 23.08.18 NL - Tilburg / Little Devil 24.08.18 UK - Bournemouth / The Anvil 25.08.18 UK - Bolton / Riff Fest 26.08.18 UK - Edinburgh / Bannerman's 27.08.18 UK - Bristol / The Old England 28.08.18 UK - Milton Keynes / The Craufurd Arms 29.08.18 UK - London / The Devonshire Arms 30.08.18 FR - Lille / Bobble Café 31.08.18 FR - Paris / Rigoletto 01.09.18 LUX - Belval / Mix n Kawa More upcoming HIGH FIGHTER dates: 14.09.18 DE - Hannover / Subkultur 20.10.18 DE - München / Keep It Low Festival Born in the summer of 2014 by former band members of A Million Miles, Buffalo Hump and Pyogenesis, this band is a volatile cocktail of heavy as hell riffs! Add a heavy dose of the blues and these deadly schizophrenic vocals and High Fighter offer something new to the Sludge, Stoner, Doom & Metal Scene. After their critically acclaimed debut EP 'The Goat Ritual' released end of 2014, followed by numerous shows all over Europe, including festivals such as Wacken Open Air, Summer Breeze, Desertfest Berlin & Antwerp, Sonic Blast, Up In Smoke and many more, as well as several gigs with bands alike Ahab, Conan, Crowbar, Mantar, Corrosion of Conformity, Elder, Downfall of Gaia, Mammoth Storm, Brant Bjork, The Midnight Ghost Train and Earth Ship to name just a few, High Fighter released their first full length album 'Scars & Crosses' in June 2016 with Svart Records. The band's second studio album will see the light of day in early 2019. High Fighter are: Mona Miluski – Vocals Christian Pappas – Guitar Ingwer Boysen – Guitar Constantin Wüst – Bass Thomas Wildelau – Drums / Backing Vocals www.highfighter.de www.facebook.com/HighFighter www.highfighter.bandcamp.com www.instagram.com/highfighter_official |
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